Obituaries : Tammi J. Northup

BLAIRSTOWN: Tammi Jo Northup, 47, died Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at University Of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City following a courageous battle with cancer.
     Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, July 12, 2013 at the Blairstown Legion Hall with Gene Spicer officiating. The Visitation will also he held at the Legion Hall, from 4 to 7 p.m., Thursday.  In lieu of flowers a Memorial Fund has been established.
     Tammi was born April 6, 1966 at Cedar Rapids to Thomas Eugene and Dixie Rae (Newton) Kent and graduated from Benton Community High School in 1984.
     On February 25, 1989 she married Scott Northup at the Little Brown Church in Nashua.
     Tammi enjoyed gardening, WWE Wrestling and the Green Bay Packers.  Her greatest joy came from attending her son's sports events and time spent with family and friends.
     She is survived by her husband Scott of Blairstown; children, Brittany Northup and Hunter Northup, both of Blairstown; parents, Dixie and Darrell Dellamuth of Blairstown and Thomas Kent of Belle Plaine; sisters, Trudey (Brian) Nekola of Tama, and Dena (Christian) Shonts of Charlotte, NC; brother, Nick (Christy) Dellamuth of Blaristown; eight nieces; two nephews; in-law-parents, Jim and Joyce Northup of Blairstown; brother-in-law, James Northup of Las Vegas; and sister-in-law, Cynthia (Martin) Noble of Georgia.
     She was preceded in death by her maternal and paternal grandparents; two uncles, two aunts and a niece.