Individual Details
Vernon Null
(26 May 1916 - 27 Dec 2010)
Events
Families
Spouse | Louise P Baumann (1923 - 2005) |
Father | John Ferdinand Null (1888 - 1984) |
Mother | Hannah Catherine Husmann (1897 - 1971) |
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Death
Life LegacyVernon Null age 94, of Monticello, died Monday morning, December 27, 2010 at Silvercrest of Anamosa following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be held 11:00 Friday morning, December 31, 2010 at St. Johns Lutheran Church rural Monticello with interment in the Oakwood Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 until 8 Thursday at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello. Thoughts Memories and Condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to St Johns Lutheran Church, Camp Courageous or the Monticello Fire Department.
Surviving are 4 children, Diane (Robert) Cerny, Robert (Jan) Null, Richard Null, Glen Null, all of Monticello, 10 grandchildren, 7great-grandchildren, 2 brothers, Roy Null , Monticello, Ray (Ginny) Null, Ventura, California, and a sister, Mae Young of Hiawatha. He was preceded in death by his parents, a infant son, James, his wife Louise and a brother Earl.
Vernon Frederick Null was born May 26, 1916 in Lovell Township, Jones County, Iowa. He was the son of John and Hannah Husmann Null. He received his education in the Lovell Township School # 6. Vernon started planting corn at the age of 11, a task that he loved and continued for 75 years, until he was 86. Vernon Null and Louise Baumann were married April 8, 1947 at St. Johns Lutheran Church. The couple farmed in Scotch Grove Township. In 1953 the couple bought a farm in Scotch Grove Township where they lived until moving to Monticello in 1980. Louise preceded him in death on January 7, 2005. Vernon had been a resident of Silvercrest of Anamosa for the past year.
Vernon was a life long member of St. Johns Lutheran Church where he was baptized and confirmed. He was also a Sunday school teacher and had served as an elder. He had been an assessor for Scotch Grove Township and served on the Rural Fire Board. After moving to Monticello he served on the Senior Housing Board during the building of Sycamore Gardens and was a member of the Lions Club. He and Louise loved to travel, taking trips all over the United States and Canada as well as to Switzerland and Germany.