Verna Rae Hansen Blocker

Our Grandma Snicklefritz, Verna Rae Hansen Blocker, passed away peacefully October 28, 2020 in Orem, Utah at the age of 96. Born in Provo, Utah to Franklin Earl and Elva Hansen, she was the oldest of ten children. She attended Brigham Young High School at a time when all the boys were gone to war. She married Jacob David Blocker in July of 1949 and headed down to the deep south of Savannah, Georgia where she raised four sons and a daughter. While living in Savannah she worked at Anderson’s Grocery Store and Jim’s convenience store where she loved to take the grandkids to fulfill her oath as a Grandma to fill them with treats. She was well known and loved in the communities served by these stores. After Jake’s death in 1996, Verna headed back to Utah where she would become known to hundreds of children as Grandma Blocker. She volunteered 16 years in the Foster Grandparent program at Scera Park Elementary helping kids learn to read and most importantly, making them feel special. She was honored at the age of 93 for her years of service and decided it was time to retire. Caring for others was Grandma’s calling in life; whether it was caring for her ailing family members, tending grandkids, making hand drawn cards for all the kids every Christmas and birthday or the ever-reliable pat on the cheek letting you know she loved ya. Grandma loved people, even the occasional “Old Heifer”. She loved telling her stories and learning someone else’s. She could always find a cousin and she would forever introduce them as such. She was a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and worked as an ordinance worker for 11 years in the Mount Timpanogos Temple. She was adored and will be remembered by so many for the laughs she gave, the stories she told and always for the way she made them feel. But Grandma, the time came for you to close your little peepers and head on home and when they asked how it went, you probably answered with the only fitting answer, “ It was just the ticket and gooder n’ snuff!” Verna is survived by her children: Jacob David Blocker, Jr. (Debbie), Steven Kim (Brenda), Anne Hagewood (Gary), Gary Franklin (Carol), Teddy Leon (Kathy), 23 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by a brother, David Hansen, and a sister, Gail Vernon. A viewing for Verna will be held on Friday, November 6, 10:00 am, at the LDS Chapel at 1075 West 1100 North, Orem. Followed by a funeral service that will be live-streamed at 11:30am on ZOOM (To view this funeral service paste the following link in your web browser and click 'ENTER' https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87837838223?pwd=RVFiaVFEK215dkxXWHR2THhqU090QT09 She will be buried alongside her parents in the American Fork City Cemetery following the service. The family would like to express their deep gratitude to the staff and management of Summerfield Retirement and the Envision Hospice staff, especially hospice nurse, Nate Mansanarez, for their kind care of Verna. Please share memories and condolences at www.serenityfhs.com.

Verna Rae Hansen Blocker

September 25, 1924 - October 28, 2020