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Last Updated: Dec 12, 2008 - 4:54:39 PM |
Hope Marie Cordes
Hope Marie Cordes, 49, of Cottonwood, AZ, died on Sunday, March 23, 2008, at the Verde Valley Medical Center in Cottonwood, AZ.
A graveside service will be held 2:30 p.m., Friday, April 25, 2008, at the Victor Memorial Cemetery with Rev. Michael Fink officiating.
Memorials may be directed to the East Iowa Bible Camp at Deep River, IA.
She was born on May 1, 1958, in Marengo, Iowa, to Darrel and Carolyn Cordes. She lived with her family for the first 12 years of her life on the family farm near Guernsey and then moved to the Shepherds, Inc, a Baptist home in Grove, WI. Later, to be closer to her parents who retired to Phoenix, AZ, she went to live at Rainbow Acres at Camp Verde, AZ. She most recently resided in a group home in Cottonwood, AZ.
She is survived by her mother, Carolyn Cordes of Omaha, NE; one brother, Marvin (Carmen) Cordes of Guernsey; three sisters, Diane (Howard) Brooks of Chandler, AZ, Janice (Michael) Fink of Henderson, NE and Miriam (Bill) Bybee of Omaha, NE; six nephews, Jeffrey (Brenda) Cordes of Pella, Kenneth Cordes of Guernsey, Kevin (Sandy) Cordes of Sully, Scott (Amie) Bybee of Omaha, Dan (Jessica) Bybee of Omaha, and Gregory (Michelle) Finks of Dallas; and five nieces, Sherri Russell of Chandler, AZ, Christine (Lance) Hackney of Frisco, TX, Angela (Chris) Hofer of Tea, SD, Lori (Chet) Adamson of Omaha, NE and Stacy (Mary) Perez of Hays, KS; 21 great nieces and nephews; and two aunts, Lila Frazier of Cedar Falls and Wilma Watkins of Malcom.
She was preceded in death by her father in 2003 and one niece in 1975.
Richard Paul Meeks
Richard Paul Meeks of Brooklyn - age 72
Cause of death: lengthy illness
Date and place where death occurred: April 7, 2008 - Brooklyn Community Estates
Funeral services will be (date): April 11, 2008
Funeral will be at (church, town): Hrabak Funeral Home in Belle Plaine
Clergy (Full name): Rev. David Crow of the Christ United Methodist Church in Belle Plaine
Cemetery (name, town): National Cemetery in Vining
Pallbearers: Josh Meeks, Terry Meeks, Butch Bringmann, Doug Horne, Scott Kolash, Logan Papesh HONORARY - Luke Papesh and Adam Papesh
Music and by whom: Special CDs
Organizations participating: N/A
Date and place of birth: June 6, 1935 in Hartwick, IA
Parents, including mother’s maiden name: Jacob "Jake" Meeks and Anna Hayek Meeks
Education When & Where: Hartwick - 1954 graduate
To whom married (date, place): Dixie Jacobs on December 28, 1957 in Marengo, IA
Does spouse survive? later divorced
If not, date of death:
If married again (place, date):
Occupation during lifetime: farmer and driver for Mannatt's
Public office (what, when):
Former place of residence and dates: Deep River, IA
When moved to present home: August, 2005
Names and addresses of surviving children: Darrell and LeAnn Meeks, Don and Lisa Meeks, Dennis and Kaeleen Meeks, Delbert Meeks, all of Belle Plaine, Joe and Kathryn Nerio of Lawton, Oklahoma.
Brothers, sisters, parents surviving: George and Linda Meeks, Helen Carlson, Edna (Ed) Uchytil, and Barbara Kann
Number of grandchildren: 6
Number of great-grandchildren: None
Others preceding in death (parents, brothers, sisters, etc): Brother - Robert Meeks, parents - Jacob and Anna Meeks
Deceased children: None
Funeral home in charge of arrangements: Hrabak Funeral Home in Belle Plaine
Other information of interest: He was also survived by a special friend - Bette Allen. He liked to collect toy tractors, especially John Deere. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.hrabakfuneralhome.com under "obituaries."
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