LaVonne M. Reed, 86, of Norfolk, Nebraska and former long time Cherokee, Iowa resident, passed away Friday afternoon, April 25, 2008, in the Edgewood Vista in Norfolk.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, April 29th, at 10:30 a.m. at the First Church of Christ in Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Tom Lewis and Pastor Gregg Johnson will officiate. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Cherokee. There will be a family prayer service at 10:15 a.m. at the church on Tuesday. Visitation will be on Monday from 1 p.m. until 9 p.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee with the family present from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

LaVonne was born November 19, 1921 at Perry, Iowa to Walter and Bertha (Snyder) Lindley. She was raised on a farm in Webb, Iowa (Clay County) where she learned to love nature. She attended schools at Webb, Iowa and graduated from Garfield High School in 1939. She was married to Darrell Reed on December 20, 1943 at Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She began writing poetry at an early age and continued almost until death. In 1993 she began writing a weekly column "Grin and Share It" for the Cherokee Chronicle. In 1996 her writings were combined into a published work call "Brain Children from the Heart." As an amateur musician, LaVonne shared her talents at nursing homes all over northwest Iowa as she played the old songs and hymns in programs she called "Remembering with Reed." Once her own children were grown, she truly enjoyed being grandma to her own family as well as just about every child in Cherokee. As wife, mother, grandmother, musician, poet, entertainer, Hawkeye fan, and just LaVonne, she did everything with love. She will truly be truly missed. The couple had lived in Cherokee since 1945, moving to Norfolk 2 ½ years ago to be closer to their family. She was a member of the First Church of Christ in Cherokee, where she taught Sunday School and was an arts and crafts teacher.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

She is survived by her husband Darrell, now of Norfolk, Nebraska, her daughter Sherrill Glandt and her husband Larry of Norfolk, Nebraska; her son Shannon Reed and his wife Lou Ann of Calabasas, California; 2 grandchildren Teena Andersen and her husband Rod of Pilger, Nebraska; Darren Glandt and his wife Lisa of Omaha, Nebraska; 2 great grandchildren Hayley and Alyssa Andersen of Pilger, Nebraska