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Sunday, November 30, 2014
Terrance O'Loughlin
Age: 59
City: Independence
Funeral Date
10:30 a.m. Wednesday, 12/3, St. John's Catholic Church, Independence
Funeral Home
Reiff Funeral Home & Crematory, Independence
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Terrance O'Loughlin
TERRANCE O'LOUGHLIN
Independence
Terrance J. "Fuzzy" O'Loughlin, 59, of Winthrop, died Friday, Nov. 28, 2014, at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids.
Fuzzy was born April 12, 1955, in Independence, Iowa, the son of Joseph H. and Helen M. (Roth) O'Loughlin. He was a 1974 graduate of St. John's High School in Independence, and then became employed with the John Deere Co. in Waterloo. During layoffs from Deere, he drove truck for National Electric, and hobby-farmed in the Independence area.
He loved to hunt and fish and he especially enjoyed being with his family and friends.
Fuzzy is survived by a son, Terrance J. (T.J.) O'Loughlin, Ames; a grandson, Terrance A. O'Loughlin, and his fiancee, Becky Kline, of Independence; two sisters, Mary Kay (Ron) McNamara, Delhi, and Jean Ann (Wade) Crawford, Independence; and four brothers, John (Sam) O'Loughlin, Austin, Texas, Patrick (Dee) O'Loughlin, Independence, Gerald (Sue) O'Loughlin, Independence, and Thomas (fiancee, Katie) O'Loughlin, Winthrop.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Joseph and Timmy O'Loughlin.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, at St. John's Catholic Church, Independence, with the Rev. Don Plamondon officiating. Interment will be in St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Independence. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and 8 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at Reiff Funeral Home & Crematory in Independence, where a rosary will be recited at 3 p.m. and parish vigil service held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
For more information or to leave an online condolence, please go to www.reifffuneralhome.com under obituaries.

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