Verna Mae Coker
Verna Mae Coker
1919-2015
Verna Mae Coker, 95, Grant City, Missouri, formerly of Maryville, died Saturday, March 21, 2015, at Worth County Convalescent Center, Grant City.
Verna was born August 1, 1919, in Ravenwood, Missouri to Everett E. and Katie Mae (Farley) Lawson.
A 1937 graduate of the Ravenwood High School she was a retired retail sales clerk with the Mongomery Ward Company, St. Joseph, Missouri.
Verna Mae was a member of the St. Gregory’s Catholic Church, and a former member the Silver Haired Legislature and BPW.
Preceding Verna Mae in death were her parents, husbands Wayne McMahon (married December 17, 1938, died March 26, 1978) and Francis Carrol (married January 21, 1982, died December 4, 1984) and Orel Oakley Coker (married May 3, 1987, died May 15, 2011).
Survivors include her daughter Ardyth Karbowski, Omaha, Nebraska, sister, Margaret Ditamore, Raytown, Missouri, three grandchildren, four great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
Visitation will be 1-2:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, 2015, prior to the Funeral Service at 2 p.m., at the Price Funeral Home Chapel, Maryville. Burial will be in Nodaway Memorial Gardens, Maryville.
Memorials may be made to the Worth County Convalescent Center, 503 East Fourth Street, Grant City, Missouri 64456, in Verna’s name.
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