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Velma
Charlotte Larson
Velma Charlotte Larson, 93, of Hays
Springs, died March 9, 2009 at Good Samaritan Home in Wood River, NE..
Services will be 10 a.m. Monday, at
the United Methodist Church in Hay
Springs, Nebraska. The
Reverend Rod Heilbrun will officiate. Burial will be in the Hays Springs Cemetery.
Chamberlain Chapel is in charge of
arrangements. All Faiths Funeral Home is in charge of local
arrangements.
She was born September 2, 1915 in Gordon, NE to Charles and Carrie (Kuhler) Hetzel. She
attended Gordon school from kindergarten through Gordon High School graduating as Valedictorian
of her 55 member class of 1933.
From there she attended Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln. It was there she met her future
husband Dale O. Larson. They were married on August 17, 1939,
in Gordon, NE.
The couple made their home in Ceresco, NE where Dale was Superintendent of Schools.
They made several other moves and made their lasting home in Hays
Springs.
To this union three children were
born, Marilynn Jean, Stephen Dale and Bruce Arthur.
She was a member of the United Methodist
Church of Hays Springs, Ruth’s Circle Women’s Club, Order
of the Eastern Star where she was Past Worthy Matron, Mariners Dinner
Club and PEO. She sang in the church choir and played in the
Joy Belles for many years. In 2002 she became a 50 year member
of PEO.
Those left to cherish her memory are
daughter and son-in-law; Marilynn and Dick Miller of Grand Island,
NE, Son and daughter-in-law; Stephen and Lorna Larson of Topeka,
Kansas; grandchildren and their spouses, Marsha Miller of Denver,
CO and Karin and Adam George of Centennial, Kansas; great grandson,
Cody Stone-Miller and great granddaughter McKenna George.
She was preceded in death by her parents,
brother, Willard Hetzel, husband Dale “Bud” Larson and
son Bruce Arthur Larson.
Memorial has been established for
the United Methodist Church of Hays Springs or may be sent in care
of Marilynn Miller, 4305
Quail Lane, Grand Island, NE. 68801.