LaVonne Lee Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

LaVonne (Fodge) Musser Lee (11 Oct 1928)- (18 Nov 2020) LaVonne was born 11 Oct 1928 at Goshen to Dolpha and Ethel (Hoshaw) Fodge and died 18 Nov 2020 at Greencroft in Goshen from complications of aorta stenosis compounded by severe dementia. Growing up in Goshen, she was a Goshen Redskin, attending Goshen High School. In high school she took up music, playing the clarinet, piano and singing, something she enjoyed her whole life. When at Greencroft she drew a crowd whenever she played popular tunes from the 1940s, 50’s (some earlier as well as some later) on the piano, something she did just days before her death. After graduating from high school in 1946 she attended International Business College in Fort Wayne. Her early jobs included StarCraft, when it was Star Tank and Boat, in Goshen, and Martin’s Feed in New Paris. She married Donald Locke Musser, Jr, 27 August 1948 at Goshen. The Mussers adopted two children, Gregory James Musser, born 14 Oct 1953 at Elkhart, and Janet Kathryn Musser, born 14 Feb 1955 at Fort Wayne. Greg passed away from a congenital heart condition 4 Aug 1976 at Phoenix AZ. Janet lives in Las Vegas NV. The Mussers moved from Goshen to Scottsdale AZ in November 1963. There LaVonne worked as the secretary to the Director of the Scottsdale Parks and Recreation Department. She always said that was the best job she ever had. Later, after moving from Scottsdale to Phoenix, she worked as secretary and bookkeeper for the owner of M Setlow and Company, a company that furnished work uniforms. She and Don were divorced in Dec 1970 at Phoenix and on 20 Dec 1971 she married Bill Lee at Las Vegas NV. When Bill received an attractive offer from a multi-national electronic component manufacturer in Riverside CA the Lee’s moved to Riverside. There LaVonne worked in the accounting department of a regional distributer of groceries and other related grocery items. When Bill was transferred to a plant in Logan UT she retired to the home, living at Smithfield UT for ten years. The area was beautiful, the people friendly, but the Winters among the coldest in the country. Even so, she often said that was the best place she ever lived. When Bill left his paying job in 1987 the Lee’s began pursuing Bill’s lifelong goal of doing family history research with on-site record retrieval at hundreds of county courthouses throughout the Western United States. During that time they published 36 copyrighted research-aid books that may be found in the major genealogy libraries in the country. Later, when the internet came into being, they put the material gathered during their research on the internet with five active websites. During the last 32 years she and Bill have lived in Joplin MO, Harlingen TX, Foley AL and wherever their RV took them. In August 2017 they moved back to LaVonne’s hometown of Goshen IN where they lived at Greencroft Goshen. LaVonne is survived by her husband of 48 years, an adopted daughter, 13 step-grandchildren and eight step-great-grandchildren. A lovely person, she always put others ahead of herself. She will be sorely missed. There will be visitation at the Rieth-Rohrer-Ehret Funeral Home, 311 S. Main St., Goshen, at 1:00 PM on Tuesday 24 Nov and burial at 2:00 PM next to her parents at Violett Cemetery. All attending will be required to follow COVID 19 guidelines. Please, no gifts or flowers. You may donate to your favorite charity in LaVonne’s memory, if you so desire. Online condolences may be sent at www.rrefh.com

LaVonne Lee

October 11, 1928 - November 18, 2020

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LaVonne Lee

October 11, 1928 - November 18, 2020

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