Funeral services will be held this weekend for former coach Steve Vertin who passed away Wednesday morning after a battle with cancer.

Vertin was 69-years-old. He served as coach and Dean of Students for Bishop LeBlond High School from 1999 – 2015. 

Bishop LeBlond Head Cross Country Coach Gregg Mrkvicka said Vertin was one of a kind.

“He lit up the room, when he walked in everybody looked, everybody knew him,” Mrkvicka said. “You go to Nebraska and talk to a random person and, ‘Oh you know Steve Vertin!’ The things he would say and the stories he would tell are what everybody remembers him by.”

Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday with Rosary at 5 p.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the church.