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Merle Lacina

Merle Lee Lacina, 79, of Toledo, passed away Monday, October 20, 2025, at Sunny Hill Care Center in Tama. Visitation will be held Thursday, October 23, 2025, from 5-7 PM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama. A Private Family Graveside Service will be held at Oak Hill Cemetery in Tama.

Survivors include her husband of sixty-four years, Richard; her children: Janet (Gilbert) Alvarez, of Garwin, Lonnie Lacina, of Tama, and James Lacina, of Toledo; eight grandchildren; seventeen great grandchildren; two sisters, Ellen T. Graff, of Tama, and Carol J. Scalf, of Dickinson, ND; and several nieces and nephews.

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