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Verna B. Szwanek Nabity

10 Nov 1925 – 4 Mar 2019

Birth10 Nov 1925
Death4 Mar 2019
CemeteryWestlawn Memorial Cemetery
Grand Island , Hall County , Nebraska , USA
Added byGLG on 18 Mar 2019
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197496062

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Verna B. Nabity, 93, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on March 4, 2019. Rosary will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 22., at Livingston-Sondermann Funeral Home Chapel in Grand Island with the Rev. Martin Egging officiating. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 21, at the funeral home. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery following the Rosary. Verna was born Nov. 10, 1925, in Elba to James and Lizzie (Duester) Szwanek. The family moved to Cotesfield in 1930, where she attended school from kindergarten through graduation. Verna was employed by the Farmers Elevator in Cotesfield and St. Paul Cleaners until her marriage to Leo P. Nabity on June 4, 1946. They lived near St. Libory, Cotesfield and Grand Island. They had three sons, Leo James, Dan and Ron. The family moved to Sacramento, Calif., in 1965. Her husband died in 1967, after which Verna worked at the Montgomery Ward garden shop and for the State of California as an accounting technician. She retired in 1988, after 13 years of state service. She was a member of the St. Charles Borromeo Parish and California State Employees Association. Verna lived a full life and enjoyed many pursuits, including gardening, quilting, baking, wood-working, grandparenting and great-grandparenting, and traveling to Nebraska to visit relatives and long-time friends. Verna was cheerful, optimistic and she greeted everyone she met with a smile. She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Dan and Carla Nabity of Orangevale and Ron and Lisa Nabity of Roseville; grandchildren and their spouses, Monica Nabity, Jason and Jenny Perrazo, Mathew and Christy Nabity, Kenneth and Clara Nabity and Jeffrey and Stephanie Nabity; great-grandchildren, Hannah, Jacob, Evan, Lilly, Phoenix, Jayce, Colin and Anna. She is also survived by two brothers and a sister-in-law, Frank and Mildred Szwanek of Mullen, and Ed Szwanek of Evanston, Wyo; three sisters and a brother-in-law, Katherine Kyhn and Sylvia Chelewski, both of Grand Island, and Rose Marie “Rosie” and Paul Kielian of Omaha; and more than 50 nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a son, Leo James; a brother, Adrian; a sister-in-law, Pam; and twp brothers-in-law, Ron Chelewski and Monty Kyhn.

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