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The Life of DONALD E CAFFREY

Donald E. Caffrey, Sr., 72, of the 4100 block of 15th St. died of a respiratory ailment Thursday at Mercy Medical Center.  Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at All Saints Catholic Church, of which he was a member.  Burial will be at Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Mr. Caffrey was born in Cresco and had lived in Des Moines since 1954.  He was a retired cement finisher, an Army veteran of the Korean War and a member of AMVETS, Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion.

He is survived by his wife, Patricia; two daughters, Sheryl Caffrey and Teri Williams, both of Des Moines; two sons, Donald Jr. of Des Moines and P.J. of Urbandale; a brother, Tom of Colona, IL; a sister, Delores Drilling of Des Moines; and seven grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Hamilton''s Near Highland Memory Gardens Funeral Home, where a vigil service will be held at 7 p.m.  Memorial contributions may be made to his church or to AMVETS Post 2.

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