LaVone Maxine Meeves 1924 - 2024

MEEVES, CALLAGHAN, EICHHORN

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 11/24/2024 at 03:10:03

Grapevine
Whiting, Iowa
11 September 2024

LaVone Meeves, age 100, of Smithland, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, September 5, 2024, at the Maple Heights Nursing Home of Mapleton, Iowa.

A Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, September 13, 2024, at the Smithland United Methodist Church of Smithland, Iowa. Pastor Anthony Bainbridge will officiate. Committal Services will follow in the Little Sioux Township Cemetery of Smithland, Iowa.

A Visitation will be held one-hour prior to the service from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Friday, September 13, 2024, at the Smithland United Methodist Church of Smithland, Iowa.

The Armstrong-Van Houten Funeral Home of Mapleton, Iowa, is in charge of the funeral arrangements. Condolences may be sent online at www.armstrongfuneral.com.

In lieu of flowers, memorials in LaVone’s name may be directed to the Smithland United Methodist Church (121 Washington St., Smithland, IA 51056).

LaVone Maxine Meeves, the daughter of Herman and Minnie (Callaghan) Eichhorn, was born on February 13, 1924. She attended the College Corner School through 8th grade and then went to Holly Springs High School graduating with the class of 1941. LaVone went on to business training school in Sioux City, Iowa, then worked in the office at United Wholesales.

On February 10, 1946, LaVone married John C. Meeves and became a farmer’s wife. They were blessed with two children, Gaylen and Marlene. The couple farmed in the Hornick-Smithland, Iowa, area until 1988 and then moved to Smithland. John passed away April 24, 2007.

LaVone raised 400 chicks per year, had a huge garden and flower patch, and could always be found working outside. After moving to town, you still saw her in a huge flower patch and big garden. She loved doing crafts and going to craft fairs. LaVone also loved to play Rummikub with her friend Betty and enjoyed her daily phone visits with her friend Jeanette. LaVone was a member of the Smithland quilting group and former treasurer of the cemetery society. She will be dearly missed by those who knew and loved her.

Left to cherish her memory include her daughter Marlene Hinds of Elk Point, SD; grandchildren Isaac, Holly (Justin), Levi (Karla), Donnie, and Gaylene; 8 great-grandchildren; extended family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents Herman and Minnie Eichhorn; husband John Meeves; son Gaylen Meeves; sisters Arlene McNear and Verna Ahl; and son-in-law John Hinds.

The family would like to extend a special thank you to the staff at Maple Heights Nursing Home for the excellent care they provided to LaVone during her stay there.