Carol D. Wernett

Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on August 17, 1933
Departed on April 28, 2009. Resided in Center Point, Iowa.

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Carol Dalene (McHugh) Wernett united with her loved ones in heaven, April 28, 2009, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha, after a long illness. Services at 3 PM Saturday in Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories. Burial in Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home from 5 to 8 PM on Friday, and at the chapel after 2:30 PM on Saturday.

Survivors include two sons, Michael (Donna) of Center Point, and Steven (Margie) of Marion, two daughters, Nancy Wernett of Iowa City, and Christine (Joseph) Gigante of Las Vegas, Nevada, a sister Sandra (Michael) Birmingham, and a brother Roger (Mary) Donegan all of Cedar Rapids, nine grandchildren, Dustan, Mandy, Cari, Chuck, Pamela, Michael, Joey, Kelly, and Matt, and four great grandchildren, Taylor, Emily, Courtney, and Mike, and a close niece Charlotte. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a brother Richard Donegan, two sisters Sally McDowell, and Nancy Welter, and two great grandchildren, Hannah and Lauren Squires.
Carol was born on August 17, 1933, in Cedar Rapids to Francis and Charlotte Chase McHugh. She married Lewis Murray Wernett on July 15, 1950, in Preston, Minnesota. Lewis died March 22, 2009.

Carol loved her husband, home, children, sisters, her life giving all of herself, all of the time. She was a beautiful Christian wife, giving and being there for her husband Lewis at every moment. She was a counselor to each one of her children giving her heart fully. Her family and her beautiful home were everything to her. She grew beautiful gardens, made her home comfortable for anyone visiting, and was loyal to her husband, children, grandchildren, sisters, and everyone she loved. She loved her grandchildren with all her heart and treated them as if they were her own. She loved the springtime, the buds on all the trees, the songbirds, and the promise of a new growing season for her gardens. Carol was a beautiful heart, giving and loving all of her life.

A memorial fund has been established in Carol’s name.

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