LaVon A. Wachter

PIERCE – Funeral service for LaVon A. Wachter, 88, of Pierce will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, January 5, 2024 at Zion Lutheran Church, Pierce with Reverend Gordon Bruce and Vicar Wesley Johnson officiating. Interment will take place at Prospect View Cemetery, rural Pierce. Visitation will be held from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m., Thursday, also at Zion Lutheran Church, Pierce. LaVon died on Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at her residence in Pierce. Stonacek Memorial Chapel is in charge of the arrangements. LaVon was born on September 9th, 1935, in rural Pierce to Rudolph and Mildred (Brummels) Warneke. She was baptized at her home on Sept. 15, 1935 and confirmed on April 10, 1949 at St. John's Lutheran Church rural Pierce. She attended rural school Dist. 20 until 4th grade and then St. John's Parochial School through 8th grade. LaVon graduated from Pierce High School in 1953. Following her graduation, she worked for Bankers Life Insurance Co. in Norfolk. On December 20, 1955, LaVon married Frank Wachter, Jr. at St. John's Lutheran Church, Pierce. LaVon was a homemaker and for a number of years did babysitting and caregiving in her home. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Zion's Ladies Aid, served on the Greeting Committee for a number of years and since 1984 has helped assemble the monthly Zion news Letter. She was also a member of the Pierce County Historical Society. LaVon was a loving grandmother and great grand-mother to all her grandkids and they all loved her. LaVon is survived by two sons, Jim (Karen) Wachter of Pierce, Jerald (Suzie) Wachter of Pierce, daughter Janet (Mark) Knobel of Fairbury, NE, eight grandchildren, and sixteen great-grandchildren with one expected in June. She was preceded in death by her husband Frank of 48 years in 2004, her parents Rudolph and Mildred, and brother and sister in-law Wilbur and Marlene Warneke. Casket bearers will be Jason Wachter, Scott Wachter, Craig Wachter, Adam Wachter, Jared Ziegelbein, Trevor Menke, Austin Koehlmoos, and Trent Tietjen. Honorary casket bearers will be Kara Ziegelbein, Traci Menke, Heather Koehlmoos, Haley Tietjen, Sarah Wachter, Jane Wachter, Kassidy Wachter, Emily Wachter, and Amanda Pestel. Music will be by organist Lori Koehler congregational hymns “Abide With Me” , “Just A Closer Walk With Thee” , “The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want”. Online condolences may be sent to www.stonacekfuneralchapel.com.

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LaVon A. Wachter

September 9, 1935 - January 2, 2024