VEREN, Mary Kathleen 1943-1995

VEREN, VON TERSCH

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/21/2010 at 14:59:58

Mary Kathleen Veren

COLUMBIA, MISSOURI -- Mary Kathleen Veren, 52, of 1801 Garden Drive, Columbia, Mo., and formerly of Osage, Iowa, died Tuesday (Oct. 10, 1995) at home of natural causes.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Osage, with the Rev. Dennis Cahill officiating. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery.

Visitation will be held after 4 p.m. today with a Scripture service at 7:30 p.m. at the Champion Funeral Home, Osage.

Kathy was born Aug. 30, 1943, in Omaha, Neb., the daughter of William J. Von Tersch and Cecelia (nee) Smith Von Tersch. She moved with her family to Osage in 1946, attended Osage schools and graduated from Osage High School in 1961. She attended Rochester, Minn., Junior College and was employed by Mayo Clinic. Kathy was united in marriage to Darrell Veren on May 1, 1965, in Osage. They lived in Osage, Maxwell, Monroe, Cedar Rapids and Columbia, Mo. Kathy enjoyed sports, crafts and golf.

She is survived by her mother, Cecelia Von Tersch of Osage; her husband, Darrell Veren of Columbia, Mo.; one daughter, Mary Frances Bolander and her husband, Eric, of Gurnee, Ill.; one son, Bill Veren and his wife, Cheryl, of Fairfax, Vt.; three sisters, Sheila Moksnes and her husband, Duane, of Minnetonka, Minn.; Peg Bowe of Mason City; Joan Kleckner and her husband, Bruce, of Fresno, Calif.; two brothers, Tom Von Tersch and his wife, Marilyn, of Osage, and Tim Von Tersch and his wife, Annette, of Cedar Falls.

She was preceded in death by her father, William, in 1973.

Mason City Globe Gazette - Circa 10/13/1995