Vern W. Wright

Vern W. Wright, age 87, of rural Scranton, Iowa, passed away at his home unexpectedly on Saturday, January 16, 2010. Funeral services have been postponed one day. The funeral will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Friday, January 21, 2010 at the Church of Christ in Scranton with Pastor Bob McKnight officiating. Music for the service will be by Mrs. Laura McKnight and Mr. Bob Reck. Friends may call at Dahn and Woodhouse Funeral Home in Scranton after 5:00 P.M. on Thursday. The casket will be moved to the church at 8:30 A.M. on Friday to lie in state until the time of service. Burial will be in the Scranton Township Cemetery. Casket bearers will be Vern’s nephews; Dean Daib, Dale Grisso, David Grisso, John Millward, Robert Posey, and David Wright. Honorary casket bearers will be his dear friends; Frank Krause, Arlet Morgan, Gary Mount, Troy Mount, Doyle Roberts, Earl Roberts, Doug Sukovady, and Dave Wolf. Born on July 25, 1922 at Lake City, Iowa, he was the son of Albert and Nina (Borden) Wright. He was married to Mary Louise Grisso on December 16, 1941 at Scranton, Iowa. The couple farmed in Greene and Guthrie counties nearly 60 years. They moved to the Horseshoe Bend area of Greene County in 1969 where he currently lived. Vern loved to hunt, to fish, to play cards and slot machines. He was a fan of country music, singing and playing guitar as a young man and recently listening to old favorites on new C.D’s. His love of hunting had taken him to the western states many times. He often told stories of those days and those experiences. He and his wife traveled to Canada as well as Alaska to fish. In recent years, he spent the winters in Maui, Hawaii where he enjoyed viewing the daily catch in the harbor. Surviving are a daughter Margaret A. Tolsdorf and her husband Tom of rural Scranton; two grandchildren: Kelley Grossman and her husband Marc, of Eureka, Missouri and Scott Tolsdorf and his wife Kathy of Springfield, Illinois; five great grandchildren: Rachel, Rebecca, Sarah, Molly, and Jacob; four sisters: Ina Carpenter of Portland Oregon, Darlene Jackson of Boone, Iowa, Lee Morgenstern of Spokane, Washington, and Evie Berns of Esta Cada, Oregon; and one brother Gene Wright of Cody Wyoming. He was preceded in death by his wife Mary, his parents, a sister Bonnie Tubra, and a brother Al Wright.