LaVohn Badker

LaVohn M. Badker, 88, of Garner, Iowa, formerly Clear Lake, died Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, at the Concord Care Center, Garner.

A celebration of LaVohn’s life was held on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015, at the Clear Lake United Methodist Church, Clear Lake, with the Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Thompson officiating.  Burial was in Clear Lake Cemetery. Family suggests memorials to Clear Lake United Methodist Church Guild Fund or Hospice of North Iowa.

LaVohn was born April 1, 1927, in Klemme, Iowa, the daughter of Werner and Mable (Rosendahl) Schlawin.  She was baptized and confirmed at Reformed and Evangelical Church, Klemme.  In her early teens she enjoyed showing show cattle and being involved in 4-H.

Following graduating from Klemme High School in 1944, she graduated from cosmetology school in Des Moines and has been a licensed beautician for over 50 years.  She worked at various beauty salons including Rose’s, in Garner, Ruth Toppin Unique Beauty Shop, and she was a manicurist at Hair West, both located in Clear Lake.

LaVohn married a veteran and farmer, Wayne “Bud” Badker, on Sept. 7, 1947, at Reformed Evangelical Church, Klemme. They lived on various farms and then settled on the home place south of Clear Lake.  They raised and trained Quarter Horses and showed Pony of Americas ponies.  They traveled with the two grandsons to horse and pony shows, May through mid-October about every weekend.  Besides sewing western shirts and giving ponies a bath for horse shows, she was active in the Clear Lake United Methodist Church Alter Guild, Veterans Auxiliary and was secretary of North Iowa Snowmobile Club.  She enjoyed snowmobiling, until they discovered the warm weather in Arizona and playing golf.

She is survived by her son, Dennis (Karen) Badker, Clear Lake; two grandsons, Scott (Tina) Badker, Klemme, and Curt (Michele) Badker, Clear Lake; two great-grandsons, Drake and Carson Badker; three step-great-grandchildren, Wade and Austin Lohman and Michaela Delzer.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.

Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, was in charge of arrangements.