Luverne E. Runyon

BLUE EARTH - LUVERNE E. RUNYON, age 85, of Blue Earth, died Monday, Dec. 28, 2009, at United Hospital, Blue Earth. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010, at 11 a.m. at Hope United Methodist in Blue Earth, with Rev. Lois Able officiating. Burial will be in Lakebelt Cemetery, Ceylon. Visitation time will be one hour prior to services at the church. Patton Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Blue Earth is assisting the family with the arrangements.

Web tributes may be left at www.pattonfh.com

Luverne was born May 13, 1924, at Boone County, Iowa, the son of Glen and Jenny (Bently) Runyon.

He was raised and educated in Boone County, Iowa, where he was a 1944 graduate of Ogden High School. He farmed near Ogden and was married to Ina Earl on Feb. 22, 1946, in Ogden, Iowa. The couple farmed near Ogden until moving to Elk River, Minn., in 1967 where Luverne worked at the Cargill Research Farm. He later began working as a metal fabricator at several fabricator companies in the Twin Cities area. In 1972, they returned to farming in Zimmerman, Minn., where Luverne retired in 1986. The couple moved to Blue Earth in 2006. Luverne had been a member of the Methodist Church in each community where he resided.

Luverne is survived by his wife, Ina Runyon of Blue Earth; his son, Luverne "Sonny" (Leona) Runyon of Milaca; his son, Daniel (Marlene) Runyon of Elk River; his brother, James (Mary) Runyon of Lawrence, Kansas; his sister, Donna Foust of Jefferson, Iowa; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and a son, Wendell Runyon.