Born August 20, 1910 Kankakee, Illinois
Entered Into Rest May 27, 1979 Manning General Hospital Manning, Iowa
Age 68 years, 9 months, 7 days
Services Wednesday, May 30, 1979, 2:00 P.M. Ohde Funeral Home Manning, Iowa
Officiating Pastor L.W Sawhill Zion Lutheran Church Arcadia, Iowa
Organist Dorothy Kusel
Interment Arcadia Cemetery Arcadia, Iowa
Casketbearers: Jack Lytle, Harold Linde, Arthur Linde, Elvin E. Wiebers, Henry Johnson, Marvin Linde
Friends and relatives are invited to join the family for lunch at the Zion Lutheran Church in Manning following the committal service.

She was united in marriage with Ralph Auen, December 3, 1940. They farmed near Irwin, and then moved to a farm near Denison in 1950 and in 1960 moved into Denison. In 1975 they moved to the Elm Crest Apartments in Manning.

Her husband died November 25, 1977, and Vera continued to live in the Elm Crest Apartments. Due to failing health, she moved to the Manning Plaza January 1 of this year. She died at the Manning General Hospital May 27, 1979, at the age of 68 years, nine months and seven days.

Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents and by one sister, Doreen.

She is survived by two stepsons, Orville Auen of Denison and Vernon Auen of Carroll. She is also survived by two sons, Wilbur Sanders, United States Merchant Marines and William Sanders of Fargo, North Dakota; eight grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren; one sister, Nelda Lytle of Kankakee, Illinois; one brother, Alfred Mensing of Austin, Minnesota, as well as other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held May 30, at 2 p.m. at the Ohde Funeral Home, Manning. Officiating was Pastor L.W. Sawhill, Zion Lutheran Church, Arcadia.

Interment was in the Arcadia Cemetery. Pallbearers were Henry Johnson, Harold Linde, Marvin Linde, Arthur Linde, Jack Lytle and Elvin E. Wiebers.

Ohde Funeral Home in Manning was in charge of arrangements.