Grady, Mildred R. Waalk

CARPENTER, DUKE, GRADY, HUINKER, KRUSE, MARSHALL, WAALK, WATERMAN

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Date: 8/12/2024 at 14:35:24

Mildred R. (Waalk) Grady, 82, of Monona, died peacefully Monday, October 29, at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held Friday, November 2, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Monona, with visitation Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Leonard-Grau Funeral Home in Monona.
Millie was passionate about history and writing and published her first book at age 75. But nothing was more important to her than family.
She is survived by five children - Pat (Roger) Huinker of Decorah, IA; Kathy (John) Waterman of Monona, IA; Nancy (Richard) Marshall of Alta, IA; Mary (Geoff) Kruse of Mabel, MN; and Tom (Cathy) Grady of Ankeny, IA, as well as her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews, her half-sister Mabel Mae (Waalk) Duke, and half-brother Fred Waalk. She was preceded in death by her husband, Tom; her parents, Guy and Mary Waalk; her brother Donald, in childhood; and half-siblings Mary (Waalk) Carpenter, John Waalk, and George Waalk.
Published in Des Moines (IA) Register; Thursday, November 1, 2012, page 6B