John’s Lutheran Church and owned an ice cream store in the mall. After leaving the farm and moving to Charles City, they joined St. Verna and Dale were faithful members of St. Verna was a hardworking mother and farmwife until the kids were older she began working for Oliver Tractors later White Farm as a bookkeeper. In the early 50s the couple moved to Iowa, living in Greene and Charles City, IA, where they spent the majority of their adult lives. From the loving union three children were born, son, Steven, and twin daughters, Jeanne and Janet. As she married Les in Seattle and upon moving to Iowa discovered she was married to Dale. Verna joked about Dale being her second husband. Together the couple spent 69 happy years together. Four months after meeting on the dance floor, she married Leslie Dale Hildebrand on June 19, 1948, at the University Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA. She was a graduate from Queen Anne’s High School.

She was the oldest of six siblings, Ernest Jr., Rosalie, Faye, Sara, and Ella Jane. At the age of 10 years old Verna’s family moved to Seattle, WA.

She lived her first six months in Canada and then the family moved to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. 26, 1928, in Kirkland Lake in Ontario, Canada, the daughter of Ernest and Ella (Wiita) Niemonen. Memorials can be made to Good Shepherd Healthcare Center in Mason City, the Mason City Senior Center, or a charity of your choice. 1, 2022 at Good Shepherd Health Care Center, Mason City, IA.Ī Private Family Graveside Service will be held at a later date. Verna Ellen (Niemonen) Hildebrand, 93, from Mason City, IA, passed peacefully on Saturday, Oct.

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