LaVonne Atteberry

LaVonne Marie Atteberry, 96, of Elsmore, Kansas, died Friday, April 20, 2012 at Moran Manor in Moran, Kansas. LaVonne was born February 17, 1916, at Savonburg, Kansas to Eric Leonard and Julia Evalina (Swanson) Carlson. The Carlson family later moved to the Elsmore area where she attended East Liberty Grade School. She graduated from Elsmore High School in 1934 and the School of Cosmetology in Coffeyville, Kansas in 1936. She worked as a beautician in Parsons until she purchased her own shop in 1937 at Erie, Kansas, where she worked for 25 years. She loved the outdoors and was an avid gardener. She also enjoyed traveling. LaVonne married Pem Atteberry at Friends Home Lutheran Church in Savonburg, on March 31, 1957. They made their home in Stark, Kansas where she had a beauty shop in her home for 27 years. She was a member of Friends Home Lutheran Church, 50 year member of the Order of Eastern Star in Savonburg and a 50 year member of the Erie Rebekah Lodge. She was also a member of Town and Country Friends, Neosho and Allen County Home Extention Unit. After retiring, she moved back to the Elsmore community. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, brother Leonard Carlson and sister LaVance Johnson. She is survived by her sister LaDelle Cunningham and numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews and great-great nieces and nephews. FUNERAL SERVICE: 10:30 a.m., Monday, April 23, 2012, at Friends Home Lutheran Church at Savonburg, Kansas. BURIAL: Elsmore Cemetery, Elsmore, Kansas MEMORIAL: Friends Home Lutheran Church Memorial gifts may be left with the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola, which is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences for the family may be left on this website, www.iolafuneral.com .