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Lavon Wills Toenjes

Birth	:	20 Aug 1912 Reading Township, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	4 Apr 1997 Sioux Falls, Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Ireton, Sioux County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.9681015, -96.3143997
Description	:	OBITUARY sent by: Steve Hanken Lavon Toenjes, 84, a lifelong resident of the Ireton area, died on Friday, April 4, 1997, at Sioux Valley Foundation Hospice Cottage in Sioux Falls, SD. Funeral services were held on Tuesday morning, April 8, 1997, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Ireton, IA, the Reverend Perry Schefelker officiating, and a prayer service was held at the Porter-Dow Funeral Home in Ireton on Monday evening. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Ireton. Mrs. Toenjes, the former Lavon Wills, was born August 20, 1912, in Reading Township, Sioux County Iowa, near Ireton,... Read More	OBITUARY sent by: Steve Hanken Lavon Toenjes, 84, a lifelong resident of the Ireton area, died on Friday, April 4, 1997, at Sioux Valley Foundation Hospice Cottage in Sioux Falls, SD. Funeral services were held on Tuesday morning, April 8, 1997, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Ireton, IA, the Reverend Perry Schefelker officiating, and a prayer service was held at the Porter-Dow Funeral Home in Ireton on Monday evening. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Ireton. Mrs. Toenjes, the former Lavon Wills, was born August 20, 1912, in Reading Township, Sioux County Iowa, near Ireton, the daughter of Clyde and Ida (Jones) Wills. She graduated from Ireton High School in 1930. Lavon received her teaching certificate, and taught in rural schools in Washington Township. Her marriage to Harold Toenjes took place on August 28, 1936, at St. John's Lutheran Church, rural Ireton, and they farmed southeast of Ireton until retiring to Ireton in September of 1979. Harold died October 28, 1984. Lavon moved to Hass Hillcrest Care Center at Hawarden in February of 1992, and then to the Foundation Hospice Cottage in Sioux Falls, SD, in December of 1996. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church and the Ladies Aid, and was also a member of the Ireton Senior Citizens. She was a former 4-H leader. Survivors include her son Royce and his wife, Peggy, of St. Joseph, MN; a daughter, Donna VanNess of Wilmont, MN; two sisters, Bernice France of Ireton and Beulah Ping and her husband, Robert, also of Ireton; a brother, Morris Wills of Salisbury, MO; a sister-in-law, Elvira Kading of Ireton; a brother-in-law, Wendell Toenjes of Le Mars, IA; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Cecil and Hollis Ireton Examiner, Ireton, Sioux, Iowa, USA Thursday, April 10, 1997 Page 2

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Lavon Wills Toenjes's memorial is located at: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Ireton, Sioux County, USA.
When did Lavon Wills Toenjes death?
Lavon Wills Toenjes death on 4 Apr 1997 in Sioux Falls, Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 42.9681015
Longitude: -96.3143997

Family Members:

Parent

Clyde Charles Wills

(1881 - 1949)

Ida O. Jones Wills

(1886 - 1963)

Spouse

Harold C. Toenjes

(1907 - 1984)

Siblings

Hollis B. Wills

(1905 - 1992)

Cecil Bruce Wills

(1908 - 1967)

Lillian Bernice Wills France

(1910 - 2008)

Beulah Maybelle Wills Ping

(1925 - 1997)

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Coordinate: 42.9681015, -96.3143997

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