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Allshouse, Mary
Mary Allshouse of Cedar Rapids, died Monday, July 12, 2010, at Crestview Acres. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Cedar Memorial Westside Chapel by the Rev. William Harnish. Interment: Mount Vernon Cemetery, Mount Vernon. A visitation will be held at the funeral home from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday and after 9 a.m. Thursday.
Survivors include husband, Gary; children, Debra (Steve) Hefflefinger and Jamie Luke, all of Cedar Rapids, Mike (Deb) Luke of Hiawatha, John (Marie) Luke of Central City, Tom Luke of Omaha, Neb., and Andy Luke of La Porte City; 15 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Priscella Warren of Weatherford, Texas.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents, Leland and Alma Nichols; and twin sister, Marilyn.
Mary was born April 3, 1933, in Cedar Rapids. She married Gary Allshouse in Mount Vernon on Dec. 1, 1973. Mary's passion was music and dancing. The also liked to fish, camp and walk.
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