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Marian Hohensee
MARIAN HOHENSEE
Cedar Rapids
Marian Hohensee, 86, of Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, at Cottage Grove Place. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Bethany Lutheran Church, where a visitation will be held on Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. Visitation also will be held on Saturday after 9 a.m. at the church. Burial will follow at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Pastor Michael Erickson will officiate. Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Marian was born on a farm west of Guttenberg, Iowa, on April 19, 1931, the daughter of Albert and Martha (Backes) Rodenberg. She graduated from Guttenberg High School in 1948 and was employed by the former Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She retired from US West in Des Moines, Iowa, following 36 years of service. Marian married Williard F. Hohensee at Bethany Lutheran Church on Dec. 13, 1952, in Cedar Rapids.
Marian was preceded in death by her husband, Bill; her parents; her brother, Harold Rodenberg; and her sisters, Neva Crawford and Norma Butters.
She is survived by her sons, John (Beth) Hohensee of Cedar Rapids and Mark Hohensee of Collinsville, Okla.; five grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; a brother, Orville Rodenberg of Rochester, N.Y.; a sister-in-law, Helen Rodenberg of Cedar Rapids; and many nieces and nephews.
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Memorials may be directed to Bethany Lutheran Church or the charity of your choice.
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