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Louis Fordice
Jan 15, 2015
Louis "Louie" Hubert Fordice, 86 of Solon, died Thursday, January 15, 2015 at Hallmark Care Center in Mt. Vernon. Celebration of Life Services will be 4:00 p.m. Sunday, January 18, 2015, at Brosh Chapel in Solon, located at 100 S. Cedar Street, where full military rites will be conducted by the Solon American Legion. Visitation will be from 1 until...
Florence Kadlec
Jan 14, 2015
Florence Emaline Kadlec, 83 of Center Point, died Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at St. Luke's Hospital. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 19, 2015 at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW. Burial will follow in Czech National Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 until 5 p.m. Sunday at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located...
Lewis Mottinger
Jan 14, 2015
Lewis Cecil Mottinger Jr., 86 of Solon, died Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at the Solon Nursing Care Center. Celebration of Life services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 17, 2015 at Brosh Chapel in Solon, located at 100 S. Cedar Street. Burial will follow in Oak Shade Cemetery in Marion, where full military rites be conducted. Visitation will be from...
Barbara Berry
Jan 11, 2015
Barbara Joyce Berry, 84 of Ely, died Sunday, January 11, 2015 at Living Center West. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, January 16, 2015 at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW, with Reverend Julie Schuett presiding. Burial will be in First Presbyterian Church Cemetery near Ely. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday...
Marceline Page
Jan 11, 2015
Marceline Claire Page, 83, died Sunday, January 11, 2015 at Northbrook Manor Care Center. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, January 15, 2015 at Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church, with burial to follow in Czech National Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW....
Elisabeth Menadue
Jan 2, 2015
Elisabeth Menadue, 44 of Cedar Rapids, died unexpectedly on Friday, January 2, 2015 in her home. Celebration of life gathering will be from 12-2 p.m. Saturday, January 17, 2015 at The Avacentre at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW. Elisabeth is survived by her mother Judith Crites - Statler of New London, Missouri; three daughters...
Patricia Ann Wenger
Jan 2, 2015
Patricia Ann Wenger, 89, of Silver Creek, died Friday, January 02, 2015 at home with all four of her daughters present. Celebration of Life services will be 6 p.m Tuesday, January 6, 2015, at Living Hope Wesleyan Church, 1500 Boyson Rd SE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402, with Reverend Chopper Brown presiding. Fellowship and a light meal to follow services. Private...
Rachel Hodina
Dec 30, 2014
Rachel Marcella Cleppe Hodina, 93 of Ely, died Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at the Solon Care Center. Celebration of Life services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 5, 2015 at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW. Burial will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery in Tama at 2 p.m. Monday. Visitation will be from 2 to...
Clark Rogers
Dec 29, 2014
Clark Rogers, 65, of Solon, formerly of Mt. Vernon, died Monday, December 29, 2014 at the Solon Nursing Care Center. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, January 3, 2015 at Brosh Chapel, located at 100 South Cedar Street in Solon, where there will be a 2 p.m. Memorial service with a reception to follow. Private family inurnment...
Paul Slezak
Dec 28, 2014
Paul "Paulie" Ben Slezak Jr., 69 of Ely, died Sunday, December 28, 2014 at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy. Celebration of Life services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 3, 2015 at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW. Burial will follow in Rogers Grove Cemetery near Ely. Visitation will be from...
Martha Lawrence
Dec 28, 2014
Martha Lawrence, 78 of Cedar Rapids, passed away at her son's home in Churchill, Texas on December 28, 2014. A Celebration Gathering will be from 1 to 3 p.m., Saturday, January 10, 2015 at The Avacentre at Brosh Chapel. A private family inurnment will be held at later date in Gillette, Wyoming. Martha was born June 1, 1936 in Marion,...
Marie E. Fields
Dec 27, 2014
Marie E. Fields, 91, of Cedar Rapids, died Saturday, December 27, 2014 at Northbrook Manor Care Center. Funeral Mass will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids, with Fr. Chris Podhjasky presiding. Burial will be in Czech National Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at...
Therese Donley
Dec 18, 2014
Therese Bernadine Donley, 60 of Cedar Rapids, died Thursday, December 18, 2014 at St. Luke's Hospital. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, December 21, 2014 at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW. Graveside services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, December 22, 2014 at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Ryan. Therese was born May 2,...
Janice Teeter
Dec 13, 2014
Janice Kay Teeter of Marion, passed away at her home on Friday, December 12, 2014. Janice was born on November 1, 1938, in Ottumwa, the daughter of Harold C. Teeter and Mabel G. (Dalbey) Teeter. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Marvin K. Teeter, and her long time friend, Ruth Heinsius. Janice graduated from Ottumwa High...
Evelyn Marie Lipcamon
Dec 13, 2014
Evelyn Marie Lipcamon, 78 of Solon, died Saturday, December 13, 2014 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Funeral Mass will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, December 18, 2014 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Solon. Burial will follow in Oakland Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at Brosh Chapel in Solon, located at 100...
Donald F. Pospishil
Dec 12, 2014
Donald Frank Pospishil, 84 of Cedar Rapids, died Friday, December 12, 2014 in his home, surrounded by his two children, from a brief illness. Celebration of Life services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW. Full military rites will be conducted by the Swisher American Legion. Visitation...
Hayden Charles Tinsley
Dec 10, 2014
Hayden Charles Tinsley, infant son of Michelle Tinsley and Dustin Meyers, went to be an angel on December 10, 2014 at St. Lukes Hospital. A gathering will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, December 18, 2014 at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW.
Logan David Grant
Dec 9, 2014
Logan David Grant, 14, son of David and Annette Grant, brother of Ryan, passed away on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at St. Luke's Hospital. Funeral Mass will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, December 15, 2014 at St. Ludmila Catholic Church. Burial will follow in Czech National Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 until 6 p.m. Sunday at Brosh Chapel in Cedar...
Marcella Sonka
Dec 9, 2014
Marcella Elizabeth Sonka, 96 of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Newhall, died Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at Mercy Hallmar. Funeral Mass will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Newhall, with burial to follow in St. Patrick and Paul Cemetery, rural Watkins. Visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. Monday, December 15, 2014 at...
Elmer Leo Hahn
Dec 6, 2014
Elmer Leo Hahn, 87 of Solon, died Saturday, December 6, 2014 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at Solon United Methodist Church, located at 122 N. West Street, with Reverend Scott Kober presiding. Burial will follow in Oakland Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, at the church....
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