Funeral services for Verna Mae Rohde, 79, of Beemer, formerly of Carroll and Wayne, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20 at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Wayne. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19 at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Wayne. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery in Wayne.
Memorials may be directed to the Rohde family for later designation.
She died Thursday Nov. 14, 2024 at the Pender Community Hospital in Pender.
Arrangements are with Hasemann Funeral Home of Wayne.
Verna Mae (Hansen) Rohde was born Sept. 2, 1945 to Laurence Johannas and Frances Mary (Pippitt) Hansen in Wayne. She was baptized March 31, 1946 and confirmed May 17, 1959 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Wayne. She attended country school and graduated from Wayne High School in 1963. She met Ronald Rohde in late May of 1963 and they were married Nov. 17, 1963 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Wayne. This past Sunday they would have celebrated 61 years of marriage.
She enjoyed her time with the neighbor ladies, meeting monthly playing cards and eating desserts. She and Ron were members of the Carroll Saddle Club, meeting every Wednesday night. Many Saturdays were spent on trail rides with friends and carrying flags in area town parades and for the River City Round Up. They played many hours of canasta with their good neighbors and friends Bill and Sandra Brudigan, lots of games of 31 played with Andy and Mary Anderson and much time spent together as families with Dennis and Deb Jensen. Many trips were made to eat pizza at Euni’s Palace in Dixon. Verna Mae and Ron drove often to Carroll to check cows and chat with Kenny and Deb Hall.
Verna Mae loved her Cornhuskers and cheering on the football team. She was definitely known for her spunk and sassiness, and she would correct you if you called her “Verna”, as she went by Verna Mae. She was an amazing cook and baker and her family was always well fed.
Survivors include her husband, Ron; their children and families, Curt Rohde, grandchildren, Allyson Rohde, Nathan Rohde and Christopher Rohde; Cherie Foote, grandchildren, Kayla (Joe) Frerichs, great-grandchildren, Cohen, Callie and Colbie; Lane (Whitney) Foote and great grandson, Ledger; Cynthia (Jake ) Petersen, children, Caleb Gamble and Cody Gamble, Matt Petersen and Lezlee Petersen; Colleen (Josh) Starzl, children, Calvin Starzl and Colston Starzl; sister, Nancy J. (Alan) Niemann; brother, Larry L. (Cathy) Hansen; several in-laws; nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parent,s Laurence and Frances Hansen; cousin, Rick Pippitt; and parents-in-law, Clifford and Gladys (Sellin) Rohde.
