Tuesday, November 24, 2020
I was so sorry to read of your mother's/ grandmother's passing in today's Lodi News Sentinel. We'd known her since we moved to Lodi in 1964 when we moved into the First Christian Church parsonage next door to her on S. Lee Ave. She also did my mother's (Etheleen Fiske) hair for many, many years. I don't know if you remember or not, but Laverne was scared of snakes. My siblings and I found a gopher snake somewhere and had it in an aquarium out in the garage. Unfortunately, it got out and we said, "Don't tell your grandmother!" My daughter always gave Mom a hard time for reading the gossip papers at Laverne's home salon but Mom could read them there without being seen buying them! Mom (who's 86-yrs-old now) says that she has very fond memories of good conversations about life while sitting under Laverne's capable hands. Laverne will be missed.
