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Rose Wood
ROSE MARIE WOOD
Cedar Rapids
Rose Marie Wood, 77, of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, at Willow Gardens Care Center, Marion. Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Christopher Podhajsky. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, Cedar Rapids, with a rosary at 5 p.m. Burial: St. John's Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include her husband, Stephen; daughters, Susan (Sean) Lamont and Chris (Bassam) Kadura; sister, Nadine Wilson; grandchildren, Adam and Sarah Kadura and Allisha Morath; and many nieces and nephews.
Rose was born March 23, 1938, in Cedar Rapids, the daughter of Frank and Betty (Beranek) Gorman. She was a graduate of Immaculate Conception High School. Rose married Stephen Wood in 1962 in Evanston, Ill. Rose enjoyed flowers and animals, especially her cats.
She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother and grandmother.
She was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Pat Adamek; and brothers-in-law, John Adamek and Bob Wilson.
Memorials are suggested to the family.
Please share your support and memories with Rose Marie's family on her tribute wall at www.stewartbaxter.com under obituaries.
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