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Sherry Haferbecker
SHERRY HAFERBECKER
Cedar Rapids
Sherry Marie Higgins Haferbecker, 44, died Feb. 24, 2015, at her residence in Cedar Rapids. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. Sixth St., Vinton, with the Rev. Walt Grimes officiating. Interment will be held at Evergreen Cemetery in Vinton. Public visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Phillips Family Center, 605 Second Ave., Vinton.
A memorial fund has been established.
Sherry was born June 7, 1970, to George and Doreen (Campbell) Higgins and was raised in Vinton by her grandmother, Maurine Campbell. She graduated from Vinton's Washington High School where she played in the school band.
Sherry was the head custodian at Prairie Hill Elementary School in Cedar Rapids. She truly enjoyed her special duties as the handler of "Primos" the therapy dog provided to the school through CARE.
Sherry is survived by her daughters, Katie Ann Maurine Friedhoff of Coralville and Allison Patricia Friedhoff of Oxford; and her brothers, Tony, Lloyd, Joel and Jeff Higgins.
Her grandparents preceded her in death.
Condolences may be left at www.phillips
funeralhomes.com.
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