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OBITUARY: Thelma Blanche Dubisher Reynolds

Thelma Blanche Dubisher Reynolds, 91, died at her home Thursday, February 6th following a brief illness.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m., Wednesday, February 12th at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Iowa City, with Father Gary Beckman officiating. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday from 4 to 7 p.m. at Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service, Iowa City, where the Catholic Daughters of America will recite a rosary beginning at 4 p.m. 

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to St. Wenceslaus Church or the American Cancer Society.

Thelma was born March 31, 1922 in Marengo, Iowa, the daughter of Louis and Mayme Carney Dubisher. The family moved to Iowa City in 1924 where Thelma married Henry Reynolds on February 5, 1945 at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church. Thelma was employed for many years by the City of Iowa City as a crossing guard. She was a member of St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, the Altar and Rosary Society and was a past regent of the Catholic Daughters of America.

Thelma is survived by her two children, Terry (Chris) Reynolds and LuAnn Reynolds (Dave Parsons), all of Iowa City; and her grandchildren, Amanda Reynolds of Oskaloosa, and Ty Reynolds (Sheila Buccola) of Dixon, Illinois. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Henry, and two siblings, Kathryn Brandt and Edward Dubisher.

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