Otto, LaVonne L. (1937-2017)

OTTO, HUSEMAN, FREESE, NEULIEB, ANABEL, WARNEKE, BANWELL, JEPSEN, WHITTIER

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 6/21/2017 at 21:34:08

LaVonne L. Otto
December 24, 1937 - April 1, 2017

LaVonne Lorraine Huseman, a daughter of Walter and Florence (Freese) Huseman, was born on December 24, 1937, near Hanover, Iowa. She attended grade school at Hanover and graduated from Alta High School in 1955.

On August 6th, 1961, LaVonne married Eldon “Tony” Otto at St. John’s Lutheran Church at Hanover. For over thirty years, she worked at Berks Studio in Cherokee and at Sunset Knoll Retirement Home in Aurelia. A member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Cherokee, she enjoyed crafting, coloring, watching movies, solving word puzzles, and playing board games. In April of 2016, she became a resident of Sunset Knoll Nursing and Rehab Center in Aurelia. She passed away there on April 1, 2017.

Preceding LaVonne in death were her parents; her husband, Tony, on March 30, 2006; two sisters, Darlene Neulieb and Myra Anabel; a brother, Malvern Huseman, and a brother-in-law, Allard Warneke.

Survivors include two daughters; Carla, and her husband, Rich Banwell, of Aurelia, and Synda, and her husband, Scott Jepsen, of Ida Grove; three grandchildren: Erica, and her husband, Jason Whittier, of Webster City, Brian Banwell, of Aurelia, and Sierra Jepsen, of Ida Grove; two great-grand-children, Mary and George Whittier; two brothers: Norbert, and his wife, Iris Huseman, of Ida Grove, and Loren, and his wife, Linda Huseman, of Tiffin, Ohio; a sister, Janice Warneke, of Columbus, Nebraska; two brothers-in-law: Ron, and his wife, Marge Neulieb, of Alta, and Terry Anabel, of Ogallala, Nebraska; and a sister-in-law, Wendy Huseman, of Edmondton, Alberta, Canada; as well as nieces, nephews, and other relatives, and friends.

Funeral services for LaVonne L. Otto, 79, of Aurelia, will be held Tuesday, April 4, 2017, at 11:00 A.M. at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Cherokee with Pastor Jon Riggert officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, rural Aurelia. Visitation will be Monday from 4:00 to 7:00 P.M. at the Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia.

Redig Funeral Home, Aurelia, Iowa, 2017

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