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Marlene Janette Scadden
MARLENE JANETTE SCADDEN
Cedar Rapids
Marlene Janette Scadden, 76, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021, at Hiawatha Care Center in Hiawatha, Iowa. The family will greet friends and family from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 30, at Marion Methodist Church located at 5050 REC Dr., Marion, Iowa. Graveside services will be held at a later date at Memory Gardens Cemetery located at 2600 Muscatine Ave., Iowa City, Iowa. Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Marion, Iowa, is assisting the family.
Marlene was born on Aug. 28, 1945, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the daughter of Edwin and Leona (Ludviecek) Serbousek. She graduated from Center Point High School. On May 2, 1964, Marlene was united in marriage to Harold "Gene" Scadden Sr. at the Center Point United Methodist Church in Center Point, Iowa. She worked as a Lab Tech for Rockwell Collins for 28 years. Marlene was a member of Marion Methodist Church. She loved sewing and cooking. Marlene especially enjoyed playing hand-held video games. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.
Marlene is survived and by her two daughters, Tina (Nick) Clark of Cedar Rapids and Trudy (Larry) Grieff of Omaha, Neb.; son, Butch Scadden of Vinton, Iowa; nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brother, Irvin Serbousek of Walker, Iowa; and sister, Elaine Schultz of Atkins, Iowa.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and husband, Gene, on Aug. 29, 2021.
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