ABARR, Marie E. (Sutter) 1937 - 2017

SUTTER, GRESS, ABARR, FORD, SCHOTT, FREDRICK, HALVERSON, DOWNS, BOECKENHEUER

Posted By: Connie L. Ellis (email)
Date: 5/10/2018 at 08:20:06

SOURCE: THE GAZETTE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa newspaper, Sunday, November 19, 2017, Page 13a
Contributor: Connie L. Ellis (Not related

Marie E. Abarr, age 79, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa passed away from Parkinson's disease and dementia on Saturday, November 18, 2017 at Evergreen Estates II, Cedar Rapids. Services were held on Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at the Murdoch Funeral Home with burial in the Linwood Cemetery, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Marie was born December 28, 1937 in Elgin, Iowa, the daughter of Louis and Vera (Gress) Sutter, Sr. On September 28, 1958 Marie married Lyle "Tom" Abarr in Hedrick, Iowa. She worked for Square D for 13 years, then became "CEO" of the household. Marie, affectionately called "Ria" operated an in-home daycare for many, many children. She loved teaching her daycare children life skills. Marie and Lyle enjoyed going to John Deere shows. She liked to sew and especially liked making John Deere-themed items. Marie was a member of the St. Paul's United Methodist Church.

Marie Abarr is survived by her children: Terri (Rod) Ford of Colorado, Michael (Susan) Abarr of Ankeny and Steven (Sherry Sheridan) Abarr
of Grimes, Iowa; seven grandchildren Mitchell (Dari), Tiffany, Alisha, Kelsi, Christopher, McKayla, and Noah; nine great-grandchildren; and her siblings Doris Schott and Beverly Fredrick. both of West Union, Iowa, Shirley Halverson of Tama, Iowa, Louis Sutter, Jr. of Cedar Rapids, Ilo Downs of Overbrook, Kansas and Audrey Boeckenheuer of Ossian, Iowa.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, and an infant sister, Karen Sutter.

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