Verna E. (Graff) Reed, 80, of Dexter, Missouri passed away on November 27, 2017 in Sikeston, Missouri.

Verna was born on July 3, 1937 in Perry County, Missouri, daughter of Vincent E. and Mary E. Graff.  She was married to Earl F. Reed on June 21, 1958 in Perryville, Missouri.

Verna worked many years in secretarial and office management, retail sales, and cafeteria management.  She loved vegetable and flower gardening, keeping a beautiful yard, traveling, spending time with her family and being a grandmother.  She most recently lived in Dexter, but also lived in Cape Girardeau, Kentucky, Texas and Florida, a state she greatly loved.

She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dexter.

She is survived by her husband, sons Michael (Darlene) Reed of Sikeston and Mark (Madrigail) Reed of Cape Girardeau, and grandson Seth Reed of Cape Girardeau, granddaughter, Katherine Leonard of Naples, Florida and grandson, William Leonard of Sikeston, two sisters, Ella Kiefer and Esther May DuBois, both of Perryville, and many beloved nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, 3 brothers, 1 half-brother and 2 sisters.

Visitation will be at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dexter at 9:00 a.m. on November 30th. 

Funeral mass will be at 11:00 a.m. at the Church with Father David Dohongne and Father William Hennecke officiating.  Burial will be in the Missouri State Veteran’s Cemetery in Bloomfield. 

In Lieu of flowers, the family ask for memorials to be given to the Missouri Veterans Home, 2400 Veterans Memorial Drive, Cape Girardeau, Mo 63701 and Kenny Rogers Children’s Center, 300 Floyd Avenue, Sikeston, Mo, 63801 and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas PI, Memphis, TN, 38105.

Rainey Mathis Funeral in Dexter in charge of all arrangements.