Lucile Mae "Lucy" Burkart
November 20, 1935 — June 26, 2018
Lucile Mae “Lucy” Burkart, 82, of Walker, Iowa, died Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha, Iowa. Visitation: 2 – 4 p.m. Saturday, June 30, 2018, at Walker United Methodist Church. Memorial Service: 4 p.m. Saturday at the church, officiated by Rev. Annette K. Ruhs Kruse. Inurnment: Center Point Cemetery. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Lucy was born November 20, 1935 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Lindley and Nina (Chesley) Reed. On March 10, 1996, she married Rolland “Tiny” Burkart at the Walker United Methodist Church. Lucy enjoyed coloring, crocheting, embroidering, camping, and talking to her friends and family.
Survivors include her three children: Jim (Joni) Thomas of West Des Moines; Diane (Tom) Achilles of Omaha, Nebraska; and Sarah Thomas of Walker; two step-children, Ellen Shakespeare of Toddville and Len Shakespeare of Central City; four grandchildren, Shannon Ferguson, Elizabeth (Rob) Cooley, Jamie Thomas and Shaun Thomas; six great-grandchildren with one on the way; and brother, Laurence (Dixie) Reed of Swisher.
Lucy was preceded in death by her parents; and husband, Rolland “Tiny” Burkart in 2008.
Lucy was born November 20, 1935 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Lindley and Nina (Chesley) Reed. On March 10, 1996, she married Rolland “Tiny” Burkart at the Walker United Methodist Church. Lucy enjoyed coloring, crocheting, embroidering, camping, and talking to her friends and family.
Survivors include her three children: Jim (Joni) Thomas of West Des Moines; Diane (Tom) Achilles of Omaha, Nebraska; and Sarah Thomas of Walker; two step-children, Ellen Shakespeare of Toddville and Len Shakespeare of Central City; four grandchildren, Shannon Ferguson, Elizabeth (Rob) Cooley, Jamie Thomas and Shaun Thomas; six great-grandchildren with one on the way; and brother, Laurence (Dixie) Reed of Swisher.
Lucy was preceded in death by her parents; and husband, Rolland “Tiny” Burkart in 2008.
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