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1932
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2011
Elizabeth Strub Obituary
Iowa City
Elizabeth Jane "Janey" (O'Brien) Strub died Tuesday af May 10, 2011 after battling a long illness.
Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m., Friday May 13, 2011 at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Burial will be at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
Janey is survived by her husband of 57 years, Carl F. "Bud" Strub, Jr. and her six children: Mary Jane Strub, Milford, PA; Carl F. "Trip" Strub III (Ellen), Iowa City; Sean O. Strub, New York City; Thomas J. Strub (Monica), Iowa City; Mary Gilbey Strub, London, England; and Mary Megan Strub (Len Van Tassell), Jersey City, NJ.
She is also survived by her brother, Dr. James O'Brien (Patricia), Dubuque; and six grandchildren: Lt. Kelsey Strub, USAF, Los Angeles, CA; Joseph Strub, Francis Strub and Sarah Strub, all of Iowa City and Henrik and Olivia Van Tassell, Jersey City, NJ. She was the beloved aunt of 30 nieces and nephews including the Gallagher, O'Brien, Flake, and Hurst families on Janey's side and the Swaner, Norgaard, and Fitzgibbons families on Bud's side.
Janey was also a local fixture at Lake Okoboji taking the children to spend summers at the family cottage, which has been a Strub family tradition for more than 50 years. Those summer days on the lake were some of her favorite times.
Online condolences and memories may be sent to www.lensingfuneral.com.
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Donna McKay
May 30, 2011
I was sorry to hear of Janeys death. Her parents died young and my mother and her mother were good friends, so I always heard.Our families were similar and my sisters send their best to Jimmy. Donna McMahon McKay of Davenport now, formerly of Waterloo and Fort Dodge
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