Verna Joy Schweers

Verna Joy Schweers, 79, of Ponca, passed away June 30, 2020 at a local nursing home.  A funeral service will be held Monday, July 6 at 10:30 A.M. at Mohr Funeral Home in Ponca.  Visitation will be Sunday from 4-7 P.M. with the family present from 5-7 and a prayer service at 7, at the funeral home.  Burial will be at Ponca Cemetery.  Online condolences may be made to www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Verna was born on July 17, 1940 in Ponca, NE to Vernon and Joyce (Crain) Grosvenor.  She graduated high school and was united in marriage to Dietrich Schweers on January 15, 1961 in Ponca.  She was a member of the Extension Club, Liberty Bells, Salem Lutheran Church, Quilting Ladies and enjoyed donating quilts to Camp Carol Joy Holling.  Verna enjoyed square dancing, gardening, quilting, traveling, tending to her chickens, being a 4-H mom and spending time with her grandchildren.  She especially loved making quilts for various charities as well as for her family.

Those left to honor her memory include her husband of 59 ½ years, Dietrich Schweers, Ponca; 5 children: Lisa (Steve) Mollenhauer, Pueblo West, CO, Rick (Marcella) Schweers, Ponca, NE, Lora (Jerry) Truesdell, Ogood, IN, Theresa (David) Navrkal, Elk Point, SD, Kathryn (Doyle) Fischer, Tea, SD; 9 grandchildren: Amanda (Zach) Dodson, Kimberly (Josh) Mollenhauer, Sarah (Kory) Erickson, Tyler (Amanda) Schweers, Mattie Schweers, Abby Schweers, Grace Truesdell, Dakota Navrkal, Devin Fischer; 2 great-grandchildren: Ethan and Matthew Schweers, and one on the way; sisters: Helen (John) Schweers and Elizabeth Anne Smith; and her special friends, the birthday girls.

She is preceded in death by her parents and a grandson, Dylan Fischer.