Myrtle Belle Hajek, 89, of Cedar Rapids, died Friday, October 16, 2020 at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House.  Private family Celebration of Life services will be at Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre.  Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW.  The family has asked everyone attending wear a mask and practice social distancing.

Myrtle was born April 21, 1931 in Cedar Rapids, the daughter of Maynard and Bessie (Edmonds) Rowray.  She was united in marriage to William Hajek on December 12, 1951, in Virginia.  She worked at Midwest Nameplate in Mt. Vernon, as well as in-home day care provider for many years in Cedar Rapids.  Myrtle enjoyed knitting, doing crafts, tending to her cats, attending water aerobics, and was an active Red Hatter.  She spent most of her time with her family, and was proud to be a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother.

Myrtle is survived by her children Larry (Vicki) Hajek, Anna (John) Lentner, and Tom Hajek (Janean) all of Cedar Rapids; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; her siblings Dick (Wanda) Rowray, Bessie Mae McCright, Shirley "Toots" Wiggins, Jack Rowray, and Lora Crawford; as well as her nieces and nephews, who knew her as "Aunt Bub".

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Bill, her son Ronnie Hajek, her siblings Myra "Susie" Kent, Vic, Lloyd, and Norman Rowray, and her brothers and sisters in law.

Memorials may be made to the family.