STERLING – Vernabelle J. Klosterman, 86, of Sterling, died Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at her home.

Vernabelle was born Jan. 15, 1927, in Fulton, the daughter of Fred and Margaret (Buikema) Pyse. She was employed by General Electric in Morrison for 35 years, retiring in 1989. She was a member of Bethel Reformed Church in Sterling.

Survivors include one daughter, Nancy J. (Gilbert D.) Phillips, and one son, Donald H. Klosterman Jr., both of Sterling; two sisters, Phyllis Sipperly of Rock Falls and Marilyn Malanger of DeWitt, Iowa; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.