Bobbie Jean Edwards O'Reilly

BOBBIE JEAN EDWARDS O'REILLY DUBUQUE, Iowa - Bobbie Jean Edwards O'Reilly, 59, formerly of Muscatine, died on Monday, March 7, 2011, in Dubuque. Funeral Service will be 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 12, 2011, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Reverend Sharon Phillips of the Jesus Mission will officiate the service. Burial will take place in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday, March 11, 2011, at the funeral home. Memorials may be left to the family in care of Travis Edwards. Bobbie was born on September 9, 1951, in Muscatine, the daughter of Robert E. and Jean Francis Haller Lee. She had lived in Muscatine until 1997 when she moved to Dubuque. Her first marriage was to Jim Edwards on November 25, 1969, at the Our Savior Lutheran Church. They later divorced. She married Brian O'Reilly in October of 1993. She worked at Wendy's in Dubuque for nine years. She was an active member of St. Columbkille in Dubuque. She enjoyed the yearly trips to South Padre, South Dakota, and the outdoors. She loved butterflies and also enjoyed her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Those left to hon...[more]

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her memory include her children, whom she referred to as K.T.L.Z., a daughter, Kerrie Peters and husband, Mike, of Muscatine; three sons, Travis Edwards of Muscatine, Logan O'Reilly and Zachary O'Reilly, both of Dubuque; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; one brother, Rick Lee of Dubuque; two sisters, Elaine Bergmann and husband, Richard, of Sun City West, Arizona, and Viola Werner and husband, 'Whitey', of Muscatine; an aunt, Jeanette Finley and husband, Mike, of Andalusia; several very special nieces and nephews; and her mother-in-law, Lou Mae Hamilton of Dubuque. She was preceded in death by her parents, and one brother, Jack Lee.