LaVay Godber, Panama City, Fla.
LaVay M. Godber, 81, Panama City, Fla., formerly of Letcher and Mitchell, died Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, at Gulf Coast Medical Center, Panama City, Fla.
- LaVay Godber
LaVay M. Godber, 81, Panama City, Fla., formerly of Letcher and Mitchell, died Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, at Gulf Coast Medical Center, Panama City, Fla.
She was born on Dec. 8, 1931.
Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Bittner Funeral Chapel, Mitchell. Burial will be in Servicemen’s Memorial Cemetery, Mitchell.
LaVay was born on a farm near Ethan to Martin and Gladys (Swenson) Johnson.
She grew up in Mitchell, graduating from Mitchell High School in 1949.
Following high school, she moved to Ithaca, N.Y., where she was employed in insurance claims. She moved to Greeley, Colo., for years and then briefly in Davenport, Iowa.
In 1963, she moved back to Mitchell.
She married Verlyn Godber in 1965. They lived on a farm west of Letcher for 20 years.
Later, she moved into Letcher and managed the Letcher Villas and sold Avon products for many years.
She moved to Meadowlawn Plaza in Mitchell in 2009 and in 2011 to Panama City, Fla.
She was a member of Letcher Community Church and the DAV Auxiliary.
She is survived by her children: Debra (Alton) Finklea, Latta, S.C.; Teresa (Robert) Woods, Orlando, Fla.; and Joel (Linda) Godber, Panama City, Fla.; five grandchildren and several nephews and nieces.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Verlyn; parents, brother, Donald Johnson; and a granddaughter, Leah Godber.
Memorials may be directed to the Letcher Community Church, P.O. Box 197, Letcher, S.D., 57359.
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