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Kleese, Karen J.
Karen J. Kleese, 70, of Washington, died Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009, at the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City following a sudden illness.
Celebration of life services will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday at the United Presbyterian Church with Rev. Kitch Shatzer officiating. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Sunday at the Jones-Eden Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 2 to
5 p.m. Sunday. Interment will take place at the Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. Memorials have been established for the United Presbyterian Church in Washington or the Central Park Senior Center. Online condolences may be sent to Karen's family through the Web at .
Karen is survived by daughter Lori Miller and husband Sheldon of Wayland; daughter Karla Tjelmeland and husband Kreg of Ely; son Philip Kleese of Washington; daughter Nanci Hosick and husband Neil of Sharon, Penn.; ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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