Tara Joyce Petersen's Obituary
Tara Joyce Petersen, 36, of Camanche passed away Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at her home after a courageous 6 year battle with cancer.
Funeral Services will be 10:00 am, Saturday, May 5, 2018 at the Clinton Chapel Snell-Zornig Funeral Home and Crematory. Burial will be in Clinton Lawn Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be Kurt Alm, Jason Weller, Carl Alm, Matt Mostek, Brad Johnson, Keith Jensen, Sean Varner and Nate Kagemann. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 pm Friday at the Clinton Chapel Snell-Zornig Funeral Home.
Tara Joyce LaDouceur was born September 26, 1981 in Clinton, Iowa, the daughter of Dave and Brenda (Hart) LaDouceur. She was a 2000 graduate of Camanche High School. She married her high-school sweetheart, Jay Petersen, on January 31, 2004.
Tara worked for Alliant Energy as a gas and electrical engineering clerk for over 7 years. She loved life and fought hard for it. She could brighten up a room with her smile and could set it on fire with laughter with her contagious laugh. She was a true inspiration to many. She enjoyed mushroom hunting, fishing, frogging, playing bags, competitive euchre, camping and boating. Her greatest joy was spending time with her husband, Jay, and her two sons, Drake & Josh. She was an avid Iowa Hawkeye fan and her family encourages you to wear Hawkeye attire to her funeral services.
Tara loved her family and time spent with them; she is survived by her husband Jay Petersen of Camanche; two sons: Drake and Josh Petersen of Camanche; her mother: Brenda (Mark) Waldorf of Camanche; father: Dave LaDouceur of Davenport, Iowa; maternal grandmother: Joyce Hart; her parents-in-law Curt and Kelly Petersen of Camanche; siblings: Chad (Jenny) LaDouceur of Bettendorf, Mark (Devan) LaDouceur of Camanche, Jimmy LaDouceur of Clinton, Iowa and Stephanie (Steven) Phillips of Fulton, Illinois; and many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather, “Papa” Bobby Hart and her paternal grandmother, Dorothy Reed.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the family.
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