Hoyum, Lillian Carol

Lillian Carol Hoyum, 89, Nov. 13, 1922 to Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, died at St. Luke's Hospice, Cedar Rapids. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Cedar Rapids. Visitation from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial: Cedar Memorial Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. A luncheon will be served at 1 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran School lunchroom, 1361 Seventh Ave. SW, Cedar Rapids, following the graveside service.

Survivors include three daughters, Janice (Jim) Felthous of Ashippun, Wis., Phyllis (Richard) Nace of Grimes, and Carol (Robert) Foss of Clearwater, Minn.; two sons, Edward (Sue) of Cedar Rapids, and Jerry (Lynette) of Tremont, Ill.; 18 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren; sister, Arlene Jacobson of Minneapolis Minn.; and a brother, Laverne Swiggum of Gays Mills, Wis.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Norman; parents; her sister, Ona Mae Dregne; brother, Robert Swiggum; son, Dale; grandson, Nicolas Felthous; and great-granddaughter, Juliana Felthous.

She lived for the past year at Higley Mansion Care Center. Lillian was the daughter of M.C. and Mable (Johnson) Swiggum. She was born Nov. 13, 1922, in Crawford County, Wis. She was united in marriage to Norman Hoyum on June 3, 1944. Lillian was a teacher in a one room school house for two years in Wisconsin. A full-time homemaker to six children, she worked in the bookkeeping department at the Moore Business Forms in Iowa City. She enjoyed square dancing with Norman for 15 years and fellowship with family and friends. Lillian was an active member at Trinity Lutheran since 1965, when they moved from Oxford, Iowa. She was known as the cookie lady to family, friends, neighbors and at church functions.

Please sign the online guest book for Lillian at under obituaries.

Published in The Gazette Sept. 18, 2012.