Mrs. Colleen Lahue Travis

A Celebration of Life Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 25, 2017 at Hastings Funeral Home in Perry. Burial will be in the Brethren Cemetery at Panora next to her husband the Rev. William John Travis Mrs. Colleen (LaHue) Travis entered this world December 7, 1927, the third child of Dewey and Edna (Clouse) LaHue in Yale, Iowa, and left this life March 17, 2017 in Garland, Texas. She was a graduate of Yale High School and attended Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls, Iowa, where she became eligible to teach. At a later date, she completed her Bachelor of Arts Degree at William Penn College in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Colleen was united in marriage to Rev. William J. Travis on August 23, 1953, who preceded her in death on April 22, 2003 after 49 years of marriage. To this union were born three children: Terry Travis of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Randy Travis of Kettering, Ohio, and Jennifer Ehmke of Garland, Texas. Bill and Colleen made their homes in Mitchellville, Iowa, Jacksonville, Florida, Knoxville, Iowa, Indianola, Iowa, and Perry, Iowa, where they spent their retirement. Colleen was employed as teacher for the Melcher- Dallas School District from 1965 until 1990, when she retired after dedicating 25 years to the community. Teaching was her passion, and she will be well-remembered for her unwavering service and care for the children she taught. While not recognized as an employed position, Colleen spent much of her life as an active, supportive, and endearing wife of a minister a position in she held with determination her entire married life. Colleen is preceded in death by her husband, William Travis, her parents, Dewey and Edna LaHue, her brother, Pierre LaHue, her sister, Norma McOmber, and her granddaughter, Tricia Alexander. She is survived by her daughter Jennifer Ehmke (John) of Garland, TX; sons Terry Travis of Cedar Rapids, IA and Randy Travis of Dayton, OH; grandchildren and sister Shirley Renfrow. A memorial has been setup in her name at: Cure Alzheimer's Fund http://curealz.org/in-memory/colleen-travis