Verna Henning of Walcott will celebrate her 101st birthday on Feb. 17. She will be honored with a card shower. Everyone is invited to send cards to Verna at the Wheatland Manor Nursing Home, 316 E. Lincolnway St., Wheatland, IA 52777.
Verna Sothmann was born Feb. 17, 1925, in Dixon. She married Ernest F. Henning on Aug. 12, 1944, in Davenport. He passed away in 1995.
Verna was the Avon Lady in the Calamus, Walcott and Davenport areas for nearly 60 years – working well into her 90s.
She dreams of the days when she lived on the farm and spent many fun times cooking, baking, fishing, card playing, dancing, gardening, and camping. She worked at the Bentley Funeral Home in Durant and was the voter registrar chairperson in Walcott for many years.
She is the mother of Verlynn (Dick) Moroney of South Vienna, Ohio, Lyndon “Ernie” Henning (Ruth Sueverkruebbe) of Davenport, and Renae (Michael) Baca of Albuquerque, N.M. She has six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.