VERNA LEE BRUNK

BLOOMFIELD.  VERNA LEE BRUNK, 84 of West Des Moines, Iowa and former Bloomfield resident died October 18, 2007 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa.  She was born August 9, 1923 in Worthington, Missouri to William and Mary Crafton Scott.  She graduated from Novinger High School in 1941 and the Ottumwa Beauty Academy.  She married Marion H. Elson August 15, 1943 in Novinger, Missouri, to this marriage 3 daughters were born Janice, Phyllis and Denise.  He died July 2, 1959.  She married Vern E. Brunk April 21, 1961 in Ottumwa.  He died June 29, 2003.  She operated Verna Lee’s Beauty Salon in Bloomfield for several years.  She was a member of the Bloomfield United Methodist Church and a 50 year member of the Rebekah Lodge #1 in Bloomfield.

She is survived by 3 daughters  Janice (Michael) Hill of Rockwall, Texas,  Phyllis Acosta and finace Larry Garbison of Chicago, Illinois and Denise (Michael) Evans of Garland, Texas;  a son  Rodney L. (Holly) Brunk of West Des Moines, Iowa;
9 grandchildren;  6 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents;  husbands;  5 sisters  Maude Hayes, Nora Turner, Cleta Landis, Vera Lee and Crystal Huffman and a brother  Walter Scott.