LaVerna Sophia Johanna Folkmann, 16 may 1927 - 25 Apr 2017

FOLKMANN, SANDERSFELD, WITTE, MAAS, FURLER, PINNEY, KLEINMEYER

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 5/15/2017 at 15:22:36

Celebration of life service for LaVerna Folkmann, 89, Williamsburg, was held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 29, 2017 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Conroy. She died Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at the Highland Ridge Care Center, Williamsburg.

The Rev. Gary Sears officiated at the service.

Burial was in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church, Lutheran Interparish School or Essence of Life Hospice.

Powell Funeral Home, Williamsburg, was in charge of arrangements. Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com.

LaVerna Sophia Johanna Folkmann was born May 16, 1927, in rural Homestead, the daughter of Rudolph and Dora (Witte) Sandersfeld. She was baptized June 12, 1927, and confirmed on April 6, 1941, at St. John Lutheran Church near Homestead.

She married Merlin Folkmann on April 24, 1949, at St. John Lutheran Church near Homestead. Together they lived and farmed in the Williamsburg community. She also was a head cook for Colony Village for a number of years. She enjoyed baking pies, cinnamon rolls and making potato salad, quilting, gardening and spending time with her family and friends.

She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Conroy where she served on the Ladies Guild.

Folkmann is survived by four children, Sharon (Marvin) Maas, Williamsburg; Kathy (Randy) Furler, Austin, Texas; Kenneth (Shelley) Folkmann, Marengo, and Sandra (Colin) Pinney, South Amana; 10 grandchildren; three step-great-grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; a sister, Dolores Kleinmeyer, Williamsburg, and a brother, Robert Sandersfeld, Amana.

Williamsburg Journal Tribune, 03 May 2016, pg 5
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