MIKKELSEN, Vernon 1922-2001

MIKKELSEN, JENSEN, JACOBSEN, KNAPP, JOHNSON, HARRINGTON

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 9/8/2012 at 14:35:10

Vernon Mikkelsen was born March 29, 1922 in rural Cedar Falls, Iowa, the son of Niels Juhl and Anna Kristine (Jensen) Mikkelsen. He died Saturday, June 2, 2001, at Windsor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Cedar Falls, at 79 years of age.

He married Asta H. Jacobsen on June 27, 1948 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls. She preceded him in death on April 7, 2001. Vernon served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He was employed as a baker and later employed at Simpson Furniture in Cedar Falls.

Survivors include his sister, Evelyn Knapp of Cedar Falls, and many nieces and nephews.

Vernon was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, two brothers, L.S. Mikkelsen and Elmer Mikkelsen, and five sisters: Erna Jacobsen, Oda Knapp, Selma Johnson, Helga Mikkelsen, and his twin, Virginia Harrington.

Funeral services were 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 13, 2001 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church with burial in Fredsville Lutheran Cemetery, rural Cedar Falls with military rites conducted by Cedar Falls American Legion Post #237.

A memorial fund will be established.

[Obituary by Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home]