Marquita Tapp

October 27, 2014

Marquita Tapp

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Marquita Louise Tapp, 56, died Monday, October 27, 2014 at Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines.

Marquita was born November 23, 1957 in St. Joseph, Missouri, the daughter of Roscoe Hourhouse and Minnie Brown.

She enjoyed soul music and listening to the oldies. She loved being with kids and had the ability to make people laugh. If you ever needed a place to stay Marquita would make room for you. She helped over 50 different people who needed a place to stay. Marquita enjoyed talking on the phone and making new friends. She would sit on the porch or at the kitchen table while sharing her life with others. She will be remembered by her daughter, LaTasha because she is the exact version of her mother. She always had someone laughing at the small things she would say.

If I Should Go

If I should go tomorrow
It would never be goodbye
For I have left my heart with you
So don’t you ever cry
The love that’s deep within me
Shall reach you from the stars
You’ll feel it from the heavens
And it will heal your scars.

Marquita is survived by her husband, Robert Dickerson; daughter, LaTasha Jenkins (Kevin); son, Danny Tapp; grandson, Dantril; granddaughters, Miracle and Danniyah; sister, Norma Wallingford (John); friends, Telanda Watley Newsome (Isaac) and Kathy Ritter; cousins, Selena Wilson, Curtis Weston and Kay; numerous beloved friends; and her dog, Princess.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Minnie Ann Brown; father, Roscoe Hourhouse; and cousin, Stevie Wilson.

Daughter Poem

I’ll miss you mom
I’ll miss your face,
Your wonderful scent,
And the stories you told
You seem so far from me,
But I truly know you are near.
My eyes are heavy, and tired of tears
You have left me mom after all these years.
I can’t complain because you kept me from all my fears
As I looked you in the face in the hospital bed,
I knew you went home with no fears,
Even though it left me in tears.
Mom please meet me in my dreams,
So that I can hear you say that you love me,
And are going to protect me from all my fears.
10-27-14 at 5:49 was the day that you left my world.
I’ll miss you mom, you have went above and beyond for all these years.

Services will be held Sunday, November 2, 2014 at Hamilton’s Funeral Home, 605 Lyon Street, Des Moines. Family will begin greeting friends at 1:00 pm with funeral to start at 2:30 pm.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the family to help defray the funeral expenses.

Condolences may be expressed at:
www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com

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