Vernice Weiland, age 80, Luverne, died June 17, 2002, at the Hospice Cottage, Luverne.
Services will be held on June 21, at 10:30 a.m. at Grace Lutheran church in Luverne. Family visitation will be June 20, from 2 to 8 p.m. at Dingmann Funeral Home, Luverne and also from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at Grace Lutheran Church.
Vernice Irene Bannick was born to Emma (Bock) and John Bannick on October 30, 1921, in Jasper. She attended school in Jasper. Following her father’s death the family moved to Sioux Falls. She worked at a pharmacy and assisted her mother to manage a boarding and rooming house. On June 17, 1942, she married Delmar Henrickson and in 1957 they moved to Luverne. She was a long-time member of Eastern Star.
From 1959 until 1972 she operated a boarding and rooming house in Luverne. On August 11, 1974, she married Jack Weiland. They were known for their love of old time music and dancing. From 1973 until her retirement in 1986 she provided full-time adult foster care in her Luverne home.
She is remembered by many of her skills as a seamstress, a cook, and as an accomplished bread maker. She enjoyed many forms of needlework, and had a talent for sharing her skills with others. She will be fondly remembered as a kind, loving and supportive mother, grandmother, sister, and friend.
She is survived by one brother Robert (Arline) of Denver, CO and her children and their spouses Robert and Bernice Henrickson, Parker, CO, Ronald and Patricia Henrickson, Salinas, CA; Sharon and Darrel Rockman, Luverne; and Barbara and Tom Stanley, Fairbault; ten grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
She was proceeded in death by her parents, husband, and brother Leonard.
A tree will be planted in memory of her by Hospice of Luverne Community Hospital.
Dingman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.