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Ida 'Dorothy' Scherrer
"DOROTHY" SCHERRER
Iowa City
Ida "Dorothy" A. (Skubal) Scherrer, 93, of Iowa City, died peacefully in her sleep, with family by her side, on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, at Legacy Gardens Special Memory Unit in Iowa City. A Mass of Christian Burial
will be 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 15, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Riverside, with Father David Brownfield officiating. Visitation will be at St. Mary's Catholic Church on Sunday, Sept. 14, with a prayer service at 4 p.m. and visitation following until 7 p.m.
A memorial fund has been established for Hospice Compassus of Cedar Rapids.
Dorothy (as she preferred to be called) was born May 21, 1921, in rural Riverside, the daughter of Frederick and Ida (Shradel) Skubal. She married Paul M. Scherrer on June 23, 1955. Dorothy graduated from St. Mary's High School in 1938. She attended Iowa City Commercial College in Iowa City.
She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and Altar and Rosary Society. She also was a member of Zeta Chi Chapter of the Alpha Iota sorority, International Honorary Business Sorority, July 28, 1947.
She worked for Dr. Erwin G. Gross at the University of Iowa Pharmacology Department from 1940 through 1948. She worked as secretary for English River Concentrates Inc. from 1964 through 1983, when she retired. Dorothy was a Cub Scout Den Mother for several years and had many interests, including gardening, bowling, crocheting, playing cards, working jigsaw and crossword puzzles, cooking and baking, and visiting with family and friends.
Dorothy will be deeply missed by her family, friends and caregivers at Legacy.
Survivors include her husband, Paul; a son, Edward (Deb) Scherrer of North Liberty; a daughter, Maureen (Leonard) Corpman of Cedar Falls; a son, Michael (Coleen) Scherrer of Riverside; 12 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; and a sister-in-law, Shirley (Virgil) Scherrer.
Preceding Dorothy in death were her parents; an infant son; four brothers, Frederick Skubal Jr., twins, Francis (Rosemary) Skubal and Charles (Maxine) Skubal and Joseph Skubal; and a daughter, Janice (Scherrer) Grimm.
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