Colleen Elaine Conrad

Colleen Conrad, age 94 of Perry, passed away on Saturday, October 21, 2023, at the University Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Des Moines, Iowa. A private family graveside service will be held in the Rippey Cemetery at Rippey, Iowa. Memorials will be given to Raccoon River Pet Rescue and may be left at the Carris Family Funeral Home & Cremation Care. Colleen Elaine Conrad was born on March 23, 1929, at Perry, Iowa to Ralph and Claudine (Curtis) Jurgensen. She graduated from Clinton High School in Clinton, Iowa. She was united in marriage to Robert James Conrad in Omaha, Nebraska on September 15, 1950. She worked at Hawkeye Cleaners in Perry. Colleen enjoyed bowling, putting puzzles together, and keeping up with friends and family on Facebook. In death she rejoins her husband Robert James Conrad, parents Ralph and Claudine Jurgensen, brother, Bruce Jurgensen, and a grandson Josh Conrad. Left to cherish Colleens memory are her children, Kenneth Dean Conrad and his wife Tammy of Urbandale, Iowa, Robert (Jim) James Conrad Jr. and his wife Gloria of Ogden, Iowa, and Dennis Allan Conrad and his wife Sherrie of Perry, Iowa, many grandchildren, many great grandchildren, many great great grandchildren, and a sister, Carol Larson.