Ott, Verna L. 1922 - 2010

OTT, SCHOENWETTER, PRINGNITZ

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 5/22/2013 at 23:54:08

Verna L. Ott, 87, of Clear Lake, died Monday, Feb. 15, 2010 at Oakwood Care
Center. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 19, at Ward-Van
Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., with the Rev. Dennis Ganz officiating.
Visitation with family will be Thursday from 5 – 7 p.m. Inurnment will be at
the Clear Lake Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the Verna L. Ott Memorial
Fund.

Verna was born March 8, 1922 in rural Kanawha, Iowa, the daughter of Emil and
Anna (Schoenwetter) Pringnitz. She graduated from Garner High School. She
worked on the family farm and later at a clothing store in Clear Lake. Verna
married Don Ott and to this union four children were born.

Verna worked in the cafeteria at the Clear Lake High School and Miller Hardware
Store for many years. She enjoyed gardening, canning, woodworking and reading.

Verna is survived by her three children, Rick Ott and his wife, Linda, Clear
Lake, Rod Ott and his wife, Barbara, Clear Lake, and Vickey Ott, Bland, Mo.;
two grandchildren, Angela Ott, Lafayette, Ind. and Brady Ott, Clear Lake; one
sister, Doris Groesbeck, Garner, Iowa; and one brother, Ron Pringnitz and his
wife, Marge, Kanawha, and several nieces and nephews.

Verna was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Terry Ott; two sisters,
Lois Lange and Merlin Mau; and two brothers, Virgil Pringnitz and Emil “Dutch”
Pringnitz Jr.