Vera Jeanette Hinz

1936 - 2025

Vera Jeanette Hinz

September 12, 1936 - July 22, 2025

Vera Jeanette Hinz, age 88, of Osage, Iowa, and formerly of Charles City, Iowa, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, under the care of St. Croix Hospice at the Mitchell County Regional Health Center. Funeral arrangements are with Fullerton-Hage Funeral Home.

A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 26, 2025 with visitation from 9:30 a.m. to the service time at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, 200 S Main St., Charles City, with Pastor Russ Leeper officiating. Following the service, Vera will be laid to rest at Riverside Cemetery in Charles City. In expression of sympathy, memorials may be made to St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Vera was born on September 12, 1936 in Crystal Lake, Iowa, to Floyd and Gladys (Plantz) Anderson. She was raised and attended school in Crystal Lake. On November 21, 1954, she was united in marriage to Herbert Hinz and together they had five children. Vera and Herbert started their life together in Britt where Herb was a cattle and crops farmer and Vera a homemaker and farmer's wife. Together they later farmed in Thompson, Woden, Riceville and lastly Charles City. Vera began working once their children were all in school at a nursing home in Riceville and later at Chautauqua Guest Homes-Riverside as a dietary assistant until her retirement.

Vera's most important role in life was being a mother to her children. She always put them first and made sure their education and involvement with church was prioritized. Her hobbies included reading, quilting and sewing. Vera was an excellent cook and did a lot of gardening and canning. Vera was often reserved and quiet, but had very strong opinions and faith-based values she instilled in her family. She will be remembered as the matriarch of her family and loving wife, mother and oma (grandmother).

Those left to cherish her memory include her five children: Randy (Marie) Hinz of Lexington, S.C., Teresa (Tim) Roberts of Shenandoah, Iowa, Rodney Hinz of Charles City, Kevin (Brenda) Hinz of Nashua, and Tracy (Richard) Williams of Osage; 10 grandchildren: Brian, Jennifer, Terrill, Monica, Brent, Sabra, Raymond, Katie, Christopher and Cassandra; and 22 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Herbert Hinz in 2021; parents, Floyd and Gladys Anderson; three sisters: Tina Mae, Lillian Gladys and Helen Marie; and brother, Larry Floyd.