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Monday, May 19, 2014
Koziol, Josephine Mary
Josephine Mary Koziol, 81, formerly of Chicago, died Sunday, June 9, 2013, at Living Center West Care Center in Cedar Rapids. Funeral Mass: 1 p.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, where a visitation will begin at noon. The Rev. David O'Connor will officiate. Burial: Resurrection Cemetery in Chicago. Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include a daughter, Cynthia Wiseman of Cedar Rapids; a son, Robert (Jean) Koziol of Bourbonnais, Ill.; and her grandchildren, Robert, Brianna, Alexa, John, Sophia, Ava and Dominik.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Robert Joseph Koziol Sr.; and her brothers, Albert, Ben and Walter.
Josephine was born Nov. 27, 1931, in Chicago, the daughter of Albert and Mary (Majovich) Schroetlin. She married Robert Joseph Koziol in Chicago.
Published June 12, 2013 in The Gazette