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DeSotel, Susan M.
Susan M. DeSotel, 51, of 1818 Washington Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, died Monday, August 2, 2010, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics from injuries suffered in a bicycle accident July 29, 2010. Funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Pius X Catholic Church. Father Phil Thompson will officiate. Burial in Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home.
Survivors include three children, Brandon (Heather) DeSotel of Hiawatha, Michaela (Mike) Gunsaulus of Newton, and Reid (Stephanie) DeSotel of Cedar Rapids; her parents, Kenneth and Marlene Millsap of Cedar Rapids; two sisters, Karol (Barry) Boyd of Lake Dallas, Texas, and Mary (John) Klein of Sykesville, Md.; two brothers, Mark (Cheryl) Millsap of Olathe, Kan., and Kent (Ana) Millsap of Cedar Rapids; and two grandchildren, Abagail DeSotel and Madden Gunsaulus.
Susan was born Dec. 4, 1958, in Cedar Rapids, to Kenneth and Marlene (Cahalan) Millsap. She was employed by Quintrex Data Systems for 22 years as a quality assurance specialist. She was a member of the Hawkeye Bicycle Association.
A memorial fund has been established.
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