Sara Ann Palmer

Cedar Rapids- Sara Ann Palmer was born September 29, 1942 in Sigourney, Iowa. The daughter of Thomas Francis and Anna Leola (Malley) Monaghan. She graduated from Keota High School in 1960 and attended Ottumwa Heights Junior College. Sara was united in marriage to Larry Allen (Pete) Palmer on January 27, 1962 in Montrose, Scotland. The couple has lived in Cedar Rapids for over 40 years. Sara owned the Bed & Bath store from 1973-1979, worked for McGladrey & Pullen from 1988 to 2001 and from 2001-2007 worked for the Cedar Rapid Schools in Transportation. After retirement the couple has enjoyed spending the winters in Estero, Florida. Sara enjoyed decorating, cooking, baking, scrap booking, reading and spending time and entertaining her family and friends. She was a member of St. John XXIII Catholic Church. Sara passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at the Gulf Coast Medical Center in Ft. Myers, Florida of a brain aneurysm at the age of 72 years.

She is survived by her loving husband of 53 years, Larry (Pete) Palmer; a son: Thomas Palmer of Sarasota, FL; a daughter: Angela (Richard) Hach of Dysart; two grandchildren: Cara Hach and Joshua Palmer; two brothers: Jerry (Nancy) Flynn of Keota and Bill (Shelly) Flynn of West Liberty and two sisters: Mary Long of Des Moines and Peg (David) Levy of Urbandale. She was preceded in death by her father Thomas who was killed in WWII, her mother, Leola and step-father John Flynn.