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Sheryl 'Sheri' Burmahl
SHERYL "SHERI" E. BURMAHL
Marion
Sheryl "Sheri" E. Burmahl, 71, of Marion, Iowa, passed away on July 2, 2018, at Springfield Cox South Hospital in Springfield, Mo.
A Celebration of Life will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Marion. Private family burial will take place at Forest Chapel Hill Cemetery, Morley.
Sheri was born Dec. 29, 1946, in Anamosa, Iowa, the daughter of Delbert and Wilma (Blanchard) Mayberry. She graduated from Midland High School in 1965 and, in 1967, Sheri married George Burmahl at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. They later divorced. She was employed at Clinton Engineers, Bear River Tiling, Corflex and Walmart, and was a waitress and bartender at the Main Street Inn and Tango. Sheri played in the country western bands of Jerry's Combiners and Ray and the Westerners.
She is survived by her son, Chad Burmahl of Marion; siblings, Jim Mayberry of Cedar Rapids, Rick Mayberry of Olin and Wanda Blankenship of Cedar Rapids; nieces, Cyndy J. Davidson of Parker, Colo., Angie Bertch of Cedar Rapids, Pamela Mayberry and Dena Bercher of Marion and Tracy Cousins of Olin; and nephews, Brent Mayberry of Olin, Kirk Mayberry of Olin and Brandon Blankenship of Cedar Rapids.
Sheri was preceded in death by her parents, Delbert and Wilma Mayberry; brothers, Bobby Mayberry and Jerry Mayberry; and sister, Sandy Davidson.
Please share a memory of Sheri at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
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