MANKATO – Vergaline Adelle (Hanson) Holdren entered into eternal rest on February 22, 2020, at the age of 75 years, 1 month and 23 days, from a hard-fought battle against pancreatic cancer with the comfort of her loving family around her.
Vergaline was born on December 30, 1944, at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, KS, to Chester (Chet) and Neita (McElroy) Hanson. She is preceded in death by her husband, Walt Holdren, her parents, Chet & Neita Hanson and Edwin & Ruth Holdren and brothers-in-law Randall Brooks and George Bighia.
She is survived by her daughters, Rebecca Holdren (John Powers) of Salina, Roxanne Kimminau (Todd) of Beloit, Crystal Vacura (Blake) of Omaha, NE, and her six grandchildren, Elliot Kimminau, Beloit, TeJay Kimminau, Sabetha, Garrett Kimminau, Beloit, Ashley Vacura, Omaha, NE, Jacqueline Holdren, Omaha, NE, and Zachary Vacura, Omaha, NE. She is also survived by her sisters, Oalga Bighia, Lonzy Hofmeister (Dallas) and sisters-in-law Mary Folsom, Betty Meis (Bill) and Janet Wilcox (David) and a whole host of aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.
A celebration of life service for Vergaline Adelle (Hanson) Holdren, will be at 10 a.m. on Thursday, February 27, 2020, at the Beloit First United Methodist Church with Pastor Jim Brackett officiating. Arlene Zachary will be the pianist and Phil Vetter the vocalist. Pallbearers will be Elliot Kimminau, TeJay Kimminau, Garrett Kimminau, Zachary Vacura, Jerry Anderson, and Roger Rightmeier and honorary pallbearers will be Ashley Vacura and Jacqueline Holdren. Interment will be in the Pleasant View Cemetery by Montrose (rural Formoso). Visitation will be Weednesday, February 26, 2020, from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., at the Roberts Family Funeral Service, Beloit, with the family receiving friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Memorials may be given in Vergaline Adelle (Hanson) Holdren’s memory to the Pleasant View Cemetery in Montrose, MCHHS Auxiliary, or the Solomon Valley Hospice in care of the mortuary. Service arrangements were arranged by Roberts Family Funeral Service, 910 N Campbell, Beloit, KS 67420.
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