courtesy of Mauer-Johnson-Earnest Funeral Homes:
Fern Grace Vermilyea, 94, of Le Mars, Iowa, passed away on Friday, April 4, 2014, at Plymouth Manor Care Center in Le Mars.
A celebration of life service will take place at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 13, 2014, at the Merrill First United Methodist Church. Rev. Merrill Muller will officiate. Burial will follow at a later date at the Climbing Hill (Westfork Township) Cemetery.
Fern Grace Neal was born March 8, 1920, in O'Neill, Nebraska, the daughter of Charles and Gertrude (Spotts) Neal. She graduated from Climbing Hill High School with the class of 1939. Later, a highlight each summer was attending the alumni banquet.
On April 5, 1941, she married Ray LeRoy Vermilyea at Cherokee, Iowa.
The couple made their home in Climbing Hill before moving to Merrill, Iowa. She was a homemaker, a wonderful seamstress, and enjoyed babysitting for several families. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Fern enjoyed baking, playing cards, dancing, and working in her garden and with her flowers.
Fern was a member of the Merrill Methodist Church. She was blessed to have shared her life with her five children, four of whom survive: Gaylen & his wife Janice of Omaha, NE, Sharon & her husband Mick Lawrence of Missouri Valley, IA, Terry & his wife Lorraine of Chino Valley, AZ, and Danny of Le Mars; a special niece, Darlene & her husband Darrel Krueger of Anthon, IA; one living sister, Lucille Neal of Georgia; 13 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and 1 great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; son, Mark & daughter-in-law Candy; and brothers and sisters, Charles, Mabel, Eddie, Louie, Viola, Chester, Estella, & Harold.
Fern Grace Vermilyea, 94, of Le Mars, Iowa, passed away on Friday, April 4, 2014, at Plymouth Manor Care Center in Le Mars.
A celebration of life service will take place at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 13, 2014, at the Merrill First United Methodist Church. Rev. Merrill Muller will officiate. Burial will follow at a later date at the Climbing Hill (Westfork Township) Cemetery.
Fern Grace Neal was born March 8, 1920, in O'Neill, Nebraska, the daughter of Charles and Gertrude (Spotts) Neal. She graduated from Climbing Hill High School with the class of 1939. Later, a highlight each summer was attending the alumni banquet.
On April 5, 1941, she married Ray LeRoy Vermilyea at Cherokee, Iowa.
The couple made their home in Climbing Hill before moving to Merrill, Iowa. She was a homemaker, a wonderful seamstress, and enjoyed babysitting for several families. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Fern enjoyed baking, playing cards, dancing, and working in her garden and with her flowers.
Fern was a member of the Merrill Methodist Church. She was blessed to have shared her life with her five children, four of whom survive: Gaylen & his wife Janice of Omaha, NE, Sharon & her husband Mick Lawrence of Missouri Valley, IA, Terry & his wife Lorraine of Chino Valley, AZ, and Danny of Le Mars; a special niece, Darlene & her husband Darrel Krueger of Anthon, IA; one living sister, Lucille Neal of Georgia; 13 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and 1 great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; son, Mark & daughter-in-law Candy; and brothers and sisters, Charles, Mabel, Eddie, Louie, Viola, Chester, Estella, & Harold.
courtesy of Mauer-Johnson-Earnest Funeral Homes:
Fern Grace Vermilyea, 94, of Le Mars, Iowa, passed away on Friday, April 4, 2014, at Plymouth Manor Care Center in Le Mars.
A celebration of life service will take place at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 13, 2014, at the Merrill First United Methodist Church. Rev. Merrill Muller will officiate. Burial will follow at a later date at the Climbing Hill (Westfork Township) Cemetery.
Fern Grace Neal was born March 8, 1920, in O'Neill, Nebraska, the daughter of Charles and Gertrude (Spotts) Neal. She graduated from Climbing Hill High School with the class of 1939. Later, a highlight each summer was attending the alumni banquet.
On April 5, 1941, she married Ray LeRoy Vermilyea at Cherokee, Iowa.
The couple made their home in Climbing Hill before moving to Merrill, Iowa. She was a homemaker, a wonderful seamstress, and enjoyed babysitting for several families. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Fern enjoyed baking, playing cards, dancing, and working in her garden and with her flowers.
Fern was a member of the Merrill Methodist Church. She was blessed to have shared her life with her five children, four of whom survive: Gaylen & his wife Janice of Omaha, NE, Sharon & her husband Mick Lawrence of Missouri Valley, IA, Terry & his wife Lorraine of Chino Valley, AZ, and Danny of Le Mars; a special niece, Darlene & her husband Darrel Krueger of Anthon, IA; one living sister, Lucille Neal of Georgia; 13 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and 1 great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; son, Mark & daughter-in-law Candy; and brothers and sisters, Charles, Mabel, Eddie, Louie, Viola, Chester, Estella, & Harold.
Fern Grace Vermilyea, 94, of Le Mars, Iowa, passed away on Friday, April 4, 2014, at Plymouth Manor Care Center in Le Mars.
A celebration of life service will take place at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 13, 2014, at the Merrill First United Methodist Church. Rev. Merrill Muller will officiate. Burial will follow at a later date at the Climbing Hill (Westfork Township) Cemetery.
Fern Grace Neal was born March 8, 1920, in O'Neill, Nebraska, the daughter of Charles and Gertrude (Spotts) Neal. She graduated from Climbing Hill High School with the class of 1939. Later, a highlight each summer was attending the alumni banquet.
On April 5, 1941, she married Ray LeRoy Vermilyea at Cherokee, Iowa.
The couple made their home in Climbing Hill before moving to Merrill, Iowa. She was a homemaker, a wonderful seamstress, and enjoyed babysitting for several families. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Fern enjoyed baking, playing cards, dancing, and working in her garden and with her flowers.
Fern was a member of the Merrill Methodist Church. She was blessed to have shared her life with her five children, four of whom survive: Gaylen & his wife Janice of Omaha, NE, Sharon & her husband Mick Lawrence of Missouri Valley, IA, Terry & his wife Lorraine of Chino Valley, AZ, and Danny of Le Mars; a special niece, Darlene & her husband Darrel Krueger of Anthon, IA; one living sister, Lucille Neal of Georgia; 13 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and 1 great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; son, Mark & daughter-in-law Candy; and brothers and sisters, Charles, Mabel, Eddie, Louie, Viola, Chester, Estella, & Harold.
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