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Levasseur, Odessa Mae
Odessa Mae Levasseur, 86, of Cedar Rapids, died Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha. Funeral Service: 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 2, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Survivors include her son, Timothy (Sheila) Levasseur; a grandson, Michael; and siblings, Ruby Goodall and Mary LaBarge, both of Cedar Rapids, Abbie Pike of Marion, and Betty Clifton of Des Moines.
She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; and siblings, Ruth Goodall, Ellen Miller, Grace Long and Howard, Scott, Jess and Phillip Hawley.
Odessa was born Feb. 23, 1925, in Lisbon, Iowa, the daughter of George and Esther (Coay) Hawley. On Aug. 5, 1951, Odessa was united in marriage to Melvin Levasseur in Cedar Rapids. He died September 1967, in Alburnett.
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Published in The Gazette Nov. 30, 2011.
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