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Collum, Elsie E.
Elsie A. Collum, 94, of Sunrise Hill Care Center in Traer, formerly of Belle Plaine, died Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, from complications of age. There will be no services at this time. Inurnment will be in Union Cemetery in Murray, Iowa, in the Spring of 2014.
There are no immediate survivors.
She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Mary Hala Konicek; brothers, Bill, Lester and Stanley; sisters, Albina Doupnik and Wilma Yukl; and three nephews, Ron Konicek, Bill Konicek Jr. and Theo Doupnik Jr.
Hrabak Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Published in The Gazette Nov. 20, 2013.
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