Verlie Cecelia (Thornton) Handsaker (1894-1985)

THORNTON, HANDSAKER, GIBBONS, DYER, HARRIS

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 4/14/2014 at 22:07:22

From Nevada Journal October 1985

VERLIE CECELIA HANDSAKER

Verlie Cecelia Handsaker, 91, o 1119 8th St., Nevada, Ia., died Wednesday, Oct. 23, 1985, at Story County Hospital, Nevada, after an illness of nine days.

She was born April 22, 1894, to William and Mamie (Gibbons) Thornton.

She was married to Earl Ray Handsaker.

Survivors include a son, Howard Handsaker of Homeland, Calif.; a granddaughter, Koralee Dyer of Ankeny; a grandson, Lynn Handsaker of Phoenix, Ariz.; five great grandchildren; a sister, Nellie Harris of San Jusa, Calif., and two brothers, Herbert Thornton of Ontario, Calif., and Raymond Thornton of Phoenix, Ariz.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl, in October, 1978; three sisters and six brothers.

Mrs. Handsaker attended high school in Colo. She had been a homemaker, and was a member of the United Methodist Church.

Funeral services will be at Chet Ryan Mortuary, 5th St. and G Ave., Nevada, Saturday, Oct. 26 at 11 a.m. with Rev. Ernest W. Larson officiating. Burial will be in Nevada Cemetery.

Friends may call at mortuary Friday afternoon.