Born in Toronto at Toronto Western Hospital to parents, Leo and Sonia Petroff. At 6 years of age her parents divorced and her father was chosen to raise her, by Vera's court decision. Lived her early years in the Grange area of Toronto. Musically and artistically gifted, she mastered to play the mandolin and balalaika for the Russian Orthodox Church's Orchestra's Folk Ensemble. Vera also painted beautiful wooden plates for their Bazaars and sang in the choir. She was a good folk and ballroom dancer and she played Chopin marvellously on the piano. She graduated from Central Technical High School completing her secretarial skills.

A new immigrant family just arrived from Belgium and Vera's father made arrangements with them to come to their home as a welcoming dinner of which Vera prepared beautifully. That's where Vera and Gregory first came together after they had eyes for one another at the church. While courting, they were invited to a neighborhood baseball game where Gregory hit the ball out of the park and they could not find the ball.This impressed Vera very much and said, " This is the man I will marry!" They fell in love and knew they were meant for each other. They were married September 1st 1951.

Two beautiful children, Anthony Lawrence and Linda Christine came along.

They had a business of jewellery making and folk art called 'The Rainbow Workshop' where Gregory did the internal carving and Vera was painting folksy wooden ornamental plates. They landed a large contract from The Simms Brush Companyto carve 3,000 royal crowns for shaving brushes for Queen Elizabeth's Coronation in 1954. This miracle blessing provided them with a good down payment on a bungalow in North York.

After the children were grown up a bit, Vera took on a job at The Ministry Of Transportations & Communications where she was a secretary there for 30 years. After retirement she volunteered at The Humber River Hospitals until Sars hit. Later, happily she met the Tran family who own a Vietnamese restaurant and became a ' Bamboo Stripper on Tuesdays and Thursdays' ( Bamboo needs to be peeled 1st, this enabled the patrons of the restaurant to enjoy a pretty dinner plate). Also, and most importantly she helped the Tran children, Karen and Kathy with their homework on a daily basis. Having been present at the 3rd child's birth, Jennifer Tran, Verabonded with her and helped this child with Gregory throughout 16 years.

In the last years of her life she felt most comfortable at home and welcomed visitors and phone calls. Her body was deteriorating, but her mind was sharp to the end. Being well organized and having a daily routine, she did her best to do everything herself until the end. A woman with strong determination and faith in the Lord who is an example to all.

Deeply loved and missed by her husband Gregory Cheron, her daughter Linda Bejarano & her son in law Abel Bejarano, her son Anthony Cheron & daughter in law Myla and her granddaughter Antonia. The entire Bejarano Family and many dear friends.