Wallace resident Verlaine "Vee" Weir passed away in the company of family while at Great Plains Health in North Platte on December 27, 2023, at the age of 86.
Verlaine, the daughter of Herbert and Eunice Hasenauer, was born on March 1, 1937, in Lincoln County, Nebraska. She grew up in Wallace and graduated from Wallace High School. Just out of high school, Verlaine married Bob Fhuere. Since he was serving in the Air Force they were stationed in Germany and Japan, then came stateside and lived in Colorado, Idaho, Washington, Iowa and eventually back to Nebraska. In 1974 they settled south of Wallace.
In 1978, Vee found herself raising four children on her own following a family hardship. During that year she, along with her sister, brother-in-law and parents, bought the Wallace Café and operated it as the well known Fat Sisters Café. Vee worked 7 days a week to provide for her children. After they sold the café, Vee worked for Wallace Public Schools; she was a bus driver and secretary.
In December of 1983, Vee married Edward Weir and they were together until his death in 2009. They raised foster children and hosed foreign exchange students. After 22 years, Vee retired fro the school district, then she and Ed were able to travel to numerous countries to visit their exchange students (and families) that they hosted over the years.
Vee was a member of the Wallace Methodist Church, Methodist Women and the Wallace Quilt Club. She enjoyed quilting, sewing and crafting. Vee and Ed even sold her crafts and his woodwork at Americana Plus in Holdrege.
Vee was a good wife, a dedicated mother and loving grandmother. She loved her extended family and looked forward to the monthly lunches in North Platte with her cousins. Vee and her close family and friends also started a week of sewing in her cabin at Johnson Lake.
Vee's home was always open and she had food for everyone. She was a woman of faith who always believed in the good of others. Vee would always say, "It's going to be a good day today."
Along with her husband, Ed, Vee was preceded in death by her parents; sister and brother-in-law, Jeanette and John Kilgore; brother Clinton Hasenauer; her children, Kurt Fhuere, William "Mac" McMurray and Michelle "Misha" Ryan; and grandson, Will McMurray.
Vee is survived by her children, Corey (Rebecca) Fhuere of Jefferson, OR, Cherie (Gavin) McClintock of Elsie and Vickie (Dave) Todd of Sherrard, IL, stepchildren, Kevin (Deanna) Weir of Phillips, NE, Brian (Cheryl) Weir of Omaha and Stacey Weir-Deitrick of Dallas, TX, and daughters, Wendy (Troy) Grothman of Venango, NE, Tonyia (Michael) Miller of North Platte and Rita (Duane) Kirch of Lewellen; daughter-in-law, Susie McMurray of Castle Rock, CO; her brother, Leonard (Joan) Hasenauer of Amarillo, TX; sister, Lee Hunziker of Davenport, IA; sister-in-law, Mary Hasenauer of Wallace; her loving neighbors, Rick and Diane Bryant; her exchange students, Argie, Carlos, Kelly, Iraima, Adriana, Peta, Diana and Juliana; as well as many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, cousins and other family.
Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 4, 2024 at the Wallace Methodist Church, which will be live streaming the service. Burial will follow in the Morning View Cemetery at Wallace.
Visitation is 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 3, 2024 at Odean Colonial Chapel at C & Sycamore in North Platte, which is in charge of arrangements. The family will be present from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Online condolences may be shared at odeanchapel.com. Memorials are suggested to the Wallace Methodist Church.