Veronica Carpenter age 96, of Sioux City died Sunday at her residence.
Services will be held Thursday May 26,2011 at 10:30 am at St. Boniface Catholic Church with inurnment following in Graceland Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held Thursday at the church one hour prior to the service.
Veronica was born in Jackson, Nebraska on May 30, 1918 the daughter of Jim and Winifred (League) McCormick. She moved to Sioux City at a early age. She attended the Iowa School for the Blind. With her disability, she raised her three children and was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
Veronica is survived by her nine grandchildren, along with her 26 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her three children, Gaylen Carpenter, David Steward and Helen Davis, and her brothers and sisters.