Valerie Jeanne Frascht

Valerie Jeanne Frascht, 45, of Forest City, died Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at her home.

Celebration of Life services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Saturday, June 18, 2016 at the Heritage Town Center, 201 2nd Ave. S.W., Buffalo Center, Iowa 50424 with Pastor Kent Hillesland of the Community Chapel in Lakota officiating.

A gathering of friends and family will be held one hour prior to the services on Saturday at the Center.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Valerie Frascht memorial fund in care of the family.

Valerie Frascht was born June 5, 1971 in Buffalo Center, the daughter of Virgil and Louise (Boyken) Heifner. She attended school in Buffalo Center, graduating in 1989. She was united in marriage to Charles Frascht on September 2, 1989 at First Baptist Church in Forest City, to this union one daughter, Allyssa Ashley was born, they were later divorced in 1995.

One of her greatest joys was singing, she loved singing with her trio, Bonna Rae Moeller and Karen Fredrickson, a group she sang with for many years. She enjoyed helping her parents on their farm, especially transplanting impatiens each spring. She also enjoyed painting signs, eating Chinese food and collecting CROCS. She collected over 60 pairs of them. Valerie loved her family and friends and the times spent with them and she will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her.

She is survived by her daughter, Allyssa and her fiancé Michael Meckler both of Forest City; parents, Virgil and Louise Heifner of Buffalo Center; three sisters, Lorraine (Todd) Brady of Chaska, MN, Susan (Van) Davis of Buffalo Center, Nancy (Michael) Miller of Eden Prairie, MN; as well as thirteen nieces and nephews, many aunts, uncles and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents.