Tabitha A. Buckroyd, age 42 of Colfax, died Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at Taylor Hospice House in Des Moines. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at Coburn Funeral Home in Colfax with burial following at the Colfax Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Friday, April 27, 2012, from 2:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. The family will greet friends from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Memorials may be directed to the Tabitha A. Buckroyd Memorial Fund and condolences may be left for the family at www.coburnfuneralhomes.com.
The daughter of John and Rosalee (Verdaught) Buckroyd, Tabitha was born on August 17, 1969, in Newton, Iowa. Tabitha graduated from Newton Senior High School in 1988. She was a devoted mother to her three children, Jon "Twoee", Cheyenne, and Bonnie. Tabitha lived in Colfax for the last 15 years.
Survivors include Jon Lloyd; her children Cheyenne and Bonnie Lloyd all of Colfax; her mother, Rosalee Edwards of Newton; and two sisters, Teresa Northcutt of Lynnville and Tanya Bean of Marengo. Preceding her in death was her father and a son, Jon "Twoee" Lloyd in 2003.
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