Verla Lea Harlan Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Verla Lea Harlan of Trenton, Missouri, who passed away on May 2, 2024, at the age of 100, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Verla Lea Harlan to show support.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Delmar Lee and Ocie Shepard (Turner); her husband Ed Harlan; her daughter-in-law Sharon Clapham; and her siblings, Walt, Charles, Loren Shepard, Ila Gail Lawson, Monice Averill and Kay Smith.
She is survived by: her children, Bill Clapham, Linda Lou Crowder (Frank) and Paul Douglas Clapham (Lynett); her stepchildren, Ron Harlan (Vanda) and Cheryl Sanders (Gary); and her brothers, Noel Clifford Shepard (Alice), Jimmy Roe Shepard and Roger Shepard Cain (Barbara). She is also survived by nine grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren, and several great-great grandchildren.
Memorial donations are suggested to either the First Christian Church or the North Care Hospice and may be left with or mailed to Slater Neal Funeral Home in Trenton.
