LaVonne Havens

LaVonne M. Havens age 84 of Ionia and Fredricksburg, IA, died Thursday, February 20, 2020, at the Patty Elwood Center in Cresco. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 25, 2020, at the Peace United Church of Christ in Fredericksburg with Rev. Scott Smith presiding. Interment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery, Fredericksburg. Friends may greet the family an hour prior to the service at the church on Tuesday. Funeral arrangements are with Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home and Crematory in New Hampton. LaVonne May Havens was born July 13, 1935, in Osage, IA. She was the only child born to Glen and Norma (Dense) Graves. She received her education in Little Cedar, IA, and was a graduate of the high school there. While still in school, she met Art Havens and the couple were married at the United Methodist Church in Little Cedar on October 1, 1955. They were blessed with four children that kept LaVonne very busy. She loved the outdoors and animals and while the family grew up, there were always dogs and cats nearby. LaVonne also loved flowers, writing poems and even had one of her poems published. The couple initially farmed near Osage before living in several Iowa towns including Dysart where the children all went to school. In 1981, the couple moved to Fredericksburg where Art took a job driving milk truck. In July of 1993, Art passed away and LaVonne later moved to Ionia where she lived for several years before her health deteriorated. She will be remembered by her family as a mother who loved getting them all together for family functions. Survivors include four children; Leslie (Rachel) Havens of Fredericksburg, Arthur (Brenda) Havens of Ionia, Mark (Kristi) Havens of Marshalltown, Jeanette Kriz of Waterloo; 11 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a grandson, Loren Havens just 15 days prior to her death; two sons-in-law, Dennis Hennings and James Kriz.