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Glenda Smith
Jul 16, 2024
Glenda Smith passed away on her 82nd Birthday, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House. Visitation will be held at 10 am Monday July 22, 2024, at Brosh Chapel and the Avacentre in Cedar Rapids. Celebration of Life will begin at 11 am Monday July 22, 2024, at Brosh Chapel and the Avacentre in Cedar...
Agnes Katherine Gogel
Jul 14, 2024
Agnes Katherine Gogel, 94, of Solon, passed away on Sunday, July 14, 2024, in her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Solon, where there will be a 3:30 p.m. rosary. Funeral Mass will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at St. Mary Catholic Church. Burial...
Mary Jo Jehle
Jul 14, 2024
Mary Jo Jehle, 78, of Cedar Rapids, passed away on Sunday, July 14, 2024, in her home. Celebration of Life Services will be held 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 17, 2024, at Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW. Interment will be held at St. Mary Cemetery in Solon. Friends may visit with...
Danny Christensen
Jul 12, 2024
Danny Christensen, 69, of Marion, passed away Friday, July 12, 2024, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 18, 2024, at Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre, located at 2121 Bowling Street in Cedar Rapids. Friends may visit with the family after...
Jacqueline "Jackie" Svoboda
Jul 7, 2024
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Jacqueline "Jackie" Svoboda, 85, of Cedar Rapids, passed away on Sunday, July 7, 2024, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy. Celebration of Life will be 12 noon, Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids,...
Zakea Aossey Adams
Jul 3, 2024
Z akea Aossey Adams
Zakea was joyous. If she heard music, she was the first to dance. If there was a prank to be played, she was the instigator. If it was laughter you were drawn to, she would be at the center of it. Zakea was filled with an energy for life that never ebbed. It...
Marie Emilie Krueger
Jun 28, 2024
Marie E. Krueger, 102, of Marion, died peacefully Friday, June 28, 2024, at Hiawatha Care Center. A Celebration of Life Gathering will be held from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 7, 2024, at Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW. Graveside Services will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday, July...
Myron "Mike" Spore
Jun 28, 2024
Myron R. "Mike" Spore, 74, of Cedar Rapids Passed away, Friday June 28, 2024, at St. Lukes Hospital. A Celebration of Life Gathering will be held from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 6, 2024, at Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW in Cedar Rapids.
Mike was born September 12,...
Mary Kay Morris
Jun 27, 2024
Mary Kay Morris, 85, passed away on Thursday, June 27, 2024, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Visitation will be from 9-10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at St. Mary Catholic Church, Solon. Rosary will be 10:30 a.m. followed by a Funeral Mass beginning at 11:00 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church. Burial will be in St....
Patricia A. Hacker
Jun 26, 2024
Patricia Ann Hacker, 83, passed away on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at The Cottage Grove Place in Cedar Rapids. Celebration of Life gathering will be from 4 to 7 p.m., Monday, July 1, 2024, at Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW. Private family inurnment will be at a later date.
...Kenneth Basten
Jun 22, 2024
Kenneth Basten, 71, of Walford, passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 22, 2024, in his home surrounded by his family after a short illness. As per Ken's wishes private family services will be held. Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids is in charge of arrangements.
Ken was born April 18, 1953, in Cedar Rapids, the...
Beverly Jo Sanders
Jun 22, 2024
Beverly Jo Sanders, 67, of Solon, passed away on Saturday, June 22, 2024 at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics from a courageous battle with cancer. Celebration of life will be from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, July 28, 2024, at the Timber Dome Lodge, located at 700 West Sovers Street, Solon, Iowa 52333. Brosh Chapel and The...
Annakleda Mark
Jun 22, 2024
Services are pending with Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids.
Joyce Anderson
Jun 18, 2024
Joyce Anderson, 84, of Cedar Rapids, Passed away on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, at The Gardens of Cedar Rapids. She joined her beloved husband John on their 63-wedding anniversary. Celebration of Life services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 6, 2024, at Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW with a lunch...
Dennis Lee Murphy
Jun 7, 2024
Dennis "The Outlaw" Lee Murphy, 67, passed away on Friday, June 7, 2024. He is survived by his children, Dana Murphy, Lynn Cassady, Donnie Murphy, honorary son, Matt Recker, grandchildren, Sully, Rogan, Jaden, Dalton, Rylan, Audrena, Hunter, Devin, Ethan, Owen, his ex-wife, Diane Malatek, his wonderful longtime girlfriend, Diane Synacek, his loving mother, Betty Poula, his siblings, RJ Murphy,...
Steven Joseph Miller
Jun 7, 2024
Steven Joseph Miller, 46, of Solon, passed away suddenly on Friday, June 7, 2024, while farming. Visitation will be from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday, June 14, 2024, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Solon. Immediately following a Celebration of Life will be at the Solon American Legion. Private family burial will be at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery...
Michael Leonard Sevart
Jun 6, 2024
Michael Leonard Sevart, 70, of Atkins, passed away on Thursday, June 6, 2024, in his home. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 20, 2024, Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids. Latin Catholic Mass will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, June 21, 2024, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, located at 1224 5th St SE, Cedar Rapids,...
Richard "Rick" August Ringler
Jun 5, 2024
Richard "Rick" August Ringler, 71, of Ely, Passed away on June 5, 2024, in his home. A Celebration of Life Gathering will be held from 4-7 p.m. Saturday, June 8, 2024 at Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW in Cedar Rapids. Burial will take place at a later date in Roger's Grove Cemetery near...
Mary Rachel Wheeler
Jun 4, 2024
MARY RACHEL GREFFE WHEELER
Mary Rachel Greffe Wheeler, 103, of Cedar Rapids, passed away peacefully Tuesday, June 4, 2024, in the home of her daughter, Mary Beth. Celebration of life services will be held 11 a.m. Monday, June 10, at Faith Presbyterian Church, 715 38th Street S.E. Cedar Rapids, with visitation from 10 a.m. until the service...
Betty Jean Hass
Jun 3, 2024
Betty Jean Hass, 93, of Cedar Rapids, Passed away on June 3, 2024, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, June 10, 2024, at Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW. Celebration of Life service will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 11, 2024,...
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