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Mildred Campion
MILDRED "MILLIE" CAMPION
Coralville
Mildred A. "Millie" Campion, 86, longtime resident of this area, died Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at Lantern Park Nursing and Rehab Center in Coralville. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 31, at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Services in Iowa City, with burial to follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Iowa City. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established.
Online condolences may be sent for her family through the Web at www.gayandciha.com.
Mildred Ann Steen was born Dec. 11, 1928, in Worthington, Mo., the daughter of Alfred J. and Minnie M. (Arnold) Steen. She attended schools in Brassfield and Worthing-ton, Mo. On Jan. 14, 1961, she was united in marriage to Richard K. "Dick" Campion. Millie worked at Owens Brush and later for Sears, where she retired from.
She enjoyed embroi-dering tea towels, making homemade noodles for her family, doing crosswords and jigsaw puzzles and playing Scrabble, but most of all, she loved being mom, grandma and great-grandma to her family!
Her family includes her children, Kalee Nelson (Willie) of Oxford, Perry Collins (Linda) of Solon, Marshall Collins of Mammoth Spring, Ark., Steve Collins of Tulsa, Okla., Sue Drollinger (Guy) of Iowa City and Gary Collins (Janet) of Golden, Colo.; grandchildren, Kenny Hostetler, Stacy Emerick (Randy), Don Nelson, Mark Nelson (Barb), Kim Linden (Jim), Julie Collins, Heather Reid (Namaste), Aaron Collins, Jessica Trout (Gary), Lasca Strimpel (Jason), Hannah Drollinger, Megan Drollinger, Adam Collins, Jarod Collins (Beth) and Allison Collins; and many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dick; siblings, James "Roy" Steen, Grace Steen, Ruby Steen, Edith Cross, Ruth Hunt, Esther Ashby and Lois Gardner; son-in-law, Dale Hostetler; and former husband, Lloyd Collins.
Millie's family would like to thank all the staff at Lantern Park Nursing and Rehab Center and Hospice Compassus for its loving care of Millie and our family!
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