On January 31, 2013, Velma Marie Cozzutto, 92, went to be with her Lord and Savior while at Pacific Care Center. She was again reunited with her husband after a patient wait of 4 years.
Velma was born in Kalona, Iowa on January 5, 1921, the oldest daughter of nine children, to Lee and Lena Schlabach. The Schlabach family moved to Portland, Oregon in 1937.