Vivien Inez Venneberg, 102, of Holton, Kansas passed away August 20, 2018 at the Community Hospital in Onaga.
 
She was born July 28, 1916 near Johnstown, Nebraska.  She was the oldest daughter of Thomas James Graff and Ann Catherine (Zillig) Graff.  Vivien graduated from Havensville High School.
 
She worked as a ticket clerk for the Union Pacific Railroad in Junction City during the war.  After the war she and her husband Paul returned to farming south of Havensville, near the Bucks Grove community.  In September 1992 she moved to Holton, Kansas.
 
Vivien was a member of the Havensville Christian Church and had attended Bucks Grove United Methodist Church for many years.  She belonged to the Ladies Aid at Bucks Grove and had played the keyboard there.
 
She married Paul C. Venneberg on February 13, 1937.  He preceded her in death on January 17, 1991.  She was also preceded in death by her parents and three sisters, Lois Dandliker, Edna Mills and Margaret Ann Osterhaus.
 
Survivors include one son, Paul Edwin Venneberg and his wife Toni, of Topeka, and several nieces and nephews.
 
Funeral services will be held at the Bucks Grove United Methodist Church at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 25th.  Burial will follow in the church cemetery.  Vivien will lie in state until noon Saturday at the Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Holton.  Memorials are suggested to the Bucks Grove United Methodist Church or the Havensville Christian Church, and may be sent in care of the funeral home, PO Box 1034, Holton, KS  66436.  On-line condolences may be made at chapeloaksfuneralhome.com