MEADE – Verna J. Ohnick age 68, died early Monday morning, June 9, 2008, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas.

She was born November 29, 1939, at Boise City, Oklahoma, the daughter of Mike and Iva (Means) Ohnick. As a young girl she attended the Campo, Colorado, school system, graduating from Campo High School. A resident of Meade, Kansas, since 1994, moving from Guymon, Oklahoma, she was a housekeeper, having worked for the Fowler Nursing Home and the Chuckwagon Restaurant.

She was a member of the Church of the Nazarene, Meade, and enjoyed working with crafts.

Survivors include:
A brother, Mitcheal "Mick" Ohnick of Meade, Kansas

Several nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Franklin Ohnick; and three sisters, Mary Christine Tanner, Florence Pauline Shackleford, and Marvelin Ruth Shackelford.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 11, 2008, at the Church of the Nazarene, Meade, with the Reverend Ron Willard presiding. Friends may call from 12:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade. Interment will be in the Graceland Cemetery, Meade.

The family would welcome memorials to the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade.