Long, Vera L. (1915 – 2008)

LONG, BROWN, EDWARDS, GRAYBILL, BERG, GAHM

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/4/2013 at 23:10:50

Name of deceased: Vera Leona Graybill Long (nee Edwards)

Aged: 93 yrs, 1 mo

Residence: Shelby, IA

Born: Oct. 29, 1915, Shelby, IA

Died: Nov. 29, 2008, at the Elm Crest Retirement Community; Harlan, IA

Funeral services: Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008, Shelby United Methodist Church, Shelby, IA; Pastor Orris L. Drake officiated. Burial was in the Shelby Cemetery in Shelby, IA.

Survived by: Son, Derald (spouse, Bette) Graybill of Shelby, IA; daughter, Norma J. (spouse, C. Joe) Gahm of Council Bluffs, IA; 9 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild; nieces and nephews; longtime friends, John and Helen Barrett of Tennant, IA; other relatives and friends

Predeceased by: parents, Roy and Myrtle (nee Brown) Edwards; two husbands, Wilbur Henry Graybill (deceased April 1976, Council Bluffs, IA) and Cloyce Beresford Long (deceased Jan. 2, 1992, Harlan, IA); daughter, Joyce Berg, in 1996; son, Wayne Graybill, in 1999; 2 sisters; 3 brothers; grandsons, David Berg and Kurt Gahm; great-granddaughter, Lyndsey Gahm

Education: graduated from Shelby High School, Class of 1933

Marriage: (1) Wilbur Henry Graybill; April 4, 1934; Council Bluffs, IA (2) Cloyce Beresford Long; 1977; location not indicated

Employment: farmed with spouse; retired in 1972, moving to Shelby, IA., and wintering in Arizona.

Hobbies/Interests: member, Shelby United Methodist Church; enjoyed working on the farm and gardening, cooking, square dancing, sewing, playing cards. She also enjoyed going to casinos.

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