Katie Javers

Katie Javers, 87, of Lennox, SD, died Sunday, December 25, 2016 at the Sanford USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls, SD from complications of a stroke. Katie Nordmann was born on a farm near Lennox, on April 7, 1929, the daughter of Harm and Patty (Bruns) Nordmann. She attended Crowley Rural School and Lennox High School. She worked at the Woolworth Dime Store, Sioux Falls, as a maid and at the Lennox grocery store and beauty salon. She worked as a live in mother's helper for several families, but it was on the Braak farm, on August 5, 1948, she met farmhand Raymond Javers. The couple married on September 21, 1949 at Germantown Presbyterian Church. They farmed near Worthing, Chancellor and later at their home farm near Tea. Raymond died on March 5, 2013. Katie moved into Lennox in 2014. Katie was a member of Germantown Presbyterian Church. Along with being a mother and farm wife, she taught herself furniture upholstery. In the 1960's she worked at the Chancellor grocery store and in the 1970's at the Lennox Good Samaritan Center until retirement. She enjoyed gardening, especially her decorative gourds and flowers. She could fashion many craft projects without ever purchasing supplies. Examples include jewelry, home decor and a Christmas tree made from a giant tumble weed. Besides her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by brothers: Harm, Dick, Ralph, Frank, Bill and Pete; sisters: Kattie Nordmann, Jenny Moerke and Emma Brown. Grateful for having shared her life are her children: Steven Javers and Kevin Javers, both of Lennox, Gale (Dan) Wray and Alda (Darwin) Miller, both of Sioux Falls; five grandchildren: Denise Frankus, Rick Dougherty III, Katie (Russ) Cambern, Marcus (Amber) Dougherty, Danielle (Rob) Safar; eight great-grandchildren: Paul & Zachary Frankus, Makenzi, Dustin & Blakelee Dougherty, Kaydence Davis, Jacob Cambern and Liam Safar; one sister, Marie Bultena, Lennox and dear sister-in-law, Esther Harms,, Sioux Falls, as well as nieces, nephews many other relatives and friends. Services will begin 1:30 p.m. Friday, December 30, at Germantown Presbyterian Church, rural Chancellor with burial in the Germantown Cemetery. Visitation with the family present will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Dindot-Klusmann Funeral Home, Lennox.

Katie Javers

April 7, 1929 - December 25, 2016

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