Florence Elizabeth Valett

FLORENCE VALETT HOLLISTER, Missouri - Florence Elizabeth Valett, 87, a former resident of Muscatine, passed away on Friday, August 14, 2015, at her home in Hollister. Funeral Service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 18, 2015, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Burial will take place in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 12:30 until 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 18, 2015, at the funeral home. Online condolences: www.wittichfuneralhome.com Florence was born on February 9, 1928, in Fruitland, Iowa, the daughter of Theodore and Mable Zeidler Drake. She graduated from Muscatine High School and Muscatine Junior College. She married Willis Lee Valett on September 23, 1949, in Muscatine. He preceded her in death on June 3, 2011. She worked as a public librarian. She enjoyed working puzzles, watching the birds, and traveling with her husband, Willis, while he was alive. Those left to honor her memory include her children, Jon Valett and wife, Susan, of Severna Park, Maryland, Vicki Forrest of Madison, Wisconsin, and Barbara Dobish and husband, Tim, of Frederick, Mary...[more]

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d; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and one brother, Rodney Drake of Muscatine, Iowa. Florence was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and one brother, Charles Drake.