Verna S. Richert, age 98 years, of Urich, Missouri passed away Sunday, September 13, 2015 at Clinton Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Clinton, Missouri. Funeral services will be held 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at the Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in Englewood Cemetery, Clinton, Missouri. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Wounded Warrior Project and may be left in care of the funeral home. Fond memories and condolences can be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

Verna was born June 2, 1917 in Dexter, Missouri the daughter of Henry and Sophia (Lowenstein) Niehaus.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, Francis Kee and Herman Richert, and four siblings, Wilmer Niehaus, Mable Nieman, Marie Cunningham, and Walter Niehaus.

Survivors include her son, Scott Kee of Spring Branch, Texas, three grandchildren, Brian Kee, Kelly Shearer and Jacinda Kee, and two great-grandchildren, Brooke Moran and Peyton Shearer.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton, Missouri.