Eileen Jane Current

Eileen J. Current, 78, of Tipton, died peacefully in her sleep on Monday, May 26, 2014 in Cedar Manor Nursing Home, Tipton. Funeral services will be held on Friday, May, 30th at 10:30 AM at Fry Funeral Home, Tipton, with the Rev. Ronald Lashmit officiating. Burial will follow in the Tipton Masonic Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Mike Goetz, Rob Rodriguez, Mark Rodriguez, Kevin McClure, Virgil Penrod, and Cody Poppe. Honorary Pallbearers will be Wade Engelkens and Jake Worden. Her family will receive friends on Thursday from 4:00 to 7:00 PM at Fry Funeral Home. . Eileen Jane McCracken was born on March 8, 1936 in Maquoketa, Iowa and was the daughter of Ernest and Audrey Ripperton McCracken. She was a graduate of the Maquoketa High School. On October 9, 1955 she was united in marriage to Roger Allen Current in Maquoketa. Eileen was an accomplished piano player and enjoyed playing classical music. Eileen worked for many years at Crestridge Nursing Home in Maquoketa. When she and Roger moved to Tipton she worked in the bakery and deli for Family Foods in Tipton until she retired in 2001 when she devoted her time to babysitting her grandchildren. She would often be seen driving her car with her dog acting as copilot. Eileen is survived by her daughter, Linda (Mrs. Mark) Weets of Lost Nation, Iowa; her sons, David (Jo) Current of Lowden, Iowa and Rodney (Saundra) Current of Tipton, Iowa; her grandchildren, Kathryn Weets, Maureena Current, Shannon & Cody Poppe and D.J. Stolte; and her sister, Ernestine Rodriguez of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Eileen was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Roger on November 1, 1993, her brother and sister-in-law, John "Blain" and Judy McCracken, her brother-in-law, Roberto Rodriguez. Eileen's family would like to thank the management and staff at Cedar Manor Nursing Home for their acts of kindness and level of care that was shown to their mother.