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HARRAH, Maxine (BRILEY)

BRILEY, HARRAH, VOETEE, HINES

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 2/28/2017 at 02:05:47

Obituary ~ Maxine (Briley) Harrah
July 28, 1940 ~ February 16, 2017

Maxine Harrah, age 76, of Leon, Iowa, the daughter of William Joseph and Cornelia “Corky” (Voetee) Briley, was born July 28, 1940, in Iowa City, Iowa. She died at Westview Acres in Leon, Iowa on Thursday, February 16, 2017.

Maxine grew up and attended schools in various cities in Iowa. On May 18, 1958, she was united in marriage to Wallace Mitchell Harrah. They were blessed with five children, Mike, Chris, Brian, Clarissa, and Tabatha. The family lived in Wayne and Decatur Counties in Iowa.

Maxine worked as a nurse’s aide at Westview Acres in Leon and did cleaning jobs in Humeston and Garden Grove, Iowa. It was a very welcomed surprise for her children’s families to come home after she had cleaned for them.

Maxine worked hard all her life taking care of her family and spoiling her grandchildren. In her free time, Maxine enjoyed reading romance novels and nonfiction books. She liked to garden and can her crop. She also grew flowers and collected angels.

Preceding her in death were her parents; husband, Wallace, in 1988; daughter, Clarissa, in 2001; an infant sibling; and her in-laws, Leo and Irene Harrah.

Survivors include her children, Mike Harrah of Garden Grove, Iowa, Chris and Karla Harrah, Brian and Tammy Harrah, and Tabatha Harrah, all of Leon, Iowa; 13 grandchildren, Angela, Amanda, Emily, Jennifer, Alicia, Wendy, Heather, Nathan, Jason, Ashley, Rachel, Shawn, and John; 18 great grandchildren; sister, Imogene Hines; brother, Eugene Briley; nieces and nephews; and other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held at the Slade – O’Donnell Funeral Home in Leon, Iowa at 10 a.m. Monday, February 20, 2017, with Rev. Terry D. Roberts officiating. Burial will be in the High Point Cemetery, High Point, Iowa.

SOURCE: sladefuneralhome.com/obituaries/Maxine-Harrah?obId=1373773#/obituaryInfo

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, February of 2017


 

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