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Carolyn Berry
CAROLYN RUTH BERRY
Key Colony Beach, Fla.
Carolyn Ruth Berry, 79, of Key Colony Beach, Fla., formerly of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away Thursday, April 19, 2018, at St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Service: 10 a.m. Monday, April 23, 2018, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, April 22, 2018, The Legacy Center at Murdoch-Linwood. Burial: Cedar Memorial Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Carolyn was born April 21, 1938, in Traer, Iowa, the daughter of Bruce and Pearl (Jacobson) Butts. On Aug. 20, 1955, Carolyn was united in marriage to Robert "Bob" Earl Berry in Vinton, Iowa. She was a homemaker, raising three daughters. She was a member of the Girl Scouts of America and the Red Hat Society.
Carolyn is survived by her husband, Bob Berry; daughters, Becky Eden of Marion, Bonnye Miller of Clarksville, Tenn., and Brenda (Rick) Keel of Cocoa Beach, Fla.; grandchildren, Nicole (Matt) Lepic and children Tiffany Primmer, Thomas, Landon and Austin Lepic, Daniel (Shannon) Myers and children Reef, Coen, Haven and Bair, Lindsye Lynch and children Maddox and Mason, Britnye (Craig) Bucholz and children Zander, Alex and Henley, Andrew (Katie) Keel and daughter Aria, Austin (Laura) Keel and Alexander; siblings, David (Sheila) Butts, Joann (Jim) Goodell and Diana Weekley; and Bailey, her "puppy."
She was preceded in death by her parents, Bruce and Pearl Butts; and brother, Donald Butts.
Memorials may be directed to the family for a fund to be established.
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