LaVola M. Westergard

November 30, 2014

LaVola M. Westergard, 87, of Charles City, who died Sunday, November 30, 2014 at Floyd County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held 10:30 am, Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, 200 S. Main St., Charles City. Officiating will be the Rev. Dennis Niezwaag, senior pastor. Visitation will be from 4:00 until 7:00 pm at Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt on Tuesday and one hour prior to services at the church. Interment will be in Sunnyside Memorial Gardens. LaVola was born in rural Clarksville in Butler County, the daughter of Helmuth C. and Bertha M. Wedeking. She attended several country schools and later received her GED 1991 from NIACC. She was raised on the family farm with her parents and sister. She then worked for Trowbridge Super Market as a clerk and later cashier for five years, then she worked for the ASCS office for two years. She met her future husband at a dance and later was united in marriage to Harry J. Westergard on February 17, 1952 at St. John church. To this union was born three children. She lived most of the rest of her life working on the farm with her husband of 31 years. She continued operating the farm until retiring in 1989. LaVola was an active member of St. John and Mary’s Circle. She also was a member of the Double Dozen Card Club made up of other farm wives and local women, the Heritage club and the Women of the Moose. In her spare time she loved doing sewing and needle work which included crewel and cross stitch. She often made her husband and children’s clothing. She tended her vegetable and flower gardens, canning the fruits of her labor. For many years she served as the Niles Township Clerk. She, her husband and friends looked forward to the annual fishing trip to Canada which often included Winnipeg River. Those thankful for sharing in LaVola’s life include her three children Carol A. and her husband Dennis Brahn, Ionia; two sons Keith A. and his wife Laurie; and Dennis L. and his wife Rhonda, all of Charles City; five grandchildren Michael (Kelly) Brahn, Osage; David (Billi) Brahn, Johnston; Ana (Adam) Blickenderfer, Charles City; Cala Westergard, Charles City; Jeanne Edson, Nashua; and two great grandchildren Harrison Brahn and Ali Blickenderfer and one on the way. Her parents, Husband Harry, on September 30, 1983 and her sister Marva H. Stratton preceded her in death.