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LaVonne Owen
LAVONNE OWEN
Monticello
LaVonne Owen, 78, died Saturday, June 17, 2017, at Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 21, at Wayne Zion Lutheran Church, with interment in Wayne Zion Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello. Pastor Wade Reddy will officiate at the service.
Thoughts, memories and condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com.
Surviving are her husband, Phil; two children, Janelle (Todd) Jones, Cedar Rapids, and Jeff (Kim) Owen, Monticello; six grandchildren, Tyler (Frances) Owen, Spencer (Morgan) Owen, Sydney Owen, Bryana (Sam) Hart, Chelsea (Brian) Kuhn and Alyssa (Keaton) McFarlan; and three great-grandchildren, Mason Hart, Eli Owen and Indiana Owen, and one more on the way.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
LaVonne Louise Harms was born July 20, 1938, at John McDonald Hospital, Monticello, Iowa, the daughter of George and Evelyn Rieken Harms. LaVonne attended Wayne Township School No. 4. She graduated from Monticello Community Schools, Class of 1957. She worked as a typist at Iowa National Insurance Co. in Cedar Rapids. From 1960 until 1963, she was employed as a secretary at Concrete Materials and Construction in Cedar Rapids. LaVonne Harms and Phillip Owen were married on May 19, 1962, at Wayne Zion Lutheran Church. The couple made their home in Lisbon until 1986, when they moved to Monticello.
LaVonne was a lifelong member of Wayne Zion Lutheran Church. She was baptized on Aug. 17, 1938, and confirmed her faith on April 6, 1952.
"Life was good! I enjoyed many blessings of having lived in the U.S.A. I was especially blessed with a loving husband and two children and their families. I also give thanks and gratitude for family and friends."
"Lord, I give thanks for what you have first given me
myself, my time on earth and all the possessions you have given; all these are signs of your endless love."
She will be greatly missed and will be remembered for her generosity and love for others.
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