Verna Christina Bauer passed away on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in the Ponoka Centennial Centre at the age of 95. She was born May 14, 1929, at Stony Plain, Alberta to parents Henry and Mary Ducholke. On November 19, 1948 she married Arthur Walter Bauer from Torrington, Alberta.
They lived on the family farm and raised 5 children: 4 Daughters: Sandra (Don), triplet daughters: Anita (Clarence), Annette (Bill) and Audrey and 1 Son: Brad (Glenda), and was proud grandma to 13 grandchildren and great grandma to 26 great grandchildren.
Art & Verna farmed and retired and moved to Olds. Throughout her life Verna was an active member of the Trinity Lutheran Church, Torrington Ladies Group, the Senior Silver Willows Group and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.
Mom was well known to her family for her sewing skills, and the best cook especially for her homemade soup and buns! If you were staying over on a Sunday morning you woke up to the sounds of the Lutheran Hour and hymns playing,
Verna will be sadly missed by her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Verna was predeceased by her husband Arthur Bauer (2015), her sister Evelyn Giese, baby sister Audrey Ducholke and brothers-in-law Edwin Giese and Terrance Grimm. She is survived by Norman (Joyce) Ducholke of Stony Plain and Bernita Grimm in Yakima, Washington.
Funeral services was held at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church Hall, 18 Selkirk Boulevard, Red Deer, Alberta on Tuesday, April 29 ,2025 at 2:00 p.m. For those who are not able to attend Verna’s service was live streamed at www.heartlandfuneralservices.com. In lieu of flowers, memorial tributes may be made directly to The Lutheran Hour (lll.ca) 270 Lawrence Avenue, Kitchener, Ontario N2M 1Y4 . Condolences, memories and photos may be shared and viewed at www.heartlandfuneralservices.com. Arrangements in care of: Heartland Funeral Services Ltd., 5226 – 46 Street, Olds, Alberta. Phone: 403.507.8610

• Date : 2025-05-03
• Location : (Olds) LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED (Red Deer/Blackfalds/Eckville) www.ParklandFuneralHome.com & (Innisfail/Olds/Didsbury/Sundre) www.HeartlandFuneralServices.com