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Geraldine Lorene (Jennings) “Jeri” Droge Hughes

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Birth	:	12 Oct 1919 Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	15 Feb 2003 Spirit Lake, Dickinson County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Memorial Park Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.2644005, -95.8261032
Description	:	The funeral for Jeri Jennings Hughes, 83, of Lake Okoboji will be Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Council Bluffs with the Rev. Martha Rogers of St. Alban's Episcopal Church officiating. Mrs. Hughes died Feb. 15 at Lake Regional Health Hospital in Spirit Lake. She was born Oct. 12, 1919, in Council Bluffs to Henry Droge and Marjorie (Darnell) Droge. She graduated in 1938 from Abraham Lincoln High School. She was secretary for Council Bluffs Public Schools for 20 years and helped to organize the Council Bluffs Secretarial Association. She was the organization's first president. She and her... Read More	The funeral for Jeri Jennings Hughes, 83, of Lake Okoboji will be Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Council Bluffs with the Rev. Martha Rogers of St. Alban's Episcopal Church officiating. Mrs. Hughes died Feb. 15 at Lake Regional Health Hospital in Spirit Lake. She was born Oct. 12, 1919, in Council Bluffs to Henry Droge and Marjorie (Darnell) Droge. She graduated in 1938 from Abraham Lincoln High School. She was secretary for Council Bluffs Public Schools for 20 years and helped to organize the Council Bluffs Secretarial Association. She was the organization's first president. She and her husband, William R. Hughes Sr., were active members of St. Paul Episcopal Church in Council Bluffs until moving permanently to Lake Okoboji upon their retirement in 1982. She was a member of the Lakes Lakeview Club and the Lakes Bible Study Group and a member of St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Spirit Lake. Mrs. Hughes was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, Dean Jennings, in 1966 and her second husband, William R. Hughes Sr., on July 7, 2002. Surviving children and their families are Bruce Jennings and his children, Jennifer and Dean, of Belmont, Mich., Deanna Jennings and her children, Eric Hausig of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Brian and his wife, Coreen, of Grand Haven, Mich., Rebecca and her husband, Stanley Matli, of Madera, Calif., Marjorie and her husband, John Ilich of Sedona, Ariz, and their children, Susan Ilich Jones, Mark Ilich and Lynne Beehr of Aspen, Colo.; stepson, William R. Hughes Jr., and wife, Judy, of Council Bluffs and their children, Alicia Hughes of Rochester, Minn., and Trey Hughes of Council Bluffs; many nieces and nephews. Visitation with the family will be Friday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Cutler-O'Neill-Meyer-Woodring Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery followed by a reception at First Congregational United Church of Christ in Council Bluffs. A memorial service will be held for Bill and Jeri at St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Spirit Lake some time in the spring. Memorials may be offered to Bill and Jeri Hughes Scholarship Fund for the Spirit Lake and Okoboji High Schools, c/o St. Alban's Church, Spirit Lake. Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Feb. 19, 2003

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Geraldine Lorene (Jennings) “Jeri” Droge Hughes's memorial is located at: Memorial Park Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, USA.
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Geraldine Lorene (Jennings) “Jeri” Droge Hughes death on 15 Feb 2003 in Spirit Lake, Dickinson County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 41.2644005
Longitude: -95.8261032

Family Members:

Parent

Henry Frank Droge

(1875 - 1943)

Marjorie D (Bradford) Darnell Droge

(1899 - 1987)

Spouse

Dean Penfield Jennings

(1917 - 1966)

William R “Bill” Hughes Sr.

(1915 - 2002)

Siblings

Donald Sullivan Bradford

(1918 - 1918)

Children

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Memorial Park Cemetery
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2644005, -95.8261032

2. Ridgewood Cemetery
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2694016, -95.8272018

3. Oak Hill Cemetery
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2700900, -95.8226400

4. Bikhor Cholim Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2703670, -95.8229350

5. Walnut Hill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2719002, -95.8255997

6. Cedar Lawn Cemetery
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2694016, -95.8182983

7. Saint Joseph Cemetery
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2722015, -95.8208008

8. Clark Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2551610, -95.8223390

9. Green Valley Cemetery
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2743988, -95.8225021

10. Fairview Cemetery
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2703018, -95.8480988

11. Garner Cemetery
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2956161, -95.8001709

12. Maple Grove Cemetery
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2265560, -95.8187100

13. Stoker-Graybill Cemetery
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2532620, -95.7751770

14. Lewis Township Cemetery
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2117004, -95.7938995

15. Evans Cemetery
Crescent, Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3255997, -95.8368988

16. Council Point Cemetery
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2110830, -95.8788610

17. Gregg Cemetery
Weston, Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3330000, -95.7931000

18. Trinity Cathedral Columbarium
Omaha, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2603900, -95.9393660

19. Hazel Dell Cemetery
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3489723, -95.7939911

20. Saint Columbanus Cemetery
Weston, Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3429440, -95.7435260

21. Prospect Hill Cemetery
Omaha, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2780991, -95.9593964

22. Crescent Cemetery
Crescent, Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3664894, -95.8566208

23. First Central Congregational Columbarium
Omaha, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2563456, -95.9658365

24. Saint Pauls Evangelical Country Church Cemetery
Dumfries, Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1748352, -95.7492371