This memorial website was created to remember our dearest La Vonna Kay (Sword) Braner who was born in Colorado on December 17, 1945 and passed away on February 8, 2009 at the age of 63. You will live forever in our memories and hearts.
      She wad born in Alamosa, CO. Raised in Creede, CO and went to Colorado Spgs., CO, after graduating to go to Beauty School. Ther she met Sylvestria Eugene Walden( a drunk). They married and moved to his hometown Evansville, IN. They had one daughter Jaqueline Kay. They devoriced and Jackie went to live with relatives in Calif. She then married Mike Braner of Evansville, (another drunk) Shr stayed married to him, taking cared of his nearly ever need for 25 yrs . She lived a hard life with drinking husbands and a lot of mental abuse. She did know how to let go and go on out and enjoy herself on occasion, she was not afraid to spend money. She loved Bowling, shopping, hummingbirds and being outdoors. She also love her family hierlooms. God only knows what became of them. Her debts were written off at her death, way to go sister.  She worked right up to the time of her death. She died from extremely bad lungs from smoking. She got streptacaccus phenomia. She was talking on the phone Wed and was brain dead the 6th of Feb. 2008. She was pronounced dead on the 8th of Feb. 2008. 
Her loving husband could not wait to creamate, and ship her ashs back to Colorado and move in with his first wife and pay her bills with LaVonna's death money. He did not even respect her enough to pay for her headstone out of her death money. May God forgive him and help me to do so also.