Darlene Anna Corporon (Watts)
January 6, 1934 — August 17, 2011
Darlene Anna Corporon, 77, a longtime resident of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, August 17, 2011, at Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 20, 2011, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids by Rev. Brad Singleton. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include three sons, Michael and wife, Susan of Calhoun, GA, Douglas and wife, Rebecca of Cedar Rapids, and Shawn of Cedar Rapids; two daughters, Linda Vogt and husband, Paul of Cedar Rapids and Kelly Luedtke and husband, Steven of Norway; foster-son, Joseph Enos and wife, Kimberly of Brandon; seventeen grandchildren; twenty-five great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Also surviving are brother, David Watts and wife, Elaine; brother-in-law, Richard Corporon and wife, Patricia; sister-in-law, Oleta Newell; and brother-in-law, Donald Jones.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Donald; her sister, Kathryn Jones; and her brother, Frank Watts.
Darlene was born January 6, 1934, the daughter of Leanus & Anna (Cenek) in Cresco. Her mother passed away when she was 8 months old and she was then raised by Leanus and her step-mother, Berniece. She graduated from Austin High School in May of 1951. On November 27, 1954, she married Donald O. Corporon in Austin, Minnesota. He died January 21, 1994. For ten years Darlene worked at Woolworth’s in the kitchen. She also provided daycare for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Darlene loved to spend time with her family, reading, her garden, and flowers.
Memorials may be directed to Dennis & Donna Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha or to the American Cancer Society in Darlene’s memory.
Survivors include three sons, Michael and wife, Susan of Calhoun, GA, Douglas and wife, Rebecca of Cedar Rapids, and Shawn of Cedar Rapids; two daughters, Linda Vogt and husband, Paul of Cedar Rapids and Kelly Luedtke and husband, Steven of Norway; foster-son, Joseph Enos and wife, Kimberly of Brandon; seventeen grandchildren; twenty-five great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Also surviving are brother, David Watts and wife, Elaine; brother-in-law, Richard Corporon and wife, Patricia; sister-in-law, Oleta Newell; and brother-in-law, Donald Jones.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Donald; her sister, Kathryn Jones; and her brother, Frank Watts.
Darlene was born January 6, 1934, the daughter of Leanus & Anna (Cenek) in Cresco. Her mother passed away when she was 8 months old and she was then raised by Leanus and her step-mother, Berniece. She graduated from Austin High School in May of 1951. On November 27, 1954, she married Donald O. Corporon in Austin, Minnesota. He died January 21, 1994. For ten years Darlene worked at Woolworth’s in the kitchen. She also provided daycare for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Darlene loved to spend time with her family, reading, her garden, and flowers.
Memorials may be directed to Dennis & Donna Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha or to the American Cancer Society in Darlene’s memory.
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