Laverne Morris Hostetler, 87, passed away peacefully on April 20, 2015, at her home in Delta, Utah. She was born in Ohio County, Ky., on March 25, 1928, to the late Roy Morris and Escola Davis Morris.
She was raised on a farm in Kentucky with her seven siblings. She learned at an early age the importance of hard work and family and carried on these values throughout her life. On a stormy cold night on Jan. 4, 1950, she eloped to Indiana with the love of her life, Alvie Hostetler. They had two sons, Alvie Samuel and Jeffery Neal. They were loving parents and set the best example of true love.
They moved numerous times to provide for their family. In 1958 they moved to Tucson, Ariz., where she worked for JC Penney’s and became the first female Store Manager. The family then moved to South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and back to Kentucky. While living in Kentucky she worked for Peabody Coal Company where she retired in 1990.
Her next adventure was moving to Delta, Utah, to be close to Jeff and his family. Alvie and Laverne started the Great Basin Church of Christ and we will be forever grateful for this. She was a true example of how a Christian should be. She loved her faith and shared this with her family and friends and everyone she met. She loved life and all it had to offer and had a joke to tell with a smile. When asked how she was, she would reply with “fair to middlin’”.
In addition to her parents and six siblings, she was preceded in death by her husband, Alvie “Popeye” Hostetler; one son, Alvie Samuel Hostetler, Jr.; twin granddaughters, Candi and Brandi Hostetler.
Survivors include one son, Jeff (Teresa) Hostetler, of Delta, Utah; three grandchildren, Jayme (Carl) Wright, of Palmdale, Calif., Mikki Jo (Kyle) Jensen, of Delta, Utah and Jeffery Hostetler, of Delta, Utah; four great-grandchildren, Payton and MaKena Wright, Kyson and Leighton Jensen; and one sister, Vernelle Cook, of Louisville, Ky.
A memorial service will be conducted at 12 p.m. on Saturday, June 13, at Sugar Grove Church of Christ in Renfrow, Kentucky. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery in Ohio County, Ky.