Verna Marie KILDE

1929 - 2023  (93 years)

• Name	Verna Marie KILDE
  Birth	12 Feb 1929	Beltrami County, Minnesota
  Gender	Female
  Death	8 Jan 2023	Anoka County, Minnesota
  Notes	Verna M. Nicholson, 93, of Spring Lake Park, went home to be with the Lord while asleep at her home on January 8, 2023.  Verna was born February 12, 1929 to August and Bertha Kilde in Hornet Township, North of Blackduck MN, the sixth of eleven children in a close, loving, musically gifted family. She accepted Christ as her Savior at the age of 12 during an evangelistic meeting led by Herb Rockensock at the Hornet Town Hall.  She was a faithful follower of Christ the rest of her life.  Like her mother, she showed Christ’s love and grace to everyone she met, loving unreservedly.  She had a way of making those who knew her feel special.  Verna graduated from Blackduck H.S. in 1947, lettering in choral music.  She married the love of her life, Roy Nicholson, October 30, 1948, in Blackduck.  They lived in Wadena, rural Blackduck, St. Paul, Duluth, the Evergreen Trailer Park near Aurora, Eveleth, Napa CA, rural Grand Rapids MN and Spring Lake Park. She taught Sunday School in Napa, playing guitar and singing for Sunday School and church.  A gracious hostess, she enjoyed fellowship with the women’s group in Napa and the Birthday Club in Spring Lake Park.  Verna was part of the MOPS childcare team at Emmanuel Christian Center for many years.  She also provided childcare in her home. She was a wonderful mother and homemaker.  She was especially known for her baking skills, forming perfectly round buns, bread loaves, cinnamon rolls, pies, and cookies.  She enjoyed having coffee with friends and family at her kitchen table.  Extended family was always very important.  Mom loved being with her people on both sides of the family.  Mom and Dad looked forward to the annual Kilde Reunion at the Hornet Town Hall.  Later mom would attend the reunion now being held at the site of her childhood home. They loved camping at Webster Lake near Blackduck, where local relatives would come to visit.  They also cherished the annual Nicholson extended family campout at McCarthy Beach State Park each September. In retirement they enjoyed traveling in their conversion van to the North Shore, Southern Illinois, Texas, Florida, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  They attended grandchildren’s college graduations in Greenville South Carolina and a wedding in Ohio. She was preceded in death by infant son Roy Vernan (1960) and husband Roy (2002).  She is survived by her children, Allen (Barb), Dennis (Terri), John (Jan), Don (Sherry), Ron, and Joy (Tim) Berg; sister Jennie Hanson, sister-in-law Camilla (Kilde) Scott, 16 grandchildren, 55 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great-grandchild, and many nieces and nephews.
  Person ID	I9602	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	August KILDE,   b. 12 Jun 1898, Parkers Prairie, Otter Tail County, Minnesota d. 5 Jun 1942, Hornet Twp, Beltrami County, Minnesota (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Bertha Annie MOON,   b. 2 Apr 1901, Otter Tail County, Minnesota d. 1 Sep 1971, Beltrami County, Minnesota (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F7186	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Roy William NICHOLSON   d. 2002
  Children	1. Roy Vernan NICHOLSON,   b. 1960   d. 1960 (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F7208	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2023