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Todd Craven
TODD ALAN CRAVEN
Cedar Rapids
Todd Alan Craven, 47,
of Boone, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died Thursday,
April 26, 2018, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. No services will be held.
Survivors include his brothers, Jeremy (Eileen) Couser of Florida and Shane (Ann) Kramer of Iowa; sisters, Sarah Blough of Nebraska, Erin Craven of Iowa and Kelly (Stu) Anderson of Iowa; parents, Kathy (Mike) Couser of Cedar Rapids and Gary (Janet) Craven of Boone; his favorite niece, Phoebe Couser; favorite nephew, Nile Couser; and his cat, Buddy
He was preceded in death by maternal grandparents, Anna and Jerry Hasek; and paternal grandparents, Francine Wasik and Charles H. Craven Jr.
Todd was born July 5, 1970, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He attended Cedar Rapids schools until the age of 14, graduating from Fairfield High School in 1988. He then enlisted in the U.S. Navy and worked as a helicopter mechanic. Todd served in the military for three years. Todd then worked as a warehouse specialist for Adidas in Cedar Rapids.
Todd was a diehard fan of the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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