OBITUARY: Mary Kathleen (Von Tersch) Veren, 1943-1995, Mitchell Co., Iowa

Adapted from: MASON CITY GLOBE GAZETTE - Circa Oct. 13, 1995



                      Mary Kathleen Veren

COLUMBIA, Mo.-- Mary Kathleen Veren, 52, of 1801 Garden Drive,
Columbia, Missouri, and formerly of Osage, Iowa, died Tuesday
Octpber 10, 1995, at home, of natural causes.

Funeral services were held Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic
Church, Osage, with the Rev. Dennis Cahill officiating.

Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery.

The Champion Funeral Home, Osage, was in charge of arrangements.

Kathy was born Aug. 30, 1943, in Omaha, Neb., the daughter of
William J. Von Tersch and Cecelia (nee) Smith Von Tersch.  She moved
with her family to Osage in 1946, attended Osage schools and graduated
from Osage High School in 1961.  She attended Rochester, Minn.,
Junior College and was employed by Mayo Clinic.  Kathy was united
in marriage to Darrell Veren on May 1, 1965, in Osage.  They
lived in Osage, Maxwell, Monroe, Cedar Rapids and Columbia, Mo.

She is survived by her mother, Cecelia Von Tersch of Osage;
her husband, Darrell Veren of Columbia, Mo.; one daughter, 
Mary Frances Bolander and her husband, Eric, of Gurnee, Ill.; one
son, Bill Veren and his wife, Cheryl, of Fairfax, Vt.; three
sisters, Sheila Moksnes and her husband, Duane, of Minnetonka,
Minn.; Peg Bowe of Mason City; Joan Kleckner and her husband,
Bruce, of Fresno, Calif.; two brothers, Tom Von Tersch and his
wife, Marilyn, of Osage, and Tim Von Tersch and his wife, Annette,
of Cedar Falls.

She was preceded in death by her father, William, in 1973.
                                                                          

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