OBITUARY: Verna Petznick, Worth County, Iowa



[ Mason City Globe Gazette Online Obituaries ]
Tuesday, May 4, 1999


                           VERNA PETZNICK          

GRAFTON - Verna Petznick, 94, of St. Ansgar, formerly of Grafton, died
Monday (May 3, 1999) at the Good Samaritan Center, in St. Ansgar.

Verna was born March 14, 1905, near Grafton, the daughter of Gustava and
Ida (Bartz) Petznick. She attended Grafton schools and graduated from
Grafton High School. She also attended business school.

She was employed for many years at the Farmers State Bank, in Grafton.

She married Kelly Horton, of Grafton and they lived on a farm south of
Grafton. They were later divorced.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 6, at the Emmanuel
Lutheran Church, in Grafton, with the Rev. Rose Marie Nack officiating.
Burial will be in the Grafton Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 7 until 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Champion
Funeral Home, in Osage, and one hour prior to services on Thursday at the
Church.

Verna is survived by two stepdaughters, Leona Lemme and her husband, Paul,
of Kiester, Minn., and Vivian Peterson and her husband, Kermit, of Mason
City; one stepson, Dwayne Horton and his wife, Mary, of East Dubuque, Ill.;
seven stepgrandchildren; and nine stepgreat-grandchildren.

Verna was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Irma Petznick; and
two brothers, Clarence Petznick and Arnold Petznick.




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