Maurine Smola

MAURINE MARTHA SMOLA

Central City

Maurine Martha Smola, 94, passed away Monday, April 11, 2016, at Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Memorial service: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 14, at United Church of Christ, Central City. Burial will follow at Mount Clark Cemetery, Central City. The family will greet friends during a luncheon at the church following burial. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Central City.

Maurine is survived by her brother, James (Del) Kirkpatrick of Arizona; children, Steve (Louise) Smola of Central City and Dennis (Jaynne) Smola of Dyersville; grandchildren, Jackie Smola of Shawnee, Kan., and Stan Smola of Marengo; great-grandchildren, Katy and Liz Ortgies; step-grandchildren, Tammy Ryan, Tracy (Yvonne) Ryan, Aaron (Julie) Weldin, Jamie (Jamie) Weldin and Kristin Weldin; and stepgreat-grandchildren, Travis Ryan, Stevie and Taryn Ryan, Emma Weldin, twins, Lilly and Dayton Weldin and Sophia, Elliot and Ian Loso.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Carroll; twin sister, Maude Juilfs; brothers, Robert, William, Rollin, Kenneth and Glen Kirkpatrick; twins, Chester and Cecil; and sister, Clara.

Maurine was born Aug. 6, 1921, in Tipton, Iowa, the daughter of Howard and Florence (Wilkerson) Kirkpatrick. In 1940, she graduated from Tipton High School. Maurine married Carroll H. Smola on Jan. 25, 1941, in Tipton. She was a farm housewife near Onslow and then near Central City until 1996. Maurine was the first to move in at Three Oaks Center in Central City. She was a member of Central City United Church of Christ, Worthy Matron of Linn Chapter Order of Eastern Star and served two terms on the Central City Community School District board.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Maurine's memory to a favorite charity of the donor's choice.

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