Henrietta Mary Reif, 88, passed away early Monday, January 8, 2007 at Mercy Medical Center after a long battle with diabetes, heart and lung diseases.  Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, January 10 at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids with Fr. James Blocklinger officiating.  Burial will follow in Czech National Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday and for an hour prior to services Wednesday at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids.

Henrietta Mary was born to Frank and Lottie Cejka Prasil on July 15, 1918 in rural east Cedar Rapids.  She was educated in area schools being actively involved in 4-H as a young woman.  She married Leonard Christ Reif on October 5, 1938 at the Little Brown Church in the Vale in Nashua.  They farmed west of Cedar Rapids until moving to town in February of 1952.  Henrietta did washings and ironings for many years to supplement the family income.  She worked briefly for Ardan's Discount Store in 1966 and 1967.  Her health became an issue in the mid 1970's but didn't stop her enjoying life to its fullest.  Her interests included gardening, sewing, quilting, cooking, baking, traveling, feeding squirrels and birds to name a few.  She took great pride in making quilts she gave to her grandchildren as they graduated high school and baby quilts for her great-grandchildren. She managed to see the oldest great-grandchild receive one of her beautiful quilts, also the largest she ever completed.

Survivors include a son, Alvin (Donna) Reif of Cedar Rapids; two daughters Elaine(Victor) Sebetka of Norway and Anita(Tom) Heaverlo of Cedar Rapids; eight grandchildren and twenty one greatgrandchildren consisting of Donna (Steve) Husak of Mt. Vernon and their children Bryce, Kylee and Aubrey; Mark (Dolores) Sebetka of Atkins and their daughters Emily and Anna; Lynn (Philip) Koenig of Schenectedy, New York and their children Olivia and Grant; Lori (Alan) Arnold of Lisbon and their children Leah, Jay and Vance; Amy (Nasser) Hanna of Fishers, Indiana and their children Nicholas, Reese and Erin;  Joe Heaverlo of Marion and his children Kalene and Caylor; Todd (Pat) Heaverlo of Cedar Rapids and their children Nathan, Josh, and Colleen and Todd's daughter Denise Garcia of Clovis, New Mexico; Wendy (Ron) O'Toole of Marion and their sons Nicholas and Christopher; stepgrandchildren and stepgreatgrandchildren Justin (Kim) Moses of Iowa City and their daughters Erin and Anna; Dana (Stacey) Schnathorst of Coralville; also surviving are brother-in-law Lubert (Wilma) Reif of Fairfax and a sister-in-law Violet Schulte of Norway.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Leonard in September of 1995, a newborn daughter Dorothy in March of 1940, and a brother John Prasil.

Memorials by friends and relatives may be made directed to a charity of their choice.