LaVina Rae Transue was born to parents LaVina and Lillis Baker in Dodge City Kansas in January 1944. She is survived by daughters Tammy Brown, Sherri Altman, Trisha Knie and Barbara Anne Stahl, brother Randy Baker, son-in-laws Curtis Fregia and Dennis Knie, grandchildren Jennifer Swenson, Charles Brown, Kurt Brown, Chris O'Day, Joe Field, Jessica Altman, Markie Altman, Robert Lang, Jonathan Lang, Sami Jo Brightwell, Tatum Berry and several great grandchildren.
She raised her daughters on her own and never complained. She also helped raise several of her grandchildren. She will be dearly missed.

Dear Mom,
You sat beside our beds and watched us as we slept because you couldn't bear to be away from us. We felt your love and warmth as they comforted us in the night.
You gave us hope, happiness, wisdom and knowledge from your soul. We absorbed strength from you as you gave everything you had to make sure nothing stopped us from thriving. All of this in the first year of our lives.
As we grew you shaped our paths in many ways. When we struggled you pushed us, when we stumbled you steadied us, when we strayed you admonished us and when we soared you emboldened us.
We love that we have you beside us and feel blessed that God felt we are deserving of his most precious angel to guide our lives.
We love you Mom.

Our Mom …

There are truly no words individually or combined that could begin to describe the amazingly beautiful mom ~ nana ~ sister ~ friend and simply the human she was … her heart and soul were authentic ~ genuine and truly full of unconditional love for her family and friends … her hand that holds us and the sound of her voice that guides us will be missed by all
who knew and loved her …

We miss you mom more than you could ever imagine, yet we know you are still holding our hands and sharing your voice of guidance with the same unconditional love you did while you were here with us … we will learn how to hear your voice through the whispers of the wind and feel the touch of your hand in the breaths that we take and all the new ways you show up in our lives … rest peacefully mom ~ our beautiful angel …