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Dale Francis Winder
Aug 6, 2012
Dale Francis Winder, 85 of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Waterloo and Independence, passed away on Monday, August 6, 2012 at Willow Gardens Care Center in Marion. Celebration of Life will be 1:00 p.m. Friday, August 10th at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW, with Reverend Dr. Nancy Redman presiding. Visitation will be one hour prior...
Mark Steven Dunmore
Jul 31, 2012
Mark Steven Dunmore, 55 of Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at Mercy Medical Center. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, August 3, 2012 at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW. Burial will follow in Rogers Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. Thursday at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids. Mark...
Louis E. Becicka
Jul 28, 2012
Louis E. Becicka, 91 of Cedar Rapids, died Saturday, July 28, 2012 at Silver Pines Nursing Home. Funeral Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday July 31 at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located 2121 Bowling Street SW with Rev. Dr. W. Bramwell Harnish presiding. Visitation will be from 12-2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Czech...
Joseph H. Turkal
Jul 19, 2012
Joseph "Joe" Herbert Turkal, 83, of Solon, died Thursday, July 19, 2012 at the Solon Nursing Care Center. Visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. Thursday, July 26, 2012 at Brosh Chapel in Solon. Private family burial will be in Oakland Cemetery-Solon. Joe was born December 3, 1928 in Solon, the son of Carl and Lotus (Randall) Turkal. He...
William Kendall
Jul 17, 2012
William T. Kendall, 95, of Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at home following a long illness. Memorial services will be held Monday, July 23 at 11 AM at First Lutheran Church, by Pastor Kay Slocum. William was a World War II veteran having served in the Army. He sold insurance for over fifty years and built homes for...
Walter Norman Schropp
Jul 16, 2012
Walter Norman "Bumpy" Schropp, 92 of Swisher, died Monday, July 16, 2012 at his home, surrounded by his family. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, July 20th at the Shueyville United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Anderson Cemetery near Swisher. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, July 19th at the Shueyville United Methodist Church. Brosh Chapel...
Bert S. Jackson
Jul 16, 2012
Bert S. Jackson, 91 of Cedar Rapids, died Monday, July 16, 2012 at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy. Services will be 10:30 A.M. Saturday, July 21, 2012 at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids. Burial will follow in Czech National Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-7 P.M. Friday at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121...
Arthur Leo Stark
Jul 11, 2012
Arthur "Art" Leo Stark, 89 of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at Mercy Medical Center. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 16, 2012 at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW. Entombment will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Sunday at Brosh Chapel in Cedar...
James Gardas
Jul 10, 2012
James (Jim) Robert Gardas, 55 of Solon, died Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at his residence, surrounded by loved ones. As per Jim's wishes, there will be no services. Brosh Chapel in Solon is handling arrangements. Jim was born February 24, 1957 in Minnesota. He moved to Marion in 1985 to work for Rockwell Collins. Jim worked for Rockwell Collins for...
Maxine Meeks
Jul 10, 2012
Maxine Frederick (Voss) Meeks, 82 of Fairfax, died Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at West Ridge Care Center. Funeral Mass will be 9:30 a.m. Saturday, July 14, 2012 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids, with burial to follow in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at...
Prince Pravion-Rajon Henry
Jul 9, 2012
Prince Pravion-Rajon Henry passed peacefully in his mother's womb on July 9, 2012. Prince was also born on the same day. Though he was still in the womb, he was a brief gift to us that will live on in our hearts forever. Prince is the son of Candace C. Collins and Patrick Q. Henry of Cedar Rapids, IA. Prince...
Marian Genevieve Pernicka
Jul 1, 2012
Marian G. Pernicka, 92 of Cedar Rapids, passed away July 1, 2012 in her home. A Memorial gathering will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 11 at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids located at 2121 Bowling Street SW. Private family inurnment will be in Czech National Cemetery.
Richard M. Wilson
Jun 29, 2012
Richard "Rick" M. Wilson, 68 of Cedar Rapids, died Friday, June 29, 2012, at his residence, surrounded by his family. As per Rick's wishes there will be a Celebration of Life gathering on Saturday, July 7th from 1 to 4 p.m. at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW. Richard was born January 8, 1944 in...
Elizabeth J. Bedell
Jun 27, 2012
Elizabeth J. Bedell, 89, of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at St. Luke's Living Center East. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 2nd, at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW. Burial will follow in Friends Cemetery in Whittier. Visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Brosh Chapel in Cedar...
Daryl John Dosch
Jun 25, 2012
Daryl John Dosch, 71, of Swisher, died Monday, June 25, in his home. Private family services will be held at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, with burial in Urbana Cemetery. Daryl was born July 28, 1940, in Pine Island, Minnesota, the son of Ray and Catherine (Schutz) Dosch. He graduated from Pine Island High School in 1958. Daryl married Marlene...
Jack Edward Jennings
Jun 23, 2012
Jack Edward Jennings, 76 of Cedar Rapids, died Saturday, June 23 at St. Lukes Living Center East, surrounded by his loving family. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 27th at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW, with burial to follow in Rogers Grove Cemetery near Ely. Full military rites will be conducted. Visitation will...
Mary Joan Grover
Jun 18, 2012
Mary Joan Grover, 77 of Solon, died Monday, June 18, 2012 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Services will be 11 a.m. Friday, June 22, 2012 at Brosh Chapel in Solon, located at 100 S. Cedar Street. Private family burial will follow in Oakland Cemetery in Solon. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Friday at Brosh Chapel...
Ruth L. Ferdig
Jun 17, 2012
Ruth L. Ferdig, 83 of Iowa City, died Sunday, June 17, 2012 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, June 21, 2012 at the Welsh United Church of Christ, near Iowa City with Reverend Jerry Stevenson presiding. Burial will follow in Welsh Pioneer Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday,...
William W. Murphy Sr.
Jun 16, 2012
William W. Murphy Sr., 83 of Shellsburg, died Saturday June 16, 2012 at St. Luke's Hospital. Celebration of Life Services will be held Wednesday June 20, 2012 at Wildcat Golf Course Club House, Shellsburg with visitation from 4-5 pm, memorial service starting at 5 pm officiated by Pastor Ed Kraft. A meal will be served at 6 pm. Burial will...
Delane Shaheen
Jun 13, 2012
DeLane Shaheen, 88, of 751 Carroll Drive SE, Cedar Rapids, and Scottsdale, Arizona died Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy after a brief illness. Services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 16, 2012 at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church. Burial will follow in St. George Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 until...
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