Wilma Jean Havel, age 96, passed away on Friday September 4, 2020 at the Clarence Nursing Home. Private family services will be held at Chapman Funeral Home, Clarence. Burial will be in the Stanwood Cemetery.
Wilma was born in Lisbon, Iowa on January 28, 1924 to Reed and Pearl Rebecca Lehr Workman and grew up on a farm near Stanwood. Wilma attended business college in Cedar Rapids, worked at the AAA office in Tipton for 3 years, and then worked at Farm Bureau. She was then blessed in marriage to Leon Havel on June 18, 1949 at Stanwood and they farmed in the Mechanicsville area for many years before retiring from farming and moving into Stanwood. Leon passed away on October 24, 2001.
Survivors include her sons Larry of Clarence and Randy (Cathi) of Cedar Rapids; daughters Kaylene (Alan) Jenkins of Brighton, CO, and Karen (Mark) Bunge of Parker, CO; 12 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brothers Laverne and Myron Workman; and daughter in law Kerri Havel.
Wilma was the glue that held her family together, and it was her family that she loved so dearly. She would also enjoy cooking, sewing, gardening, and fishing.