Verona. C Staloch, age 95 of Byron (formerly of Wells) passed away Saturday, May 17, 2025. The visitation will be an hour (10:00-11:00am) prior to the service, Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at church. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:00am Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at St. Casimir Catholic Church in Wells. Father Pratap Reddy Salibindla will be officiating, and interment will be at St. Casimir Catholic Cemetery in Wells. After the burial the family invites you to the Nasinec Event Center to share a meal.
Verona Catherine Platz was born July 4,1929 to Edward and Rose (Holm) Platz on their farm near Springfield, MN. She attended a country school and graduated from Springfield High School in 1947. She attended St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing in Mankato and graduated with her LPN degree.
Verona met Alexander J. Staloch at the Kato Ballroom. They were married on April 20, 1954 at St. Raphael’s Catholic Church in Springfield, MN. The couple farmed near Wells, MN and resided in town when they retired.
Verona was a member of St. Casimir Catholic Church in Wells, St. Agnes Circle, The Council of Catholic women and the Rosary Society at St. Casimir.
Verona embraced the role of farm life working alongside her husband. She found great joy in gardening, canning, cooking, baking, crocheting and sewing. But her greatest joy was being a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She treasured time spent with her family. Verona had lived at MaDonna Summit the Benedictine Healthcare System in Byron, MN since 2018.
She is preceded in death by her husband Alex; parents; one daughter, Marjean Simpson; two brothers and their wives, Leo (Alpha) Platz and Albert (Gloria) Platz; one sister and her husband, Violet (Ray) Siefert.
Verona is survived by her children: Kevin of Magnolia, TX, Kathleen (James) Schumann of Eyota, MN, Mary (Dr. Stephen) Earney of Driggs, ID, Joan (Dr. Raul) Espinosa of Rochester, MN, and LeAnn (Dale) Carlson of Park Rapids, MN; son-in-law Jay Simpson of New Richmond, WI; 20 grandchildren: Alyssa Staloch; Timothy Schumann, Hannah (John) Schumann and Adelle (Justin) Keppers; Martha (Alex) Farnsworth and Joseph (Rebecca) Earney; Christina (Robert) Tarrell, Anthony Espinosa and Laura (Christopher) Melby; Jacob, Zachery, Nicholas, Noah (Jacole), Lydia, Andrew and Audrey Simpson; Breanna (Andy) Larson, Mackenzie (Kip) Thorstenson, Joe (Jayme) Carlson and Samuel Carlson; and 25 great-grandchildren.
The family is very grateful to the staff of the Mayo Clinic, the staff of MaDonna Summit and the staff of Seasons Hospice for their kind and conscientious care.
So sorry for your loss. Mom’s are so important in our lives.
So sorry for your loss. You’re in our thoughts and prayers
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Always hard to lose your mom, my thoughts and prayers are with the Staloch family.
My deepest sympathy to family and friends. Thoughts and prayers and hugs.
If remembering brings light, may there be memories. If tears can wash away darkness, may there be tears. If rays of hope can shine, may their brightness reach each of you. Whatever uplifts and encourages, may it light your way.
Blessings In Faith and Love,
Deborah and Nancy
Our condolences to all of the family. It is so hard to lose a mom but know know you have a angel watching over you.
Sympathies to the Staloch Family. Thoughts are with you and may your mom rest in peace 🙏
Sorry for your loss. A very nice lady
My condolences to the families loss of your mother never easy ,hang on to your memories they help in the hard times ahead
I miss Grandma Staloch a whole lot. I’ll never forget her that the day that I volunteer that I look after Grandma Staloch back in 2018 – 2025. I did great job serving her a glass of water, walk with Grandma at my sister’s wedding and design grandma staloch’s birthday cake of 4th of July. But now I’m very sad and lonely without Grandma Staloch. So I listen to the sad Music called Nearer my God to Thee, Clouds song by Zach Sobiech, Sad Song by John Denver, Catch another Butterfly song by John Denver, I’m so lonesome I Could Cry song by Elvis Presley, Sad Song John Denver Poems Prayers and Promises, John Denver For You, John Denver This old Guitar, John Denver Seasons of the Heart, Promises song by Walt Disney Millennium Celebration, Celebrate the future hand in hand (Gospel Version) song by Walt Disney Millennium Celebration, Disney Piano Feed the Birds and When you love song by Phil Deville, In the arms of the Angel song by Sarah McLachlan, Long song by Dan Fogleberg, and Nobody Knows song by the Lumineers that I listen too. Also I can talk to Grandma and Grandpa Staloch in front of the cemetery and my picture frame and so does my Aunt Jeanne. But now I looked up in the sky for day and night that I can talk to them all year long. All you got to do is take good care of Aunt Jeanne, Grandma, Grandpa and the rest of our pets up in Heaven. God just told me what to do and I did. The truth is all of you can do is believe. You really can. That I can talk to them up in heaven, tombstone and picture frame. That’s all I ask. All you got to do is believe in God and pray for him and our family too and help you all. Sometimes we can’t see him and our family up in heaven or sometimes the answer is an exactly what you pray for. But he’s listening to me. And you see how kind and how wonderful he is. God is the Best. He told me to tell you to love your children and your families and your friends and to try help what another every gift. So when you all go home day and night say a prayer and ask what you can do to make your family strong to help other people. God will help you because he love you all a lot. Peace on Earth good will toward men. That’s all I have to say. Thank You.