On November 26, 1940, Verna Whitney was born to Alpha and Charles Witt, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She grew up there and attended nursing school in Battle Creek, where she met Gordon Whitney, the man who she later married and who was her husband for just short of 55 years.
They had daughters, Marcia and Pam, and welcomed nephews, Chuck and Greg, into their family in Michigan. They moved the family to Arizona, where Verna and Gordon lived out their lives. Verna enjoyed a long career in nursing and had many creative and fun hobbies and pastimes.
Verna left this world on December 14, 2024, and her family and friends miss the caring and dedicated person she was. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, her sister, Alice, and her brothers, Al and Gilbert.
Verna is survived by her children: Marcia, Pam, Chuck (Jeannie) and Greg (Ame), her grandchildren: Cori (Ryan), Brad (Tarah), Casey, Gary, Allen (Kristin), Ryan (Danielle) and Josephine, and great-grandchildren: Noah, Oliver, Hayden, and Ryland
