COLE, Pat (Murphy) 1943-2015

COLE, MURPHY, SMITH

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 10/17/2015 at 13:34:09

Pat Cole

July 27, 1943 - May 19, 2015

Pat Cole, 71, of Waterloo, died Tuesday, May 19 at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home.

She was born July 27, 1943 in Decorah, daughter of Raymond E. and Frances M. Smith Murphy. She married Dick Cole July 1, 1961 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Waterloo.

Pat graduated from Columbus High School in 1961. She was co-owner and manager of Cole Photography and also a travel agent with Humble Travel, Travel and Transport, and manager of the Waterloo office of AAA Iowa, retiring in 2008. She was past president of the Exchange Club of Waterloo and Heartland District Exchange Club. She served on Friends of Hospice Board, Waterloo Regional Airport Board, YWCA Board and the Waterloo Cedar Falls Symphony Board.

Survivors include her husband; a son, Rob (Rhonda) Cole of Elk Run Heights; four daughters, Jody (David) Dvorak of West Liberty, Suzanne Cole of Cedar Rapids, Leslie Nelson of Overland Park, Kan. and Glori Ann (Ron) Byrd of Western Springs, Ill.; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a brother, John (Deb) Murphy of Waterloo and two sisters, Rae (Dennis) Freet of Dysart and Coleen (Diome) Alcomendas of Vancouver, Wash.

Preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, 1st Lt. Thomas Murphy and Mike Murphy and a sister, Nora Maher.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 26, at St. Edward Catholic Church with burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

Public visitation will be from 4-8 pm Monday at Hagarty – Waychoff – Grarup Funeral Service on West Ridgeway where there will be a 4 pm rosary and a 7 pm vigil service. Visitation also for an hour before services at the church.

Memorials may be directed to Cedar Valley Hospice or Exchange Club of Waterloo.

Source: Hagarty – Waychoff – Grarup Funeral Service

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