Venard, R. L. 'Rosie' 1911-1988

VENARD, PIERSON

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 10/30/2015 at 13:14:08

Hawarden Independent of July 14,1988

R. L. "Rosie" Venard, 77, of Vermillion died Monday, July 4 in a hospital in Vermillion. Services were held July 8 in the United Church of Christ in Vermillion with the Rev. Robert Inglis officiating. Burial was in Grace Hill Cemetery in Hawarden.

Mr. Venard was born January 20, 1911, in Fort Benton, WY. He moved to Hawarden as a child and graduated from Hawarden High School and South Dakota State University at Brookings in 1934. He married Viola Pierson October 24, 1935, at Alcester. From 1937 to 1939, he taught school at Wakonda and served as a county agent at Redfield until 1944. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War IL He moved to Vermillion in 1946 and served as county agent for Clay County until his retirement in 1966. He then was executive secretary for the Clay County Livestock Feeders Association. He was
also a seed corn salesman for the Curry Seed Co. and was involved in real estate sales and farm management.

Mr. Venard was a member of the Vermillion Lions Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Elks Lodge at Yankton. Ho was an avid hunter and fisherman.

Survivors include his wile a son, Terry, of Leucadin, CA; two brothers, Wayne and Paul, both of Hawarden, and two grandchildren, Jennifer and Charles Venard. Memorials have been established in
his name with the United Church of Christ and the 4-H Youth Foundation.