Vernetta Crawford

VERNETTA MARIE CRAWFORD

Washington

Vernetta Marie Crawford, 99, of Washington, died Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021, at the United Presbyterian Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 9,

at St. James Catholic Church with the Rev. Father Bernie Weir officiating. Burial will be at West Chester Cemetery. Family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church. Beatty-Peterseim Funeral, Cremation Care and Monument Service is assisting with care of Vernetta. Memorials in the name of Vernetta Crawford have been designated to the St. James Parish or Hospice of Washington County.

Vernetta was born Oct. 23, 1922, in Washington County, the daughter of Raymond and Cora (Baker) Trier. She graduated from Keota High School and Cosmetology School in Ottumwa, Iowa. She was united in marriage to Marion D. Crawford on March 4, 1946, at the St. James Parsonage.

She was a faithful member of St. James Catholic Church and St. James Altar and Rosary. She worked as a hairdresser in Fairfield until she was married and later worked at McCleery Cumming for 25 years, retiring in 1984. She also worked part time at Winga's Café.

Survivors include children, Phyllis Wager of Frisco, Texas, and Robert Crawford of Riverside; and stepdaughter, Margaret Stout of Johnston, Iowa; sister, LaVonne Kerkove of Ankeny, Iowa; grandchildren, Wendy Miller, Eric Wager, Jayson and Cody Crawford; and five great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Marion, in May 1990; son, Gary, in April 2011; and five brothers, Donald, Merlin, Robert, Dennis and Verle.