Verna Ernst

April 28, 1928 - September 22, 2015

Memorial services for VERNA IRENE ERNST, 87, will be held at 11am Monday, September 28, 2015 at Our Savior Lutheran Church with Reverend Scott Firminhac officiating. Verna died at Community Hospital on September 22, 2015 and cremation has taken place. In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to the family to be determined later. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Verna was born April 28, 1928 in Windsor, Colorado the daughter of Jake and Mary (Rutz) Buderus. She attended schools in Ft. Collins, Colorado and Wheatland, Wyoming. On January 30, 1945 she married Sam Ernst in Ft. Collins. The couple then farmed in Ft. Collins and Johnstown, Colorado for twenty-six years before moving to Torrington, Wyoming in 1972. They continued to farm until 1990 when they moved into town. Verna was a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Torrington, the 4-H Foundation, and the Ambassador Club. She enjoyed cooking, sewing, gardening, yard work and was a 4-H leader for eleven years. Verna is survived by her daughters Carol Ernst of Torrington, Wyoming and Susie and Ken Thomas of Veteran, Wyoming; a son Steve Ernst and his wife Susan of Johnstown, Colorado; a brother Charles Buderus of Grand Junction, Colorado; two grandchildren; and three great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Sam; two brothers Robert and Ken; and two sisters Wilma Hein and Edna Schnorr.