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Verona Landis
VERONA LANDIS Monticello Verona M. Landis, 90, of Monticello, died Friday, March 6, 2015, at the Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following a brief illness. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, March 12, at the United Church of Monticello. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery. The Rev. Edwin Moreano will officiate at the services. Friends may call from 4 until 7 p.m. Wednesday at Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello. Thoughts, memories and condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the United Church of Monticello. Surviving are her five children, Nena (George) Robertson and Susan (George) McBee, both of Bellevue, Wash., Jessica (Douglas) Guilford, Strawberry Point, Dr. Bruce (Betty) Landis, Elkader, and James (Kay) Landis, Dickeyville, Wis.; 15 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren and one more on the way; and her siblings, Art (Sharon) Kromminga, Nedra Hanken and Ruth Harms, all of Monticello, and Marla (Nick) Paulsen, Center Junction. She was preceded in death by her parents; her stepmother, Esther; infant brother and sister; and her husband, Royal. Verona M. Kromminga was born Dec. 24, 1924, at John McDonald Hospital, Monticello, Iowa, the daughter of Raymond and Elsa M. Behrends Kromminga. Verona graduated from Monticello Community Schools in 1942. She took Normal Training during the summer and began teaching in the rural schools that fall. She taught at Frog Hollow and Castle Grove No. 6 and later at a school north of Hopkinton. Verona Kromminga and Royal R. Landis were married April 7, 1943, at First Congregational Church in Anamosa. Verona worked in the library at Iowa State University while Royal was in school. After the couple moved back to Monticello, Verona worked at the Monticello State Bank for 26 years. She was a member of the United Church of Monticello. She was an avid bridge player. Verona and Royal enjoyed traveling and had visited over 50 countries. They also had been part of the Jones County Hiking Club and loved to dance at all the ballrooms in the area.
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