Nagle, Jessie Lynn

Jessie Lynn Nagle, 84, of Cedar Rapids, died Monday, Feb. 15, 2010, at Faith Lutheran Home in Osage, Iowa. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories, Cedar Rapids. There will be no visitation. Friends may call after 10 a.m. at the chapel. Inurnment will be in the Rotunda at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories.

Survivors include a son, John D. Nagle and wife Jean of Eden Prairie, Minn.; daughter, Cynthia L. Youngblut and husband Tom of Osage; one granddaughter, Tiffany Lynn Nagle of Minneapolis, Minn.; and three grandsons, Bradley Thomas Youngblut wife Emily and son Will of Ankeny, Michael John Youngblut and wife Erin of Dubuque, and Toby John Booth of Winterhaven, Fla.

She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters; brothers; husband, John' and daughter, Carmela.

She was born June 26, 1925, to Luther Wesley and Woodie (Rothwell) McQuerry. She graduated from Williamsburg High School and the Cedar Rapids Business College. She was united in marriage to John Edward Nagle on May 22, 1948, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. He died in December 1987. She helped her husband in his insurance claim adjustment business, Nagle Adjustment Service, until his retirement in 1983. She did lifelong secretarial work, the most recent of which was at the firm of Simmons, Perrine, Albright and Ellwood for 20 years, as personal secretary to Justin W. Albright, now deceased.

Her extracurricular activities included swimming, bowling, graphology (handwriting analysis) and astrology. She was a certified water safety instructor and taught mentally challenged children. She also was an active member of the Aquarelles synchronized swim team for 20 years. The team was inducted into the Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in 1969. She taught astrology in the evening adult classes at Kirkwood for 28 years, retiring in the year 2000. She was an accredited member of the American Federation of Astrologers, having passed the Board Exam on both the Teacher and Professional levels. She presented several seminars and workshops at International Astrology Conventions and also gave many local lectures to club groups, with guest appearances on television and radio. She was guest lecturer twice on the cruise ship Norway in the Caribbean. She conducted a series of mini-lessons on television, called “The Astrologer's Corner,” and wrote a weekly column for newspapers. She touched the lives of many people.

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