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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 2024
Page
9
In Blairstown Cedar Rapids Clarence Arlington Garrison Hawkeye Margengo Marion the Gazette lists Elizabeth Kimm Douglas Ward Doris Kemmann Shirley Bond Geraldine Holladay Joyce Kremer Herbert Langreck Leroy Slaymaker and Nicholas Fahey, with ages and funeral homes noted. A personal fragment from Marion honors James Frazee IV with a lyric and family message.
Doris E. Kemmann a Clarence resident aged 89 dies at home on June 4 2024. Services June 10 at St Pauls Stanwood with visitation June 9 at Chapmans Clarence Burial Clarence Cemetery. Survived by son Rickey and Royce, granddaughter Melanie, brother Randall, two nephews and a niece. Memorials to Camp Courageous or Friends of the Animals in Tipton. Condolences at chapmansh.com. Mary Rachel Greffe Wheeler 103 of Cedar Rapids dies June 4 2024. Celebration June 10 at Faith Presbyterian Church Cedar Rapids visitation 10 to 11 service 11 Burial June 11 Bethel Cemetery Taylorville Illinois. Brush Chapel and The Avacentre handling arrangements. Elizabeth Marie Grunewald Kimm 76 of Blairstown dies December 14 2023. Memorial service June 8 2024 at Blairstown Presbyterian Church visitation 9 to 10:45. Arrangements Phillips Funeral Home Blairstown. Survived by husband Don Kimm, daughters Cyrena Melich Jennifer Whelchel Lisa Whelchel, son Andrew Whelchel, grandchildren Nick Sadie Peterson Vivienne Krebs Kyle Bos Aurora and George Whelchel. Beth lived in Blairstown with church and community ties and long service in Benton Community School District. Preceded by parents and sister Trudy. Online condolences at philippsfuneralhomes.com.
Renowned artist and marine conservationist Richard Ellis, who helped design the 94 foot blue whale model for the American Museum of Natural History and created a host of marine art and writings, died May 21 at age 86. His works include murals for Denver Museum of Nature & Science and New Bedford Whaling Museum, and he wrote The Book of Sharks. He grew up in Belle Harbor, Queens, and became a prominent public voice for ocean life.
Douglas Cyrus Ward 79 of Cedar Rapids died June 3 2024 after a short illness. Services are set for June 9 at Teahen Funeral Home with burial June 10 in Amsterdam Cemetery Kanawha IA. He and Lois ran the A W on Ellis Blvd for 30 years and later drove bus for Cedar Rapids Schools. He is survived by wife Lois two daughters three sons 13 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren along with siblings and in laws. Memorials directed to the family.
Remo Saraceni, the Philadelphia area artist and inventor behind the giant piano featured in the 1988 film Big, died at 89 from heart failure in Swarthmore. Friends and his assistant say he stayed active, minded his Italian, English and Spanish books, and cooked for himself. He born in 1935 in Fossacesia Italy and later moved to the United States in the mid 1960s, collaborating with FAO Schwarz and inspiring a generation with playful art and music driven inventions.
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