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MUSCATINE, Iowa -- Ruth 'Mary' Call, 73, Muscatine, died Saturday, April 6, 2002,
at Lutheran Homes.
Services are at the Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Funeral Home. The Rev. Art Carranza will
officiate. Pallbearers are Bob Call, Bill Call, Denny Kauffman, Butch Seydel, Mike Safely
and David Safely. Honorary pallbearers are Donald Ash, Marvin Franklin, David Manley,
Sandy Sandman, William Roudybush and Richard Ludman. Burial will be at Greenwood
Cemetery.
Mrs. Call was born Nov. 11, 1928, in Muscatine, the daughter of William and Rebecca Brown
Estabrook. She married Lawrence 'Sonny' Thuman and after his death she married
James 'John' Call June 27, 1970, in Galesburg, Ill.
She was a member of Bloomington Friends Church and the Moose. She was an in-home daycare
provider for 25 years and also worked at Econo Foods as a product demonstrator.
Survivors include her mother; a daughter, Sara Kauffman and her husband, Denny, of
Wapello; a stepson, Arthur Call of Iowa City; a stepdaughter, Gail Seydel and her husband,
Butch, of Iowa City; three grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; five
stepgreat-grandchildren; and a sister, Katherine Safley of Muscatine.
She was preceded in death by her father; both husbands; and two brothers, Charles and
George.
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