WESTERGARD, LaVola M. (Wedeking) c1927-2014

WESTERGARD, WEDEKING

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 12/2/2014 at 12:08:52

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DEATH NOTICE--

CHARLES CITY, IOWA - LaVola M. Westergard, 87, of Charles City, died Sunday, November 30, 2014, at Floyd County Memorial Hospital, Charles City.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 3, at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, 200 S. Main St., Charles City, with the Rev. Dennis Niezwaag officiating. Interment will be in Sunnyside Memorial Gardens, Charles City.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt, Charles City, and one hour prior to services at the church.

Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt, Charles City, IA 50616; 641-228-4211. www.Fullertonfh.com

Source: Mason City Globe Gazette, 2 DEC 2014
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LaVola M. Westergard

LaVola M. Westergard, 87, of Charles City, died Sunday, November 30, 2014 at Floyd County Memorial Hospital.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 3 at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, 200 S. Main St., Charles City. Officiating will be The Rev. Dennis Niezwaag, senior pastor. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. at Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt Street, on Tuesday, and one hour prior to services at the church.

Interment will be in Sunnyside Memorial Gardens.

LaVola was born in rural Clarksville in Butler County, the daughter of Helmuth C. and Bertha M. Wedeking. She attended several country schools and later received her GED in 1991 from NIACC.

She was raised on the family farm with her parents and sister. She then worked for Trowbridge Super Market as a clerk and later as a cashier for five years, then she worked for the ASCS office for two years.

She met her future husband at a dance and later was united in marriage to Harry J. Westergard on February 17, 1952 at St. John church. To this union were born three children. She lived most of the rest of her life working on the farm with her husband of 31 years. She continued operating the farm until retiring in 1989. LaVola was an active member of St. John and Mary’s Circle.

She also was a member of the Double Dozen Card Club made up of other farm wives and local women, the Heritage Club and the Women of the Moose. In her spare time she loved doing sewing and needlework, which included crewel and cross stitch. She often made her husband’s and children’s clothing. She tended her vegetable and flower gardens, canning the fruits of her labor. For many years she served as the Niles Township Clerk.

She, her husband and friends looked forward to the annual fishing trip to Canada which often included the Winnipeg River.

Those thankful for sharing in LaVola’s life include her three children: Carol A. and her husband Dennis Brahn of Ionia; Keith A. and his wife Laurie; and Dennis L. and his wife Rhonda, all of Charles City; five grandchildren: Michael (Kelly) Brahn of Osage; David (Billi) Brahn of Johnston; Ana (Adam) Blickenderfer of Charles City; Cala Westergard of Charles City; Jeanne Edson of Nashua; and two great grandchildren: Harrison Brahn and Ali Blickenderfer, and one on the way. Her parents, husband Harry, and her sister Marva H. Stratton preceded her in death.

Fullerton Hage Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 401 Blunt Street, Charles City, IA. 641-228-4211. www.Fullertonfh.com. Facebook: Fullerton Funeral Home.

Source: Charles City Press.