The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., December 16, 1999, page 16

JULIA VERLEY

     Julia Verley, a former White Salmon area resident, died Dec. 7, 1999, at the age of 92.
     Mrs. Verley was born March 16, 1907, in Black Diamond, to Michael Niemczyk (Nimsic), and Jadwiga (Edith) Lasek, both Polish immigrants.
     She was the sixth of 12 children. Her family moved from Black Diamond to a small farm in Sunnyside, where Mrs. Verley attended school through the 8th grade. She then worked in the apple industry packing apples in Wiley City, west of Yakima. There, she met Earl Vetley, who had moved from Weiser, Idaho, where he was born and raised.
     The couple was married on July 6, 1925, in Pendleton, Ore. They returned to Yakirna, where they lived and worked. Mr. Verley died in 1938, leaving Mrs. Verley with The Logs Tavern at BZ Corners, a business which she operated until she retired in 1969. In 1980, she moved to Chehalis to be with and near her family. She was being cared for in Napavina, when she died.
     Mrs. Verley is survived by her son Gene Raymond Verley, Chehalis; grandchildren Susan Kay Verley, Chehalis, Steven Ray Verley, Centralia, and Shane Curtis Verley, Chehalis; great-grandchildren Zane Ray Verley, Adam Eugene Verley and Sara Hinkey; one great, great-granddaughter Maysun Taylor; brother Charles Burns, Ore.; and sister Margaret Link, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. She was preceded in death by brothers and sisters Marie Stobie, Frank Nimsic, Frances Patton, Harry Nimsic, Ann Winn, Tom Nimsic, Clara Baker and Philip Nimsic.
     Funeral services for Mrs. Verley were held on Dec. 10, 1999, at 2 p.m. at Gardner Funeral Home in White Salmon, followed by a short graveside ceremony at the White Salmon Cemetery.
     Arrangements were handled by Gardner Funeral Home.

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