OBITUARY: Lois M. (Halverson) Havig, Mitchell County, Iowa

[ Mitchell County Press   www.mcpress.com  July 3, 2001 ]


               Lois M. (Halverson) Havig [1934-2001]

A memorial service will be held at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 415
West 53rd St., Davenport, Iowa on Saturday, July 7, 2001 at 2 pm for Lois
Maurine Havig. No flowers please, instead make contributions to Prince
of Peace Memorial Fund for Lois Havig.

Lois was born June 22, 1934 the eldest daughter of Harold and Frances
Halverson. Lois attended school in St. Ansgar and graduated from
Mitchell High School in 1952. She was baptized and confirmed in the
Lutheran faith.

Lois married Wayland Havig. They were the parents of a daughter, Laurie
Frances Havig and Russell Wayland Havig. They have five grandchildren;
Joseph Loerzel, Jonathan Loerzel, Sara Loerzel, Jessica Havig, Michael
Havig; and one great-granddaughter, Kyaunna Loerzel, all living in
Davenport.

Lois was employed at Home Trust & Savings Bank in Osage for three years
until moving to Riverside, California in 1957; then to Mason City, IA
and moved to Davenport in 1966 where she was employed by the Davenport
School System for 22 1/2 years. She then worked at John Deere, Mt. Joy
Plant and Sear Manufacturing and for Menard Maintenance retiring in 1997.
                                               
Lois enjoyed music, played the piano, organ and sang in the church choir.
Her hobbies were yard work, sewing, crocheting and working jig-saw
puzzles. She enjoyed her children and grandchildren and her pets. She
enjoyed traveling in their R-V for 2 1/2 years.

Preceding her in death were her parents.

Those that survive her include her husband Wayland; their children,
Laurie Loerzel and Russell Havig and his fiance Joann VanGorder all
of Davenport; a sister, Sylvia Sprung of LaMoile, IL and her brother,
Keith Halvorson of Leawood, KS.
          
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