Lavola Hoeft

Lavola Hoeft

Vertin-Munson Funeral Home

1-701-642-4000

Lavola Hoeft, 91, Wahpeton, ND, passed away Sunday, September 26, 2010 at St. Catherine’s Living Center , Wahpeton. The Funeral Service will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, September 30, at Evergreen United Methodist Church , Wahpeton. Visitation will be Wednesday from 5 PM to 8 PM with a 7 PM prayer service at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton and one hour before the service at the church on Thursday. Interment will be at Zion United Methodist Cemetery , Great Bend , ND .

Lavola Lucy Ann Deike was born March 31, 1919 at Clarksville , Iowa , the daughter of Herman and Eleanora (Schmadeke) Deike. She lived in Iowa a year and then moved with her parents to the Adams Farm near Mooreton , ND . She later moved to another farm near that area where she attended Mooreton and Great Bend Schools and later State School of Science at Wahpeton. She married James Walter of Callao , MO , where they lived for six months and in 1939 they moved to Great Bend in Brandenburg Township . Two children were born to the couple, Frederick and Joann; James passed away on December 29, 1942. On June 28, 1945, Lavola married Marvin Hoeft; they had two children, Lavon and Kelvin. Lavola and Marvin and the four children lived and continued to live on the farm. Marvin passed away July 3, 1983, Lavola moved into Wahpeton in 1998 after living on the farm for 60 years. She worked for nine years at JC Penney’s and in her retirement did numerous hours of volunteer work at the Leach Home in Wahpeton and St. Francis Nursing Home in Breckenridge. She entered St. Catherine’s Living Center in 2007.

Lavola was a member of Evergreen United Methodist Church, Wahpeton and was a member of Zion United Methodist Church, Great Bend, where she was active in various offices including: Cradle Roll, Little Herald, Mission Band Leader, Ladies Aid, and was a Communion Stewart. Lavola received the Wahpeton Chamber of Commerce “Extra Mile Award” in 1992.

Lavola is survived by her four children: Frederick James (Janice) Walter, Campbell , MN ; JoAnn Meyer, Breckenridge; LaVon Otto, Crystal , ND ; Kelvin (Paulette) Hoeft, Great Bend ; 17 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, 5 great great-grandchildren, her brother, Dale (Janice) Deike, Wahpeton; her sister Lucille (Duane) Lenz, Lincoln , NE ; and her sister-in-law, Gladys, Deike, Breckenridge , MN .

She was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, James Walter, her second husband, Marvin Hoeft, her grandson, Richard Meyer, granddaughter, Kay Marie Walter, great grandson, Kane Peterson, her three son-in-laws, Ronald Radke, Gerald Otto, Arven Meyer, her sister, Evelyn Deike, and her brother Lester Deike.