JoAnne Pamela (Hummel) Lefever [& Daniel] (1951-1995)

HUMMEL, MOODY, LEFEVER, RAITZ, DIXON, MOORE, HIGHTREE

Posted By: jane austin (email)
Date: 5/18/2016 at 02:37:54

JoAnne Pamela Lefever, Daniel Lefever

Funeral services in memory of JoAnne Pamela Lefever and Daniel Lefever were held at 11 a.m. Monday, June 19, 1995 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Hartley. Rev. John Schauer officiated. Casket bearers were Gale Boboiz, Jack Cuttell, Jim Miller, Russ Boles, Kevin Tewes, Roger Hoftyzer, Darrell Bethke, Jr., Lon Vogt, Keith Stoltz. Steve Bycrs. Mark Guggisbcrg and Jim Bunge. Interment was in Pleasant View Cemetery of Hartley. Warner-Baumgarten Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

JoAnne Pamela Lefever, the daughter of Paul and Lillie Moody Hummel, was born September 26, 1951, in Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. Her father served in the military and as a result, her early years were spent in Germany and England, where she received a portion of her schooling. Her family moved to Alta, Iowa, and it was there that she graduated from high school. She later attended the Spencer School of Business.

JoAnne was united in marriage to Ronald Lefever on June 2, 1973, in Hartley, Iowa. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, serving on the Board of Education, teaching Sunday School and as Superintendent of Vacation Bible School. She was also a Cub Scout Leader. For 23 years she was employed by Security State Bank.

Her death on June 14, 1995, at the age of 43, was the result of an accident which also look the life of her son, Daniel Lefever, age 5. He was bom June 13, 1990. at Stillwater, Minnesota, and was a student at the Hartley Preschool and a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church.

Left to cherish their memory are husband and father, Ronald Lefever; son and brother, Ryan Lefever; JoAnne's parents, Paul and Lillie Hummel of Hartley; JoAnne's two sisters and their husbands: Judy and David Raitz and their daughter. Lisa of Elk River, Minnesota, and Carol and Don Dixon, and their son and his wife, Paul and Misti Moore of Huntington, Texas; Daniel's grandmother, Pearl Lefever of Hartley; Daniel's aunt and her husband, Kathy and Alan Hightree and their children, Milissa, Heather and Michael of Walthill, Nebraska; other relatives and many friends.

Hartley Sentinel, Hartley, Iowa, June 22, 1995, p4