Born in Hildreth, NE, November 13, 1911 to Joseph Knight and Elizabeth (Peterson) Knight. She moved to Beverly, NE in 1912, where her father started farming. She then moved to the Stratton, NE area in 1914, then into the town of Stratton in 1929.
Vera Lorena Knight married Clifford Raymond Haller, December 17, 1930 in McCook, NE.
They lived on the Haller family farm near Beverly, NE until they moved to Colorado in 1939. They moved to Boulder, CO in February of 1940. Vera, with the help of her husband, raised four children, Lyle, Raymond, Shirley and Marvin. She also worked at the University of Colorado as a housekeeper for two sororities and one fraternity house for 10 years. Her hobbies included knitting, crocheting and making and quilting quilts.
She moved to the Dacono area in 1963, where she was active in the Lymarto Circle and Missionary Ladies of the Village Church of Dacono. She also raised chickens and a large garden with the help of her husband.
At different times she entered and won three prizes at the fair, one for a quilt, one for a pair of socks and one for a baby sweater and booties. She has made quilts for her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren to enjoy. She also made hundreds of dishcloths that are all over the United States and several other countries.
In 1987 Vera and her husband moved to Longmont.
Vera was a member of the First Baptist Church in Longmont, where she was baptized in 1939.
Vera was preceded in death by her husband Clifford on April 8, 1993 and her sisters; Dorothy Glonek and Fern Terwilliger and Goldie Thomas; and two grandchildren. She is survived by one brother; Verlan Knight and his wife Lynnette of Corpus Christie, TX; her four children; Lyle Haller and his wife Delores of Gordon, NE, Raymond Haller and his wife Vena of Grand Junction, Shirley Davis and her husband Jerry of Louisville and Marvin Haller and his wife Maggie of Longmont. She is also survived by her 5 grandchildren, 8 great grandchildren and 4 great-great grandchildren.
Vera was a kind and loving person, dearly loved by all who knew her and will be greatly missed.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at Howe Mortuary Chapel. Interment will follow at Mountain View Memorial Park, Boulder, CO.
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