COLUMBUS JUNCTION, Iowa -- Marie I. Veach, 74, of rural Columbus Junction near Grandview, died Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2000, at the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington.

Services will be at the Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home in Wapello. The Rev. Harlan W. Winter will officiate. Bev Parsons provided the organ music. The pallbearers will be Drew Veach, Russ Veach, Ryan Veach, Kenneth Veach, Jeb Grim, and Gary Schweitzer. Flower attendants will be Reagan Veach, Melinda Veach, Robin Grimm, and Kara Kuntz. Burial will be at the Harrison Cemetery in Wapello.

Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association.

Mrs. Veach was born Feb. 12, 1926, in Port Louisa Township, Wapello, the daughter of Albert and Josephine Vincent Schweitzer. She married Carl L. Veach an Dec. 16, 1942, in Memphis, Mo..

She graduated from Wapello High School in 1943. She was a homemaker and had worked as a secretary primarily for the State Bank of Wapello for many years. She enjoyed painting, her flowers, and especially her grandchildren.

Survivors include her husband, Carl; three sons, Donald L. Veach of Letts, Ronald C. Veach of Burlington, and Randell L. Veach of Wapello; eight grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; and a brother, Howard Schweitzer of Grandview.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, and two granddaughters.