VERA M. WIESE, 92 of rural Larrabee, Iowa, passed away Tuesday afternoon, October 4, 2016 at Careage Hills in Cherokee, Iowa.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, October 7th, at 11 a.m. at the Cleghorn Presbyterian Church in Cleghorn, Iowa. Pastor Peggy Hegeman and Mr. Bob Blair will officiate. Burial will be prior to the service on Friday morning at 9:30 a.m. at the O'Brien Liberty Cemetery at Calumet, Iowa. The burial is open to any friends or relatives that would like to attend. There will be a family prayer service at 10:45 a.m. at the church on Friday. Visitation will be on Thursday from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. with the family present from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Online condolences can be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com

Vera was born on November 6, 1923 in Cherokee County, Iowa to Chris & Agnes (Andersen) Nielsen. She was baptized and confirmed at the Danish Lutheran Church in Marcus, Iowa. She graduated from Meriden High School in 1941 and then attended NBT in Sioux City graduating with a degree in business. She worked for Booties Hatchery in Worthington, Minnesota for one year and in 1943 returned home to help her Dad farm and milk after her brother went to the service. She was married to Donald W. Wiese on October 27, 1945 at the St. Paul's Lutheran Church parsonage in Remsen, Iowa. She became Don's "right hand help" on the farm. She ran the mounted corn picker for many years, and raised and butchered many chickens. She loved to go fishing with Donald and friends, and was an "ace" card player. For many years she worked with getting the Meriden Picnic organized and made many pies for the occasion. She lived in the Cleghorn and Meriden area for many years and then in 1976 they moved to north of Larrabee to the Wiese Century farm. She enjoyed cooking, baking and spending time with family and friends. She was a member of the Cleghorn Presbyterian Church. On January 22, 2012, Vera suffered a stroke and was then in Careage Hills in Cherokee.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her son Duane on September 11, 2013, her siblings and their spouses: Elisabeth (Leo) Pederson, Niels Nielsen, Margaret (Stanley) Birch, Marie (Leo) French, Andy (Doris) Nielsen, Esther (Edgar) Hagey, Elna (Howard) Lundell, Anna Mae (Ernie) Wilcox; mother-in-law and father-in-law Carl and Emma Wiese; sister-in-law and her husband Bernice (Ted) Johnson.

She is survived by her husband of 70 years, Donald, one daughter: Carolyn Wiese of Larrabee, Iowa; a daughter-in-law: Linda Wiese of Alta, Iowa; 6 grandchildren: Sue Lynn (Brian) White, Quinn (John) Woods, Aaron (Kelly) Wiese, Troy (Jen) Wiese, Brent Wiese, and Nathan Wiese; 11 great grandchildren: Zac Woods, Taylor Woods, Chase Wiese, Seamus White, Connor, Robert, and Duncan White, Ryan Wiese, Kylee Wiese; two step-great grandchildren Evan and Macaib Appleby, along with many nieces, nephews and friends.