Margie A. Mitchell, 79, of Cedar Rapids, died at her home, Sunday, May 11, 2014.

Services: 1:30 P.M. Friday at Saint Paul's United Methodist Church Chapel with Rev. Lloyd Brockmeyer officiating. Burial will follow at Mount Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 7 P.M. Thursday at Papich-Kuba Funeral Home East, 1228 2nd Street S.E. and after 12:30 P.M. Friday at the church.

Margie is survived by her husband of 60 years, James; children, John Mitchell, Boca Raton, Florida, Nancy Mitchell, Susan Mitchell, LeeAnn (Carl Harn) Mitchell and Mark Mitchell, all of Cedar Rapids, and Mike Mitchell, Laguna Beach, California; 8 granddaughters, and 2 sisters, Lucille Napier, Dayton, Ohio and Susie Harris Smith, Vandalia, Ohio.

She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Mary (McClanahan) Bivins and an infant grandson, Alexander Mitchell.


Margie was born August 21, 1934 in Lexington, Kentucky. She married James R. Mitchell on March 14, 1954 in Vandalia, Ohio. Margie and family moved to Cedar Rapids from Vandalia, Ohio in 1978. Margie was a homemaker and a member of Saint Paul's United Methodist Church Chapel. She enjoyed reading, writing poetry, listening to music and telling her children "tall tales" about her youth.

Contributions in Margie's memory may be given to Saint Paul's United Methodist Church.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.papich-kubafs.com under "obituaries"