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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Prestemon, Alta M.
Alta M. Prestemon, 81, of Waukon, died Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, at the Good Samaritan Center, Waukon. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Zion United Church of Christ, Waukon. Burial will be held in Oakland Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday at Martin Funeral Home, Waukon.
Survivors include her children, Sue (Dean) Engelhardt of Fairfax Station, Va., Dave (Gail) Prestemon of Waukon, Brian (Sonia) Prestemon of Plano, Texas, and Pamela (Craig) Setera of Rochester, Minn.
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