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Veva Brimhall

January 22, 1915 — May 20, 2004

Veva Lenora Krieger Brimhall, 89 of Mount Pleasant, died Thursday, May 20, 2004 at the Henry County Health Center in Mount Pleasant.

A Celebration of her life will be 11:00 A.M. Monday, May 24, 2004 at the Finley Chapel New Life Parish Methodist Church with Pastor Nancy Renfro and Dr. Edward Petersen officiating. Burial will be in the Finley Cemetery. No formal visitation will be held at the Beatty Funeral Home, but the funeral home will be open from noon to 7:00pm on Sunday, May 23. Family and friends may call at the Steve and Karen Brimhall residence at 304 North Main Street on Sunday evening.

Veva was born January 22, 1915 in Mt. Union, Iowa the daughter of George W. and Pearl L. (Lauer) Krieger. She graduated from Mt. Union High School and received her teaching certificate from Iowa Wesleyan College. She was united in marriage to Keith Stewart Brimhall on June 1, 1946 in Winfield, Iowa. He preceded her in death November 27, 2000.

Veva taught country school and later fifth grade at Winfield. Following marriage she joined her husband on the farm northeast of Trenton. In 1987 they retired and moved to Mt. Pleasant.

Veva was a member of the Finley Chapel New Life Parish Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, Henry County Health Center Auxiliary and the VFW Auxiliary. She taught Sunday school for over fifty years and held many offices in the church and United Methodist Women.

Survivors include sons Steven Keith Brimhall and wife Karen of Mount Pleasant, Kenneth Stewart Brimhall and wife Adela of San Juan, TX; daughter Marjorie Jean Roth and husband Tom of Mount Pleasant; brother Edmund (Bub) Krieger and wife Lugene of Mount Union; sister Wilma (Mrs. Warren) Young of Mount Pleasant; granddaughters, Lisa Mitchell and husband Jeff and daughters Sidney, Nina and Ellen, all of West Des Moines, IA, Amee Wilkins and husband Jeff and daughters Emma and Elizabeth of Fairfax, IA, Suzanne Miller and husband Brant of Oskaloosa, IA, Pegy Brimhall of New York, NY, Rita Brimhall of San Antonio, TX, Katie Steele and husband Cory of Crawfordsville, IA and Megan Roth of Mount Pleasant.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.

Memorials in the name of Veva Brimhall have been established to the Finley Chapel or Iowa Wesleyan College.

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