LaVonne Johnson
LaVonne Johnson
WEBSTER CITY — LaVonne Johnson, 95, of Webster City, passed away at Van Diest Medical Center on Friday, October 20, 2023 with her family by her side. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am Thursday, October 26, 2023, at Trinity Lutheran Church with visitation one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will follow at Union Cemetery in Iowa Falls. Foster Funeral and Cremation is entrusted with the services.
LaVonne Shirley Amundson, daughter of Omer Arphy and Borghild Geneva Knudslien Amundson, was born May 11, 1928, in Radcliffe. She was baptized on February 13, 1938, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Radcliffe and was later confirmed at Bethany Lutheran Church in Iowa Falls.
LaVonne was a very loving and caring person who loved babysitting children from a very young age to 80 years old. She will be rocking babies in heaven. LaVonne was a foster mother to many children in Iowa Falls and Webster City. She also was a cook at the Red Rooster in Iowa Falls starting in the 1960s.
LaVonne was a past Boy Scout Leader. She loved writing poems and enjoyed her birds, fish and chickens.
For many years, she entered baking items at the Hamilton County Fair. She was well known for her banana bread and cookies that she baked for all of the kids.
On December 14, 1951, LaVonne married Donald Ivan Hackbarth of Popejoy at the parsonage at Bethany Lutheran Church. Her sister, Barb Amundson, and Glen Kenoe witnessed the wedding. To this marriage a daughter was born, Brenda Lea Hackbarth. The couple later divorced. On November 11, 1966, she was united in marriage to Sigfred John Johnson of Iowa Falls. A son, James Matthew Johnson, was born to this union.
LaVonne is survived by her daughter, Brenda (Lynn) Reinsch; son, James Johnson all of Webster City; grandchildren, Lynn (Chanell) Reinsch II of Fitchburg, WI, Isabel Reinsch, Benjamin Reinsch and extra grandchild, Casey Dahlhauser, all of Webster City; great-grandchildren, Maddux and Finley Reinsch of Fitchburg, WI, and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Omer and Borghild Amundson; husband, Sigfred Johnson; nine brothers and sisters, Ruth (Russell) Reed, Donald (George) Amundson, Betty Jean Abbas, Omer Arphy Amundson Jr. (JR), Herbert (Nadine) Amundson, Claude Luther Amundson, Barbara (Floyd) Ites, Roger Glen Amundson, and James Clark Amundson.