Looby, Patricia Ann

Patricia Ann Looby, 70, of Marion, died Friday, Jan. 28, 2011, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha. A visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1, at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home, Cedar Rapids. Private family inurnment will be in Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery.

Patricia Ann Looby was born Feb. 21, 1940, near Luana, Iowa to Charles and Althea (Lemke) Looby. She attended rural school near Luana until eighth grade and then attended and graduated from Postville Community Schools in 1958. Patricia attended UNI for a year then transferred to Upper Iowa University in Fayette, where she graduated in 1962. She started her teaching career in the Oelwein school system. Patricia also taught at Waverly, La Porte City, substitute taught at Postville and from 1968 to 1998, taught in the Marion Independent School District until retiring. After retirement she worked in several retailing business in the Cedar Rapids area.

She was a former member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Postville, former member of First Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids, was an avid reader, loved music, especially playing the piano, organ and Hawaiian guitar, listening to gospel and country music, and working outside in her flower gardens.

Patricia was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Charlton Looby and wife Evelyn and Lyle Looby and wife El Donna; a sister, Dorothy (Looby) Troester and husband Frank; brother-in-law, Helmuth Landt; and two nephews.

She is survived by a sister, Idella Landt of Monona; special nephews, Dale and Don Troester; and other nieces, nephews and friends.

Memorials may be given in her name to the American Cancer Society or American Liver Foundation.

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