Verneal Elizabeth Kallevig

Wife, Mom, Grandma, Auntie, Friend

June 12, 1939 to May 17, 2021

Verneal Kallevig passed into the presence of her Lord and Saviour on May 17, 2021.

Verneal is predeceased by her sister Jean Miller and survived by her husband Don Kallevig, daughter Sonja Lageweg (Gordon), son David Kallevig (Kelly) and grandsons Dawson Kallevig and Caleb Kallevig, sisters Grace Snipstead and Lillian Larson (Rod), sister’s in-law Verna Kallevig and Lorraine McKay (Bob), Marlene Worrall and many nieces and nephews.

Private Graveside service

Tuesday, May 25, 2021, 2pm

A Memorial will take place at a later date.

Verneal was born in Camrose, Alberta on June 12, 1939, to parents Nels and Sofia Grue. Verneal was third of four girls (Jean, Grace, Verneal and Lillian). She was raised with her sisters on the family farm in Armena, Alberta.

Verneal met Don Kallevig at Camrose College when she was 16 and Don 17. Their budding romance would pause while Verneal entered Bible College in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Her deep love for music inspired her to join the college choir. They toured and performed in Lyndon, Washington. Don attended the performance (to see Verneal of course). Their relationship bloomed. They married in Camrose on June 30, 1961 and settled in New Westminster. Verneal worked at BC TEL until starting their family.

While lovingly creating a family home, Verneal was involved in church activities including many choirs.

For several years she led the Burrard Inlet Bible Institute Choir in Port Moody, BC.

North Delta was home for about 37 years where she and Don raised Sonja and David. Once they were in school, Verneal began to work part time as a switchboard operator at Eaton’s, Guildford. Eventually, this led to a sales position in the furniture department. She enjoyed a long and wonderful furniture sales career until Eaton’s closed and completed her working career at K&D Furniture.

Verneal thoroughly enjoyed entertaining family and friends, the home was filled with love, laughter and many wonderful memories.

She loved taking her family to visit her parents on the family farm in Armena each summer for many years, enjoying the drive through the Rockies along the way. We would often meet up with one or more of her sisters with their families and enjoyed many reunions on the farm.

In 2005, Don and Verneal relocated to Chilliwack B.C. There, they were fortunately able to spend a lot of time watching their grandchildren grow. They met many new friends and again, with her love for music, she was involved with several local choirs.

Several visits to Norway to see family, learning about her roots, were one of many highlights throughout her life. She was immensely proud of her Norwegian heritage. She loved the Lord with all her heart and soul, living out her faith until her very last breath. Her deep love for family and friends reached far and wide. Verneal’s kindness, genuineness, honesty, loyalty, and class is unequalled and will be missed by all. Although we will miss her every day, we know that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. What a beautiful hope!

The family welcomes donations to Union Gospel Mission in Vancouver, BC as an expression of sympathy instead of flowers.

Favorite verses:

Psalms 37: 3-6

“Trust in the LORD and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper.

Take delight in the LORD, AND he will give you your heart’s desires.

Commit everything you do to the LORD. Trust him, and he will help you.

He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn, and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun.”

2 Timothy 4:7-8

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing."

Psalm 23:4

"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me."

John 14:27

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid."