Korver, Anita Lee (Mrs. Clayton Paul) 1928-2020

KORVER, THOMPSON, SYFRETT

Posted By: Marjorie Brunsting-Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:33

Mrs. Anita Korver, age 91, of Lincoln, Nebraska, formerly of Dallas, Texas, and Orange City, Iowa, passed away on Sunday, August 9, 2020, at her residence in Lincoln.

There will be a prayer service on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, at 4:00pm, at the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City. The Rev. Dr. Brian Keepers will officiate. Interment will follow the service at the West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City. Following the interment, relatives and friends are invited to a celebration of Anita’s life at The Barn at Blue Mountain in Orange City.

Anita Lee was born on October 28, 1928, in Novice, Texas, the daughter of Lee Duke and Bonnie S. (Syfrett) Thompson. Her life as a young girl was greatly influenced by her grandmother, Margaret (Snell) Thompson, from Novice, and her great uncle, Travis Thompson, who often visited his family in Novice. She spent the school year with her father in Dallas and her summers in Novice.

After graduating high school, she enrolled at the North Texas Women’s University, where she studied art. She met Clayton Paul Korver, a young sailor from Orange City, stationed in Dallas. They maintained regular communication during his deployment and were engaged to be married shortly after his return. On June 15, 1948, Paul and Anita were united in marriage in Dallas, and after a brief period in Orange City, they made their home in Texas where they raised their family.

As a young wife and mother, Anita kept busy with her home and family. As the children became older, she made the decision to pursue her realtor’s license. Her eye for interior design, and her sense of style, dovetailed nicely into a career selling residential real estate in the Dallas area. In the early 1990’s, the Korver’s, along with their youngest son, Chris, moved to Orange City. They also relocated their company, Med-Tec, and Anita worked with Paul and their son, Clayton, as the company’s bookkeeper. In 1998, she and Paul retired and made their home in Lincoln near their oldest son, Kelvin. Paul passed away in Lincoln on June 2 of this year with his wife of almost 72 years by his side.

Mrs. Korver was an accomplished seamstress sewing everything from clothing for her family to drapery for her decorating projects, and even doing some upholstery work. Together, she and her husband had traveled extensively and their experiences in other parts of the world influenced her tastes in décor and food. She was a natural hostess and enjoyed gourmet cooking, often entertaining family and friends in their home. She also liked to read, solve jigsaw and crossword puzzles, play card games, and appreciated fine art.

She is survived by three sons, Kelvin Korver, and his wife, Ardith, of Adams, Nebraska; Clayton Korver, and his wife, Debra, of Orange City; and Christopher Korver, of Lincoln; ten grandchildren, Kristin, and her husband, Darin Stephens; Sarah, and her husband, Thomas Hollman; Megan, and her husband, John Demma; Justin Korver, and his wife, Brooke; Christian Korver, and his wife, Aímee; Devin De Young, and his wife, Megan; Eugene Sanderson, and his wife, Jessica; Stephen Thompson; Johnathan Thompson; and Alec John Korver, and his wife, Abigail; 19 great-grandchildren; Kennedy, Sheridan, and Westyn Stephens; Rob, Joe, and Audrey Hollman; Korver, Glazier, Gianna, Esmae, and Vohn Demma; Grae and Miles Korver; Chloe and Christian Korver; Carson De Young; Gavin Korver; and Ronan and Maggie Sue Thompson; cousins, Linda Sitton, Scott Alan and Debbie Thompson, Paul Dennis and Velda Thompson, Lucy Margaret and George Baucom, David and Brenda Casey, and Mary Patricia and Joe Clark; along with several Korver in-laws and numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her stepmother, Murl Thompson; a daughter, Thea Gay Korver; a brother, Charles Thompson; and several cousins.

Memorials may be given to The Korver Visual Arts Center at Northwestern College in Orange City.

Source: Oolman Funeral Home online obituary.