Patricia Creen Family Faithful Through Final Days
Patricia Pat M Creen passed after a 44 day Holy Week journey with family and faith. She died of pancreatic cancer on May 16 2002 at Mercy Medical Center surrounded by loved ones. Services at All Saints Catholic Church burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include husband Joseph and seven children with spouses and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Donations suggested to All Saints Building Fund or Mercy Hospice. Roger Lynch 89 died May 18 at The Woodlands Meth W ick Community arrangements pending Teahen Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia
Pat” M. Creen
Mercy Medical Center
Mercy Hospice
David
All Saints Catholic Church
David O'Connor
Cedar Memorial Park
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Pat
Davenport
Joseph
Joseph C. Creen
Connie
John W. Creen
Patty
Thomas P. Creen
Cindy
Peggy
Michael Jung
Sioux City
Barbara
Robert Sieck
Center Point
M. Genevieve
Bradley Hamilton
Fort Wayne
Ind
David P. Creen
Thuy Phan
Bettendorf
Jennifer
Scott Gabrielson
Michael Creen
Katie
Kelsey
Kenton Creen
Cathy Lively
Dan
Tommy Creen
Josh
Tara Dyer
Matthew
John
Patrick Jung
Stephen Sieck
Mindy Hubler
Michelle
Matthew Sieck
Daniel
Andrew
Christopher Hamilton
Rachel
Amber Lively
Cynthia Manka
Jerome
Nauvoo, Ill
Betty Jahnke
Des Moines
Judy Lunn
Burlington
Herbert Marsh
Freeport
William Marsh
Fort Madison
Helen Garrett
Galesburg
Patricia D’entremont
Felix
Florence
Ariz
Barbara Dirkson
Pittsford
N.Y
St. Joseph High School
St. Mary’s of Notre Dame
St. Joseph's Church
Verville
Notre Dame
All Saints and Mercy Medical Center
Ladies Guild
All Saints Church
St. Anne’s Circle
Home School Association
Archdiocese of
Dubuque
Rockwell Collins
Aegis
Pompano Beach
Fla
All Saints Building Fund
Roger James Lynch
the Woodlands
Teahen Funeral Home
Obituary notices for Blahnik Kester and Matel in Cedar Rapids area
Jean L Blahnik 92 of Garnett Place died May 18 2002 after a short illness. Memorial services Tuesday at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories. Private burial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include son Don and daughter Virginia Veach. eight grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Terry Collier Kester 49 of Parker Ariz formerly of Cedar Rapids died Dec 11 2001. Services June 1 at Papich Kuba Funeral Home Cedar Rapids. Patricia Pat M Matel services Monday at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories. Memorial fund established in her name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean L. Blahnik
Garnett Place
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Herbert Isenberg
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Don
Joyce
Peoria
Ill
Virginia Veach
Webster City
Alpha Gamma Delta Mothers Club
Rebekah Lodge
Hospice of Mercy
American Heart Association
Jean
Patricia
Pat
M. Matel
Neil Manternach
Mary Strohbehn, 80, Cedar Falls native, dies after illness
Mary Strohbehn, 80, of Cedar Falls and former Brooklyn resident, died May 16 2002 in St. Marys Hospital Rochester Minnesota after a short illness. Services set for May 20 at First United Methodist Cedar Falls with burial at Geneseo Cemetery Buckingham. Survivors include daughters Andrea DeWitt Shelley Gaylord and son Michael.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Indianola
Shelley Gaylord
Alta
Wyo
Michael
Leawood
Kan
Iowa Voter Directory Includes Numerous Local Names
A listing of residents by town covers Brookyn Cedar Rapids Dyersville Fayette Grinnell Hiawatha Iowa City Manchester Marengo Marion Mechanicsville Quasqueton Robins Springville Tama Troy Mills Urbana and West Branch. Names include Strohbehn Blahnik Creen Herrington Collier Kester Lynch Matel Gassmann Stepp Ryan Blakey Hart Meade Runyan Tegeler Miller Wyant Reif Fisher Thimmel Frisch Dunning Limkemann Wessel Cahill and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Mary O. Strohbehn
Cedar Rapids
Jean L. Blahnik
Patricia
Pat’ M. Creen
Sam E. Herrington
Terry Collier Kester
Roger James Lynch
Pat’ M. Matel
Dyersville
Alvina C. Gassmann
Fayette
Charlotte
Lottie
Stepp Grinnell
Pauline Ryan
Hiawatha
Pamela F. Blakey
Iowa City
Terry M. Hart
Miriam Meade
Manchester
Lois M. Runyan
Margaret Tegeler
Marengo
Lenore Miller
Lola C. Wyant
Marion
Anne E. Reif
Mechanicsville
Albert George
Georgie
Fisher
Paul E. Thimmel
Quasqueton
Ella C. Franck
Vernon Reece Robins
James H. Rutten
Springville
Charles Walter Frisch
Tama
George E. Dunning
Troy Mills
Jason A. Limkemann
Urbana
Bernice
Bridget Wessel
Eldred
West Branch
John K. Jack
Cahill
Memorial for Sam Herrington in Omaha and Cedar Rapids
Sam E. Herrington 17 of Omaha and Cedar Rapids died in an auto crash in Omaha May 17 2002. Services at West Center Chapel Omaha 2 PM Tuesday with cremation to follow. memorial service 11 AM Thursday at Kenwood Park Presbyterian Cedar Rapids. Survived by mother Susan and G Charlie Fowler, father Clancy Herrington, stepsiblings, grandmothers Betty Wood and Dorothy Herrington, and extended family. A memorial fund is established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam E. Herrington
Omaha
Neb
Cedar Rapids
West Center Chapel
Anne Marie Aits
Kenwood Park Presbyterian Church
Susan
G. Charlie Fowler
Clancy Herrington
Brian Fowler
San Diego
Calif
Adam Fowler
Ava
Katie Fowler
Erin Fowler
Tillie Fowler
Betty Wood
Kansas City
Dorothy Herrington
Sam
Kirksville
Clancy E
Susan R. Wood Herrington
Millard North High School
Memorial obituary for Terry Hart of Iowa City
Terry M. Hart 55 of rural Iowa City died May 17 2002 after a lengthy illness. services 1 pm Tuesday at Gay and Ciha Funeral and Cremation with burial at Memory Gardens Cemetery and military honors by Coralville American Legion Post 721. Memorial fund established. He was born April 19 1947 in Iowa City served in the U S Army during Vietnam and worked as a general contractor in Texas and Iowa. Survivors include a daughter Teresa Blair and husband Rod, three grandchildren Ashley Blair Nicholas Salas and Natalie Salas, father Garland Shaffer, siblings in Texas, best friends Sherry and Gary Stones. He was preceded in death by his mother and by a son Michael Joseph Hart and a daughter Candice Salas. He valued family friends outdoors and his dogs Eclipse and Moon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry M. Hart
Iowa City
Gay & Ciha
Memory Gardens
Coralville American Legion
Walter Johnson
Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service
Terry
Mr. Hart
Garland
Sally Hayden Shaffer
Fort Madison
U.S. Army
Texas
Teresa
Rod Blair
Ashley Blair
Nicholas
Natalie Salas
Garland Shaffer
Sherry
Gary Stones
Wellman
Michael Joseph Hart
Candice Salas
Eclipse and
Moon
Anne E Reif 98 dies in Cedar Rapids after brief illness
Anne E Reif aged 98 of 395 Grand Ave Cedar Rapids died May 16 2002 at Mercy Medical Center following a short illness. Services 10 am Monday at St Ludmila Catholic Church Cedar Rapids with burial at Czech National Cemetery. Visitation today 3 8 pm at Teahen Funeral Home and Monday 9 10 am at church. She married Edward Reis in 1924 and had two sons Edward and Glenn. She was an office supervisor for J C Penney and a volunteer at the National Czech Slovak Museum. Memorials may be directed to St Ludmila Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne E. Reif
Grand Ave
Mercy Medical Center
Cedar Rapids
St. Ludmila Catholic Church
Harry Koelker
Czech National Cemetery
Teahen Funeral Home
Edward
Carol
Marion
Glenn
Gladys
Muscatine
Marie Havlik
Christine Elias Iid
Josef
Katrina Barta Elias
Edward C. Reis
J.C. Penney’s
Anne
Legion of Mary
St. Monica's Circle
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Bernice Wessel Eldred Services in Urbana
Bernice Wessel Eldred’s services are set for 10 30 a m Monday at St Marys Catholic Church Urbana with Father Gabriel Anderson officiating Burial will follow at St Marys Cemetery Friends may call today from 4 to 8 p m at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Service Center Point with a Scripture service at 7 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Bridget Wessel Eldred
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Urbana
Father Gabriel Anderson
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Murdoch Funeral Home
Center Point
Obituaries for Ella Franck and Vernon Reece
Ella C. Franck, 95, died May 12, 2002 in West Village Care Center Independence after a long illness. Graveside services set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Quasqueton Cemetery led by Rev. Paul Drake. Survivors include three nephews and a family friend. Vernon Reece, 85, died May 18, 2002 at home after a long illness. Arrangements pending at Reiff Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella C. Franck
West Village
Independence
Quasqueton Cemetery
Paul Drake
David Franck
Tipton
Okla
Frederick Franck
Cedar Rapids
James “Doug” Franck
Quasqueton
Marge Wessels
Des Moines
Vernon Reece
Reiff Funeral Home
James H. Robins Rutten dies after long illness
James H. Robins Rutten, 54, died Saturday May 18 2002 at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids after a long illness. Arrangements are pending at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Rutten
Mercy Medical Center
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Miriam Meade 75 dies after long illness at Mercy Iowa City
Miriam Meade 75 of Iowa City died Saturday May 18 2002 after a long illness. Services 1:30 p.m. Monday Leasing Funeral and Cremation Service with Sister Agnes. Burial Memory Gardens Cemetery. Memorials to Iowa City Hospice or American Cancer Research Fund. She was born November 7 1926 daughter of Earnest A Horner and Frances Frits Horner. She married Michael Louis Meade May 29 1965. She worked 19 years for Cedar Rapids telephone company. She enjoyed family life Hawk Eye football bridge golf at High Point Golf Club. Survivors include two sons Timothy Meade Austin TX Jeffrey Meade Bartlett NL two grandsons Ethan and Chad two sisters Millie Nollsch Duane of Iowa City Ruth Lewis Arch of Gainesville TX a brother Harold Horner and Barbara Hall of Dublin OH and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and husband Michael on February 19 2001.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miriam Meade
Mercy Iowa City
Agnes
Memory Gardens
Iowa City
American Cancer Research Fund
Miriam
Earnest A
Frances (Frits) Horner
Brighton High School
Michael Louis Meade
The
Telephone Company
Cedar Rapids
High Point Golf Club
Timothy M. Meade
Austin
Texas
Jeffrey W. Meade
Tammy
Bartlett, NL
Ethan
Charles Walter Frisch 82 dies after long illness in Springville
Charles Walter Frisch 82 died at home May 17 2002 after a long illness. Memorial services set for 4 p.m. Thursday at Springville United Methodist Church with Rev. John Keizer. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center Marion. Survived by wife Emma Jane two daughters Carol and Danielle Frisch sister Dorothy McFarland Wrightwood Calif and two grandchildren Aaron and Alysha Dirks Springville. Memorial fund established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Walter Frisch
Springville United
Emma Jane
Carol Frisch
Danielle Frisch
Springville
Dorothy McFarland
Wrightwood
Calif
Aaron
Alysha Dirks
Charles
Pamela F Blakey of Hiawatha Dies After Illness
Pamela F Blakey 43 of 452 N 18th Ave Hiawatha died May 18 2002 in St Luke s Hospital after a short illness Memorial services are 3 pm Monday Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Rev Richard Reed. She was born January 15 1959 in Houston Texas daughter of Lawrence Dixon and Olga Dixon She married Amity Blakey on September 17 1977 in Cedar Rapids She was a homemaker The family thanks St Luke s ICU staff and requests memorials to the family in lieu of flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamela F. Blakey
18Th Ave
Hiawatha
St Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Richard Reed
Amity J. Blakey III
Amity J. Blakey IV
Andrea Blakey
Amanda Blakey
Adam Blakey
Lawrence
Olga Dixon
San Antonio
Texas
Lawrence E. Dixon
Cassandra Mills
Rebecca Dixon
Cleveland Cole Smith
Dorothy A. Blakey
Pamela
Houston
Lawrence Dixon
Olga Sifuentes Dixon
Amity Blakey
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke's Hospital
Fayette mother Lottie Stepp dies at 98 in West Union
Fay ette Charlotte Lottie Stepp 98 died May 17 2002 at Palmer Lutheran Health Center West Union after a brief illness. Services 10:30 a m Tuesday at the church with Rev Robert Koepcke. Burial Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Friends may call 4 to 7 p m Monday at Becker Milnes Funeral Home and one hour before services Tuesday at the church. Survivors include Shirley Shimek Cedar Rapids and Vera Splinter Fayette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Lottie’’ Stepp
Palmer Lutheran Health Center
West Union
First United Methodist Church
Robert Koepcke
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Becker-Milnes Funeral Home
Shirley Shimek
Cedar Rapids
Vera Splinter
Fayette
In Memory Of Guidelines and Tribute Submissions
Notice outlines submission rules for memorials with rates and contact details. It specifies writing deadlines from Monday to Friday, publication date requests, and fees of 35 cents per word and 10 dollars per photo. Call 398 8221 for questions.
Also Mentioned on This Page
CEDAR_ RAPIDS
Parker, Ariz
Papich-Kuba Funeral Home
Second St
Lois Fields Frisk
Jack Frisk
Sunrise Beach
Lou Ann Goldie
Randy Fields
Boston
Mass
Bart
Iowa
Robins
Bentley Hahn Warco & Clock
Camp Courageous
Campcourageous.org
190Th
Monticello
Stewart Funeral Home
First Avenue
Baxter Funeral Chapel
13Th Street
Ed Cor
Purchase Quarry Direct
Novak Monument Co
14Th Avenue
Miller Bros. Rock OF Ages Memorials & Monuments
Johnson
Mory Michel
Pui Micuen
Jack Micuen
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