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LaVern "Vern" Charles Neff
1.17.1927 - October 13, 2019

Place of Birth: Rural McClusky, ND
 Residence: Williston, ND, more recently of Bismarck, ND
 Age: 92

Marlys Buskohl
Oct 14, 2019
I was so sorry to hear about Vern. My thoughts and prayers go out to you and all of the family.
David Brendsel
Oct 14, 2019
My deepest sympathies to the family of Vern Neff!
We have lost one of the most competent & understanding attorneys of the Bar! He was also a great community leader and a strong member of the Republican Party.
May his soul rest with the Lord today.
David & Sandy Brendsel
Cheryl Fischer (Williston )
Oct 14, 2019
Our prayers go out to you. Vern was such a wonderful, caring man who had a heart of gold.
Dave and Luanna Fisketjon (Hazen, ND)
Oct 14, 2019
Our sincerest sympathy to the family.
David and Luanna Fisketjon
Shawn and Wendy Engberg (Parshall, ND)
Oct 14, 2019
Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you.
Dennis Blank (Plymouth, FL)
Oct 15, 2019
I always enjoyed visiting with Vern. He had great insight about legal issues and foresaw the controversy coming on Lake Sakakawea OHWM minerals. God Bless him and his family.
Paul and Denice Suess (Williston, ND)
Oct 15, 2019
Our Sincerest Sympathy to the family. La Vern, was a Great Friend Of my Father. R.I.P.
Ted J. Becker (Minneapolis, MN)
Oct 15, 2019
Juanita, Barbara, Donna and Charles, on behalf of Heritage Foundation for Germans from Russia, please accept condolences on the passing of a great man. During the years I lived in Williston, he was a friend and mentor. The greatest compliment I can give is he was a friend. His service on the Board of Directors of HFGR was inestimable. Descendants of Germans from Russia are deeply and gratefully indebted to his commitment to the preservation of the story of our common ancestors. May his Creator give him peace, joy and a share in His glory. With kind regards, Ted J. Becker, President HFGR
Rosella Bettger Ellis (Oakridge, Oregon 97463)
Oct 16, 2019
I was sorry to hear that Vern passed away. I am the daughter of Lydia & Reuben Bettger. As a family we did not see the Neff family much. May the Lord be close to the family during this time of loss.
Tim Lebsock (Williston, ND)
Oct 17, 2019
Juanita, Barbara, Donna and Charles, Vern left an incredible legacy, the greatest of which is all of you and the rest of your family. I pray God's comfort for you all and respectfully express my deepest sympathy.
Scott Key (Fort Collins, CO)
Oct 18, 2019
Dear Neff Family -

It’s with particular sadness that I remember Vern today. Not sadness so much as longing for times gone by. Times of community, honor, civility. Vern was a champion of them all.

I remember fondly his inviting us Key boys for a little ride out to Forts Buford and Union one Summer to show us a bit of prairie life history. Then there’s the time he and Juanita invited our huge Key clan to the house just after Christmas where one daughter was over-the-moon smitten for her newly-prized Beatles albums — every one that existed that mid-60s Winter. But one of my most special memories involved the gift of an old Wurlitzer.

It seems there were unknown communications between emissaries of the Keys and Neffs as I faced the dilemma of getting a bass amp for my burgeoning passion for rock and roll. Out of the blue, my brother, Mike, and I found ourselves over at Vern’s garage staring longingly at his gleaming example of WWll era technology — a jukebox. Vern explained how it ‘just won’t fit down my stairs’ as he offered it to us.

We couldn’t believe our luck!

My brother went to work, and I must confess, soon had Vern’s collectible piece of history strewn in pieces on our basement floor. Shortly, he had it stitched together in a Frankenteinian fashion, camouflaged enough to fool everyone, into a bass amp which I used for Several early band gigs.

As I read Vern’s lifetime accomplishments, I was stricken with the pride you Neff Family Members must feel at having been loved by such a good man. I can scarcely count the memberships and committees. I want to add one more item to his list, one tiny asterisk to a life well-lived — Philanthropist To The Arts,

Thank you, my friend.

Rest In Peace, Mr. Vern.
Becky Erlandsen Knutson (Stevensville , Montana)
Oct 21, 2019
My sincere sympathies to the family. I worked for Vern for quite a few years and thoroughly enjoyed it. He was a great employer. He used to keep a bag of little snickers bars in his desk drawer and would toss me one every once in awhile saying in a hundred years it will never matter if you ate more calories than you should! He will be missed.