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Mary Possehl
MARY POSSEHL
Williamsburg
Mary Celesta Possehl passed away Thursday, May 4, 2017, at Highland Ridge Care Center in Williamsburg at the age of 98 years.
She is survived by a son, James (Mary) Possehl of Williamsburg; a daughter, Doris Kenney of Cedar Rapids; a daughter-in-law, Marilyn Possehl of Williamsburg; and numerous grandchildren, great- grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband in 1990; son, Dean, in 2011; a great-great-grandson; a son-in-law, Gary Kenney; and seven brothers, Edward, Vincent, Joseph, Urban, Francis, James and Paul McMann.
Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 9, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Williamsburg. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery in Marengo. Visitation will be Monday from 4 to 7 p.m. at Powell Funeral Home in Williamsburg, where there will be a prayer service at 4 p.m.
Memorials are for St. Mary's Altar and Rosary Society or Highland Ridge Activity Fund.
Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com.
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