This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wiese; Torgerson; Clark Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/1924 Message Board Post: ©Daily Nonpareil 07/14/2005 Vern E. Wiese, 80, of Sun City, Ariz. went to live with the Lord peacefully on June 10, 2005 after a valiant 8-year battle with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. He was born in Harlan, Iowa, May 6, 1925, but spent most of his life in Council Bluffs before moving to Arizona in 1993. Vern served his country in the US Marine Corps during WWII and retired with 20 years of service as an Assistant Yardmaster for the Great Western Railroad. He has been a member of the American Legion for 59 years, loved sports, and was an avid golfer. Most of all he loved all of us and he will be dearly missed. Vern is survived by Agnes, his loving wife of 58 years; many family members and friends who loved and adored him including brother, Virgil Wiese of Council Bluffs; daughters, Terrie Torgerson and husband, Jerry, of Coun- cil Bluffs, Diane Clark and husband, Steve, of Scottsdale, Ariz.; grandchildren, Christi- ana, Jennifer, Scott, Sarah; great grandson, Darian; many other cousins, nieces and nephews. Memorial Services were held in Sun City, Ariz. on June 16. Inurnment and Mili- tary Rites will be held on Sat- urday, July 16, 2005, at 10 am at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in Council Bluffs. American Legion Post 2 will conduct honors. Family ask memorials be made to The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Donor Services, P.O. Box 4072, Pittsfield, Mass. 01202. Family and friends to meet at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.