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     Vera Dean Nehring was buried at Garden City Cemetery, Garden City, Cass Co., Missouri.^2,1 She was born on October 18, 1925 at Buckeye, Hardin Co., Iowa.¹ As of February 8, 1947,her married name was Perkins.¹ She married Leo Marvin Perkins, son of Walter Elmer Perkins and Leona Viola "Onie" Jackson, on February 8, 1947.¹ Vera Dean Nehring died on February 12, 1989 at Garden City, Cass Co., Missouri, at age 63.¹ She CREIGHTON, MO. - Vera D. Perkins, 63, Garden City, Mo. and formerly of Marshalltown, died Sunday, Feb. 12 at her home. Services were Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Creighton, Mo. with the Rev. Jeffrey E. Moneruon officiating. Burial was in the Garden City Cemetery in Garden City, Mo. Mrs. Perkins was born Oct. 18, 1925 at Buckeye to James Usher and Martha Thedora Munson Nehring. She attended school in Hubbard and spent most of her life in Marshalltown where she was a registered nurse. On Feb. 8, 1947 she married Leo Marvin Perkins. She was the owner of the Flamingo Motel in Marshalltown. In 1978 the family moved to Harrisonville, Mo. and purchased the Slumber Inn Motel. She moved to Garden City, Mo. in 1984. She was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church at Creighton, Mo. and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary in Harrisonville. She was preceded in death by her parents. Survivors include her husband, Leo, Garden City, Mo; a son, Hal, Harrisonville, Mo; two grandchildren; one brother, Dan Nehring, Pleasant Grove, Utah; three sisters, Jimmeite Drier, Hubbard, Junace Brandt, Branson, Mo. and Ellen Marie Megan, Cedar Rapids. on February 20, 1989.¹

     Henry Albert Beerbower was buried at Chapel Hill Gardens, 4400 Merle Hay Road, Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa.⁵ His Social Security Number was 480-16-5812.³ He was born on February 11, 1921 at Valley Jet, Polk Co., Iowa.^2,3,4,6 He married Mary Adeline Wolver, daughter of Henry Cornelius “Neal” Wolver and Mae Ida Danner, in July, 1946 at Polk Co., Iowa.¹ Henry Albert Beerbower died on February 9, 1978 at age 56.^3,6

     Her Social Security Number was 484-66-6756.² Her married name was Turner.¹ Marcella Pauline Beerbower married Unknown Turner.^1,2 Marcella Pauline Beerbower was born on October 27, 1950 at Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa.² She died on June 5, 2007 at Iowa at age 56.^2,3

     His Social Security Number was 478-76-9100.² Hiram Chester Beerbower was born on August 27, 1956 at Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa.^2,3 He died on May 2, 2003 at El Paso Co., Colorado, at age 46.^2,4 He Angie Griffin and Hiram Beerbower of Pueblo died May 2 after a tire blew out. Griffin was driving on 1-25 near near Pikes Peak International Raceway when a rear tire blew out at 85 mph in a 75-mph zone. She tried to slow the truck, but it went off the road and rolled. Griffin and Beerbower, who was sitting next to her, were thrown out. Neither wore seat belts. A second passenger, Thomas Gausvik, 35, was injured. Investigators said Griffin had been drinking. on January 4, 2004.⁴