The service will be livestreamed on the funeral home website.

Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the chapel.

Home for Funerals is in charge of arrangements.

Sharon passed away on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, at the Norfolk Veterans Home.

Sharon Kay Veskrna was born on May 22, 1939, to Weldon and Marian (Fletcher) Rakowsky on the family farm by Madison, Nebraska. She attended Madison County Rural Schools and graduated from Madison High School in 1956. After graduation, she moved to Lincoln, Nebraska and worked for the Nebraska Department of Roads for 41 years.

She married Ronald J. Veskrna on January 14, 1958, in Lincoln, Nebraska. They lived in Lincoln until moving to Norfolk in 2017.

Sharon loved fishing, tennis, horses, polka music, and husker football. She has been a football ticket holder since 1962. For over 40 years, Ron and Sharon loved to take a yearly fishing trip to Merritt Reservoir. They traveled to many different countries, but their favorite was the Polka Joe bus tours. While traveling she would

always send her grandchildren postcards from every location. She was always available to them and would call weekly to check in on them. She loved her family very much and cherished the time she had with her grandchildren.

She is survived by her children, Cindy Deckard of Lincoln and Jeff (Susanna) Veskrna of Norfolk; granddaughter, Hannah Veskrna of Omaha; brother, Arland Rakowsky; sister, Pam (Russ) Ropte; brother, Mark (Charlene) Rakowsky; and sister-in-law, Diane (Bill) Payne.

Sharon was preceded in death by her husband, Ronald in 2021; granddaughter, Sarah K. Veskrna in 2003; grandson, Wade L. Veskrna in 2003; son-in-law, Randy Deckard in 2025; parents, Weldon and Marian Rakowsky; and sister, Lucretia Heaps.

Condolences may be expressed to the family online at www. homeforfuneralsinc.com.