Lavella E. Singer, 88, Jasper,
Lavella E. Singer, 88, of Jasper, passed quietly from this life on September 28, 2018, at Brookside Village in Jasper, Indiana.
She was a longtime faithful member of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Jasper. She was a warm and cheerful person who loved her Lord.
Lavella and Cotton met as employees of Fritch’s Dutch Lunch, a well-known family eating establishment in Jasper. When they purchased the restaurant from the Fritch family, it became “The Headquarters”. Lavella was known for her culinary skills in making delicious pies, German potato salad, turnip slaw, red hots, brain sandwiches, and other specialties. After retirement, they spent fifteen years enjoying the winter months at their home in Ft. Myers, FL.
She enjoyed gardening, golf, bowling, church activities, family gatherings, and serving others.
She is survived by two sisters, Luetta Mercier (George) of Bloomington and Ruth Elkins of Anderson; one brother, Luther Fuhrman of Shoals; and sister-in-law, Ellen Fuhrman of Jasper; nieces and nephews and grand nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death were her parents, brother Emil Fuhrman; brother-in-law, George Elkins; and two nephews, Roger Fuhrman and Tim Mercier.
Funeral Services for Lavella E. Singer will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 2, 2018, at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Jasper with burial to follow at St. Paul Cemetery in Haysville. Pastor Adam Ruschau will officiate.
A visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. until the 11:00 a.m. service time on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Jasper.
The family wishes to express their sincere gratitude to Brian and Kathi Mathies and family, the Albert Fritch family, Qualicare, Heart to Heart Hospice, and the entire Brookside Village staff for their compassionate love, support, and dedication. We are deeply indebted to all of these guardian angels.
Memorial contributions may be made to Redeemer Lutheran Church or to a favorite charity.
Online condolences may be made at www.becherkluesner.com.
just read the notice of your loss, my thoughts go back soooo many years to the days when my dad, Vic Schutz would tend bar at Fritchs and mother Louise would wait tables. Lavella always had a beautiful smile and was so friendly. Those were good days with lots of great memories. We will be thinking of you. God Bless. Vic and Betty (Schutz) Roos
Was sorry to read that my very good friend Lavella had passed on. She and I both ‘grew up’ at the Fritch Dutch Lunch, as Albert was my uncle and I went to live with them about the time that Lavella also arrived. I will miss her and those recipes that she used to send when I asked her for them, because she was definitely one who kept that restaurant ‘jumping’. God Bless you Lavella, and Cotton too. Leroy Heldman from Knoxville, TN