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Mary Conrad
MARY L. CONRAD
Cedar Rapids
Mary L. Conrad, 84, of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Hiawatha, died at home on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. Funeral Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday, March 12, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, Hiawatha, by Father Mark Ressler. The family will greet friends one hour before the service. Mary donated her body to the University of Iowa Department of Anatomy.
Survivors include a son, Peter C. Conrad; five daughters, Anne Conrad Duffy, Nicolette J. (Rocky) Woods, Mary Kathleen "Kayt" (Donald Klingenberger) Conrad, Martina C. (Larry Price) Conrad and Aimee J. (Ronald Dubreuil) Conrad; brothers, Charles (Mary) McEowen and Gerald (Sandy) McEowen; sister, Patricia McEowen; sisters-in-law, Mary T. Conrad and Marcia McEowen; four grandchildren, Nicholas (Megan) Duffy, Brenna (A.J.) Young, Sophia Klingenberger and LiZhong Dubreuil; five great-grandchildren, Alec, Aubree, Bryce, Logan and Crosby; and many nieces and nephews.
Mary was born May 16, 1931, in Cosgrove, Iowa. She graduated from Mount Mercy Teachers College and Kirkwood Community College. On July 24, 1954, she married Cletus J. Conrad at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids. Mary was a teacher in area elementary schools.
She was a charter member of St. Pius Catholic Church, where she served on the school board, and was a charter member of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, where she was an active volunteer. Mary also was a former member of the Hiawatha Planning & Zoning Commission.
Mary will be remembered by her children and grandchildren as their greatest cheerleader.
She will be greatly missed.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Cletus; brother, Martin McEowen; and granddaughter, Sarah Anne Woods.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Cletus and Mary Conrad Memorial Endowed Scholarship through Kirkwood Community College Foundation, 6301 Kirkwood Blvd. SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52406.
The family extends a special thank-you to Home Choice and Hospice of Mercy for their compassionate care.
Please share your support and memories with Mary's family on her tribute wall at www.stewartbaxter.com under obituaries.
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