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Kathryn Alice “Kathy” Ryan, 66, West Branch
Obituaries · November 20, 2014



Kathryn Alice “Kathy” Ryan, 66, of West Branch, died Saturday morning, Nov. 15, 2014, at her home.

A daughter of Robert T. and Phyllis F. Fairchild Carlson, she was born on Oct. 24, 1948, in Minneapolis, Minn. She graduated from Edina High School and received her registered nurse degree from Kirkwood Community College in 1989. She married Dennis Miller. On Oct. 25, 1991, she married Roy Ryan in West Branch.

Kathy worked as an RN at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in surgical recovery, maternity, neonatal intensive care unit, and the call center. She enjoyed knitting, gardening, and camping. She was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church in West Branch.

Her family includes her husband, Roy; four children, Andrew and Rebecca Miller, of Cedar Rapids, Shelly and John Miller/Wells of Tucson, Arizona, David and Laura Miller of Minneapolis, Minn., and Karen and Eric Watson of Mt. Vernon; five grandchildren; two brothers, Stephen Carlson of Edina, Minn., and Robert and Patricia Carlson of Henderson, Nev.; and her mother-in-law, Mary Ann Ryan of Wapello.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her father-in-law, Wayne Ryan.

The funeral ceremony for Kathy Ryan was held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, at the United Methodist Church in Wapello. Pastor Chad Whaley of West Branch officiated. Burial followed at the Wapello Cemetery.

Friends called on Tuesday at the Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home in Wapello where the family met friends.

A memorial fund has been established for the benefit of the Iowa City American Legion.

Condolences may be sent and viewed at www.dudgeonmcculley.com.