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Rose Krabbenhoeft
ROSE MARIE KRABBENHOEFT
Cedar Rapids
Rose Marie Krabbenhoeft, 78, passed away Jan. 22, 2015, at Living Center West. Per Rose's wishes, there will be no visitation or service. Burial will be at a later
date.
Rose was born in Tripp, S.D., on June 18, 1936, to Michael and Selma (Nelson) Shanahan. Rose moved to Calmar, Iowa, at a young age. Her father worked for the Milwaukee Railroad. He was a station agent there. She attended schools in Calmar and graduated from Calmar High School in 1954.
Rose worked for Northwestern Bell Telephone Co., retiring in 1979. She married Donald Thayer in 1957. They later divorced in 1975. She married Julius Krabbenhoeft in 1979.
She was a member of St. Pius X Catholic Church and Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post 788.
She is survived by her husband, Julius; daughters, Katherine (Theron) Hicks of Jackson, Mich., Theresa (Joseph) Rice Gould of Murray, Ky., and Linda (James) Gude of Sheldon; son, Michael Thayer of Coralville; three stepchildren, Julie (Theodore Wham) Krabbenhoeft of Seattle, Wash., Carol Krabbenhoeft of Chico, Calif., and Dale Krabbenhoeft of Marion; and six grandchildren, Elizabeth Hicks, Rosa Gude, Madaline Gude, Daniel Thayer, Drew Thayer and John Thayer.
Rose was preceded in death by her parents; her sisters, Mary Jean Dickson and Kathleen Parkhill; and her brothers, Michael and Joseph Shanahan.
Online condolences may be directed to the family at www.cedarmemorial.com under Obituaries.
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