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Troyer, Arlene M.
Arlene M. Troyer, 87, of Kalona, died Friday, Oct. 25, 2013, at Mercy Iowa City in Iowa City following a battle with pulmonary fibrosis. A Celebration of Life will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, at Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church, rural Kalona, with Pastors Don Patterson and Steve Nelson officiating. Burial will follow in Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday, Oct. 28, from 2 to 4 and 5 to 7 p.m. at Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona.
A memorial fund has been established for the Coralville Fire Department, Kalona First Repsonders and Iowa City Hospice.
Survivors include her husband, Paul of Kalona; four children and their spouses, Gordon (Juanita) Troyer of Kalona, Maxine (Duane) Mast of Kalona, Kenny (Kate) Troyer of Solon and Debra (David) Stannard of Coralville; seven grandchildren, Andrea, Patrick, Christopher, Diane, Rob, Nicholas and Emily; three great-grandchildren, Collin, Noah and Ben; and two sisters, Dorothy Gingerich of Kalona and Wilma Knepp of Iowa City.
Peterseim Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
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Published Oct. 27, 2013, 2013
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