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Mead, Neva V.
Neva V. Mead, 97, of Center Junction, died Sunday morning, Sept. 2, 2012, at Anamosa Care Center, Anamosa. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, at Lahey Funeral Home in Wyoming, with Shepherd Karmen Jamison officiating. Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at North Madison Pioneer Cemetery, Center Junction.
Neva V. Huffman was born Oct. 27, 1914, in Rossville, Iowa, to Lee and Gladys (Leas) Huffman. On Dec. 28, 1931, she married James “Joe” Mead. He died June 26, 1983.
She is survived by her daughter, Myrna (Roger) Eggers of Bull Shoals, Ark.; a son, Donovan “Mike” (Judy) Mead of Center Junction; son-in-law, Charles Foster of Diamond Head, Miss.; nine grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; sisters, June Serbousek of Anamosa and Shirley Straate of Waukon;
and a brother, Francis Huffman of Marion.
She was preceded in death by her husband; daughter, Beverly; parents; brother; two sisters and brothers-in-law.
Published Sept. 3, 2012 in The Gazette
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