VAVRA, Anna "Mary" 1915-2011

VAVRA, LAKIN, PETERSON, DYE, CARR, SHIFFLETT

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 11/17/2011 at 22:42:52

[Waterloo Courier, Wednesday, October 5, 2011]

CEDAR FALLS - Mary Vavra, 96, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, Oct. 3, at Windmill Manor, Coralville.

She was born Feb. 5, 1915, in Bendena, Kan., daughter of Marion R. and Cora R. Lakin Peterson. She married Kenneth H. Dye on April 15, 1934, in Savannah, Mo. He died Jan. 29, 1950. She married Lester J. Carr on Sept. 5, 1958, in Nashua. He died June 4, 1970. She married John C. Vavra on June 22, 1985, in Cedar Falls. He died Dec. 27, 1994.

Mrs. Vavra worked 32 years with John Deere Waterloo Tractor Works as a Technical Assistant, retiring Aug. 30, 1982. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Cedar Falls.

Survived by a son, Dale L. (Betty) Dye of Iowa City; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by a brother, Chris Peterson; a granddaughter; and a sister, Rose Shifflett.

Services: 2:30 p.m. Friday at Richardson Funeral Home, Cedar Falls, with burial on Saturday in St. Joseph Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo. Visitation from 1 p.m. until services Friday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be directed to Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America, 386 Park Ave. S., 17th Floor, New York, NY 10016.

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