Verla June Schmahl

Verla Schmahl, 58, of Glenwood, passed away on February 3, 2015 at the CHI Health Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. on February 6, 2015 at Loess Hills Funeral Home in Glenwood with Pastor Mark Smeltzer officiating. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Thursday Feburary 5, 2015 at the funeral home. Inurnment will be at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, February 9, 2015 at the Glenwood Cemetery.

Memorials: Glenwood Community Church

Verla June Schmahl, one of six children of Tommy J. and Betty Ann (Archer) Brammer, was born on November 25, 1956 in Hamburg, Iowa. She graduated from Fremont-Mills High School in Tabor, Iowa in 1976. Verla worked at the Liberty Hospital as a CNA in Liberty, Missouri for over 9 years and was a RTW at the Glenwood Resource Center in Glenwood, Iowa for 13 years.

Verla and Adolf George Schmahl were married on December 27, 2001 in Omaha, Nebraska. They moved from Kansas City, Missouri to Council Bluffs, Iowa in March 2013. Verla enjoyed reading and walking. Her family was very important to her and she enjoyed life to the fullest.

Verla passed away on February 3, 2015 at the Alegent Health Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, at the age of 58 years, 2 months, and 8 days. She was preceded in death by her mother; and son, Christopher Jack in 1976.

Verla is survived by her husband Adolf of Glenwood; son Joseph Jack of Glenwood; father Tommy Brammer and wife Margaret of Glenwood; Adolf's children, Shari Mullennax and her husband Mel of Glenwood and their sons, Derek, Heath, and Jared, and Mark Schmahl and wife Peggy of Omaha, NE and their children, Nicole Youngblood and Nathaniel Schmahl; siblings, Tommy Brammer and wife Delma of Glenwood, Joyce Maxwell and husband Bobby of Glenwood, Janet Gleason and husband Darrel of Glenwood, Roy Brammer and wife Sharron of Paducah, KY, Loretta Garsow and husband Mike of Glenwood; several aunts and uncles; nieces, nephews and cousins; extended relatives and a host of friends.