Veryl D. Brass

Veryl D. Brass, 82, of Newton; formerly of Hampton, died Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015, at the Skiff Medical Center in Newton. A memorial service with a masonic service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29 at the First United Methodist Church, 210 N. Second Ave. E. in Newton. The family will greet friends immediately following the memorial service with a lunch at the church. Burial will be at the Hampton Cemetery in Hampton at a later date.

In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials to the First United Methodist Church or to the First United Methodist Church Choir. Memorials may be left at the church on the morning of the service or at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton. Memorials may also be mailed to the Wallace Family Funeral Home, 1115 E. 19th St. N., Newton, IA 50208; please add, Attn: Brass Family on the envelope.

Those left to honor Veryl’s memory are his wife, Ilene of Newton; children, Debra S. Jeffery of Kansas City, Kan., Desiree L. (Larry) Dole of Revere, Mo., Dareena L. (Dennis) Odem of Omaha, Neb., and Duane D. (Pamela) Brass of Hampton; his 10 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and his siblings, Gene Brass of Hampton, Francis (Linda) Brass of Dows, Janice (Arden) Terfehn of Austinville, James (Chan-elen) Brass of Goldfield and Ilene (Kenneth) Hanson of Waukon.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and brother, Jerry Brass.

The Wallace Family Funeral Home & Crematory in Newton is handling the service arrangements.