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Sharon Pitcher
SHARON PITCHER
Cedar Rapids
Sharon Kay Pitcher, 72, of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, April 9, 2014, at Heritage Nursing & Rehab Center, Cedar Rapids. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 12, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Tim Carter. The family will receive friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, April 11, at the funeral home. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include her daughter, Dawn Heald, Cedar Rapids; grandchildren, Taylor, Alex, Karsyn and Spencer; and siblings, Lou Wallerich, Cedar Rapids, Jerry Hoadley, Humans-ville, Mo., and Judy Porter, Ottumwa. Also surviving are many other loving family members and friends.
Sharon was preceded in death by her husband, parents and sister, Joyce.
Sharon was born Jan. 5, 1942, in Blairstown, Iowa, the daughter of Newell and Mildred (Brown) Hoadley. In May 1968, she was united in marriage to Duane Pitcher. He died in 1993.
She was a longtime employee of Rockwell Collins, retiring in 2002. Sharon was a member of First Church of the Nazarene.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Sharon's memory to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Eastern Iowa Chapter, 1026 A Ave. NE, Box 3026, Cedar Rapids, IA 52406.
Please sign the online guest book for Sharon at www.murdochfuneral home.com under obituaries.
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