LAVERNE ROY MERTZ, 94, of Avoca, died Friday, July 17th, at Avoca Specialty Care. A Memorial service for LAVERNE ROY MERTZ will be held 11-a.m. Wed., July 22nd, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, in Walnut. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Avoca has the arrangements.

The family will greet friends at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Walnut, on Wednesday (7/22), from 9-until 11-a.m.

A private, family burial will be held in the Calvary Cemetery at Walnut.

LAVERNE ROY MERTZ is survived by:

His sons – Tom (Linda) Mertz, of Omaha; Mike (Barbara) Mertz, of Kearney, NE., & Robert (Steve) Mertz, of Columbia, SC.

His daughters – Jan (Mayo) Watson, of Littleton, CO., & Peg (Craig) Belshe, of Estes Park, CO.

His brother – George Mertz, of Walnut.

His sisters – Alice Richter, of Walnut, and Hazel Knouse, of Council Bluffs.

8 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren.