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Carol Joy Brown
Carol Joy Brown
Cedar Rapids
Carol Joy Brown, 91, died Sunday, October 20, 2024, at The Woodlands of Meth-Wick. Services will be at 3:00 p.m. Friday, October 25, 2024, at the Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories with Chaplin Rick Sparks officiating. Visitation will take place before the service and will be held from 1 — 2:30 p.m. at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home.
Carol was born December 23, 1932, to Albert and Bertha (Adams) Kleist in Waterloo, Iowa. She married Armond “Spike” Brown on February 14,1953. She earned her bachelor’s degree in education from Mount Mercy College in 1971 and taught elementary for 20 years at Wilkins, Linn Mar District, Marion, Iowa. She truly loved her students and would go above and beyond for them.
Carol's faith was extraordinary, being a long-time member of Kenwood Park United Methodist Church.
She enjoyed bible studies, bridge and scrabble.
She is survived by three daughters, Barbara Norris-McDonald of Hutto, Texas, Pamela (Wes) Landon of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Debora (William) Lake of Brooksville, Florida; sister, Janet Adams of Wheat Ridge, Colorado; six grandchildren, eleven great=grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Kenwood Park United Methodist Church or Meth-Wick Community.
Online condolences may be directed to the family at www.cedarmemorial.com under Obituaries.
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