Carmelita Dee (Young) Lawrence, 85 of Glenwood, Iowa entered into rest on February 11, 2017 in Glenwood, Iowa. She was born Dec. 20, 1931 in Adams County, Iowa to Lloyd and Marjorie (Hill) Young. She attended country school graduating from Prescott Iowa High School. She married Vernon Lawrence on February 11, 1951 in her parent’s home in Adams County. They made their home in Corning, Iowa. Carmelita was a homemaker but was involved in many activities. She was a cub scout leader, Bible school teacher in the summer. She was an Eastern Star member for 48 years and a member of the knitting circle.
In 1967 they began a series of moves for her husband Vernon’s employment which took them to Coggon, Iowa from 1967-69; Hopkinton, Iowa from 1969-1973; Afton, Iowa from 1973-76 and then in 1976 they moved to Clarinda, Iowa living there until 1979 when they bought the property outside Villisca, Iowa.
They began a water testing business running it for a number of years until it closed in the 1990’s. They began traveling around the country delivering trailers for a transport company. After they moved to Coggon, Carmelita began working outside the home in a variety of jobs from being a school cook, chicken factory worker, door greeter at a funeral home to being a field nursery worker. In Hopkinton, they became square dancers and Vernon became a square dance caller. They did this for many years until Vernon’s health declined.
After Vernon’s passing in 2004, Carmelita remained in Villisca until 2011 when she moved to Glenwood to be near her family. Vernon and Carmelita had two children, Dennis born in 1952 and Dee Ann born in 1956.
Preceding Carmelita in passing were her parents, husband and brother Duane Young.
Survivors include children Dennis Lawrence of Des Moines, Iowa; Dee and husband John Diggs of Glenwood, Iowa: grandchildren, Felicia Diggs, Victoria (Jim) Erickson and Shawn Diggs all of Glenwood, Iowa; great-grandchildren, Lily Huse and Tyler Donner of Omaha, Nebraska: Donovin, Briahna and Isabella Erickson of Glenwood, Iowa; extended relatives and friends.
Interment will be at a later date.
Memorials may be directed to the family.
Visitation:Friday, February 12, 2016
6:00 PM
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Service:Friday, February 12, 2016
6:00 PM
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3 Condolences
I am so sorry to hear about Carmelita. I really enjoyed talking to her when I would visit my Mom at Glen Haven. Prayers of peace and comfort to the family.
Not a condolence, I am her great-granddaughter, well, grandson now. I miss her a lot and am in school right now, freshmen American History. I decided I wanted to look at her image on google again and found this site…I saw these and almost cried.
I just received word of Carmelita’s death via Vince Else from Villisca. Carmelita was my first cousin. My sister, Marilyn, and I just asked each other a short time ago, if we had a current address which we did not. One of my most vivid memories of Carmelita was when I was a young girl and she was a senior in high school. We were at the home of Lloyd and Marjorie. I remember we were outside and Carmelita came out on the porch wearing her prom dress. It was lavender satin and had a dropped shoulder full collar. I thought she was beautiful. When I was growing up, our family went back and forth with Lloyd and Majorie and family very often. We often made home-made ice cream. I also vividly remember going to Carmelita and Vernon’s Corning home one Christmas eve for the Young get-together.
It had snowed several inches and was still snowing. We kids went outside and made snow angels and played fox and goose. (I made Aunt Marjorie’s fruit cake this Christmas and shared it with several people all of who were amazed that a fruit cake could taste so good!) The passing of one’s mother leaves a hole in the heart of her daughter no matter what her age. Sincerely, Judy Stewart Combs
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