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Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Darlene (Holub) Wichman
Age: 84
City: Cedar Rapids
Funeral Date
11 a.m. Saturday, March 18, 2018, at St. Pius X Catholic Church
Funeral Home
Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Serivces, Cedar Rapids
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Darlene (Holub) Wichman
DARLENE (HOLUB) WICHMAN
Cedar Rapids
Darlene (Holub) Wichman, 84, of Cedar Rapids, died
March 6, 2018, surrounded by family. Funeral Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday, March 10, at St.
Pius X Catholic Church with visitation one hour prior.
Visitation: 4:30 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 9, at Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, Cedar Rapids, with
Rosary at 4 p.m. Burial:
10 a.m. Monday, March 12, at
Mount Calvary Cemetery.
She is survived by children, Theresa Trimble, Jim (Lisa) Wichman, Dan (Beth) Wichman and John (Tonya) Wichman; grandchildren,
April (Travis) Buysse, Andrea (DJ) Nelson, AJ
Wichman, Anissa Wichman, Neil Trimble, Cody
Wichman, Troy Wichman and Tyler Beebe; great-grandchildren, Parker, Penn, Peyton, Mya, Jameson and Tula.
Darlene Doris was born to Victor and Rose (Holub)
Holub on June 9, 1933, in Prairieburg, Iowa. On July 31, 1951, she married Neil Wichman; they raised their family deep in the Catholic faith. They were charter members of St. Pius X Catholic Church and were instrumental in starting their weekly bingo. In 1976, she started
her own company, Wichman Bingo Supplies, retiring in 2015. Darlene was a woman who made things happen.
She was preceded in death by her husband; parents;
son, Matthew Wichman; and siblings, Regina Rickles
and Roy, Eugene and LaVerne Holub.
Memorials may be directed to St. Pius X Catholic
Church.
Please share your support and memories with
Darlene's family on her tribute wall at
www.stewartbaxter.com under obituaries.