LaVerne "Verne" Bottoms 1932-2014

BOTTOMS, ELTER, KIEL, ROBEY, BRADFIELD

Posted By: cheryl Locher moonen (email)
Date: 10/31/2019 at 20:34:00

Telegraph Herald: Web Edition Articles (Dubuque, IA) - Sunday, June 8, 2014

LaVerne "Verne" Bottoms, 82, of ManorCare Health Services, died Thursday, June 5, 2014, at ManoreCare.

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, June 9, at the Egelhof, Siegert & Casper Westview Funeral Home and Crematory, 2659 Kennedy Road. Burial will be in Rockdale Cemetery. There will be no visitation prior to services.

Verne was born on May 5, 1932, in Dubuque, son of Alfred and Marian (Welter) Bottoms.

Verne farmed on the family farm for his entire life. He enjoyed working with the cattle, gardening and being around the animals.

He was a member of Rockdale Methodist Church, where he was baptized.

Surviving are his sisters, Ruth Elaine Kiel, of Bellevue, Iowa, Dorothy (Harlan) Robey, of Sherrill, Iowa, and June (Duane) Bradfield, of Dubuque; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Quentin (Ursula) Bottoms; sister, Mary Jane Bottoms; and brother-in-law, Norbert Kiel.

Special thank-you to the nurses and staff at ManorCare for their compassionate care.