LaVerne M. Stanhope

LaVerne M. Stanhope, 71, of Baudette, Minnesota, died Sunday, April 1, 2007, in LakeWood Health Center in Baudette.
Visitation was held from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, April 5, 2007, in Helgeson Funeral Chapel in Baudette. Funeral service were held Friday, April 6, 2007, at 3 p.m. from Wabanica Lutheran Church in Wabanica Township, north of Baudette. Burial will be in Wabanica Cemetery later in the spring.
LaVerne May was born May 9, 1935, at Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, the daughter of Gottlieb and Jenny (Jones) Kiehl. She was a 1953 graduate of the Audubon High School.
Following graduation LaVerne married Jack Stanhope on May 20, 1954, at Frazee. They lived in Detroit Lakes for a couple of years until moving to Rockford, Illinois, for about seven years and then they returned to Detroit Lakes. They moved to Pembina, North Dakota, in 1972 where LaVerne was active with crafts and with her church. In 1986 they purchased the KOA Campground on the Rainy River and renamed it Lake of the Woods Campground and have been the owners and operators ever since. Over the last 17 years LaVerne and Jack have been spending winters in Yuma, Arizona, on and off as their health permitted.
LaVerne loved to spend time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. They were the love of her life. She had many hobbies including making all of her greeting cards, over 100 for the Christmas season. Another hobby was ceramics. She had a ceramic shop at the campground and she taught a ceramic class there. She enjoyed quilting with the women at Wabanica Lutheran Church. LaVerne had a green thumb for flowers and she loved to plant them and care for them each year for everyone to enjoy at the campground. She considered the people at the campground as part of her extended family. Each spring will be a reminder of new life with the flowers growing that LaVerne has planted.
LaVerne was a member of Wabanica Lutheran Church.
Survivors include her husband Jack of nearly 53 years; children: Daniel (Debra) Stanhope of Pembina, North Dakota, Debra “Sis” (Bill) Jerome of Pembina, North Dakota, David (Tamara) Stanhope of Pembina, North Dakota; grandchildren: Alicia (Scott) Swanson, Ashley (John) Swanson, Aaron Stanhope, Justin Jerome, Jennifer (Matt) Miller, Christopher Stanhope, Brett Stanhope and Brandon Stanhope; great-grandchildren: Hailey Swanson, Lucie Swanson and Carter Miller; sisters: Gladys Becvar of Machesny Park, Illinois, Dorothy Soyring of Detroit Lakes, and Elaine Gullick of Glyndon.
LaVerne was preceded in death by her parents.