Verna Marie Shuler Armbruster
Verna Marie Shuler Armbruster, 96, died peacefully Nov. 17, 2011 at Sunrise Senior Living, Lenexa, KS, where she had been a resident for almost 6 years.
Verna was born Oct. 7, 1915 in Kansas City, KS to the late Frank and Emma Lindsay Shuler, and graduated from Wyandotte High School in 1933. Verna worked in the office of Wolferman’s grocery store on the Plaza where she met her first husband, Charles Tothill. They married in 1942 and had a daughter. Lt. Tothill was killed in action in the Pacific in 1945. Verna remarried in 1955 to Jack Ford, and they lived in Leawood until Jack’s death in 1966. In 1971, Verna married Elmer Armbruster, a former classmate at Wyandotte High School. They lived in California for 33 years until Elmer’s death in 2005.
In addition to her husbands, Verna is preceded in death by her brother Francis Shuler and his wife Mildred; brothers-in-law George Carroll and Albert Armbruster.
She is survived by daughter Verna Tothill Rose (John); Elmer’s children Judith Jonsson (Lennart), Andrea Hazle, and Alan Armbruster; sister Margaret Carroll; brother- and sister-in-law, Ed and Roma Armbruster; five grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. The family would like to thank the staff at Sunrise Senior Living for their excellent care for the past six years.
Celebration of Life Services and Contributions
A celebration of life will be held from 3:30-5:30 pm, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011 at the Lenexa United Methodist Church, 9138 Caenen Lake Road, Lenexa, KS 66215. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Shawnee Mission Medical Center Foundation, 7315 Frontage Rd., Suite 221, Merriam, KS 66204.
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My Aunt Verna was one of the sweetest people I’ve ever know. I was so thankful that she re-connected with my Uncle Elmer so many years after their high school days. They were a great match for each other.
Aunt Verna always offered a smile and hug with her kindness and I will never forget her generous offering of love to me, my wife Beth and to our kids, Kate, Meg and Nick. She was a great addition to the Armbruster family many years ago.
Rest in peace, Aunt Verna. We love you. God be with your family in this time as we celebrate your long life.
Steve Armbruster and family
Dear Verna Rose, I’m so sorry about your mother’s death. Even when we know it’s coming, the loss of our dear person is hard to take. I’m imagining myself in that position and it surprises me how sad I already feel in advance.
Please know that I’ve been thinking of you in sympathy,
Linnea
Verna was a wonderful step mother to me and my siblings when she married my dad, Elmer. When they married, my dad had been very ill and they married, even though they didn’t think they would have much time together. They were blessed with 32 years of marriage and the entire Armbruster family was specially blessed to have Verna in our lives. She was a wonderful, warm, loving and hospitable woman. She always extended a warm welcome to come and spend time with them at their home and always went out of her way to make every visit special. She was so happy to have a Christian husband who would go to church with her and she made a special contribution to the S.D.A.church they attended for many years in Grass Valley, CA. She was loved by many and she will always hold a special place in my heart. I look forward to the day when we will meet again in that better land, never to part again!