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Elizabeth Finnegan
ELIZABETH FINNEGAN
Iowa City
Elizabeth Ann Finnegan, 78, died peacefully at home on Thursday, June 11, 2015. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday, June 15, at St. Mary's Catholic Church with Father John Spiegel officiating. Burial will be at Oakland Cemetery. Visitation will be from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Monday at the church.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Iowa City Hospice or to St. Mary's Catholic Church.
Liz is survived by her husband, Michael Finnegan; daughters, Martha (Keith Slover) of Denver, Colo., Michele Finnegan (John Kuehnle) of Mechanicsville and Colleen Finnegan (Tim Kennel) of Iowa City; sons, Kevin Finnegan (Kathleen Duerksen) of Tucson, Ariz., Dennis Finnegan of Milwaukee, Wis., and Brian Finnegan of Chicago; and grandchildren, Ruth, Chase, Ryan, Ellen, Mathilde, Anna, Natasha, Molly, Simon and Sean; brothers, John Spies and Tom (Betty) Spies; and many in-laws, nieces and nephews.
Liz was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Ann Minell and husband Mario, Jane Johnston, Isabel Hart and husband Peter and Mary Sully and husband Louis; brothers, Charles Spies and Robert Spies; brothers-in-law, Tom Finnegan and wife Alice, Ken Finnegan, Jim Finnegan, Dan Finnegan and Duane Pitcher; and sisters-in-law, Jeanine Spies, Margie Finnegan, Doris Finnegan and Jane Finnegan.
Arrangements are with Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service where online condolences may be sent to www.lensing
funeral.com.
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