Valera Ann (Rooks) COYIER HOVELSON

HOVELSON, ROOKS, JOHNSON, COYIER, BROSDAHL, COYIER-BROSDAHL, NELSON, BROWN, PALS, WOIWOOD, CALHOUN, SIMMER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/13/2008 at 11:23:36

Valera “Val” Ann Hovelson, 64, of 5851 South Shore Drive, Clear Lake, Passed away Tuesday February 12th, 2008 at her residence. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday February 18th at Zion Lutheran Church, 112 North 4th Street, Clear Lake, Iowa with the Reverend Dean Hess officiating. Visitation will be held from 2:00 – 4:00 P.M. Sunday February 17th at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 North 4th Street, Clear Lake, Iowa and one hour prior to the service on Monday at the Church. Interment will be at the Clear Lake Cemetery on Tuesday February 19th. Memorials may be made to the Valera Hovelson Memorial Fund.

Val was born February 18, 1943, the daughter of Raymond & Clarice (Johnson) Rooks in Meservey, Iowa. Val graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1961 and married Jim Coyier on October 21st, 1961. She worked for many local and area businesses including E.F. Johnson, Unisys, and Alexander Battery Mfg. After attending NIACC, Val worked at Mercy Medical Center in Mason City, Iowa. She was joined in marriage to James Hovelson on April 16th, 1994 and at this time in her life, began working at Wal-Mart in Mason City, Iowa and was blessed with many new friends and acquaintances. Val was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church in Clear Lake, Iowa and was active in the Associates of Retarded Citizens. Val enjoyed reading books or magazines and poems as a past time at home. She enjoyed family and friends very much and was strong in faith through out her whole life. As a hobby, Val enjoyed crafting and would on occasion give items she made as gifts that would touch everyone that received them. Her favorite thing in life was having family home for the holidays and special times during the year.

Val is survived by her daughter Dawn Coyier-Brosdahl and her husband Jody, Gretna, Nebraska and their two children Tad and Trent Brosdahl; two step-daughters, Lisa Nelson and her husband Neal, Belmond, Iowa, their children Kyle and Katie Nelson, Ann Brown and her husband 1st Lt. Christopher, Ft. Benning, Georgia, their children Taylor, Tess and Tatum Brown; a step-sister, Connie Pals and her husband Wayne, Thornton, Iowa. She was preceded in death by her father, step-mother Lorraine Rooks Woiwood; son Randy, husband Jim Hovelson, sister Ramona Calhoun, niece Shelley Simmer, two mothers-in-law Evelyn Coyier and Vida Hovelson. Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake, Iowa 50428.