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Josephine Carlson
JOSEPHINE CARLSON
Urbandale
Josephine Irma Carlson, 99, died peacefully Wednesday, April 22, 2015, in Urbandale. A funeral service will be Monday, April 27, at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home in Cedar Rapids beginning at 3 p.m.
Friends may visit with the family at 2 p.m., before the service.
Josephine was born in Anamosa, Iowa, on Feb. 21, 1916, to Edward and Christina Hughes. On Nov. 1, 1941, she married Arthur Carlson in Anamosa.
She is survived by her daughter, Jo Ann (Jerry) Shively of Urbandale; grandchildren, Jeremy (Mandy) Shively of Davenport, Joseph Shively of Urbandale and Jessica (Joshua) Shwery of Waukee; great- grandchildren, Elizabeth Frett, Imagin Shively, Gavin Shively, Landon Shively and Logan Shwery; and sibling, Benita Breiholz.
Josephine was preceded in death by her parents, Christiana and Edward Hughes; husband, Arthur T. (Swede) Carlson; great-granddaughter, McKenzie Jo Shwery; and siblings, Mary Lucille Hughes, Elizabeth Hanson, Edward Jr. Hughes, Donald Hughes and Charles Hughes.
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