LaVelle, Celia (Russell) 1874-1940

LAVELLE, RUSSELL, LAFORM, RISER, SIRES, BELLOWS, MARTIN, FRASER

Posted By: S. Ferrall IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 12/26/2010 at 02:44:36

Mrs. Celia LaVelle, 66, a resident of Postville for many years, passed away early Sunday morning after an illness of nine months. Funeral servces were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the LaVelle residence by the Rev. J. Ian Fraser. Burial was made in the Postville cemetery. As Celia Russell she was born Aug. 4, 1874, at Rossville, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Russell. She moved to Postville with her parents in her youth and lived here until 1895. She was married at Waukon March 27, 1895, to William LaVelle and after the ceremony moved with her husband to a farm 3 1/2 miles southwest of Postville, where they made their home until 1929. Since 1929 she had lived in Postville. On June 29, 1930, about a year after moving here, Mr. LaVelle passed away.

She became the mother of three sons and five daughters. Two daughters, Thelma and Ethel, have passed away. She is survived by her sons, Ralph and Ashley LaVelle of Postville, and Harry LaVelle of Platte, So. Dak., and her daughters, (Phyllis) Mrs. Horace B. LaForm of Detroit, Mich., (Esther) Mrs. Clarence J. Riser of Prairie du Chien, Wis., and (Ruth) Mrs. Floyd Sires of Cedar Falls. She is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Mary Bellows of Jamestown, No. Dak. and Mrs. Jack Martin of Seattle, Wash., and one brother, Gilbert Russell of Platte, So. Dak. Two brothers, Ira and Will, and two sisters, Cora and Delia, passed away previously. For the last five weeks Mrs. Mary Bellows has been here to help care for Mrs. LaVelle.

~Postville Herald
Oct 23, 1940