Verna M. (Framsted) Haney passed away on January 5, 2018 at Dove Healthcare West in Eau Claire, WI from complications from a hip fracture and advanced years — she was 101 years old.

Verna was born on October 26, 1916 in Black Brook, WI to Otto Melvin Framsted and his wife Anna Ovidia (Nelson) Framsted. Verna married Alvin Monroe Haney in July of 1938 and had two children, Sharon Lynne (David Hughes) born in 1940 and James Stuart (Ann Nelson and Katharine Ryan) born in 1945. Verna graduated from Amery High School and in 1934 worked at Hickory Point Lodge in Amery, WI. She was a sales clerk at Danielson Drugs (1934-1938) and Chet Johnson Drugs (1950-1962), both in Amery. In 1962 she became Matron of Rock Haven senior home in Janesville, WI. From 1966 until 1971 she was Assistant Administrator of the Dodge County Hospital in Juneau, WI and between 1971 and 1982 she was Executive Housekeeper with supervisory management of the laundry and central supplies for the Dodge County Health Facility in Juneau, WI. She retired in 1982 and moved to Eau Claire, WI. With a life-long interest in music, Verna was an accomplished pianist and served as organist for the Congregational and First Lutheran Churches in Amery and Assistant Organist at St. Stephen's UCC Church in Juneau. She directed junior and senior church choirs over the years. Verna was an active Girl Scout leader and camp director in Amery. She was a past Matron of the Riverside Chapter of OES in Amery and served as a member of the Hospital Auxilary, the PTA, the Amery Golf Club, the Kelsey Club and a neighborhood coffe clutch, the "Sudsers." She was the first director of the Polk County Sweet Adeline Chorus and sang in a barbershop quartet calls the Mellow Bs. Verna was a member of the Janesville Altrusa Club, the Mental Health Association, the Zor Shrine Auxilary and was President of her Church Guild. In Eau Claire, she was a docent at the Chippewa Valley Museum, active with the Sons of Norway Loven #29 Chapter and the Norse Folk Singers. At age 98, she was elected Vice President of the Dove Healthcare West Residents' Council.

Verna was preceded in death by her parents, her sister Orpha Mae Hansen, her husband Alvin, her daughter Sharon and Sharon's stillborn son. She is survived by her son James (Katie Ryan) and his sons Eric T. Nelson and Peter J. Haney (Shannon and son Calvin), and by Katie's sons John Ryan (Julie and son Jack), Tim Ryan, and Peter Ryan (Kristi and daughters Janet and Carolyn.)

She is also survived by her son-in-law David R. Hughes (Jill Bocklund) and his children Kimberlee Nuquist (Wade and sons Trever and Quinton), Kelly Hughes (Marcella and their children Sydney and Jake), Kurt Hughes (Kathi Schreiner and his daughter Lexi) and Jill's children, Terri Bocklund (Curt Kowalski and children Britt, Krista, Janna and Eleanor),Laurie Bocklund (Mike Mulligan), and Tim Bocklund (Kelli and children Erica, Kelsey and Dan); four beloved nieces and nephews, Steven Hansen, Pru Selden, Todd Hansen and Patti Nelson.

Funeral Services will be held at 11 AM on January 22, 2018 at the First Lutheran Church in Amery, Wisconsin with Pastor Tim Bjorge officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will take place following the service at the East Immanuel Cemetery in Rural Amery, Wisconsin.

Memorials may be given to the music department of the 1st Congregational Church in Eau Claire, The Sons of Norway Scholarship Fund, Loven #29, Eau Claire, the Chippewa Valley Museum or Breast Cancer Recovery, Madison.