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Balhorn, Dean W.
Dean W. Balhorn, 88, formerly of Keystone and Cedar Rapids, died peacefully in his home July 26, 2009, in Auburn Hills, Mich., after a lingering illness of colon cancer.
Memorial Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel in Keystone with Rev. Jena Manchester officiating, followed by Committal Services at the Keystone Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Gayle; a son, Randy of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., and his wife, Patti, and their daughters, Dawn, Gina and Nicole; his daughter, Linda, also of Auburn Hills, Mich.; and his brother, Richard of Sequim, Wash.
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