Bernez L. "Monk" Vehaun

ASHEVILLE - BERNEZ LOMINAC "MONK" VeHAUN, 83, OF 21 BROWN AVE. DIED SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 2001 AT ASTON PARK HEALTH CARE FOLLOWING A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. SHE WAS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY AND RETIRED AFTER MANY YEARS OF SERVICE FROM J.C. PENNYS. SHE WAS A LIFELONG MEMBER OF NEWBRIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE TRUTH SEEKERS SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS. MRS. VEHAUN WAS A MEMBER OF THE GOLDEN AGE CLUB, WAS A FORMER REPUBLICAN JUDGE AND REGISTRAR FOR THE WOODFIN PRECINCT AND A VOLUNTEER FOR MANY YEARS WITH ABCCM. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE MELVIN AND EMMA RYMER LOMINAC AND WAS THE WIFE OF THE LATE MARSHALL ROM VeHAUN WHO DIED JULY 19TH, 1986. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER SISTERS, MILDRED LOMINAC, ELSIE McDARIS AND KATHLEEN TEAGUE AND HER BROTHERS, VERNON AND HARRY LOMINAC. SURVIVING ARE HER SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, JERRY AND GENNY VeHAUN OF ASHEVILLE; BROTHER, CHARLES LOMINAC OF RUTHERFORD COLLEGE AND SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD 11 AM WEDNESDAY AT NEWBRIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH WITH THE REV. CLARK HENDERSON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN LEWIS MEMORIAL PARK. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS 7 TO 9 PM TUESDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME AND AT OTHER TIMES, THE FAMILY WILL BE AT THE HOME. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO THE WOODFIN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, P.O. BOX 8341, ASHEVILLE, NC 28814.