Occie Odell Culp Jr.
October 12, 1943 — February 12, 2018
Occie Odell Culp, 74, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away Monday, February 12, 2018, under hospice care from Alzheimer’s, dementia, and complications from diabetes. Memorial Service: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 17, 2018, at Westdale Community Church, 3211 Edgewood Road SW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404. Supt. Beets of Word of Faith will officiate. Repass will be held after the service at the church. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids.
Occie was born October 12, 1943, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the son of Occie Culp, Sr. and Geraldine (Jackson) Culp. He married Georgianna Hatchette on January 20, 1966, in Cedar Rapids. Occie was a metal polisher at Evergreen for 26 years before he retired in 1997. He was a member of Westdale Community Church and was an active member of ABC Bowling for nearly 40 years. Occie loved to fish, check out his luck at the card table and, of course, go bowling. When he was younger, Occie loved the thrill of his Harley Davidson motorcycle. He will be missed by all who loved him.
Survivors include his wife, Georgianna Culp, of Cedar Rapids; children, Jeannette Culp of Hiawatha, Iowa, Alisha (Johnny) Olsen of Boca Raton, Florida; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and aunts, Mary Paige of Cedar Rapids and June Hinston of Denver, Colorado.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Occie, Sr. and Geraldine; son, Jerome Culp; brothers, Irvin, Jerry, and Dennis Culp.
Memorials may be directed to Occie’s family.
Occie was born October 12, 1943, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the son of Occie Culp, Sr. and Geraldine (Jackson) Culp. He married Georgianna Hatchette on January 20, 1966, in Cedar Rapids. Occie was a metal polisher at Evergreen for 26 years before he retired in 1997. He was a member of Westdale Community Church and was an active member of ABC Bowling for nearly 40 years. Occie loved to fish, check out his luck at the card table and, of course, go bowling. When he was younger, Occie loved the thrill of his Harley Davidson motorcycle. He will be missed by all who loved him.
Survivors include his wife, Georgianna Culp, of Cedar Rapids; children, Jeannette Culp of Hiawatha, Iowa, Alisha (Johnny) Olsen of Boca Raton, Florida; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and aunts, Mary Paige of Cedar Rapids and June Hinston of Denver, Colorado.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Occie, Sr. and Geraldine; son, Jerome Culp; brothers, Irvin, Jerry, and Dennis Culp.
Memorials may be directed to Occie’s family.
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