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Hoye, Josephine C.
Josephine C. Hoye, 102, of 116 Friendship St., Iowa City, died peacefully Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, at Mercy Hospice in Iowa City. Josephine chose to be cremated. No visitation will take place. Graveside services will be held this spring at St. Joseph Cemetery in Iowa City. Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service is handling arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Mercy Hospice in Iowa City.
Survivors include her children, Colletta Eisenhofer of Iowa City, Merle Hoye of Lafayette, Colo., Dolores Hoye of Iowa City, Marcelene Sillman (Larry) of Marion, Trudy Rocca of Rochester, Minn., and Bill Hoye of Iowa City; 22 grandchildren, 56 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Hoye Sr.; a son, Thomas Hoye Jr.; and a granddaughter, Joanne Baumback.
Josephine worked for nearly 40 years at the University of Iowa Laundry.
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