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Nye, Carmen C.
Carmen C. Nye, 88, of Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009, in St. Luke's Hospital, following an extended illness. Funeral mass: 10 a.m. Saturday, St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Phil Thompson. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include her daughter, Marilen (Duane) Skidmore; three grandchildren, John (Lillian) Skidmore, Joseph Skidmore and Maria Victoria Reyes Cuerva; and three sisters, Luisa, Pilar and Isabel.
She was preceded in death by her son, Louie Reyes Cuerva; her first husband, Francisco Reyes Cuerva; her second husband, Douglas Nye; two sisters, Victoria and Christina; and two brothers, Jose and Manuel.
Carmen was born Oct. 22, 1920, the daughter of Jose Maria Castro Palomino y Ponce de Leon and Maria Cristina Arce in Rosario, LaUnion, Philippines. Carmen worked at Chick-fil-A restaurant until 2002.
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