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Dixie Lee French
DIXIE LEE FRENCH
Cedar Rapids
Dixie Lee French, 88, of Cedar Rapids, died Friday, April 26, 2019, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy. Private family services on Tuesday
at the Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories. Burial
at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery.
She was born Jan. 4, 1931, in Cedar Rapids, the daughter of Rupert and Edna Johnson. She married Robert J. French on March 3, 1951, in Kahoka, Mo.
She is survived by her daughters, Cindy Conway of Katy, Texas, Paula Hayden and husband, Gary, of Norway and Michelle Holmes and husband, Bill, of Westcliffe, Colo.; two sons, Timothy of Ely and Michael and wife, Brenda of Shellsburg; 10 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert J. French; daughter, Trudy L. Haltof; sister, Joy Heitshusen; and son-in-law, Pat Conway.
Memorial donations may be made to Camp Courageous or a charity of the donor's choice.
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