CLIVE, Iowa - M. Lavon "Von" Ohmart, 90, died Dec. 17, 2009.
She was born Dec. 18, 1918, in Warsaw, to Virgil and Opal Phillips Smith. In 1940, she married Lowell Ohmart, who died in 1980.
She graduated from Warsaw High School in 1936. She lived in Indiana, Wisconsin and Illinois before moving to West Des Moines in 1952. She was a member of West Des Moines Women's Club and was president in 1976.
Surviving are four sons: Tom (and spouse Laurie), Tim, Ted (and spouse Cindy) and Todd (and spouse Anne); eight grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a sister, Jeanette Ragan, Indiana.
Services were Dec. 23, 2009, at Brooks Funeral Chapel, 7975 University Blvd, Clive, Iowa. Burial was in Resthaven Cemetery.
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Memorials may be made to the West Des Moines Public Library.
