Person:Verna Edzenga (1)

Grenora City, Jetson Street East
Edzenga, Derik [sic] S., head
,Anna L., wife, white female, age 32, married, able to read and write, born Illinois, father born Holland (Dutch), mother born Germany (German), speaks English, no occupation
, Clara E., daughter
, Verna B., daughter
Broughten, Harrey, boarder,
Wolgast, Hattie, boarder

HH #7, Families 9-11: John Guel, Carl Anderson, George H. Knott, Mrs. George H. Knott, Henry G. Knott, John Gordon Knott
HH #8, Families 12-13:
Hughes, Nancy, native white female
Edzenga, Derk, foreign male, age 35
Edzenga, Mrs. Anna, native white female, age 28
Edzenga, Clara Evangline, native white female, age 8
Edzenga, Verna Betrice, native white female, age 1

Edzenga, Derk S., head,
, Anna L., wife, white female, age 43, married, 1st time at age 17, able to real and write, born IL, father born Holland, mother born Germany, able to speak English
, Clara E., daughter
, Verna B., daug,
Kratz, Charley, Jr., male, white male, age 74

Clara E. Edzenga and Lee W. Allen, Skagit County

Clara E. Allen
. . . . She is survived by . . . a sister, Verna Henderson of Clear Lake. . . .

Daughter born to Clear Lake Couple
Mr. And Mrs Lyle Henderson are announcing the arrival of a 9 pound daughter, born Monday morning August 13.

Verna Beatrice Henderson
Saturday, September 20th, 2014

Verna Beatrice Henderson, age 101, passed away at her home in Clear Lake, surrounded by her family on Thursday, September 18, 2014.
She was born on September 15, 1913 in Powers Lake, North Dakota, the daughter of Derk & Anna (Knott) Edzenga. She was raised North Dakota until the family moved to Clear Lake in 1922 and she attended school in Sedro-Woolley, graduating from Sedro-Woolley High School with the class of 1931.

In 1933 she was united in marriage to Lyle Henderson in Clear Lake and they made their home in Hamilton until 1939 when they moved to Anacortes and then Everett for a while, then during WWII made their home in Bremerton and where Verna first worked as a truck driver and then a clerk/typist at the naval shipyard. In 1949 they moved to Montana where she and Lyle sold cookware, doing in home demonstrations. They later lived for a while in Salt Lake City, Utah before returning to Bremerton and finally settled again in Clear Lake in 1972.

Verna enjoyed cooking, crocheting and ceramics and was a longtime member of the Community Covenant Church.

Verna is survived by her children, Lois Ann Clay of Clear Lake, Lyle Henderson of Mount Vernon and Arlene Hudson and her husband Walt of Mount Vernon; 9 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and 23 great-great grandchildren and 2 nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Lyle in 1993, a sister, Clara Allen, 2 grandchildren and 2 nephews.

The family suggests that memorials in honor of Verna be made to the Clear Lake Community Covenant Church.

Funeral Services will be held at the Community Covenant Church in Clear Lake on Sunday, September 28, 2014 at 2:00 P.M. with Pastor Tim Hedberg officiating. Interment will be at the Clear Lake Cemetery.

2112 23rd Street
Henderson, Lyle, 30, married, 3 yrs High School, b. WA, lived in rural Skagit County on a farm in 1935, employed, salesman Aluminum Co., worked 52 weeks in 1939, $735 annual salary, rents home at $8/month
, Verna (informant), 20, wife, 4 yrs High School, b. ND, lived in rural Skagit County on a farm in 1935, employed, assistant to husband, no income
, Lois Ann, dau, 5, b. WA
, Arline F., dau, 3
, Lyle Dixon, son, 2

Verna Beatrice Edzenga Henderson
Birth: Sep. 15, 1913, Powers Lake, Burke County, North Dakota, USA
Death: Sep. 18, 2014, Clear Lake, Skagit County, Washington, USA
Burial: Clear Lake Cemetery, Clear Lake, Skagit County, Washington, USA

[Obiturary]: Published in The Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, WA September 21, 2014
Spouse: Lyle R. Henderson (1909 - 1993)