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| Bernita Lee DeWoody |
| December 15, 1938 - July 17, 2009 |
Olin, Iowa
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| Visitation: 3 to 7 p.m. Monday July 20, 2009 at Lahey Funeral Home, Olin, Iowa ~ Memorials are preferred |
| Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at Olin United Methodist Church, Olin, Iowa |
Interment: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at Olin Cemetery, Olin, Iowa
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Bernita was born December 15, 1938, in Iowa City, Iowa, the
daughter of Charles and Hazel (Miles) Houston. She grew up in the
Buck Creek area and graduated from Buck Creek High School in 1956.
After graduation she worked for Iowa National in Cedar Rapids.
She married Carl Lee DeWoody on September 11, 1959, at the Buck Creek Methodist Church in Buck Creek, Iowa.
She worked as a legal secretary for many years and then as a bank teller
for the Olin Bank until retirement.
She was a member of the Olin United Methodist Church.
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Bernita is survived by her husband, Carl DeWoody,
one daughter, Carrie (Paul) Fortin, and
two granddaughters, Amy & Libby Fortin, all of Olin;
2 sisters, Dora McBride of Cedar Rapids and Jeanette (Mike) Saunders of Ryan;
one brother, Arthur (Viola) Houston and
a sister-in-law, Joyce Houston, both of Monticello.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Donna Schrodermier,
two brothers, Virgil and Vern Houston, and her beloved son, Lance in 1985.
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Bernita Lee DeWoody, 70, of Olin, died Friday, July 17, 2009,
at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota.
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