LaVerta J. Schoening (1916-2000)

SCHOENING

Posted By: Patrick Turner (email)
Date: 2/22/2003 at 22:06:33

Thursday, March 16, 2000

Minden/Council Bluffs

In Memory: LaVerta J. Schoening

LaVerta J. Jensen Schoening, 83, a resident of Risen Son Christian Village in Council Bluffs, died there on March 12, 2000.

She was born in Marne and was along-time resident of Minden before moving to Council Bluff's in 1996. She graduated from Walnut High School.

She was a homemaker and she and her first husband, Elmer Jensen, were co-owners of Jensen Service in Minden, where she was the bookkeeper from 1938 to 1979

LaVerta was a member of First Congregational United Church of Christ. She worked as a volunteer at Jennie Edmundson Hospital for 15 years and was active in the Council Bluffs Senior Center and Christian Women's Club in Council Bluffs.

Mrs. Schoening was preceded in death by her first husband in 1980 and by her second husband, Milton Schoening, in 1998.

Survivors include a daughter, Carol Doty and her husband

Dwayne of Council Bluffs; two sons, Richard Jensen and his wife Judy of Minden and Roger Jensen of Iowa City; a brother Willard and his wife Frances of Springfield, Oregon; two stepdaughters, Ruth Elaine Schoening of Littleton, Colorado and Kathleen Ludwig of Buffalo, New York; six grandchildren; two great grandchildren; and two step-grandchildren.

Visitation with the family will be Thursday from to 8 P.M. at First Congregational United Church of Christ in Council Bluffs, with a prayer service at 7:30 P.M.

Funeral service will be held Friday at 10 A.M. at the Minden United Church of Christ with the Rev. Will Reger of the First Congregational United Church of Christ and the Rev. David Borden of the Minden United Church of Christ officiating.

Burial will be in the Minden Cemetery.

Knutson Funeral Home in Avoca is in charge of arrangements.