VAN HEUVELEN, Laurnetta S. (Dreyer) 1918-2012

VANHEUVELEN, DREYER, BARNETT, LESSIN

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 6/12/2012 at 01:01:20

Laurnetta S. VanHeuvelen

CHARLES CITY, IOWA - Laurnetta S. VanHeuvelen, 94, of 500 S. Main St., Charles City, died Saturday June 9th, 2012, at the Floyd County Medical Center in Charles City.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, June 14th, at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church. Officiating will be the Rev. Dennis Niezwaag, senior pastor. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m., Wednesday at Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt, Charles City, and one hour prior to services Thursday at the church.
Interment will be in the Mount Carroll Rowley Hill Cemetery, Ionia.

Condolences may be shared with the family at www.Fullertonfh.com.

Laurnetta was born on January 21, 1918, in Bainville, Montana, to Clarence Hobert and Emma Charlotte Dreyer. The family later moved to Charles City where she graduated from Charles City High School in 1936. She married Fred VanHeuvelen on Sept. 18, 1961, at St John Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Laurnetta spend the vast majority of her life in the Charles City area where she was well known as an excellent cook. She was a Veterinarian office helper for Dr. Albert Eliason in Plainfield for six years following the death of Fred in 1966. She later cooked for 10 years in the restaurant in the Mall in Charles City before retiring in 1982. Not to rest her cooking skills, she cooked at the Moose Lodge for many years after retiring. She was actively involved in the Women of the Moose, starting in 1968, along with being an active quilter with the First Congregational Church Quilters and also with the St. John Lutheran Quilters. She was also active with the WELCA-Rachael Circle at St. John's. Her favorite items to cook were pies.

Those thankful in sharing Laurnetta's life include nieces and nephews Barb (Daryl) Barnett of Charles City, Bruce (Liz) Hobert of Mount Dora, Fla., Brent (Kathy) Hobert of Waverly, Byron (Pam) Lessin of Charles City, Dave (Mary) Hobert of Thousand Oaks, Calif., Ron (Stacey) Reints of Cedar Falls, and brother-in-law Kuhny (Jeanie) VanHeuvelen of Hazelton.

Her parents, husband Fred on Feb. 17, 1966, brothers Emil and Marvin Hobert and sister Ethel Lessin, and niece Janice Lessin preceded her in death.

Fullerton Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Charles City, 641-228-4211, www.fullertonfh.com.

[Globe Gazette online, June 12, 2012]