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Marian Ciha
MARIAN L. CIHA
Solon
Marian L. Ciha, 89, of Solon, formerly of Coralville, died Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, at Solon Nursing and Care Center.
Memorial services will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City, where there will be a time of visitation from 4 p.m. until service.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made in Marian's memory to the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation or the Junior Diabetes Research Fund of Eastern Iowa.
To share a memory, thought or condolence with her family, please go to the funeral home website at www.gayandciha.com.
Marian Louise Woy was born in Butler, Pa., on Mother's Day, May 8, 1927, to Nellie Roberts Woy Sullivan and Ernest Woy. She graduated from South Hills High School in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1945 and from Shadyside Hospital School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, in 1948. She attended the University of Pittsburgh.
During the Korean conflict, Marian was a LTJG in the Navy Nurse Corps. She married David W. Ciha and they moved to Iowa, where they later divorced. They had five children. Over a period of 50 years, Marian worked as a registered nurse at Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh; Atlantic City General Hospital, New Jersey; County Hospital, San Diego; and Mercy Hospital and VA Medical Center, both in Iowa City. She worked at University of Iowa Hospitals Department of Developmental Disabilities for 27 years until her retirement in 1987.
Marian was an avid reader and loved classical music, especially opera.
Marian's family includes her children, Karen Ciha, Solon; Diane (Michael) Thomsen, Cedar Rapids; David J. (Laura) Ciha, San Diego; Dan (Colette Soults) Ciha, Coralville; and Bill (Wendy Rasmussen) Ciha, Iowa City; grandchildren, Danielle Ciha, Carly (Alan) McMannus, Adam (Lisa) Ciha, Mackenzie (Marcus) Hootman, Megan Ciha, Jake (Kelly) Thomsen, Emily Ciha, Elec Ciha-Soults; James Patton, Andrew Patton, Thomas Patton and Joseph Patton; and eight great-grandchildren, Macale, Bryer and Emersyn Hootman, Colt and Madison Thomsen, Samuel and Margaret McMannus and Mia Ciha.
She was preceded in death by her sister, Sally Woy; and her parents, Nellie and Daniel Sullivan and Ernest Woy.
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