Davies, Velta 1925-2012

DAVIES, HOPKINS, DETHROW, EATWELL, COWAN, BUCKLIN, RHONE, FLORA, MCGILL

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Date: 9/30/2012 at 15:29:47

Velta Davies
Created: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 11:30 a.m.

Velta Davies, 86, of Baxter passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.

Memorial services are pending at Fredregill Family Funeral Home in Baxter. ~ The Newton (IA) Daily News, September 26, 2012.
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Velta Davies

Velta Davies, 86, of Baxter, went home to be with her Lord peacefully on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Memorial services will be on Friday, September 28, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. at Heritage Word of Life Assembly of God , 102 2nd Street, Mitchellville, IA. Pastor David Rex will be officiating. A private family burial will take place at Restland Cemetery in Baxter. The family invites friends for fellowship and refreshments following the memorial service at the Mingo Community Building in Mingo, IA.

Velta was born on October 13, 1925 to William and Lula (Russell) Hopkins in Malcom, Iowa. She attended school in Malcom and following school Velta worked in Newton helping the World War ll effort. After the war was over she met and married Raymond Davies. The young couple resided in Newton until 1960 when the family relocated to Baxter. Velta was a member of Newton’s Assembly of God, Heritage Word of Life Assembly of God, and Mingo’s Women’s Auxiliary Legion.

Those left to cherish Velta’s loving memories are her children, Cynthia “Cindy” (J.R.) Dethrow of Baxter, Wanda (John) Eatwell of Mingo, Harold (Connie) Davies of Ira, and Linda (Rob) Cowan of Chariton; her sisters, Vela (Max) Bucklin, and Betty (Myron) Rhone; 8 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, and dear friends.
Velta was preceded in death by her parents, husband, brother Kenneth Hopkins, son-in-law Daryl Flora, grandson Chad Flora, and grandson-in-law Sean McGill.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Velta Davies
Birth - October 13, 1925
Death - September 25, 2012
Age - 86 years old
MEMORIAL SERVICES HELD AT
Heritage Word of Life Assembly of God ~ Mitchellville
Pastor David Rex
Pastor Eugene Bucklin
INTERMENT
Restland
ARRANGEMENTS BY
Fredregill Family Funeral Home - Baxter IA. ~ Fredregill Family Funeral Home Website.