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James C. “Jim” McGarrahan, 83, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away Saturday, January 12, 2019 at St. Luke’s Hospital after complications from surgery.
A Celebration of Life service will be held 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 18, at New Covenant Bible Church, 3090 N. Center Point Rd, Cedar Rapids, IA 52411. Visitation on Friday will be from 9 to 11 a.m. prior to the service at New Covenant Bible Church. Private inurnment at Cedar Memorial will take place later. Pastor Bob Westfall will officiate.
Jim is survived by: Wife: Sally Gibson McGarrahan; Children: James G. McGarrahan (LaRue Kimble) of Manassas, Virginia, and Dawn Wiebe (Eric Wiebe) of Palatine, Illinois. Brother John Richard McGarrahan (Colorado Springs) and sister Kathlyn Gay (New Port Richey, Florida). Stepchildren: Barry Gibson (Meg Negro) of Cedar Rapids, and Terry Gibson (Jan Mosbarger) of Des Moines. Grandchildren: Sam, Jack, and Sydney Wiebe (Palatine, Illinois); Alicia Gibson Rivera (Cedar Rapids); Blaine Gibson (Cedar Rapids); Grayson Gibson (Denver, CO), Gina Gibson (Carroll, IA), and Garrett Gibson (Des Moines). Great-grandchildren: Roman Rivera and Eben Rivera.
He was preceded in death by both parents, a brother Kenneth Charles McGarrahan, Jr. (Zion, IL) and first wife Nancy Barnes McGarrahan (Marion, IA).
Jim was born January 4, 1936, in Zion, Illinois, the son of Kenneth Charles and Beatrice (Anderson) McGarrahan.
He graduated from Zion-Benton Township High School (Zion, IL) and went on to undergraduate and graduate degrees from Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL), Bob Jones University (Greenville, SC), Moody Bible Institute (Chicago, IL), and Bethel Seminary (St. Paul, MN). August 1961.
Jim married the late Nancy Barnes of Abingdon, Virginia. Nancy passed away in September 1980. He later married Sally Reitz Gibson on July 18, 1982 in Marion.
Jim served as a business advisor with General Business Services.
Jim and Sally are members of New Covenant Bible Church, where Jim was widely regarded as a man of strong faith.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to New Covenant Church