ORENE M. (Cannon) STACK

KNIGHT, CANNON, STACK, TWERS, HULKE, ROWE, LINK

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 4/4/2003 at 08:07:42

Orene M. Stack

Telegraph Herald - Sunday, March 23, 2003

Orene M. Stack, 73, of Santa Rosa, Calif., formerly of Dubuque, died of natural causes in Louisville, Colo., on Wednesday, March 19, 2003.

Memorial services were celebrated Saturday at St. Dominic Catholic Church, Denver. This was concurrent with the memorial planned for her daughter, Paula Stack, who passed away on Saturday, March 8, 2003. Another memorial service will be celebrated at noon Friday, April 4, at her home parish of Resurrection in Santa Rosa, Calif. Burial of the cremated remains will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Key West, Iowa, in summer 2003. The Darrell Howe Mortuary, Lafayette, Iowa, and Leonard Funeral Home & Crematory, 2595 Rockdale Road, Dubuque, are in charge of arrangements.

She was born on July 11, 1929, in Pender, Neb., daughter of Dr. Paul T. Cannon and Delia A. Knight.

She spent most of her life in the Dubuque and Bernard, Iowa, area, moving to California in 1987.

She was an alumnus of St. Joseph's Academy and Mercy School of Nursing in Dubuque. She held nursing positions in Chicago, Dubuque, Iowa City and San Francisco before retiring in 1998.

She was a member of Resurrection Parish in Santa Rosa, Calif., for 12 years. She also was active in the Happy Hearts, Renew and Cursillo communities.

Orene loved the ocean, card games with friends, spending time with her family and good old-fashioned conversations around the kitchen table.

Surviving are her sons, Chuck (Judi) Stack, Mike Stack and Jim (Debby) Stack; a daughter, Kathy (Fred) Twers; granddaughters, Delia Hulke and Kamie Stack; nephews, Jan Hulke and Casey Stack; a sister, Joan Rowe; cousins, Peg Cannon and Connie Link; and other beloved nieces, nephews, cousins and friends both here and abroad.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. James M. Stack; and a daughter, Paula M. Stack.

Memorials may be given to Catholic Charities, Marynoll and to a charity of your choice in Orene's name.