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Esther Lancaster
ESTHER MAE (BOYER) LANCASTER
Cedar Rapids
Esther Mae (Boyer) Lancaster of Mesa, Ariz., passed away Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016.
She was born in Van Buren County, Iowa. She also lived in Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Marion, Iowa, and worked at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids for 28 years. She married Ray Lancaster in May 1958.
In addition to Ray, Esther is survived by two sons, Jerry (Cleremont, Ga.) and Dennis (Mesa); one daughter, Kathy Lockhart (Mesa); six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be held
at 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, at Bunker's University Chapel, 3529 E. University Dr., Mesa.
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