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Monday, October 29, 2018
Patricia A. Duffy-Votroubek
Age: 77
City: Cedar Rapids
Funeral Date
10 a.m., Friday, 11/2, All Saints Catholic Church
Funeral Home
Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home
Monday, October 29, 2018
Patricia A. Duffy-Votroubek
PATRICIA A. DUFFY-VOTROUBEK Cedar Rapids Patricia A. Duffy-Votroubek, 77, of Cedar Rapids died Thursday Oct. 25, 2018, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. Funeral Mass: 10 a.m. on Friday at All Saints Catholic Church. The Rev. John R. Flaherty will officiate. Burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation at the Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday where a rosary will be prayed at 4 p.m. There will also be a visitation at the Church after 9 a.m. on Friday. Survivors include her husband, Mike; three daughters, Shannan Wilson and partner Larry of Springville, Erin Colleen (Dan) Kopecky of Cedar Rapids, and Sarah Christine Duffy of Cedar Rapids. She also is survived by six grandchildren, Michael (Renee) and Christopher (Alison) Price, Cody Wilson, Benjamin (Ashley), Andrew (Kayla) and Patrick Kopecky; seven great-grandchildren, Annabelle, Brayden, Isabel, M.J., Devyn, Bailey and Rilynn; her former son-in-law, Terry Wilson; and her four dogs, Chlole, Papi, Mitsy Rose, and Finny. She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband; a son, Mark; a brother, Dick Parsons, a cousin, Ernie; four brothers-in-law, and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. Pat was born on Oct. 9, 1941 in Iowa City the daughter of Eldean and Yvonne Fisher. She married Ronald J. Duffy on April 15, 1961, in Marion. Ron passed away in 2013. She later married Mike Votroubek on Dec. 3, 2016, at All Saints Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids. Pat worked at Rockwell Collins for several years and later at Souvenir Pen and Pencil for 10 years, retiring in 1995. She was a very active and faithful member of All Saints Catholic Church. She enjoyed shopping, crossword puzzles, fishing, animals and especially the time spent with her beloved family and many friends. Pat will forever be remembered as a loving and caring wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend whose memory will be cherished by all who knew and loved her. "The family would like to thank the staffs of Mercy Medical Center and Hospice of Mercy for the wonderful care given to Pat." A memorial fund has been established. Please leave a message or tribute to Pat's family on our web page, www.cedarmemorial.com under Obituaries.