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Mary Hogan
MARY HOGAN
Cedar Rapids
Mary Hogan, 56, of Cedar Rapids, passed away Sunday, April 18, 2021, at St. Luke's Hospice following a long battle with ovarian cancer. Celebration of Life: 4 p.m. Saturday, April 24, at Shores Event Center, 700 16th St. NE, Suite L100, Cedar Rapids, by Celebrant, Dawn Stephens. Gathering of Family and Friends: 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Shores Event Center. Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services is caring for Mary and her family. Friends and extended family are invited to watch the service via webcast. Please find the link to the webcast and share your support and memories with Mary's family on her tribute wall at www.stewartbaxter.com under obituaries.
Survivors include her husband, Christopher; children, Keegan Alexander Strunk and Winona Quinn BuffaloShoulders; granddaughter, Samyah Brielle Taylor; mother, Madonna Taylor; siblings, Anne (Ray) Schmidt, John (Karlene) Taylor and Joe (Daveeta) Taylor; her "adopted daughter," Danielle Antoinette Tiegen; longtime friends, Carla Russell-Behrens and Janette Payton; many extended family members; and many other close friends and colleagues.
Mary Jean Taylor was born Aug. 29, 1964, to John "Jack" and Madonna (Zubrod) Taylor in Cedar Rapids. She graduated from Marion High School in 1982, then attended Fort Peck Community College in Poplar, Mont., graduating with her degree. Mary worked as a cake decorator for nearly 20 years at Hy-Vee's Johnson Avenue, Collins Road and Marion locations. She met Chris Hogan at work, and they were married Oct. 16, 2014, in Cedar Rapids.
Mary was a beautifully artistic woman who enjoyed painting and drawing, writing poetry, and even had a beautiful singing voice. She enjoyed being outside and going for nature walks, especially the Sac & Fox Trail with Chris. They would go on many dates including movies and hockey games. She was close with her mom, and would visit often. Mary treasured her children. She was incredibly close with her daughter and bestie, Winona. They enjoyed visiting Perkins or Oscar's for a fun lunch date, traveling to Wisconsin to visit Keegan, where they would eat together and visit the bluffs, and simply being together. She will be missed by everyone who loves her.
She was preceded in death by her father; and infant son, Anthony Mitchell Strunk.
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