Berta Irene Brandon, 82, of Marion, slipped away Wednesday, May 25, 2011, at Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. Services: 1:00 P.M. Saturday, May 28, 2011, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include her children, Linda (Buss) Bixby of Marion, Rick (Darla) Brandon of Victor, Susan (Mike) Diedrick of Marion, David Brandon of Marion, and Lori Wolfe of Marion; eleven grandchildren; twenty-four great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and her siblings, Pinky Wahe, Jean Kluesner, and Ray Denbow.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Clair; a brother, Clifford Denbow; two sisters, Donna Denbow and Elma Patton; a grandson, Mark Diedrick; and a great-granddaughter, Willow Dawn Wise.
Berta was born February 13, 1929, the daughter of Paul and Fern (Payne) Denbow in South Dakota. She married Clair Richard Brandon on October 3, 1946, in Marshalltown. He passed away August 9, 1981.
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