Vergene M. Hausman, 95 of Halbur, IA, died Thursday, September 15, 2022 at St. Anthony Nursing Home in Carroll.

Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at St. Augustine Catholic Church – Good Shepherd Parish in Halbur. The Celebrant will be Fr. Terry Roder. Mass servers will be Jacob Hausman, Kalie Hausman and Cyler Thelen. Music will be by Julie Sibbel and the St. Augustine Choir. Lector for the Funeral Mass will be Vergene’s son-in-law, Glenn Williams. Gift Bearers will be Vergene’s granddaughters Kacey Cook, Lindsey O’Dell, Mandy Boeckman, Kayla Kopska, Kimberly Mohr, Kara Nolting, Katie Hausman, Jackie Petersen, Jessica Scott, Jenna Hausman and Jamie Hausman. Honorary casket bearers will be Vergene’s grandsons’ Scott Halvorsen, Keith Halvorsen, and Steve Halvorsen. Casket bearers will be Vergene’s grandsons’ Michael Williams, Kyle Williams, Ryan Onken, Matt Hausman, Torrence Mohr, and Tyler Petersen. Burial will be in St. Augustine Cemetery in Halbur.

Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday at the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Additional visitation will be from 9:30-10:15 a.m. on Wednesday at the church.

Funeral arrangements are under the guidance of the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll. Online condolences may be left for Vergene’s family at www.sharpfuneral.com

Vergene, daughter of William H., Jr. and Hulda M. (Ohrt) Ruhde, was born on March 6, 1927, the youngest of five children. Her father died when Vergene was only two years old. She grew up in Manning, IA and attended Manning High School. She married Louis (Speed) Hausman on April 14, 1945. Speed joined the U.S. Navy and Vergene joined him in San Diego, CA before he shipped out by bravely riding a train all the way.

Vergene and Speed raised six children in Arcadia, IA during their 47-year marriage together where Speed was in the trucking business. They enjoyed being with friends and playing bingo almost every weekend. In 1975 they moved to Halbur, IA. In later years Vergene enjoyed working at several businesses in Halbur, retiring when she was 85.

She was a member of St. Augustine Parish in Halbur. She was also a member of the St. Augustine Ladies Guild.

Left to celebrate her life are her children, Barb (George) Halvorsen, Twin Creek, AZ; Sue (Larry) Onken, Carroll; Kate (Glenn) Williams, Geneseo, IL; Steve (Lisa) Hausman, Carroll; John (Julie) Hausman, Halbur, IA; Brian (Jean) Hausman, Arcadia, IA; as well as 18 grandchildren and 44 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.

Vergene was preceded in death by her husband, Speed; sons-in-law George Halvorsen and Larry Onken; great-great-grandson Bryan Halvorsen; her parents; and her siblings Arlene Spack Jensen, Marjorie Loftus, Harold Rhude and Dorothy Mae Wiese.