Vera Alice Halverson

CLERGY
Pastor Bill VanGerpen
READER
Julie Schenkel
MUSIC
Special music by Robert Rueb and Barb Hebner
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS
Staff of Tyndall Good Samaritan Society
and Northpoint Assisted Living
CASKETBEARERS
Jeff Halverson
Galen Halverson
LeAnn Kniffen
Julie Rothschadl
Robert Rueb
Fred Hebner
Vera Alice Halverson was born on Tuesday, March 27, 1917 on a farm in Grundy County, Missouri to Chester and Anna (Herndon) Miller.  Vera was raised by Christian parents and was baptized at the age of 20. In 1923, the family moved to Kansas City where Vera received her education. After high school, she attended secretarial college and graduated in 1934. On June 24, 1937, she married Dr. Roy E. Halverson.  To this union were born a daughter and four sons. Vera was a linotype operator and enjoyed working at newspapers and book printing shops in Lathrop, Monett, and Fulton, Missouri; Tyndall, Rapid City and Mitchell, South Dakota; and Sheridan, Wyoming.  Vera passed away on Sunday, May 31, 2009 at the Good Samaritan Society of Tyndall, having attained the age of 92 years, 2 months, 4 days.
Vera’s memory will be cherished by her daughter, Rebecca Deiley of Green Valley, Arizona and four sons: Jack of Benson, Arizona; Jeffry and wife Patricia of Henderson, Nevada; Galen and wife Patricia of San Antonio, Texas; and Leif of Austin, Texas; five grandchildren: Chad, Lea, Elizabeth, Ray and Michelle; and four great-grandchildren.
Vera was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, five brothers and four sisters.