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Verna M. Mckoski

February 15, 1920 — May 27, 2010

Verna M. McKoski, 90, of St. Paul died Thursday, May 27, 2010 at Golden Living Center at Lakeview in Grand Island.

Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, at Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in St. Paul. Father Ray Kosmicki will officiate. Visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Sunday at Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul with a wake service at 2:00 p.m. Graveside service will be held on Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. in Elmwood Cemetery.

Memorials are suggested to Golden Living Center at Lakeview in Grand Island.

Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul is in charge of arrangements.

Verna was born February 15, 1920 to Vigo & Estrid (Keldsen) Kyhn at Callaway Nebraska.

She was raised in the Boelus area and attended rural school District 28 near Boelus. After her schooling, she helped at home until marriage.

She was united in marriage to Frank McKoski on August 25, 1941 in Farwell at St. Anthony's Catholic Church.

The couple lived southeast of Farwell on a farm. They lived there until 1945 when they moved to St. Paul. Frank passed away in 1989. Verna lived in St. Paul until 2003 when she moved to Golden Living Center at Lakeview in Grand Island.

She was a member of Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church and the Altar Society.

Verna enjoyed crafts, sewing, artwork and gardening. She also enjoyed playing bingo.

Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Glen & Diane McKoski of Grand Island; three daughters and a son-in-law, Margaret Ann & Eugene Petersen of St. Paul, Angela Rae Rathbun of Alda and Lois Mae McKoski of Grand Island; five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; one brother and sister-in-law, Arnold & Grace Kyhn of Boelus; and one sister, Mae Vance of Grand Island.

She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Frank who died on January 28, 1989; one daughter Rose Marie McKoski; a son-in-law Lynn Rathbun; and two brothers Harold & Lloyd Kyhn.

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