Bio: Wesenberg, Vera – Granton Grandparent of the Year (1981)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Wesenberg, Rollins, Sternitzky, Hinz

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 9/03/1981

Granton-Grandparent of the Year (Wesenberg - 1981)

Barbara, Susie and Steve Rollins entered their grandmother, Vera Wesenberg, into the grandparent-of-the-year competition being conducted prior to the annual Granton Fall Festival. Judges selected their request as best.

Who is this woman that Barb, Susie and Steve are so fond of? She and her family who will ride in the Granton Fall Festival parade on Sunday, September 13

Vera Wesenberg was born in the Town of Lynn, the oldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Sternitzky, Sr. She attended the Poplar Grove School and then worked for the Walter Hinz family for four years. In December of 1933, she married Fred Wesenberg. The couple moved to a farm east of Loyal where they worked for an uncle at $15 a week.

In the summer of 1934, the couple purchased the rural Granton on which Vera still resides. Their five children are all married and live in the Town of Lynn. They are Norman, Arnold, Mrs. Verlyn (Frieda) Rollins, Roy and Harvey. Fourteen grandchildren also make up the family.

Vera’s husband died in January 1970, but she continued to farm with her son, Harvey. In the winter time you can find her in the barn feeding the calves or milking the cows. In the summer, she is in the cucumber patch.

Vera is a member of Zion Lutheran Church and was a clerk for the Mayflower School for a number of years. She enjoys gardening, quilting and playing cards.

Her selection came as a result of a contest sponsored by the Granton FFA Alumni. Her local honor falls on national Grandparents Day, September 13.