Vernice Ilene SIMONSON

1925 - 2020  (95 years)

• Name	Vernice Ilene SIMONSON
  Birth	31 Jan 1925	Mower County, Minnesota
  Gender	Female
  Minnesota Birth Certificate	1925-19456
  Death	10 Jul 2020	Grand Meadow, Mower County, Minnesota
  Burial	Saint Finbarrs Cemetery, Grand Meadow, Mower County, Minnesota
  Notes	Vernice I. Stier, age 95, of Grand Meadow died Friday July 10, 2020 at her home in Grand Meadow. She was born January 31, 1925 to Clarence and Bertha (Skogstad) Simonson on a farm near Grand Meadow. She attended and graduated from Grand Meadow High School in 1944 and was united in marriage to Phillip Stier on September 26, 1945 at St Finbarr Catholic Church in Grand Meadow and together they had 9 children. Vernice was a homemaker for the majority of her life, at age 60 she started working at Grand Meadow Health Care and continued to work there for 10 years. After her retirement from the Care Center Vernice and Phillip enjoyed wintering in Mesa, AZ for many years.  She enjoyed bowling, music, dancing, cocktail hour with a brandy old fashioned, playing pinochle and driving her golf cart around Grand Meadow but most of all she enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and having a good time. She is survived by her children; Annette (Pat) Hefling of Tomahawk, WI, Mark (Theresa) Stier of Grand Meadow, Connie (Frank) Mignone of Hamel, MN, Terry (Lisa) Stier of Montgomery, MN, Less (Chery) Stier of Grand Meadow, Pam (Craig) Stacey of Deephaven, MN, Patti Stier of Burnsville, MN and Jim (Randi) Stier of Grand Meadow, 28 grandchildren, 59 great-grandchildren and a great-great grandson. She was preceded in death by her husband Phillip on October 24, 2006, a son Stephen, a grandson Brandon and 3 brothers; Everett, Chuck and Curt. A public visitation will be held from 10 A.M. until 11 A.M. on Friday July 17, 2020 at St Finbarr Catholic Church. St Finbarr Catholic Church requests masks be worn and social distancing be followed.  A private funeral Mass for the family will take place later that day. The family would like to extend a special thank you to her niece Julie Burgess for the loving care she extended to Vernice over the last couple years.
  Person ID	I11739	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	8 May 2021

  
  

  Father	Clarence E SIMONSON,   b. 5 Jan 1900, Mower County, Minnesota d. 31 Jul 1979, Mower County, Minnesota (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Bertha SKOGSTAD,   b. 16 Sep 1897, Minnesota d. 20 Dec 1982, Mower County, Minnesota (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	12 Nov 1919	Mower County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F8321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Phillip Elbridge STIER,   b. 8 Jun 1926, Grand Meadow, Mower County, Minnesota d. 24 Oct 2006, Grand Meadow, Mower County, Minnesota (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	26 Sep 1945
  Children	1. Stephen Francis STIER,   b. 25 Sep 1949, Olmsted County, Minnesota d. 8 Jun 1967, Canada (Age 17 years)
  Family ID	F8823	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2016