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Gloria Eichhorn
GLORIA G. EICHHORN
Fairfax
Gloria G. Eichhorn, 85, of Fairfax, passed away Sunday, June 19, 2016, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids. Services: 9:30 a.m. Thursday, June 23, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home, Cedar Rapids. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Survivors include children, Harold Randy Eichhorn of Cedar Rapids, Michael Eichhorn of Swisher and Gerald (Jodi) Eichhorn of Fairfax; grandchildren, Brad (Katie) Eichhorn, Anthony Eichhorn, Amber Eichhorn, Christopher Eichhorn, Jennifer (Jim) Peterson, Aimee Fuller, Justin DeMeulenaere, Mackenzie Eichhorn and Emerson Eichhorn; 11 great-grandchildren; brother, Don (Pauline) Bervid of Urbana; and brother-in-law, Charles (Nancy) Eichhorn of Belle Plaine.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Harold; brother, Milo; and sister, Irene.
Gloria was born April 2, 1931, in Shueyville, Iowa, the daughter of Joseph and Barbara (Vrchoticky) Bervid. She graduated from Shueyville High School and attended Kirkwood Community College in the horticulture program. Gloria worked in the flower greenhouse at Kreb's Flower Shop & Greenhouse in Cedar Rapids. She married Harold Eichhorn on Jan. 10, 1952. Gloria enjoyed gardening, yard work, playing bingo and spending time with her grandchildren.
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