CESSNA, Kris A. 1959-2011

CESSNA, BUCKRIDGE, SMITH, BETTIS

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 11/5/2011 at 13:57:09

[Waterloo Courier, Friday, September 16, 2011]

WATERLOO - Kris A. Cessna, 51, of Hiawatha, formerly of Waterloo, died Tuesday, Sept. 13, at Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha.

She was born Dec. 18, 1959, in Waterloo, daughter of Clair and Amy Buckridge Smith. She married John R. Cessna on Aug. 10, 1985.

She graduated from Waterloo West High School in 1978 and received a degree in cosmetology from American Academy of Beauty in Des Moines. She was a cosmetologist at Rogers in Waterloo and taught at Capri Cosmetology College. She was then employed at Von Maur at Westdale Mall, was an attendance secretary at Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School and was an administrative secretary at Garfield Elementary.

Survived by her husband; a son, Michael of Hiawatha; her mother; three brothers, Frederick Smith of Park Ridge, N.J., Neil Smith of Seattle and Gary Smith of Waterloo; and two sisters, Kathy (Lloyd) Bettis of Chicago and Carolyn Smith of Waterloo.

Preceded in death by her father.

Services: 11 a.m. Monday at South Church of the Brethren, Waterloo, with burial in Fairview Cemetery, Cedar Falls. Public visitation from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Richardson Funeral Home, Cedar Falls, and also for an hour before services Monday at the church.

Memorials may be directed to Garfield Elementary School, Cedar Rapids Kennedy "Happiness" Show Choir or the American Cancer Society.

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