Van Wey, Vivian Laverne (Letchford) -- 1918 - 2002

EVERT, LETCHFORD, VAN WEY, SCHWINEFUS, SANDERSON

Posted By: Mary Durr
Date: 3/23/2007 at 11:02:36

Vivian Laverne Van Wey

Vivian L. Van Wey, 84, of Waukon, died Friday, September 6, 2002 at the Good Samaritan Center in Waukon following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held Monday, September 9 at 11:00 a.m. at Frankville Cemetery with Rev. James Walker officiating. Burial was at the Frankville Cemetery.

Vivian Laverne Van Wey was born May 12, 1918 on the rural Frankville, Iowa farm of her parents, Glenn and Ruth (Evert) Letchford. She was baptized and confirmed at the Frankville Presbyterian Church and attended school at the Frankville "Stone School" and Postville High School. On March 25, 1935 she married Lester Van Wey in Decorah. She was a homemaker and farmwife with Lester on their farms, first near Frankville and later in Ludlow Township. When they were first married, they also helped to raise Lester's brothers and sisters who lived with them. They have been living in Waukon since 1997.

Vivian was a lifelong member of the Frankville Presbyterian Church where she was active in the ladies organization, a couples club and Willing Workers. She enjoyed gardening and canning and was an excellent cook and baker, known particularly for her pies and divinity candy. She also liked to do crafts and get together with friends to play 500. Her favorite times were spent with her family and grandchildren. She and Lester looked forward to regular visits from their local grandchildren and summer stays from those farther away.

She is preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Charles Letchford. Survivors include her husband Lester of Waukon; a son Charles (Shari) Van Wey of Albert Lea, MN; a daughter Joan (David) Schwinefus of Postville; 5 grandchildren, Scott (Jennifer) & Brian Van Wey, Debbie (Scott) Warth, Tharin Schwinefus and Tammy (Eric) Walsh; 3 great-grandchildren, Lars and Lexie Warth and Landon Walsh, and a sister, Virgean Sanderson of El Paso, TX; many nieces and nephews; and a host of friends.

Casketbearers were Donald and Robert Van Wey, David Cannon, Daryl Szabo, Dennis Schwinefus and David Sanderson.

Postville Herald newspaper clipping from my mother's obituary collection.
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