Verla E. Wexell

KEWANEE – Verla E. Wexell, 86, a resident of Royal Oaks Care Center, formerly of Galva, died Monday, September 18, 2023 at OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, September 22 at Rux Funeral Home in Galva. Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. until the time of the services at the funeral home. Cremation will be accorded following the services and private inurnment will be held at Galva Cemetery at a later date. Memorials may be directed to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

She was born September 13, 1937 in Dahinda, the daughter of Hubert and Glady (Lechleider) Hodges. Survivors include her three children; Mike (Chris) Wexell of Kewanee, Al (Mary) Wexell of Galva and Christine Wexell of Port St. Lucie, FL, a daughter-in-law, Liz Wexell of Cambridge, her sister, Inez Miller of Burlington, IA, twelve grandchildren and eighteen great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, LeRoy and Gerald, three sisters, Ila Olin, Guynith Lundburg and Doris Keeney and her son, Larry Wexell.

Verla graduated from Williamsfield High School in 1955. She drove a school bus for the Galva School District for 18 years. She had also worked at Midwest Tungsten Service in Willowbrook, IL, made wedding cakes and owned and operated several coffee shops in Bishop Hill. She enjoyed baking, traveling, playing bingo, a good Cubs game and a friendly visit over a cup of coffee. Most of all she loved her family and the time spent with them.

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