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Thursday, December 7, 2023
Margaret Ann “Maggie” (Svatoš) Curry
Age: 70
City: Muscatine
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Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service
Thursday, December 7, 2023
Margaret Ann “Maggie” (Svatoš) Curry
Margaret Ann “Maggie” (Svatoš) Curry
Muscatine
Margaret Ann “Maggie” (Svatoš) Curry, 70, of Muscatine, formerly of the Iowa City area, died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, after a courageous battle with an unexpected illness.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, at the St. Mary’s Auditorium in Oxford, Iowa (133 East Main Street) with burial taking place at the Oxford Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service (2720 Muscatine Avenue, Iowa City). In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Maggie’s name to the Island United Methodist Church at 2598 Stewart Road, Muscatine, IA 52761. For a complete obituary, to share a memory, thought or condolence with her family, please visit Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service website at www.gayandciha.com.
To honor Maggie’s memory, smile at someone you don’t know, and perform an act of kindness for a stranger. Maggie’s email signature typifies how she saw each person: “You are kind, you are smart, you are important.”

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