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Monday, May 19, 2014
LaMar, Denise Lynn
Denise Lynn LaMar, 48, of Coggon, passed away Tuesday, April 9, 2013, at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. Memorial services will be held at Zion Presbyterian Church in Coggon at a later date.
Surviving are her children, Krystal Harbin of Clarinda, Robin Black and her fiancee, Todd Larson, of New Market, and Alan and his wife, Shelley LaMar, of Rock Island, Ill.; her mother, Joyce Rogers of Coggon; her brother, Christopher Rogers of Cedar Rapids; her sisters, Debra Sterling of Cedar Rapids, Donna Geisler of Commerce City, Colo., and Dee Wilson of Shenandoah; her grandchildren, Alissa, Gabriel, Brandon, Cameran and Jaxon; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her father, Wayne Rogers; and her ex-partner, Frank “Joe” VanMeter.
Denise Lynn Rogers was born Aug. 3, 1964, in Cedar Rapids, to Wayne and Joyce Bruce Rogers. She was a member of Zion Presbyterian Church in Coggon, and enjoyed arts and crafts, scrapbooking, and reading.
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Published April 13, 2013 in The Gazette