HAYS — LaVerne  “Vernie”  Unrein, 80, died Sept. 3, 2012 at Hays Good Samaritan New Horizons.
Born May 20th, 1932, in LaCrosse he was the son of Carl Unrein and Lidwina Zimmerman. On Sept. 10, 1951 he married Juliana Dreher.
Mr. Unrein was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus Council No. 4166, and Bishop Cunningham Fourth Degree Assembly, all in Hays.
Survivors include four daughters, Verna Moorhous, Gardner; Vera Bruner, Peculiar, Mo.; Vicky Unrein, Miami, Okla.; and Venita Hernandez, Aurora, Colo.; two sons, Darrell Unrein and wife Norene, Hays; and Richard Unrein and wife Gerry, Great Bend; three granddaughters, Lisa Linenberger Stewart and husband, Andy Stewart, Red Rock, Ariz.; Diana Unrein, Coffeyville; and Lacey Unrein, Hays; five grandsons, David Linenberger and wife Tera, Olathe; Terry Jones II, Raytown, Mo.; Dylan Unrein, Great Bend; Tanner Unrein, Hays; and Matthew Bruner, Great Bend; one great-grandchild, Noah Linenberger, Olathe; three sisters, Alice Schmeidler, and husband Cyril, Hays; and Sister Eleanor Unrein and Sister Charlotte Unrein, both of Great Bend; three brothers, George Unrein, Hays; Lyle Unrein, Henderson, Nev.; and Tim Unrein, Kansas City.
He was preceded in death by his father and mother, Carl Unrein, on June 10, 1986 and Lidwina Unrein on Feb. 7, 1998; a sister Ann Rohn on Jan. 7, 1997; and brother Charles Unrein, on Jan. 13, 2003.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday at St Joseph Catholic Church in Hays. Burial services will be at St. Joseph Cemetery in Liebenthal. A vigil will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday followed by a combined Third and Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus Rosary at 7 p.m. at Hays Memorial Chapel. Friends may call from 4 until 8 p.m. on Friday and from 9 until 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, all at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to the St. Joseph Church or to Alzheimers research, in care of the funeral home. Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com.

Funeral arrangements provided by
Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home *
1906 Pine Street
Hays, KS, 67601
Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, Sept. 6, 2012