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Wright, Charlotte Bernice
Charlotte Bernice Wright, 74, passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2009, from Lymphoma Cancer. She was born in Washington Township, Buchanan County (now known as Independence) Sept. 3, 1934, to Mildred Babcock and Orville Wright. She was married in Santa Rosa, Calif., in 1952 to Everett Broessel, also from Iowa. They had three children, Neena Maddox of Helendale, Calif., Denise Amador of Beaverton, Ore., and a son, Noel Broessel of Wildomar, Calif. She had nine grandchildren, Tonya, Danny, John, Timothy, Ryan, Danielle, Dylan, Sean and Nicholas. She had two great grandchildren, Sylvia and James who was born the day after she passed, and a sister, Nadine McMurrin of Anamosa.
She was cremated; her ashes will stay with her daughter Denise in Oregon. Charlotte loved her friends and loved finding treasures in the little things in life. We will miss you Mom.
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