LaVanda R. Thornton 1918-2009

MECHLENBERG, SUCKOW, THORNTON, HOLMAN, JORDAN, WESTCOTT, PEVERILL, OTT, WYGLE, MOHS, MINER, SCHNUELLE

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 10/9/2009 at 20:53:56

LaVanda R. Thornton

LaVanda R. Thornton, 90, of Waterloo died of natural causes Saturday, September 19, 2009 at Cedar Valley Hospice Home. Graveside Services were held Thursday, September 24 at the Smithfield Rural Cemetery, Monona. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the family at Mary Holman, 1657 Longfellow Ave, Waterloo, IA 50703.

LaVanda was born November 7, 1918 in Winneshiek County to Richard and Sophia Mechlenberg Suckow. She married Lloyd Robert Thornton December 21, 1938. He died January 22, 1981. LaVanda was a homemaker in her own home.

Survivors include her children, Earl (Betty) Thornton of Waterloo, Mary (David) Holman of Waterloo, Joann (Jim) Jordan of Waterloo, Norma (Gary) Westcott of Evansdale, Donald (Carole) Thornton of Evansdale, Delores Peverill of Denver, CO, Lois (Willis) Ott of Elkader, and Karen (James) Wygle of LaPorte City; 28 grandchildren; 51 great-grandchildren; 21 great-great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Delbert Suckow of Postville and Dwayne Suckow of Oelwein.

She was preceded in death by her husband; her daughter, Sandra Kay Thornton, who died in January 1973; two brothers, Willis Suckow and Harold Mohs; and two sisters, Velma Miner and Verna Mae Schnuelle.

Waukon, Iowa newspaper, THE STANDARD, September 23, 2009
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