Hogan, Cleo I. (Harrenstein) O'Keefe

Cleo I. (Harrenstein) O'Keefe Hogan, 93, died Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011, at St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Funeral: 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, Cedar Rapids. Visitation one hour before the service Thursday. Burial: Mount Calvary Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.

Survivors include her children, Dennis John O'Keefe of Lancaster, Calif., and Denise Ulfers of Davenport; and five grandchildren.

Cleo was born Aug. 11, 1918, in Greene, Iowa, the daughter of Omke and Minnie (Ascher) Harrenstein. She graduated in 1936, from Green Public School and then from St. Luke's School of Nursing in 1939. Cleo married John J. O'Keefe in 1942, he died in 1965. In 1972, she married Walter F. Hogan, he died in 1999. Cleo worked as a school nurse from 1950 to 1975 for the Cedar Rapids Community Schools, then moved to Arizona where she continued her career, until retiring in 1986.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two husbands, a brother and sisters.

Memorials may be directed to the donor's choice.

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Published in The Gazette Nov. 8, 2011.