Committal services for Vernie Edmundson are at 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, in Palisade Lutheran Cemetery, Rock County. Funeral services are at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, in Palisade Lutheran Church. The Rev. Ray Heidenson will officiate.
Vernie Kathryn Edmundson, 99, Garretson, S.D., died Monday, Sept. 23, 2002, at Palisade Manor Nursing Home in Garretson.
Vernie Kruse was born to Henry and Minnie (Borchers) Kruse on Aug. 25, 1903, in Little Falls. She moved with her parents to Rock County in 1905. She attended school in Beaver Creek and graduated from Luverne High School in 1923. She attended Normal School in Luverne the following year and received her two-year teacherÕs certificate from Mankato State.
She married Donald Edmundson on June 2, 1928, in Rock County. They made their home on a farm near Garretson, In 1973 they retired and moved to Luverne. Mr. Edmundson died Oct. 1, 1992.
She was a teacher in Rock County for 18 years and did substitute teaching in the Luverne Elementary School. She also worked at the Rock County ARC School and was administrator for three years.
Mrs. Edmundson was a member of Palisade Lutheran Church for 74 years. She taught Sunday School for many years and was ALCW president for two years. She was also a member of the Norse Glee Club Auxiliary in Sioux Falls, S.D., for several years.
Survivors include one son, Donald (Beverly) Edmundson, Sioux Falls, S.D.; one daughter, Audrey Jervik, Sioux Falls; seven grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren; one brother, Roy Kruse, Luverne; two sisters, Amber Sorenson, New Richland, and Carolyn Yother, Weslaco, Texas; and many other relatives and friends.
Mrs. Edmundson was preceded in death by her parents, one son, Dale, two brothers, one sister, and a great-granddaughter.
Minnehaha Funeral Home, Garretson, was in charge of arrangements.