Lauretta Robertson

Lauretta Jean (Nuzum) Robertson was born August 18, 1920, to Caleb Jefferson and Arietta (Shortridge) Nuzum in Missouri Valley, Iowa. She was raised in the Woodbine area and graduated from Woodbine High School in 1937. Lauretta married Lafe Roundy Robertson on August 1, 1937, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to this union three daughters were born. The couple farmed in the Woodbine and Dunlap area where Lauretta helped with the farm work. In the 1950s Lauretta was employed at the Woodbine Telephone Office, Farm Service and the Soil Conservation in Logan. In January of 1959 she worked for Stephany-Coe Insurance Agency until her retirement in 1986. Lafe and Lauretta celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in August on 1987.

Lauretta became a member of the RLDS church in her adult years and was a faithful member and volunteer. She also volunteered on the Rose Vista Care Review Committee for several years.

Lauretta died on Sunday, August 28, 2011, at the Rose Vista Nursing Home in Woodbine, Iowa at the age of 91 years and 10 days.

Lauretta was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Lafe Robertson in 1995; daughter, Sylvia Robertson. She is survived by her two daughters, Jacqueline (Karl) Petersen of Logan, Iowa, Carolyn Peterson of Council Bluffs, Iowa; six grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; sister, Phyllis (Noran) Davis of Council Bluffs, Iowa; brother-in-law, Glennie Waite of Woodbine, Iowa; and many other relatives and friends.