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The Life of JOANNE STARRY

Joint services for Carter Starry, 43, and Joanne Starry, 27, of 4525 NE Thirty-fourth Court will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Hamilton''s Funeral Home, with burial in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery.

The couple drowned Saturday as a result of a snowmobile accident at Saylorville Lake.

A lifetime resident of Des Moines, Mr. Starry was a self-employed construction worker. Mrs. Starry was born in Cedar Rapids and lived in Riceville from 1957 until 1971 when she moved to Des Moines. She was a secretary in the state auditor''s office and was a member of St. Peters Lutheran Church in Riceville.

The couple is survived by a daughter, Sonya Jo, at home.

Mr. Starry also is survived by three sons, David of Des Moines and Tony and Ricky, both of Carter Lake; a brother, Jim of Boulder, CO; and his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Irel Starry of Des Moines.

Mrs. Starry also is survived by three brothers, Donald Lenth of Marion, Jim Lenth of Storm Lake, and Stephen Lenth of Omaha, NB, a sister, Janice Lenth of Riceville; her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Dale Lenth of Riceville; and her grandparents, Mrs. Harry Minor and Mr. & Mrs. Carl Lenth, all of Riceville.

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