Obituaries.Byline: The Register-Guard Verna Dickey YONCALLA - A memorial service will be held July 3 for Verna Margaret Dickey of Yoncalla, who died June 28 of age-related causes. She was 81. Dickey was born Sept. 28, 1920, in Huron, S.D., to Chris and Eline Laursen. She married Delbert Dickey in Junction City Junction City, city (1990 pop. 20,604), seat of Geary co., NE Kans., at the confluence of the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers; inc. 1859. The rail, trade, and processing center of an agricultural and dairy area, it grew as the supply point for nearby Fort Riley, on Sept. 17, 1939. She graduated from Junction City High School in 1938. Dickey lived in Askov, Minn., before moving with her parents to Junction City. She and her husband lived in Drain and Springfield before moving to Yoncalla in 1945. She worked as the owner of a grocery store and service station in Yoncalla. Dickey enjoyed reading, visiting friends and spending time "Spending Time" is the first single released by Christian artist Stellar Kart. The lyrics describe the band members desire to spend "more time with God". "Sometimes it’s a real struggle to spend time with God. with her family. She was a member of the Yoncalla Seventh-day Adventist Church The Seventh-day Adventist Church (abbreviated "Adventist"[2]) is a Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished mainly by its observance of Saturday, the "seventh day" of the week, as the Sabbath. and the Lions Club. Survivors include her husband; a son, Mike of Yoncalla; a daughter, Kathie Yost of St. Helena, Calif.; a brother, Earl Laursen of Pulaski, Tenn.; nine grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. ; and 13 great-grandchildren. A brother, Leroy "Coupe" Laursen, died previously. Wednesday's service will be at 3 p.m. at Yoncalla Assembly of God Church. A private burial burial, disposal of a corpse in a grave or tomb. The first evidence of deliberate burial was found in European caves of the Paleolithic period. Prehistoric discoveries include both individual and communal burials, the latter indicating that pits or ossuaries were will be held at Yoncalla Cemetery cemetery, name used by early Christians to designate a place for burying the dead. First applied in Christian burials in the Roman catacombs, the word cemetery came into general usage in the 15th cent. . Memorial contributions may be made to the Yoncalla Community Center. News obituaries are a free service of The Register-Guard and are printed as space allows. The News Department will accept information on its standard obituary forms submitted through funeral homes or by the deceased's immediate family. Obituary information is available by phone at 485-1234, Ext. 5534, or by fax at 683-7631. If you want to purchase advertising space for a more detailed obituary, call 342-1212. |
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