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Hawel I. Awekel
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A funeral was held Thursday at St. George Parish Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East in Ceres for Hawel Isho Awekel, 82, of Modesto. She died Sunday, July 4, 2004 at Memorial Medical Center.

Burial was at Turlock Memorial Park under the direction of Whitehurst, Norton & Dias Chapel.

Born May 25, 1922, Mrs. Awekel was a native of Mosul, Iraq, and lived in Modesto for 13 years. She was a homemaker, and was a member of St. George Parish Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East of Ceres.

She leaves behind seven children, Yulies Hawel of Chicago, Pious Hawel of Peoria, Ariz., and Hawel A. Hawel, Salim Hawel, Alice Hawel, Gladys Valda and Doris David, all of Modesto; her brother, Isho Rehana of Baghdad, Iraq; and 10 grandchildren.