KREFT, Verna Pearl

The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona Wednesday, December 31, 1997, page 5a Verna Kreft Verna Pearl Kreft, 87, died Wednesday, December 24, 1997, at Promise Land Adult Care Center in Prescott, Valley. She was born June 30, 1910, in Eden Township, Brown County, near Morgan, Minn., to Julius and Ida (Pretzer) Marotze. Mrs. Kreft was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith. As a small child, the family moved to the Vesta area, where she attended country school. She married Leo Kreft on Sept. 1, 1931, at St. John’s Parsonage in Vesta. The couple settled in Echo Township for a short while, then moved to the Vesta area in Underwood Township, where they farmed until 1975. After retirement, the couple continued to live on the farm until 1987, when they moved to Redwood Falls, Minn. In August 1994, she moved to Prescott Valley where she has lived since. Survivors include her son, Floyd of Mayer, daughters, Darlene Kuchn of Redwood Falls, Minn, and Pearl Anderson of Belview; nine grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren, one step-grandchild and six step-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leo; brother, sister, grandson, and great-grandson. Funeral services and burial were held in Minnesota. Sunrise Funeral Home helped the family with arrangements. Transcriber's note: Mr. and Mrs. Kreft are buried at the Vesta Cemetery in Vesta, Minnesota.