Funeral Service for LaVonne June Ortley, 69, of Browns Valley, MN will be held on Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 2:00 PM at the Cahill Funeral Chapel, Sisseton, SD with the Rev. Paul Warnier Officiating. Pallbearers will be Jeff, Jordan, Roger, Erik, Gary, and John Ortley. Honorary Pallbearers will be "All of LaVonne's friends and family". Interment will be in Ascension Presbyterian Cemetery, Big Coulee, SD. There will be visitation on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM at the Cahill Funeral Chapel in Sisseton, SD. The Cahill Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
LaVonne June Ortley was born on January 6, 1946 near Wilmot, SD to Silas and Rosalie (Burke) Ortley Sr. She attended country school, Peever elementary school and graduated from Browns Valley High School the class of 1964. LaVonne was confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Browns Valley, MN. She lived with her grandmother Julia Clara (Miller) Heminger and she helped to raise her brother Kenneth and he called her mom. She helped to raise numerous children who also called her mom or sister because of her good heartedness. LaVonne loved to read, and take walks, especially in the rain, she would laugh when people had to duck under her umbrella to she who she was because she was so short. She loved the outdoors and cutting grass on her riding lawnmower. She also had numerous hobbies to keep her busy.
LaVonne passed away on May 11, 2015 in Fargo, ND.
LaVonne is survived by ten children, John, Rosie, Julia, Jordan, Jeff, Janet, Adam, Scott, Jason Ortley, and Roger Ortley; one sister Mary Ortley, and four brothers, Edmond TwoStars, Silas Ortley Jr. Kenneth Ortley, and Gary Ortley; eleven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
LaVonne was preceded in death by her parents, three children, Lisa Ann, Jay Luke, and Jennifer, one brother James Burke, one sister Felicia Ortley, and her grandmother, Julia Clara Heminger.