Verla L. Nabity

Verla Louise Nabity passed away Sunday, February 21, 2021 at South Haven Living Center in Wahoo, NE. Verla was born August 14, 1926 at Chapman, Nebraska to Jesse and Gladys (Reeder) Raser. She grew up on the family farm, attended school and graduated from Chapman High School in 1944. Verla enjoyed growing up on the farm and working with her 4-H animals which she showed at the county and state fairs. She regularly rode her horse “Dime” to and from school. After high school, Verla worked at a bank in Grand Island. She married Raymond Nabity on January 29, 1947. They farmed near Chapman, then moved to Hastings before settling in Grand Island in the early 1950’s where they raised their family of six children. While living in Grand Island, Verla was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and during the early 1970s was manager of The Earing Shop at Conestoga Mall. In the Spring of 1977, Verla moved to Denver, CO where she initially worked in the men’s clothing department at Montgomery Ward. She later became the Inventory Control Clerk at Data Documents until she retired and moved to Omaha in the Fall of 2002 to be closer to family. For several years, Verla worked part time at the Data Documents Corporate Offices in Omaha. She later began working full time at Younker’s in the women’s clothing and fine jewelry departments and then as Human Resources Manager at a Baker’s Supermarket location. At the age of 78, Verla retired from full time employment and moved to Wahoo where she quickly made friends and became active as a volunteer at the Saunders County Historical Society, both in the museum and the Howard Hanson House. Verla was a member of First United Methodist Church in Wahoo and attended services regularly until she moved to South Haven Living Center in 2010. Survivors include her daughters Nancy Hehnke (Larry Hagemeier) of Juniata, and Susan (Michael) Rarden of Grand Junction, CO; sons Steven (Doris) Nabity of Gretna, David (Karen) Nabity of Sandy, UT, Gregory (Cindy) Nabity of Wahoo; grandchildren Christine (Bruce) Osentowski of Dannebrog, Amanda Nabity of South Jordan, UT, Caroline Nabity of Arlington, VA, Joseph Nabity of Omaha, and Samantha Nabity of Holiday, UT; great-grandchildren Jacqueline (T.J.) Nordstrom of Grand Island and Cierra Osentowski of Omaha; great-great granddaughter Emmie Nordstrom of Grand Island; brothers-in-law Stanley Nabity MD of Grand Island, Virgil Nabity of Lincoln, and Joseph (Barbara) Nabity of Omaha; sisters-in-law Beata Nabity, Annette Nabity, Martha Dibbern of Grand Island, Virginia Nabity of Cortez, CO; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and parents-in-law; stepmother Judy Raser; son Terrance Nabity in 2015; son-in-law Thomas Hehnke in 2013; twin great grandsons Justin and Jeremy Osentowski in 1992; brothers Lyle Raser and Victor Raser; sister Donna Brown; sisters-in-law Angela Nabity, Helen Nabity, Peggy Nabity and Charlotte Raser; brothers-in-law, LeMoyne Brown, Ernest Nabity, Richard Nabity, Alfred Nabity and James Dibbern; former husband Raymond Nabity.