Verna M. Unrau
Verna M. Unrau, 86, 3001 Ivy Drive in
North Newton, homemaker and Herald Publishing Co. employee for more
than 30 years, died Saturday (Oct. 24, 1998) at Kidron Bethel Care
Center in North Newton.
She was born June 22, 1912, in rural
Whitewater to H.B. and Marie (Schmidt) Schmidt. She married Walter R.
Unrau Oct. 5, 1934, at Grace Hill Mennonite Church in rural
Whitewater with the Rev. G.N. Harms officiating. He preceded her in
death Oct. 31, 1987.
She was a member of the First Mennonite
Church in Newton. She was a graduate of Newton High School. She lived
in Newton all of her married life, moving to Kidron Bethel Care
Center in 1995.
Survivors include: two daughters, Mary
E. Birky of Adair, Okla., and Donna Klassen of Houston; one sister,
Lea Good of North Newton; five grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren. She also was preceded in death by one
grandchild, Stephanie Suzanne Klassen; three brothers; and five
sisters.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.
Tuesday at First Mennonite Church in Newton with Pastor Clarence
Rempel officiating. Burial will be in the Restlawn Garden's of
Memory. Friends may call until 9 p.m. today at Petersen Funeral Home.
Memorials have been established with
Kidron Bethel Care Center in care of the funeral home.
1912 - 1998 (86 years)