Laughery, Delores C. (1915-2014)
LAUGHERY, LICHTENBERG, KOLPIN, TOILLION, YEAGER, KOENEN, NAKASHIMA, HUNT, KALTENHEUSER
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 8/30/2014 at 16:31:43
Delores C. Laughery
November 6, 1915 - August 15, 2014FOREST CITY - Delores C. Laughery, 98, of Forest City, formerly of Eagle Grove, died on August 15, 2014, at the Hancock County Memorial Hospital in Britt.
Delores C. (Lichtenberg) Laughery, a daughter of Frank and Mary (Kolpin) Lichtenberg, was born on November 6, 1915, in Galva, Iowa. Baptized into the Christian faith at St. John's Lutheran Church in Galva and confirmed in her faith in 1927, she began her formal education at the Galva Public School. In 1933, she graduated as valedictorian of her class. She, then, attended Buena Vista College where she earned her AA Degree in 1935.
Delores began her teaching career at Lake Park Public School where she taught first grade. In 1940, she moved to Eagle Grove where she taught kindergarten and third grade. In 1954, after many years of summer school, she earned a Bachelor of Education Degree from the University of Northern Iowa. She, then, earned a Master’s Degree in Education from Drake University in 1957 and became principal of Lincoln Elementary School as well as an instructor at Iowa Central Community College in 1958.
In 1968, Delores married Lloyd Laughery in Eagle Grove. That same year, she became a full-time instructer at Iowa Central Community College. She retired in 1974, as the Head of the Department of Education and Psychology.
Delores loved her church and was an active member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Eagle Grove where she taught Sunday school, sang in the choir, and served on various committees. In addition, she served as president of the Fort Dodge Conference of the American Lutheran Church Women.
Delores is survived by three children, Diana (John) Toillion, of Mililani, Hawaii, Leon (Patsy) Laughery, of Thornton, Colorado, and Jean (Doug) Yeager, of Forest City; six grandchildren: Brad (Denise) Yeager, of Forest City, Jennifer (Ryan) Koenen, of Hampton, Kirsten (Guy) Nakashima, of Mililani, Hawaii, and Reed (Samantha), Lindsay, and CJ Laughery, all of Colorado; as well as by eleven great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Delores was preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd Laughery; her parents; her sisters, Arlene Hunt and Marjorie Kaltenheuser; and her brother, Frank Lichtenberg.
A Celebration of Life service will be held at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, October 25, 2014, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Forest City. A private family burial will take place following the service at the North Lawn Cemetery in Iowa Falls.
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