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Thursday, January 21, 2021
Nancy Lee (Curran) Cram
Age: 72
City: Cedar Rapids
Funeral Date
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Funeral Home
Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home
Thursday, January 21, 2021
Nancy Lee (Curran) Cram
NANCY LEE (CURRAN) CRAM
Cedar Rapids
Nancy Lee (Curran) Cram, 72, of Cedar Rapids, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. Services: Private at Cedar Memorial Westside Chapel, where a visitation will be held Saturday, Jan. 23, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. The Rev. Jaymee Glenn-Burns of Trinity-St. James United Methodist Church will officiate. Burial: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. As mandated by proclamation, social distancing must be practiced, which requires a limited number of people to be allowed into the visitation at one time. The use of face masks or shields is required.
Survivors include her husband, Dennis; her brother, Jim Curran; two nieces, Jamie (Ron) Chittick and Marsha (Jon) Otto; great-nieces and -nephews, Andrew (Velvet), Dylan, Samantha and Aubrey Chittick, Jared Curran, Rylee and Jonah Otto; great-great-niece, Sadie Chittick; cousins, Joan Reinberg and Bob Schrader; and long time friend, Vicki Mc Connell.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Nancy was born May 17, 1948, to betty and Guy (Bud) Curran in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She graduated from Jefferson High School in 1966 and Kirkwood Community College in 1984. Nancy married Dennis Cram on Sept. 1, 1990. She was employed at Cedar Rapids Inc., O'Brien Steel and the Cedar Rapids Kernels. Nancy was a member of Trinity-St. James United Methodist Church, where she held many titles. Nancy enjoyed watching the Kernels, bingo, jigsaw puzzles and cruising. Please leave a message for the family on our web page, www.cedarmemorial.com under obituaries.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Trinity-St. James United Methodist Church or the Kernels Foundation.

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