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Vernal Louis Weber 1934 - 2017

KLEIN, WEBER, SEATON, OLSON

Posted By: Connie Swearingen- Volunteer (email)
Date: 7/30/2017 at 18:34:52

Mapleton Press
25 July 2017

Vernal L. Weber, 83, of Mapleton, passed away Monday, July 3, at the Maple Heights Nursing Home of Mapleton.

Visitation: 2:30-5 p.m., with a Knights of Columbus Rosary at 2:45 p.m. and a Vigil Service at 5 p.m., on Sunday, July 9, at the St. Mary’s Catholic Church of Mapleton.

Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m., Monday, July 10, at the St. Mary’s Catholic Church of Mapleton.

Officiating: Father Richard D. Ball.

Committal Services: In the St. Clair Township Cemetery of Ute following the Funeral Mass.

Vernal Louis Weber was born on Feb. 20, 1934, to John and Anna (Klein) Weber of Danbury. Vernal was born with his twin sister, Helen, number eight and nine of 12 children born to John and Anna.

Vernal attended St. Mary’s Catholic School and played basketball in his high school years at St. Mary’s. He graduated with the class of 1951 from Danbury Catholic High School.

Vernal worked for his dad on the Weber Homestead until 1954 when he was drafted into the military. He served as an SP3 in the U.S. Army 7th Army Training Command. He was stationed in Germany. While overseas Vernal traveled to Switzerland, Holland, and Italy. He was honorably discharged on Jan. 31, 1956.

Vernal married Katherine (Seaton) on Jan. 4, 1958. Vernal and Katherine moved onto the Weber Homestead to farm. They raised their five children Stephanie, Kenneth, Perry, Melinda, and Craig. The family lived there until they moved to Mapleton in 1969. Vernal worked for Simonsen Ag Foods & Chemicals. The couple later parted ways in September of 1978.

Vernal did custom farming until he landed a position with Monona County around 1984. Vernal belonged to the American Legion Post #496 for 17 years and then became an honorary member. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus for many years.

Vernal married Evonne (Olson) Hanigan on Aug. 24, 1991. They lived on the Olson Homestead. They later moved to Denison. The couple parted ways in December of 2009.

Vernal was preceded in death by his parents, John and Anna; brothers, Donald “Bud,” James, and Raymond; and sisters Mary Ann Schoener, Lois Seuntjens, Martha Holloran, Irma Sokolowski, and Helen Thiel.

Left to cherish his memory are his five children, Stephanie Weber of Omaha, Neb., Kenneth Weber of Bellevue, Neb., Perry (Deb) Weber of Elkhorn, Neb., Melinda (Charlie) Ruperto of Des Moines, and Craig (Cherry) Weber of Omaha, Neb.; 12 grandchildren; brother, Leo (Helen) Weber; sisters, Alice Weber and Carol Barkley; brother-in-law, Tom Thiel of Renton, Wash.; sister-in-law, Ellen Weber of Danbury; and extended family and friends.

In lieu of flowers memorials can be directed to the family.

The Armstrong - Van Houten Funeral Home of Mapleton was in charge of the funeral arrangements.


 

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