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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 2008
Page
11
Obituary notices list Cedar Rapids residents Joseph Wesley Becicka 90 and John W Dillon 85 with funeral services at local chapels and burial at Czech National Cemetery and Cedar Memorial Park. Also noted are survivors, military honors, Navy service, and memorial funds. additional memorial service details for Marvin L Pexa 82 and Scott Griffin Sr. include church services and burial plans.
Obituary index lists names and towns of the deceased including Velma Snyder Donna Lee Jones Joseph Wesley Bechka John E Dillon Scott M Griffin Sr Reinert Kvndahl Marvin L Pexa Linda L Waters Lloyd Hanson Muriel Dirks Lounsberry Lucille C Reittinger Loretta Shipton Donald W Lamker Jerry L Holcomb Dorothy Kann Lyle Phelps Clay C Dull Elsie Shaw Clay Dull Elsie M Shaw Alice Clark Gehring Sweet Debby Rohrer Jaenette Good Donna Mae Gitantis Vincent Carlson Betty Benda Richard Hotle Henry Rissman Brevin Kramer all from Iowa towns such as Brooklyn Cedar Rapids Center Point Decorah Dyersville Eldorado Garnavillo Grinnell Guttenberg Maquoreta Marion Oxford Sigourney Tama Tipton Traer Washington Wauk on and others listed without ages or dates and marked Other Deaths as well.
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Reinert Leonard Kvndahl 50 formerly of Cedar Rapids Iowa died December 25 2008 at Royal Oaks Care Center Kewanee after a short illness cremation has taken place with no services burial scheduled later Arrangements are with Rux Funeral Home Kewanee Survivors include three brothers William Jr James Leif a sister Mary and several nieces and nephews Born January 4 1958 in Kansas
Donna Lee Jones 78 of Brooklyn died Saturday December 27 2008 at Brooklyn Community Estates after an extended illness. No local services are planned graveside services to be held later in Park Layne Ohio Kloster Funeral Home Brooklyn in charge of arrangements
Linda L. Waters funeral Mass set for 10 30 a m Tuesday at St Marys Catholic Church Urbana The family will greet friends 4 to 8 p m today at Murdoch Funeral Home Cremation Center Point with a rosary at 7 p m Burial Urbana Cemetery Urbana
Loretta Shipton 78 of Eldorado died Saturday December 27 2008 after a long illness at Senior Hospice Nursing Center Os sian. Services 10:30 a m Tuesday at St Peter Eldorado with Pastor Dennis Huggdahl. Burial in church cemetery. Visitation 4 to 8 p m today Burnham Wood Funeral Home West Union. Survivors include husband Charles son Steven Collins Iowa and brother Richard Vagts Eldorado.
Jerry L Holcomb 73 of Grinnell died of cancer Saturday December 27 2008 at Grinnell Regional Medical Center Funeral services set for 1 30 pm Tuesday at Smith Funeral Home Grinnell burial in Hazelwood Cemetery Friends may call this afternoon at the funeral home with the family present 6 to 8 pm Survivors include wife Janet a son Jerry of Grinnell a daughter Brenda Dominik of Lee's Summit Missouri a brother Russell of Conway Arkansas and two sisters Judy Macomber of Houston Missouri and Margaret Meek of Grinnell
Debby Rohret 56 of McPherson Kansas died Saturday December 27 2008 at home after a terminal illness. Services 10 a.m. Wednesday at New Life Foursquare Gospel Church McPherson by Pastors Chuck Baker and Jayson Thurston. Burial McPherson Cemetery. Visitation 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Glidden-Ediger Funeral Home Chapel with family present 5 to 7 p.m. Survivors include husband Daniel two sons Jeremy and Adam Rohret and daughter Tenille May all of McPherson a brother Gary Spratt of Oxford and sister Donna Vavroch of Phoenix.
Alice Mae Bader Clark 92 of Marion died December 27 2008 after a long illness at St Luke s Hospital Cedar Rapids Visitation 4 to 7 p m Tuesday at Murdoch Funeral Home Marion with private family interment Oak Shade Cemetery Marion She is survived by children Jerry Gary Nancy 10 grandchildren 17 great grandchildren and a nephew Preceded by husband Maynard Clark and siblings Born January 4 1916 in Protivia Iowa She attended St Joseph and St Pius X Churches Funeral arrangements through Murdoch Funeral Home Cremation Center Marion Leroy Martin Gehring services 10 a m Wednesday Murdoch Funeral Home Marion Visitation 4 to 7 p m Tuesday Graveside Pleasant Grove Cemetery West Union Lorraine Sweet died December 28 2008 at University Hospitals Iowa City Arrangements pending at Murdoch Funeral Home Marion
Lloyd Hanson 87 of Decorah died Sunday December 28 2008 at Aase Haugen Nursing Home after a long illness Funeral services 11 a m Friday Hesper Lutheran Burial Thursday 3 to 6 pm Schluter Balik Funeral Home Decorah and Friday after 10 am at the church Survivors include daughter Candy Ode Decorah son Todd Welch Brownsville Minnesota sisters Nellie Falck Decorah Marie Greening Rochester Minnesota brother Albert Plum City Wisconsin. Community obituary notice lists web link for Schluter Balik services.
Velma Snyder 80 of Alpha died in her daughter's home in Waucoma on December 28 2008. Arrangements are pending with the Waucoma Funeral Chapel.
Donald W. Lamker, 83, of Garnavillo, died Sunday December 28, 2008 at Guttenberg Municipal Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Tuecke-Allen Funeral Home in Garnavillo.
Muriel Dirks Lounsberry 88 of McCallsburg IA died December 26 2008 after a fall. Services January , visitation Tuesday, interment Colo Cemetery. Also listed are Clay Dull Elsie Shaw Richard Hotle Henry Rissman and other memorial notices with service times survivors and burial details.
Lucille C. Reittinger of Dyersville dies at 87 on Sunday December 28 2008. Funeral arrangements are pending at Kramer Funeral Home with calling hours set for 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in Dyersville.
Donna Mae Gitantis 70 of Tama died Sunday December 28 2008 at her son's Tama home after a lengthy illness. Funeral services 2 p.m. at Kruse Phillips Funeral Home Tama with burial Koszta Cemetery rural Marengo. The Rev. Dewey Grimes officiates. She is survived by five sons Doug Cameron North Carolina Bill and Ron Tama Rick Thornton Colorado Don State Center two stepdaughters Theresa Hill Helotes Texas Cathy Corley Palmer Lake Colorado a brother Leonard Zigler Brooklyn and a sister Betty Kriegel Tama.
Betty Ann Benda 81 resident of Sunrise Hill Care Center Traer died Saturday December 27 2008 following a short illness Graveside service at National Cemetery rural Vining Visitation 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Kruse Phillips Tama Survivors include sons Rick and Ron of Gladbrook a daughter Penny Dolezal of Tama and sister Elsie Mitchell of Dysart.
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Dorothy Ida Kann 89 of Guttenberg died December 27 2008 at Mercy Medical Center Dubuque. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday at St Marys Catholic Church Guttenberg with burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday Tuecke Allyn Funeral Home and one hour before service at the church. Survived by Donna Gibson and sister Marie Hoeger.
Jaenette Good 84 of Minneapolis, formerly of Sigourney, died December 25, 2008 after a sudden illness at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. Services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Holm Funeral Home Sigourney with Rev. John Hembry. Burial Garrett Cemetery Delta. Visitation 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Survived by Debra Good-Linder of Minneapolis and brother Frank Sondag Jr. of Washington, Iowa.
Vincent C. Carlson 87 of Clarence formerly of Tipton died Sunday December 28 2008 in Clarence Nursing Home. Arrangements are pending with Fry Funeral Home Tipton.
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