1926
LaVonne
2017
LaVonne Williams
March 22, 1926 — May 19, 2017
Memorial services for LaVonne Marilyn Williams will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, May 27, 2017 at Hayward Lutheran Church. Reverend Joshua Enderson will officiate. Visitation will be held from 4-6 P.M. Friday, May 26 at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea, and again one hour prior to the service at church. Interment will be in Hayward Cemetery.
LaVonne Marilyn Williams, age 91, died on Friday, May 19, 2017 at St. John's on Fountain Lake Assisted Living. She was born on March 22, 1926 to parents LeBert and Mae (Campbell) Conley on the family farm near Hayward. LaVonne attended grade school at the Campbell School and graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1944.
After passing a secretary test, LaVonne hopped on a bus to go live in Washington D.C. where she began working for the U.S. Department of the Treasury. It is while working at the nation's capital that LaVonne met the love of her life, Pennsylvania native Paul Williams, and the couple married on December 28, 1946. They briefly lived in Pennsylvania and Alabama when Paul was in the Army during the Korean War. In 1949 they made their home in Albert Lea and Hayward later on.
LaVonne and Paul owned Hutch's Corner service station in Hayward, where she was the bookkeeper. In 1965, she became a school bus driver. Along with Min Westland, LaVonne started Calico Hutch Quilt Shop in Hayward and operated it for 18 years. She highly enjoyed politics, becoming the Mayor of Hayward.
LaVonne was an active lifelong member of Hayward Lutheran Church, participating in the altar guild, ladies aid, and church activities. She was also involved in PTA and volunteered as a den leader for Cub Scouts. LaVonne was very talented at crocheting, quilting, and hardanger.
Survivors include LaVonne's children, Carolyn Breuer, Paul Williams Jr. (Deb Schnell), Bonnie Lang (John), Patty Stanley (Mike); grandchildren, Casey Stanley, Wes Breuer (Jessica), Louis Lang (Alyssa); great-grandchildren, Alexis, Maddox, Isaiah, Chase, Mia, Cory, Hannah, Cameron, Gavin, DJ, Aiden, Addison, Emilee, and Braden; sisters, Nadine Moeller and Bernice Ashpole; brother-in-law, Clark Packer; special nephew, Mark Conley; close friends, Carolyn and Greg Matson, Camilla Frydenlund; as well as many nieces and nephews.
LaVonne was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Paul, in 1993; brother, Dick Conley; as well as her sister, Carol Conley.
Memorials preferred to Hayward Lutheran Church or Hayward Cemetery.
LaVonne Marilyn Williams, age 91, died on Friday, May 19, 2017 at St. John's on Fountain Lake Assisted Living. She was born on March 22, 1926 to parents LeBert and Mae (Campbell) Conley on the family farm near Hayward. LaVonne attended grade school at the Campbell School and graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1944.
After passing a secretary test, LaVonne hopped on a bus to go live in Washington D.C. where she began working for the U.S. Department of the Treasury. It is while working at the nation's capital that LaVonne met the love of her life, Pennsylvania native Paul Williams, and the couple married on December 28, 1946. They briefly lived in Pennsylvania and Alabama when Paul was in the Army during the Korean War. In 1949 they made their home in Albert Lea and Hayward later on.
LaVonne and Paul owned Hutch's Corner service station in Hayward, where she was the bookkeeper. In 1965, she became a school bus driver. Along with Min Westland, LaVonne started Calico Hutch Quilt Shop in Hayward and operated it for 18 years. She highly enjoyed politics, becoming the Mayor of Hayward.
LaVonne was an active lifelong member of Hayward Lutheran Church, participating in the altar guild, ladies aid, and church activities. She was also involved in PTA and volunteered as a den leader for Cub Scouts. LaVonne was very talented at crocheting, quilting, and hardanger.
Survivors include LaVonne's children, Carolyn Breuer, Paul Williams Jr. (Deb Schnell), Bonnie Lang (John), Patty Stanley (Mike); grandchildren, Casey Stanley, Wes Breuer (Jessica), Louis Lang (Alyssa); great-grandchildren, Alexis, Maddox, Isaiah, Chase, Mia, Cory, Hannah, Cameron, Gavin, DJ, Aiden, Addison, Emilee, and Braden; sisters, Nadine Moeller and Bernice Ashpole; brother-in-law, Clark Packer; special nephew, Mark Conley; close friends, Carolyn and Greg Matson, Camilla Frydenlund; as well as many nieces and nephews.
LaVonne was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Paul, in 1993; brother, Dick Conley; as well as her sister, Carol Conley.
Memorials preferred to Hayward Lutheran Church or Hayward Cemetery.
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