Colleen A. Billerbeck, 45, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, died Friday, May 20, 2005, at Saint John Sapulpa Hospital in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M., Friday, May 27, 2005, at Union Congregational United Church of Christ in Reinbeck, Iowa, with Pastor Joel Love officiating. Burial will follow at the Reinbeck Cemetery in Reinbeck. Visitation will be from 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. on Thursday, May, 26, 2005, at French Hand Funeral Home in Reinbeck with family present at this time. Memorials may be directed to DPCA Reserve, c/o Robin Kelley, 17 George Street, Farmingham, Massachusetts 01702.
Colleen was born October 15, 1959, in Grundy Center, Iowa, the daughter of Arlyn R. and JoAnn A. (Schreck) Billerbeck. She graduated from Reinbeck in 1978 and went on to receive a two year degree in photography at Hawkeye Tech. Colleen made her home in Oklahoma City where she worked as a registered nurse after receiving her degree at Oklahoma State University.
She is survived by her father Arlyn Billerbeck of Reinbeck, Iowa, brother Kevin Billerbeck of Marshalltown, Iowa; brother Brent Billerbeck and his wife Laura of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and their children Sam and Pete; brother Craig Billerbeck and his wife Mary of Waterloo, Iowa and their children Ryan, Noah, Ben, and Hope; sister Denise Freeseman and her husband Dave of Parkersburg, Iowa, and their children Melissa, Jason, and Ashley; sister Glenda Billerbeck of Reinbeck, Iowa and her son Cory Snyder.
She was preceded in death by her mother, JoAnn; and her grandparents, Alfred and Norma Billerbeck and Elmer and Leona Schreck.