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JENNIFER BIRKEY
Jennifer Joy Rodawig-Birkey, of Barnum and Spirit Lake, Iowa, died unexÂpectedly on April 3, 2021 at the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City, Iowa, at the age of 44.
Jenny was born on June 13, 1976 in Spirit Lake, daughter of Vonnie Veldman and Don Rodawig. She attended Spirit Lake Elementary and High School, and went on to earn her Associates Degree from Iowa Lakes Community College with a Major in Journalism.
After graduation Jen went on to become a broadcast personality on KUOO in Spirit Lake, KICD in Spencer and KTLB in Fort Dodge. In later years she focused on service positions, opened her own Daycare, worked as a nursing assistant, and served as a para-educator working with special needs kids.