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Akin, Grace W.
Grace W. Akin, 96, of Waterloo, died Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. Services: Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1301 Kimball Ave., Waterloo, on Saturday at 10:30 a.m., with burial following at the Waterloo Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation: Parrott & Wood Chapel of Memories on Friday from 4 to 7 p.m.
Grace was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a great-grandson, Jason, in infancy; a sister, Gladys Verly and brothers, Richard Stark and William Stark.
She is survived by two sons, E. Thomas (Mary) Akin of Cedar Rapids and Philip D. (Claudia) Akin of Waterloo; two daughters, Marilyn J. (John) Orth of Greeley, Colo. and Kathie Jo Jackson of Frederick, Colo.; 11 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren and two sisters, Marjorie Fritzel of Wellsburg and Evelyn Heltibridle of Waterloo.
Memorial contributions may be directed to the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Waterloo.
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