Brenda Gail Caplinger, daughter of the late Wayne Rodery and Helen Blevins Rodery, was born on December 8, 1953, in St. Louis, Missouri, and departed this life on August 23, 2024, at Winchester Nursing Center in Bernie, Missouri, at the age of 70 years.

Mrs. Caplinger was a former office manager and a former certified nursing assistant at Winchester Place in Bernie. She enjoyed cooking, watching old movies, and shopping at thrift stores and antique stores. She loved to read and spend time with her grandchildren, and she loved animals, rescuing a lot of them throughout her life.

She is survived her son, Kevin Whittenberg and wife Summer of Risco, Missouri; by her daughter, Sara Nash and husband Travis of Malden, Missouri; by three brothers, Tim Rodery of Bernie, Missouri, Darrell Rodery and wife Joann, of Bernie, Missouri, and Kenneth Rodery and wife Becky of Poplar Bluff, Missouri; by her sister, Karen Rodery Hunter of Louisville, Kentucky; and by five grandchildren, Brandon Whittenberg, Blake Nash, Carson Nash, Kinley Nash, and Ethan Nash.

Other than by her parents, she was preceded in death by three grandchildren, Erin Whittenberg, Darcy Whittenberg, and Samuel Whittenberg.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on Monday, August 26, 2024, from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Monday, August 26, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. with Pastor Dale Hartle officiating. Interment will follow in the Bernie Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Dexter Animal Shelter, 601 E Grant Street, Dexter, Missouri  63841

Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie is assisting with arrangements.