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Friday, January 16, 2015
Leona Krezek
Age: 87
City: Clutier
Funeral Date
10:30 a.m. Tuesday, 1/20, St. Paul Catholic Church, Traer
Funeral Home
Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home, Tama
Friday, January 16, 2015
Leona Krezek
LEONA KREZEK
Clutier
Leona Mae Krezek, 87, of Clutier, passed away Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Tuesday, Jan. 20, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul Catholic Church in Traer, with Father Ray Atwood as celebrant. Interment will follow at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery, rural Clutier. Visitation will be Monday, Jan. 19, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the church in Traer, with a vigil service and rosary at 7 p.m.
Survivors include her husband, Vernon, of 67 years; two daughters, Joleen (Mark) McCrary of Traer and Judy (Steve) Hook of Le Grand; one son, Randy (Judy) Krezek of Clutier; five grandchildren, Tami (Tim) Kruse, Todd McCrary, Ryan (Carrie) Hook, Jacey (Jason) Fischer and Jillisa (Chad) Halverson; 10 great- grandchildren; six sisters, Dorothy Adam of Clutier, Helen Zmolek of Traer, Albina Krizek of Waterloo, Martha Untiedt of Clutier and Maxine Yanda and Betty Krezek, both of Traer; and two brothers, Clarence (Sharon) Yuska of Toledo and Ronald (Ruth) Yuska of Tama.