Lavonne Grace Lundell

LaVonne Grace Lundell entered into the arms of her Lord on March 1, 2017 at Shannondale Health Care Center in Maryville, TN after a short illness. LaVonne was born on January 17, 1926 in Birmingham, Alabama. After graduating high school at Berry in Rome, Georgia, she majored in violin at Maryville College (class of 1948). She was married to Rev. Dr. Paul Lundell for almost 60 years and served alongside him while he was Senior Pastor of Central Presbyterian Church, Petersburg, IL; Palos Park Presbyterian Community Church, Palos Park, IL; and Dundee Presbyterian Church, Omaha, NE. She was an award-winning artist, active in several chapters of PEO including AU in Maryville, and a member of New Providence Presbyterian Church, Maryville, TN. LaVonne was preceded in death by her parents, Lyman and Ida Belle (Dunagan) Heard, brother, Lyman Heard, Jr. and her loving husband Rev. Dr. Paul Lundell. She is survived by her sister Martha George of Florida, daughter Rev. Barbara and son-in-law Rev. Thomas Peters of New Jersey, son David and daughter-in-law Laura (Dance) Lundell of Tennessee, grandchildren Alison and Trevor Peters, Amy Lundell, foreign exchange student daughter Christa Murtinger of Vienna, Austria and many other Lundell, Heard and Dunagan relatives. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, March 3rd at the Chapel in the Shannondale Independent Living Center. Internment of the ashes will be at a later date in Northbrook, IL. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her name to New Providence Presbyterian, Dundee Presbyterian, Palos Park Presbyterian Community churches or Wears Valley Ranch, Sevierville, TN (a home for children).