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Vivian Park
VIVIAN PARK
Cedar Rapids
Vivian Ilene (Ellison) Park, 91, of Cedar Rapids, passed away Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha following a long illness. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, at Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories, with Chaplain Christine Wagner-Hecht of Hospice of Mercy officiating. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 3, at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home. Entomb-ment will be in Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery.
Surviving are her children, MarJoan Rhodes and husband Byron and Sharon Smyth and husband Marvin, both of Cedar Rapids; grand-children, Roger (Trish) Zahradnik, Barbara (Tom) Klein, Eric (Shelley) Smyth, Sandra (Mike) Barnard, Malinda (Tim) Tighe and Thad Rhodes; great-grandchildren, Anthony (Sarah) Zahradnik, Dustin (April) Zahradnik, Sarah (Michael Becker) Gibbs, Nichole (Jeff) Glau, Nathan (Jenny) Klein, Stephanie Klein and Kayla Tighe, Alyssa (Wade) Miller, Arianna Smyth, Alexander Smyth, Austin Smyth, Brittany Barnard and Hunter Barnard; great-great-grandchildren, Titan, Hannah, Odessa, Addison, Lindsay and Ethan; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; five brothers, George, Donald, Wilbur, Orpha and Walter; one sister, Myrtle; and her beloved husband, Howard, who preceded her in death on March 20, 1973.
Vivian Ilene (Ellison) Park was born Jan. 11, 1923, in Mechanicsville in Linn Township, the daughter of Ogal L. and Bertha (Coster) Ellison. She was united in marriage to Howard C. Park on Dec. 15, 1939, in Clinton, Iowa. She was employed for 33 years at Square D as a proud member of the Machinists Union.
She volunteered for Horizon's Meals on Wheels and donated crocheted baby hats for the area hospitals. She enjoyed embroidering baby quilts, crocheting, flowers and gardening and watching the Chicago Cubs.
Vivian was a charter member of the Eagles Club and a longtime member of Kenwood Park Presbyterian Church.
Above all, her greatest enjoyment was time spent with family, especially all her beloved grandchildren.
Memorial donations in Vivian's honor may be made to Horizon's Meals on Wheels, 819 Fifth St. SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401 or American Cancer Society in honor of Howard C. Park.
Please leave a message, tribute or memory to Vivian's family on the Web page, www.cedar memorial.com under Obituaries.
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