Alvera G Lovick

Alvera G. (Hanna) Lovick, 94, of Fertile, died Monday, September 29, 2014 at the Good Samaritan Center in Forest City. Memorial Services will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Saturday, October 4, 2014 at the Fertile Lutheran Church with the Pastor Dave Halvorson officiating. A gathering of friends and family will be held Friday, October 3, 2014 from 4:00 - 6:00 P.M. at the Cataldo Schott Funeral Chapel, 505 North Clark St. Forest City, Iowa. Burial of cremains will be held in Brush Point Cemetery in rural Fertile.

Alvera was born May 4, 1920, in Winnebago County, daughter of David G. and Clara (Vold) Hanna. She was baptized at Winnebago Lutheran Church and confirmed at North Prairie Lutheran Church, Lake Mills, IA.

Alvera graduated from Lake Mills High School in 1938, and taught country school for two years. She was united in marriage with James Lovick on May 25, 1941, at North Prairie Lutheran Church. They farmed in Winnebago and Worth Counties till retirement in 1988, when they moved to Fertile.

She is survived by husband, James, five daughters and one daughter-in-law: Gloria Kirschbaum of Fertile, Patricia (Purcell) Lovick of Mankato MN, Mary Rye of Robbinsdale MN, Janice Folkers of Minneapolis, MN, Clara (Kurt) West of Rochester MN, Martha (William) Cavanaugh of Charles City IA, 13 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren; sister Helen (Roy) Purdy, of Albert Lea MN, brother Reuben Hanna of Lake Mills, and sister-in-law Ovila Hanna of Lake Mills.

She was preceded in death by parents, daughter Betty Ann in infancy, son David Henry, three sons-in-law: Edward Kirschbaum, Ralph Rye, and Doug Folkers; a brother Floyd in infancy, a sister Geneva (Telford) Brekke and a brother Carl Hanna.

Memorial donations may be made to the Hospice of North Iowa or the Fertile Lutheran Church .