was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church.
She is survived by her children, Terri (Rod) Ford of Colorado, Michael (Susan) Abarr of Ankeny, and Steven Abarr (Sherry Sheridan) of Grimes; seven grandchildren, Mitchel (Dari), Tiffany, Alisha, Kelsi, Christopher, McKayla, and Noah; nine great grandchildren; and her siblings, Doris Shott and Beverly Fredrick, both of West Union, Shirley Halverson of Tama, Louis Sutter, Jr. of Cedar Rapids, Ilo Downs of Overbrook, Kansas, and Audrey Boeckenheuer of Ossian.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Louis and Vera; husband, Lyle "Tom" Abarr; and infant sister Karen Sutter.
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