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Edith I. McCleary French
May 9, 1914–June 9, 1996
Edith I. French, 82, of 455 31st St. died Sunday June 9, 1996 in St. Lukes Hospital, Cedar Rapids, after a long illness. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories, Cedar Rapids. Burial: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Cedar Memorial Funeral Home and after 10 a.m. Wednesday at the chapel.
Survivors include a sister, Mabel French of Marion.
Also surviving are a sister-in-law, Nellie McCleary of Springville; and several nices and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; a brother, Raymond; and a sister, Gladys.
Edith was born May 9, 1914 in Anamosa, the daughter of William and Mary Moyer McCleary. She married Dwain E. French on Nov. 28 1935, at the Little Brown Church, Nashua. He died in 1958. Edith was a member of the Marion Christian Church and worked at Colins Radion as a technical clerk for several years.
Memorials may be given to Marion Christian Church.

Submitted by: J. J. Lash

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