Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Services for Lavon A. Kephart were held Tuesday, April 13, 2021, at First English Lutheran Church in Spencer. Pastor Paul Kaldahl officiated. Pallbearers were her grandchildren. Interment was in Riverside Cemetery at Spencer. Warner Funeral Home in Spencer assisted with the arrangements.
Lavon Arlee Kephart, the daughter of Oscar and Esther (Kruse) Walstrom, was born on Sept. 22, 1924, in the Royal area. She was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Royal and later confirmed at First English Lutheran Church. She received her early education at Lincoln Township School #2 and graduated from Spencer High School in 1942. She continued to live in the area all of her life.
On Nov. 7, 1943, Lavon married Floyd Kephart in Spencer. Following their marriage, the couple lived in the Spencer area for seven years, then moved to southern Iowa and farmed until 1957 when they moved to the Royal area and farmed for 30 years. She was a homemaker and loved to help on the farm and raise her family. Throughout her life she was employed at Hunter Flying Service and Equitable Life of Iowa, and worked at First English Lutheran Church for 12 years. She was a member of First English Lutheran Church and was an organist for many years. She was in the choir and was the accompanist for the New Life Singers. In later years she has enjoyed playing for singalongs at St. Luke’s, Longhouse, Northshire and many others in the community. She enjoyed dancing, music, bingo and being a social butterfly.
Lavon passed away on Friday, April 9, 2021, at St. Luke Lutheran Home in Spencer, at the age of 96. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Floyd, in 1987; her grandson, Jason Ralph; her son-in-law, James Ralph; and four brothers: Melburn, Darrel, Veryl and Arville.
Left to cherish her memory are her son, Tom Kephart (Marcia), of Vassar, Kan.; her daughters: Pam Ralph, of Vadnais Heights, Minn.; and Beth Dill (Gary), of Loveland, Colo.; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and other relatives and friends.
