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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Duensing, Rosalyn
Rosalyn Duensing, 82, of Washington, died Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, at her home following a brief illness. Celebration of life services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington, with the Rev. Kitch Shatzer officiating. Visitation will begin at noon Tuesday at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Interment will take place at Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington.
She is survived by her sons, Thomas Duensing and wife Neta of Denver, Colo., and David Duensing of East Pleasant Plain, Iowa; daughters, Diana Duensing of Wheatland, Wyo., and Nancy Wolfe of Washington; seven grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Memorials have been established for Lending Hands of Washington.
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