Verna (Baum) Tegtmeier, formerly of Burchard, was born on May 9, 1922 to August and Sophia (Buente) Baum of rural Tecumseh, Nebraska. She passed away on January 1, 2023 at the age of 100.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 7, 2023 at the Salem United Church of Christ, rural Steinauer, Nebraska with Rev. Ken Tubbesing officiating. The service will also live streamed on the Wherry Mortuary Facebook page for those unable to attend. Visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., with family greeting friends from 5-7 p.m. Friday, January 6, 2023 at the Wherry Mortuary in Pawnee City, Nebraska. There will be no viewing at the church. Private family burial at Salem U.C.C. Cemetery, rural Steinauer, Nebraska. Pallbearers will be Matt Powell, John Vock, Russ Tegtmeier, Tim Tegtmeier, Eric Smith, Scott Smith and Mike’l Severe.

In lieu of flowers, the family wishes memorials be made to Salem U.C.C. Women's Fellowship or the Nebraska P.E.O. Home in Beatrice in honor of Verna.

Private family interment will be in the Salem U.C.C. Cemetery, rural Steinauer, Nebraska.
Online condolences may be left @ www.wherrymortuary.com.

Services are entrusted to Wherry Mortuary, Pawnee City, Nebraska.