Koeppen, Eunice E.

Eunice E. Koeppen, 83, of Marion, went to be with the Lord Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, at Linn Manor Care Center in Marion. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27, at Faith Lutheran Church, Marion. The family will greet friends between 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Burial: 2 p.m. at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Marion.

Survivors include her husband, Delbert “Toby” Koeppen; three sons, Eric (Cathy) Koeppen of Marion, Noel (Ann) Koeppen of Marion and James (Kristin) Koeppen of Cedar Rapids; nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a brother, Charles (Norma) Butters of Flower Mound, Texas; and special friend, Sharon Grundy.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and brother, “Pete” Leland Butters.

Eunice was born Nov. 25, 1928, in Colesburg, Iowa, the daughter of Roy and Jesse (Barnhart) Butters. She graduated from Guttenburg High School in 1946 and went on to attend Wartburg College. She married Delbert Koeppen on Sept. 8, 1951, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Guttenburg. Eunice was a teacher for Keystone, Iowa, Tillamonk, Ore., and Marion schools and worked for Smulekoff's for 25 years.

She was a member of a bridge club and a charter member of Faith Lutheran Church in Marion.

Special thank you to Mercy Hospice for the love and care they provided Eunice.

Memorials in Eunices's honor may be directed to Faith Lutheran Church at: 155 Boyson Rd., Marion, IA 52302.

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