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Margaret Jeanette (Sterrett) Vodicka

Posted 2009-07-26 by Sharla
Margaret Jeanette Sterrett Vodicka has gone home to be with her Savior and be reunited with her beloved husband, Jimmy. She was born July 2, 1924 in Omaha, NE, youngest of three daughters of Helen and John Sterrett.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Helen Margaret O'Connor Sterrett; father, John Joseph Sterrett; sister, Lorraine Sterrett Parish and husband, James Frank Vodicka.

She is survived by her sister, Rita Sterrett Shilts of Scottsdale, AZ; her niece, Patricia Ann Shilts (Darryl) Johnson of Scottsdale, AZ; her nephew, Jimmie Lee (Shirley) Shilts of Houston, TX; grand nieces and nephews, Brian Hollowell, Holly Johnson, Laura Shilts, Michael Shilts, James Shilts and great grand nephew, Jimmie Lee Shilts II, as well as many cousins and friends.

Jannie graduated from St. Joseph's Catholic High School in 1941, married her childhood sweetheart, Jimmy in Santa Cruz, CA in 1944. She worked for Warner Brothers Studios in marketing through the 1950's in the Midwest and then for many years for the U.S. Postal Service from whom she retired in 1992 at which time she and her husband moved to Lake Havasu City, AZ.

A visitation will be held Wednesday, August 29, 2007, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home. Funeral services are to be held at Our Lady of the Lake Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, 10:00 AM, August 30, 2007. Internment will follow the services at Lake Havasu Memorial Gardens.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. Jude's Children's Hospital, the Salvation Army, and the Veterans of Foreign War Post 9401.

Arrangements were placed under the care of Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home & Crematory.

(Obit: Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home, Lake Havasu City, AZ)



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