Repplinger , Vera Leota Morrison Spare

REPPLINGER, MORRISON, SPARE

Posted By: Lorelei Rusco (email)
Date: 10/22/2013 at 19:32:42

Repplinger, Vera Leota Morrison Spare -
Vera Leota, daughter of John and Mary LaMar Morrison was born October 28, 1891 at Port Morgan, Colorado and passed away March 20, 1982 at 6:10 a.m. at the Lenox Care Center.
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Edward's Catholic Church in Afton, with the Reverend Thomas Coenen officiating. Burial was in Calvary Cemetary in Creston.
Casket bearers were Randall Riley, Ted Jones, Bob Spare, Merrill Cornelison, Peter and Gary Repplinger.
Vera came to Kent as a young girl to make her home with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Jones.
In 1908 she was united in marriage to Charlie Spare of Kent. To this union four children were born, Fred, Lucille, Gertrude and Robert.
In 1922 she married Peter A. Repplinger of Creston. They were the parents of four children, Katherine, Joe, Herman and Patricia.
Preceding her in death were her parents, her husband, Peter, one brother, Alva, sons Fred and Robert Spare; a daughter-in-law, Ann Spare; a daughter, Gertrude Engle; grandson, Charles Spare, and Cloyd McKinney; and stepdaughter
Louis McKee.
Surviving to mourn her passing are Mr. and Mrs. John (Lucille) Matthews of Kuna, Idaho, Mr. and Mrs. Reldon (Katherine)Beadel of Lenox, Mr. and Mrs. Joe (Dorothy) Repplinger of Des Moines, Mr. and Mrs. Herman (Marcellene) Repplinger of
Arvada, Colorado, Patricia Cornelison of Winterset, a brother, Mr. and Mrs. Frank (Edna) Morrison of Longmont, Colorado, a stepson-in-law, Paul McKee of Creston, a step-daughter, Mr. and Mrs. James (Agnes) Moore of Manhattan Beach, California,a step-son, Eugene Repplinger of Knoxville, Iowa, a stepdaughter, Bernice Turner of Creston, twenty-five grandchildren and fifty-three great grandchildren.
Vera was a loving mother and a good friend and neighbor and was loved by all who knew her. A longtime resident of Afton,
she lived in Creston from September 1980 to February 1982 before moving to Lenox. She was a retired homemaker.
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Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday March 31, 1982