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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 2001
Page
10
Obituaries list Cedar Rapids residents Donald Wescott James DeLong Adeline Sobolik and Dale Clark who died in late March and early April 2001. Details include ages addresses survivors services dates locations and memorial gifts to local charities.
Fred A. Holm 78 of 4416 Pepperwood Hill SE died Sunday April 1 2001 at Glenshire Care Center Richton Park NL after a long emphysema struggle. Memorial service 11 am Thursday at First Lutheran Church the Rev Kay Slocum officiating. Inurnment Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. He retired from Rockwell Collins in 1984 after 42 years as a mechanical engineer. Survived by wife Ruth two sons Scott and Steven two daughters Janice and Judith a sister Bonnie Mills a grandson Miles and many nieces and nephews. Birth in Rock Creek Minnesota. Burial Cedar Rapids family notes. Gift suggestions to First Lutheran Church or American Lung Association of Iowa.
A roster lists residents across Anamosa Cedar Rapids Center Point Coralville Dysart Ely Fairfax Grinnell Guttenberg Hiawatha Independence Iowa City Marion Sigourney Strawberry Point Tipton Vinton Washington West Branch West Liberty Williamsburg Worthington with names including George Scott Brandon Walter Bates Mary Cejka and others.
Obituary notices report the deaths of Francis X. Cretzmeyer Milo J. Palmer and Earl M. Berglund with funeral plans and memorial services in Iowa City area churches. Jon Jacobson, aged 57, is mourned with a memorial service. his obituary details career in photography and community service and lists surviving family members.
Maxine D. Willis 82 of Hiawatha Care Center died Sunday April 1 2001 after a long illness. Services Thursday 11 a.m. Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories Cedar Rapids. Entombment Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Cedar Rapids. Visitation 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Cedar Rapids. She is survived by two sons Edward and wife Sue of Lexington Kentucky and Dean and wife Rachel of Marion two daughters Pamela Soteco and husband Andrew of Memphis Tennessee and Shelley Greene and husband Paul of Cedar Rapids seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a brother Dean and a sister Virginia. Born April 22 1918 in Boone daughter of Charles and Bessie Hannum Anderson she married Harold J Willis April 21 1940 in Boone. He died in 1997. She worked at the Collins Credit Union and later was manager at the Iowa Manufacturing Credit Union. Memorial donations may be given to the Alzheimer’s Foundation in Maxine’s name.
Marion resident LaVerne Zundel 80 died April 1 2001 after a long illness at Willow Gardens Care Center. Services 10 a.m. Wednesday at St Pauls Lutheran Church Marion. Burial Oak Shade Cemetery Marion. Survived by wife Leona two sons two daughters sisters brother eleven grandchildren four great grandchildren and a great niece. Burial and memorial arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home Marion. Memorial service also for Evelyn Martha Kenney Abernathy 1 p.m. Thursday at Murdoch Funeral Home Marion with inurnment Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery at 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
George Scott, 73, formerly of Baldwin, died Monday morning April 2 2001 at Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa after a sudden illness. Arrangements are pending at Carson and Son Funeral and Cremation Services Maquoketa.
Walter A Bates age 80 died Saturday March 31 2001 after a long illness at Peoples Long Term Care Independence. Services 1030 a m Wednesday at White Funeral Home Independence with visitation 4 to 8 pm today. Burial Brandon Cemetery Brandon. Survived by Mona five daughters Carol Perez Judy Tebbe Barb Backes Kathy Boots Faith Bates a son Donald Bates a stepson Sam Shilling three sons Walter Butch Richard Jimmie and a daughter Betty Bates plus 25 grandchildren and 45 great grandchildren.
Eugene Skalsky 82 of 2076 Prairie School Rd Ely died March 31 2001 at home from a sudden illness. Private family services requested with burial at Rogers Grove Cemetery. Survivors include wife Betty son Steven E Skalsky grandson Shai Skalsky wife Jennifer great grandson Kevin Skal sky and many relatives. Memorials to Camp Tanager or El Kahir Shrine Temple Transportation Fund.
Maxine Healy Whitmore 89 of Center Point died March 31 2001 at St Luke s Hospital Cedar Rapids after a short illness. Services 2 pm Wednesday Center Point United Methodist Church burial Center Point Cemetery. Friends may call 5 to 8 tonight at Murdoch Funeral Home Center Point. She was a beautician and a librarian at Center Point Library for 21 years. She married Clair E Whitmore on June 30 1935 he died February 10 1981. She is survived by sons Gary Beverly Whitmore Alamogordo NM Richard Whitmore Overland Park KS Gordon Whitmore Center Point. three grandchildren Randy Sheryl Whitmore Brian Whitmore. three great grandchildren Jeremy Joshua Jennifer. great great grandson Braeden. sister-in-law Betty Newman Cedar Rapids. parents Lewis and Mabel Shutts Healy. born Waterloo IA May 30 1911. Established in memory of Maxine.
James E. Augustine Sr. 68 of 1408 13th St Coralville died April 1 2001 after a brief illness. Services April 5 2001 at George L Gay Funeral Home Iowa City officiated by Rev Jim Arnall and Rev Michael Davis with burial at Memory Gardens Cemetery. Visitation April 4 2001 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials to University Baptist Church. He was born March 16 1933 in Iowa City to Melvin and Wanda Augustine. He married Bernice Bradford Nov 30 1955 in Granby Missouri. He served in the Korean War and owned Jim's Refuse Service in Coralville for 16 years until 1997 and later worked as a custodian at Coralville Reservoir. He was active in University Baptist Church and local youth leagues. He is survived by wife Bernice, daughters Sherry Bremner Diane Berg Janet Nelson and son James Augustine Jr and many grandchildren. He was preceded by his parents and siblings.
Loren Feuerbach 70 died Monday April 2 2001 at home after a cancer fight. Services 10 a m Thursday at St Josephs Catholic Church officiated by Father Joseph McGuire. Burial in church cemetery. Visitation 4 to 8 p m Wednesday at Overton Funeral Home Dysart with a Scripture service at 7 p m. Survived by wife Ivonne and four daughters Elaine Moore Catherine Olson Diane Horvigan and Julie Arndt plus relatives in Dy sart La Porte City Clarion Waterloo Geneseo Illinois.
Grinnell resident Jean Boots Sigler 80 died Sunday April 1 2001 at Mayflower Health Care Center after cancer. Memorial services set for 1 p.m. Wednesday at Grinnell First Presbyterian Church with cremation and later burial. Arrangements by Smith Funeral Home Grinnell. Surviving: daughters Karen Phillips Grinnell Mary Hullsteck Birchwood Minnesota. sons Robert Troy Michigan Jack Mahtomedi Minnesota. sister Phyllis Fast Levittown Pennsylvania. brother John Boots Slidell Louisiana.
Ralph Cyril Boardman aged 68 of Guttenberg and Mission Texas died March 29 2001 after a long illness. Services set for 10 a.m. Friday at St Mary's Catholic Church Guttenberg with burial at Bethel Cemetery near Osterdock. Visitation 3 to 8 p m Thursday at Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home Guttenberg. Survived by daughter Rosemary Hendricks and five sons Jolene Freeman Mike Don Gregg Wayne John brothers Joseph Guttenberg Bill Cincinnati Gerald Mondovi Wisconsin.
Maurice Red Callahan 67 died Sunday April 1 2001 in University Hospitals Iowa City after a long illness. Services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. John’s Catholic Church Independence with burial at the church cemetery. Rosary at 3 p.m. and vigil at 7 p.m. today at Reiff Funeral Home Independence. Survived by Judy daughter, Daniel son, Trisha Peyton Cedar Rapids Terri Callahan Independence seven brothers four sisters and additional survivors listed.
Bertha L. Meyer, 90, died Monday morning in Rose Haven Nursing Home Marengo after an extended illness. Arrangements are pending at Kloster Funeral Home Marengo.
A family note marks the 45th anniversary since Leon and Lynn Fritz died, recalling happiness years ago and expressing ongoing love and longing from relatives.
In a brief memorial, family recalls Jack Lee “Butch” Kelsey born August 14 1939 died April 3 1996. They note five years since he left us and express enduring love with a racing themed sign off. The note lists Linda Denise Ronda Mike and grandchildren Jacob Derek and Kelsey.
A heartfelt birthday remembrance for Tillie Shonka, listing birth and passing dates and expressing that she remains in thoughts and hearts as a loving mother and grandmother.
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