Background
Lockner, Vera Joanne was born on May 19, 1937 in St. Lawrence, South Dakota, United States. Daughter of Leonard and Zona R. (Ford) Verdugt.
Lockner, Vera Joanne was born on May 19, 1937 in St. Lawrence, South Dakota, United States. Daughter of Leonard and Zona R. (Ford) Verdugt.
Graduate, St. Lawrence (South Dakota) High School, 1955.
Bank teller/bookkeeper, First National Bank, Miller, South Dakot, 1963-1966; bank teller/bookkeeper, Bank of Wessington, South Dakot, 1968-1974; farmer/rancher, Wessington, since 1955.
Sunday school teacher Trinity Lutheran Church, Miller, 1968-1972. Treasurer Trinity Lutheran Church Women, since 2005. Treasurer PTO, Wessington, 1969-1970.
Treasurer, vice chairman, chairman, state committee woman Hand County Democrats, Miller, 1978-2003, state committee woman, since 2007. South Dakota state legislator, 1992-2000. Member South Dakota Democratic Executive Board, 1997-2000.
Member Order of Eastern Star (warder, marshall, chaplain 1970-2002).
Married Frank O. Lockner, August 7, 1955. Children: Dean M., Clifford A.