Obituary of Verna Mae Diers

Verna Mae. Diers, 84, of New Vienna, Iowa died Thursday, February 20, 2014, at the Edgewood Convalescent Home, Edgewood, Iowa. Friends may call from 3 - 8 p.m. Sunday, February 23, 2014, at Kramer Funeral Home (750 12th Ave SW) Dyersville, Iowa where a vigil service will be held at 9:30 a.m. Visitation will also be held from 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. at Kramer Funeral Home prior to the funeral mass. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, February 24, 2014, at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Colesburg, Iowa with burial in St. Patrick's Cemetery. Rev. Al Vorwald will officiate. Verna Mae was born on January 9, 1930 in New Vienna, Iowa, the daughter of Joseph and Leona (Rolfes) VonHandorf. She married James Diers Sr. on October 4, 1950 in Colesburg, Iowa. Together they farmed near Colesburg on the home farm. Survivors include her 3 children: James (Janet) Diers, Jr., Robert (Debra) Diers and Kay (Jim) Jones, all of Colesburg; 7 grandchildren: Jessica (Mitch) Kirby, Jason Diers, Jared (Amanda) Diers, Heidi Diers, Amanda Diers, Jake Jones, Ike Jones; 6 great grandchildren; siblings: Lou Ann (Kenneth) Brown, Donald (Jean) VonHandorf, Lester (Nancy) VonHandorf all of Colesburg, Marilyn (Roger) Schrunk of El Toro, CA, in-laws, Jeanette (Conrad) Tegeler of Manchester, Jerry Ellerbach of Holy Cross and Eunice Diers of Colesburg. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, James in 2013, in-laws: Alice (Edward) Rausch, Joan Ellerbach, Anna Mae (Edmund) Steffen, and Paul Diers.