Verda L. Akland was born September 10, 1920 in Merrill, IA to Elmer and Ruth (Eberhard) Wetrosky. She died September 15, 2010 at Bethesda of Beresford at the age of 90 years and five days.

She was raised near Merrill, was baptized at Merrill United Methodist Church and attended school from first through ninth grade at Liberty School near Merrill, Iowa. Her family moved to South Dakota in 1935 where Verda was confirmed at Peace Lutheran Church and she graduated from Alcester High School in 1938. She married Howard Lewison in 1939 and had their two sons, Wendell and Wayne. Howard died in 1947. Verda married Stanley Akland in 1948 and had their daughter, Lorene.

Verda and Stanley farmed southwest of Nora many years. They retired into Beresford in 1988. She was active in Roseni Lutheran Church, loved to read and do word puzzles. She and Stanley moved into Bethesda in 2001 and Stanley died in December of that year. Verda had resided there until her death.

She is survived by her children, Wendell (Arlene) of Columbia, TN, Wayne (Sharon) of Beresford, and Lorene (Tim) Wiggins of Lincoln, NE; eight grandchildren, Rick (Dee) Akland, Julie Cooper, Jennifer (Rob) Harrington, Kristi (Ivan) Petersen, Tony Akland, Jesse (Jean) Akland, Colin (Michelle) Wiggins and Emelyn (David) Theesen; great-grandchildren, Tanner Akland, Chase Cooper, Ella Harrington, Jesse, Josh, Brandi, Madi, Tara and Seth Petersen, Isabel and Olivia Theesen and Melanie and Tyson Wiggins; three brothers, Clinton (Bev) Wetrosky of Beresford, Dwight (Wava) Wetrosky of Alcester and Lowell (Norma) Wetrosky of Brandon; two sisters, Norma Stene and Irene Fickbohm both of Beresford and one sister-in-law, Shirley Wetrosky of CA. Verda was preceded in death by her two husbands, infant grandson, Joseph, parents and one brother, Donald.

Funeral services for Verda will be 2PM Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010 at Roseni Lutheran Church, rural Beresford. Visitation will be Saturday 2-8PM at Wass Funeral Home in Beresford with the family present from 6-8PM and a prayer service at 7PM. The family requests memorials to Roseni Lutheran Church or Bethesda of Beresford.