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Blanche
Myers COLFAX — Blanche Myers, 87, of
Colfax died of cancer Saturday, Oct. 27, at Clearview Manor in Prairie
City. Funeral
services will be Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Immaculate Conception Catholic
Church in Colfax with the Rev. Phil Cardenzana officiating. Burial will be at
McKeever Cemetery in Colfax. Walters-Coburn Funeral Home in Colfax is handling
arrangements. Friends may call today at the church where family will be present
from 6 to 8 p.m., with a Scripture Service at 7:30 p.m. Memorials
will be accepted to the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church or to Colfax
Senior Citizens. The
daughter of Chauncy W. and Mary Kathryn Murray Cory, she was born July 2, 1914,
in Elkhart. She graduated from Elkhart High School. On Jan. 23, 1943, she
married Lewis J. Myers in Elkhart. She was a member of the Immaculate Conception
Catholic Church, Altar and Rosary Society, Colfax Senior Citizens, and served on
the Colfax Election Board. She worked as a cook at Nickerson Farms Restaurant
and at the Senior Citizens Center. Survivors
Include two sons and daughters-in-law, Charlie and Carol and John and Pat, all
of Mingo; two daughters and sons-in-taw, Patricia and Ronald Schneider of Lacona
and Mary and Mike Holmes of Prairie City; 11 grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren, and a brother, Ira Cory of Ankeny. She
was preceded in death by her parents, husband and three brothers. Newton Daily News, Newton, IA, October 29, 2001. |
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