IOLA — Vera Ellen Thurman, 95, of Iola, formerly of Erie, died at 5:05 a.m. Sunday, March 6, 2011, at Iola Nursing Center. She was the widow of C.R. “Pat” Thurman, who preceded her in death on Nov. 6, 1997.

The service will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at Mount Hope Cemetery in Galesburg. The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at Pierce-Carson-Wall Funeral Home in Erie.

Memorials are suggested to either First Christian Church of Erie or St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Beatrice, Neb.

The funeral home will announce complete obituary details later.