Obituary

  Lillian A. LeVake, 84, died Tuesday, June 12, 2007, at Grinnell Regional Medical Cemter.
  Her funeral service was held Saturday, June 16, at Watts Funeral Home, Montezuma. Burial followed at Jackson Township Cemetery, Montezuma.
  Lillian Agnes LeVake, the daughter of John and Agnes Larson Wiley, was born Feb. 16, 1923, at Malcom. She attended Malcom and Grinnell schools.
  On June 24, 1942, Lillian was united in marriage with Thomas LeVake at Kirksville, Mo. Lillian devoted her life to her husband and family. She had worked as a bookkeeper at the Eastwood State Bank, Rochester, Minn. Following Tom's death in 1985, Lillian moved to Grinnell. She enjoyed collecting thimbles, sewing, painting, quilting, crocheting and making prayer shawls. She was a member of the Grinnell United Methodist Church where she had been on the executive board, the United Methodist Women, the Heritage travel club and had volunteered for the Grinnell Regional Medical Center and R.S.V.P.
  Those left to honor Lillian's memory include her son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Marcia LeVake of West Allis, Wis.; her daughter-in-law, Chris LeVake of Loveland, Colo.; her four grandchildren, Pamela, Mark, Derrick and Kealoha; and her six great-grandchildren, Ryan, Kyle, Grace, Gabriel, Lillian and Corey; her sister, Doris and Mike Hotchkin of Grinnell, her brothers, Garland and Colleen Wiley of New Sharon; Lyle and Doris Wiley of Grinnell; Wayne and Evelyn Wiley of Grinnell and her sister-in-law, Jeanette Wiley of Montezuma.
  She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas; a son, Thomas John; a brother, Russell, and a sister Fern Beyers.
  Memorial contributions may be designated to the American Heart Association or the American Cancer Society and may be left at Watts Funeral Home.
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