Wittman, Mabel Y.

Mabel Y. Wittman, 92, of Keota, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, May 23, 2012, at Maplewood Manor, Keota. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 26, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Cedar Rapids, conducted by the Rev. Roger McKinstry. Family will greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Mabel was born May 11, 1920, in Edgewood, Iowa, to Oley Burr and Bertha Sarah (Fishel) Sprague. On Sept. 15, 1939, she married Carroll W. Wittman in Elkader, Iowa. She worked for the Hingtgens Strossmen and the Murdoch families. Mabel enjoyed camping, fishing, doing her needle work and walking her dog, Chad.

Survivors include her daughters, Corrine “Kay” Sutton of Marion, and Phyllis Wright of Keota; grandchildren, Scott (Dawn) Sutton, Sheryl (Scott) Dolley, Bradley Wright (partner Eric Felty), Brian (Crystal) Wright and Paula Wright,; and great-grandchildren, Erica (Chet) Cave, Leah (Trevor) Hayes, Taylor Wright, Erin Wright and Ellen Wright. Justin Dolley, Alizabeth Sutton and Alex Sutton; two great-great-grandchildren, Porter and Hadley Cave.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Oley and Bertha; brothers, Charles, Claude and Eldred Sprague; sisters, Irma Malone and Bernice Fry; sons-in-law, Ron Sutton and Roger “Pete” Wright; and great-grandchild, Julian Vernon Dolley.

A memorial fund has been established at the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation or Alzheimer's Association in memory of Mabel.

Please sign the online guest book for Mabel at under obituaries.

Published in The Gazette May 25, 2012.