Laona (Hendricks) GOATER

GOATER, HENDRICKS, MYERS, DETWEILER, JONES, STEPP, PHILLIPS, HAINES

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 10/29/2006 at 01:52:55

Laona "Onie" (Hendricks) Goater
September 08, 1923 - November 04, 2004
Winterset, Iowa

Laona “Onie” (Hendricks) Goater, 81, of Winterset, Iowa, died Thursday, November 4, 2004, at her home. Blanche Laona Hendricks was born September 8, 1923 in Madison County, Iowa, the daughter Oliver E. and Blanche L. (Myers) Hendricks. Laona moved from the Winterset area to Des Moines in 1939. She was employed in varied retail work and lived there until 1957. On December 22, 1956 she married Charles L. Goater in New Hampton, Iowa and later moved with his three young children and father to Eagle Grove, Iowa where Charles was transferred by his employer, REA Express. Laona owned and managed Laona’s Café in Eagle Grove, Iowa during the 1960’s. She taught cake decorating at the Iowa Central Community College, was a painter and loved to write. In 2001 Laona wrote a book entitled “Forever Girl.” After retirement in 1979 Charles and Laona moved to their summer home on an island in Lake of the Woods, Ontario, Canada, summering there and wintering in Mountain Home, Arkansas. After Charles’ death in 1983, Laona purchased a home on Lake Belle Taine near Nevis, MN. She moved back to her beginnings in Madison County in 2001 where she lived until her death. Born Again to begin serving our Lord Jesus in a new life in 1968 and she holds membership in Grace Baptist Church, Winterset, Iowa.

She is survived by her three step-children, Michael (Annette) Goater of Marion, Iowa; Gayla (Dennis) Detweiler of Solon, Iowa; Richard (Helen) Goater of Goldfield, Iowa; one sister, Margaret (Hendricks) Jones of Winterset, Iowa; five grandsons, Ethan and Seth Detweiler, David, Cole and Clae Goater; one granddaughter, Elizabeth Goater, as well as many beloved nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; three brothers, William, Walter and Ralph Hendricks; and two sisters, Ethel (Hendricks) Haines and Wilda (Hendricks) Stepp Phillips.

Visitation: 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. where family will be present to receive friends from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. November 07, 2004 at Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare in Winterset Funeral Service: 11:00 a.m., Monday November 08, 2004 at Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare; Interment: North McDonald Cemetery, Jefferson Township, Madison County, Iowa. Memorials may be directed to Middle River Hospice of Madison County.

Source:
http://www.ochiltree.com/obit-display.jhtml?DB=update/obits/dbase&DO=display&ID=1099696391_25854

Forever Girl: Her Savored Moments by Laona Goater, published 2002.

About the Book- Still suffering from rejection by her husband after fifteen years of marriage, Lindy, a mother of a teenager is challenged both financially and spiritually. Interwoven with the daily family lives of an elderly mother and aunt, as well as a growing, new business (an antique shop), Lindy does not want to accept the charming man who pops into her life. Hal, having served his country in the U.S. Navy for eighteen years, now retired, gives Lindy an old-fashioned "courting" experience that many women of today, regardless of age, would envy. The disposition of Hal's unmarried aunt's estate, not only brings these two together, but also is a fun and intriguing part of the story. The story involves four generations of a family to whom life is warm and witty as well as tragic. Their spiritual sharing is down to earth, while at the same time, values truth through God, and is such an integral part of their enjoyment of every day life . . . albeit within our Lord Jesus' guidelines. Forever Girl is a love story of life and living.

About the Author
Laona Goater, at age seventy-five, having spent much of her later years in Lake Country of Northern Minnesota and Ontario's Lake of the Woods, enjoys writing about wildlife, especially birds. Her first attempt at writing a novel, however, is a fictional love story with insight into the human and spiritual actions of people involved in everyday life issues. Laona was born in Madison County, Iowa and until very recently made her home on Lake Belle Taine, in Hubbard County, Minnesota. Having been away from her roots in Winterset, Iowa for many, many years, she has now traveled full circle back to Winterset, and Madison County. Mrs. Goater has had a multitude of life experiences, among those; raised three children while owning and operating a small, but very popular restaurant. She also owned an antique shop, and enjoys fishing, landscape painting, and has been very active in her church.

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