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Donald Decoster
Mar 26, 2015
Donald Francis DeCoster, 79 of Swisher, died Thursday, March 26, 2015 at St. Luke's Hospital. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 30, 2015 at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW. Burial will be in Anderson Cemetery, near Swisher. Visitation will be from 3 until 6 p.m. Sunday, March 29, 2015 at Brosh Chapel. Don...
Loren Fredrick Siems
Mar 20, 2015
Loren Fredrick Siems, 75 of Fairfax, died Friday, March 20, 2015 at St. Luke's Hospital. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 27, 2015 at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW, with burial to follow in Shueyville Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Brosh Chapel. Loren was born November 1,...
Dorothy Bowman
Mar 19, 2015
Dorothy Gleva Bowman, 90 of Cedar Rapids, died Thursday, March 19, 2015 at the Hiawatha Care Center. Celebration of Life services will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW, followed by a time of fellowship in The Avacentre. Private family inurnment will be at a later date at...
James Cirese
Mar 16, 2015
James Dale Cirese, 68 of Solon, died Monday, March 16, 2015 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Celebration of Life gathering will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at Brosh Chapel in Solon, located at 100 S. Cedar Street. Memorial Mass will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 26, 2015 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Solon....
Virginia Roberson
Mar 16, 2015
Virginia "Ginny" Anne Roberson, 82 of Iowa City, died Monday, March 16, 2015 at Legacy Senior Living Community. Celebration of Life Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, March 21, 2015 at Brosh Chapel in Solon, located at 100 S. Cedar Street, with burial to follow in Oakland Cemetery in Solon. Visitation will be one hour prior to services on Saturday....
Lily R. Null
Mar 11, 2015
Lily Ranay Null, 14 of Cedar Rapids, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at her home. Celebration of Life services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 16, 2015 at St. Ludmila's Catholic Church. Burial will follow in Czech National Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 until 6 p.m. Sunday, March 15, 2015 at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located...
Robert Grover
Mar 7, 2015
Robert "Bob" D. Grover, 85 of Solon, died Saturday, March 07, 2015 at Elkader Care Center in Elkader, Iowa. Military graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 23rd at Oakland Cemetery. There will be a gathering for family and friends immediately following the services at the Solon American Legion. Bob was born May 26, 1929 in...
Mary Gregor
Mar 7, 2015
Mary L. Gregor, 95 of Shueyville, died Saturday, March 7, 2015 at Keystone Nursing Care Center in Keystone. Funeral Mass will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 13, 2015 at St. Judes Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids. Burial will be in Sulek Cemetery, near Shueyville. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 12, 2015 at Brosh Chapel in...
Maureen Perkins
Mar 7, 2015
Maureen Patricia Perkins, 85, of Cedar Rapids, died Saturday, March 07, 2015 at St. Lukes Hospital. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 11, 2014 at Stonebridge Church, located at 1829 Stoney Point Road, with burial to follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121...
Allen Zach
Mar 5, 2015
Allen Zach, 65, died unexpectedly on Thursday, March 5, 2015, at his home on the family farm, near Swisher, where he grew up. Services will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at First Presbyterian Church near Ely. Burial will be in Dupont Cemetery near Swisher. Visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, 2015, at Brosh...
Dorathy Harger
Mar 5, 2015
Dorathy Irene Harger, 80 of Ely, died Thursday, March 5, 2015 at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 9, 2015 at 1st Presbyterian Church near Ely. Burial will follow in 1st Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 until 5 p.m. Sunday, March 8, 2015 at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located...
Richard James Cilek
Feb 20, 2015
Richard "Dick" J. Cilek, 85, past away Friday, February 20, 2015 at Heritage Nursing and Rehab Center. Celebration of Life services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, February 26, 2015 at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW. Burial will be in Czech National Cemetery, where full military rites will be conducted. Visitation will be from 4...
Mary Brecht
Feb 19, 2015
Mary A. Brecht, 102 of Cedar Rapids, died Thursday, February 19, 2015 at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy. Funeral Mass will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Solon, with Fr. Tim Sheedy presiding, with burial to follow in St. Mary's Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m....
Bernard Beranek
Feb 18, 2015
Bernard Frederick "Bernie" Beranek, 81 of Cedar Rapids, passed away on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at Wheatland Manor in Wheatland. Celebration of Life Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, February 23, 2015 at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW, where full military rites will be conducted. Burial will be in Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will...
Jerry Westen
Feb 13, 2015
Jerry Dean Westen, 53 of Solon, passed away on Friday, February 13, 2015 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Celebration of Life services will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at Brosh Chapel in Solon, located at 100 S. Cedar Street. Burial will follow in Oakland Cemetery, where full military rites will be conducted. Visitation will be...
Sarita Brant
Feb 12, 2015
Sarita Ileen Brant, 61 of Fairfax, died Thursday, February 12, 2015 in her home, with her husband of 38 years and family members by her side. She fought a courageous five year battle against Leiomyosarcoma cancer. Celebration of Life services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, February 16, 2015 at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW,...
Sandra Susan Reid
Jan 24, 2015
Sandra, (Sandy), Susan Cumberlin Reid, daughter of Marion Clifford Cumberlin and Mary Rogers Cumberlin, courageously battled cancer. She fought valiantly determined to win. And in the end, she did win, because she has peacefully transitioned to her new home in Heaven on Saturday, January 24th with her daughter, Jennifer, at her side. Thank you to the Hospice House of Mercy...
David Stastny
Jan 21, 2015
David Timothy Stastny, 66 of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at St. Luke's Hospital from a courageous battle with lung disease. Funeral Mass will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 26, 2015 at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Hiawatha. Burial will follow at Campbell Cemetery. Visitation will be 3-6 p.m. Sunday, at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at...
Robert Cihla Sr.
Jan 19, 2015
Robert Lawrence Cihla Sr., 69 of Cedar Rapids, died Monday, January 19, 2015 at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House. Celebration of life services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, January 23, 2015 at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW. Burial will follow in Cedar Memorial Cemetery where full military rites will be conducted by...
James Howell
Jan 19, 2015
James "Jim" Gene Horlivy Howell, 76 of Cedar Rapids, died Monday, January 19, 2015 at Heritage Nursing and Rehab Center. Celebration of Life services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW. Burial will follow in Anderson Cemetery near Swisher. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m....
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