GARDEN GROVE, Calif. -- Lavon Nelvina Dragt, 82, formerly of Prinsburg, died Dec. 24, 2008, in Fullerton, Calif.
The service was held today at Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, Calif.
She was born Aug. 27, 1926, in Sioux County, Iowa, to Dick and Louise Bonnema. She grew up in Prinsburg and attended Prinsburg Christian School. She graduated from Clara City High School.
She married Vernon Dragt in 1945. They moved to California in 1947.
In 1953, she began selling Tupperware, eventually building a successful company. She retired in 1990.
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She is survived by three daughters: Mary, Ginny and Susan; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
