Career
Born in the town of Pensaukee, Oconto County, Wisconsin, Verkuilen worked in the shipyard in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Verkuilen served on the Worden Town Board, the Pioneer School Board, and on the Clark County Board of Supervisors. In 1921, Verkeuilen served in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican.
Verkuilen died in a hospital in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.