Verna A. Springer, 79, Kokomo,
died at 1:35 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008 at St. Vincent Seton
Specialty Hospital, Indianapolis. She was born Feb. 5, 1929, in
Peotone, Ill., the daughter of John and Martha (Pfingsten) Petersen.
On June 5, 1954, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Grant Park, Ill.,
she married James E. Springer, who survives.
Verna was a 1947 graduate of Grant Park High School, where she was
valedictorian. She received her bachelor’s degree in education from
Illinois State University in 1951 and her master’s degree in
education from Indiana University Bloomington in 1966. She taught
for several school districts, including Crete, Ill., and Plainfield,
as well as Western and Northwestern in Howard County. She spent most
of her career at Northwestern, retiring in 1985.
Verna was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church,
Grant Park, Ill. She was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
in Kokomo and was a member of the Service Guild, Indiana Retired
Teachers Association and the Howard County Retired Teachers.
Survivors include her husband, Jim, Kokomo; a son, Kurt J. Springer,
Indianapolis; a daughter, Karla J. Springer and her husband, Charles
Whetstone, Alexandria, Va.; two granddaughters, Justice Marie
Springer and Karlee Springer Whetstone; three step-grandchildren;
two step-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Elden C. Petersen,
Custer Park, Ill., and Lorenz J. Petersen and his wife, Janet,
Barrington Hills, Ill.; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters-in-law,
Sonya Petersen and Carol Petersen.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Good
Shepherd Lutheran Church, 121 Santa Fe Blvd., Kokomo, with Pastor
Aaron Schelle officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memory
Gardens Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Shirley
& Stout Funeral Home, Lincoln Road Chapel, 1315 W. Lincoln Road, and
at the church from 10 a.m. until service time Saturday.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Verna’s memory may be
made to the Shepherds Lambs Day Care and Preschool of Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home and
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