- Date Of Birth: October 6, 1931
- Date Of Death: September 4, 2022
- State: Illinois
Velma Lou Austin, 90, of Varna, IL, passed away at 9:00 pm on Sunday, September 4, 2022 at Alomere Hospital Center in Alexandria, Minnesota.
She was born on October 6, 1931, in Putnam County, IL, the second daughter of Edward McKinley Foster and Gladys Laura Turpin. She began her education in a one room school house in rural McNabb known as the Strawn School, later attending John Swaney Grade School and graduating from Hopkins School in Granville, Illinois.
Velma married Clark J. Austin on May 14, 1954. They lived in Varna their entire married life until his passing on January 10, 2018. She was also preceded in death by her parents, her beloved sister Rosemary Deininger on February 22, 2022, and her dear niece Diana Deininger Crumley.
