Sioux City Journal; Sioux City IOWA; 1997-6-24

AKRON, Iowa - Velda B. Peck, 86, of Akron died suddenly Monday, June 23,
1997, a her residence.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at First Church of Christ in Akron
with the Rev. Justin May officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. today with the family present from 7 to
8 p.m. at the Schroeder Funeral Home in Akron.

Mrs. Peck was born on June 5, 1911, in Durham, Mo., the daughter of Albert
and Katherine (Gross) Lake. She graduated from school in Akron.

She married Harold Peck on Oct. 28, 1933, in Akron. He died in 1957.

She was a member of the First Church of Christ and a Sunday school teacher,
deaconess, secretary, treasurer, pianist, and member of Ladies Aide of the
church.

She was employed with the United States Postal service from 1948 until her
retirement in 1973.

Survivors include a daughter and her husband, Haroldine (Dee) and A. Earl
Hilliker of Sioux City; two granddaughters and their husbands, Sherry and
Gaylen Rasmussen of South Sioux City, and Nan and Tracy Ankrum of Sioux
City; six great-grandchildren; a stepgreat-grandchild; two
great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by eight brothers and sisters.

Pallbearers will be Steve Wilcox, Scott Lake, Darcy Fletcher, Ron Prunty,
Bruce McGinnis, Richard Langley, Don Peters, Lyle McGinnis, Charles
Hendricks, Bob Lanning, Eldon Smith and Merlyn Klemme.