Biography

CEYLON: A Celebration of Life Services for Vernetta L. Hybbert, 91, of Ceylon, Minnesota will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 27, 2010 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Dunnell with Rev. Kristina Waters officiating. Burial will be in Lake Fremont Cemetery, Dunnell, Minnesota.


Vernetta died on Monday afternoon, February 22, 2010 at Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center, in Fairmont, Minnesota. Visitation will be from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Friday at the Kramer Family Funeral Home in Sherburn and one hour prior to the services at the Church in Dunnell on Saturday. Messages of Sympathy may be sent online to the family at www.kramerfuneralhome.com

Vernetta Lucile Schmidt, the daughter of William and Augusta (Hoffmeyer) Schmidt, was born November 21, 1918 on a farm in Lake Belt Township, Martin County, Minnesota. She received her education in the Ceylon area. After her schooling, Vernetta worked at Querna and Kelling’s Grocery in Ceylon. She also helped care for both sets of her grandparents. On June 6, 1941 she was united in marriage to John Everett Hybbert in Eitzen, Minnesota. After their marriage, they lived and farmed in Lake Fremont Township. In 1964, they moved to Brooklyn Center, Minnesota where Everett worked for the University of Minnesota in the Agronomy Department. In 1982, they moved to Ceylon.

Vernetta was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Dunnell and a former member of St. John’s United Church of Christ in Ceylon and Hope Lutheran Church in Brooklyn Center, Mn. She and Everett enjoyed their family and their motor home, spending winters in California, Arizona, Texas and Florida. Vernetta greatly enjoyed her flowers (especially her irises), gardening and working in her yard until she was 89. She also loved to bake and would be sure to make each family member’s “favorite” bar. She was still active making bars and salads for her 90th birthday party. She loved her family and friends, and she will be greatly missed by them.

Survivors include her son, James Hybbert and his wife, Judy, of rural Dunnell, Mn; two daughters, Joyce Peterson of Santee, California and JoAnn Steiner and her husband, Fred, of Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan; six grandchildren, Lori Bell and her husband, Fred, Lisa Jerke, Chad Hybbert, Nolan Hybbert and his wife, Kari, Adam Hybbert and Thomas Steiner; two great-grandchildren, five step-grandchildren and fourteen step-great-grandchildren; sister, Alice Christensen of Ceylon, Minnesota; sister-in-law, Muriel Hybbert of Jackson, Minnesota; many nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.

Vernetta was preceded in death by her parents, huband, John Everett Hybbert; son-in-law, Robert Peterson; sisters, Grace Farland and her husband, Al, Edna Swink and her husband, Basil; brothers, Ralph Schmidt and his wife, Margaret, Lester Schmidt and his wives, Leona and Doris; brothers-in-law, Clare Hybbert and Allen Christensen; two nephews; father-in-law, John Edward Hybbert and wives, Lilly and Peg and other relatives.

In remembrance of Vernetta, those who wish may make donations to the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association, the American Cancer Society or to a charity of your choice.