Funeral service: 2:00 PM Wednesday, March 27 at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Howard Lake
Visitation: 4-8 PM Tuesday, at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Howard Lake and 1hr prior to service on Wednesday at church
Prayer Service 7:30 PM Tuesday at church
Interment Howard Lake Cemetery
Cody Richard LaFave was born July 22, 1993, at Buffalo, Minnesota, to Dale LaFave and Linda (Muonio) LaFave. He grew up in St. Cloud, Minnesota. He was confirmed at Atonement Lutheran Church of St. Cloud and graduated from Apollo High School in 2011. Cody went on to live in Maple Lake and work for his mentor and friend, Tom Segner, at Kapseg Farms.
Cody was very artistic as a youth and he enjoyed drawing very intricate pictures. As he grew he became interested in skateboarding, bicycling, snowboarding, football, basketball, wrestling, swimming, snowmobiling, boxing, shooting pool, darts and hunting. Most recently he built his own pulling truck, gone to tractor pulls, loved farming, welding, mechanics and John Deere. Most of all Cody loved to spend time with his family and friends. He loved babies and children. He was a member of the National Tractor Pullers Association and Atonement Lutheran Church of St. Cloud.
Cody passed away in a snowmobile accident on March 22, 2013 at the Whispering Pines Golf Course of Annandale. He had reached the age of 19 years, and 8 months.
Survivors include: parents Dale LaFave and Linda (Muonio) LaFave, grandparents: Jerry and Judy LaFave, Dennis and Elsie Muonio, great grandparent: Bud Marquette. He’s also survived by many, many, many aunts, uncles, cousins, other relatives and friends. He leaves behind his special friends, Mojo and Diesel (his dogs).
Cody was preceded in death by: great grand parents: Florence and Edwin Muonio, Melvin and Linda Niska, Marie and Leo LaFave and Doris Marquette. Also preceded by uncles: Gunner LaFave and Daniel Muonio. We remember also cousins, great aunts and uncles and friends that have gone before.