Buol, Alice Edith

CEDAR RAPIDS - Alice Edith Buol, 89, passed away Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010, following a long illness with Alzheimer's disease. Private family services will be held today at Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello, with interment in Oakwood Cemetery. There will be no visitation.

Alice was born Aug. 12, 1921, in Roundup, Mont., where she spent a portion of her childhood. She was the daughter of Bert and Franc (Schoonover) Kiburz. Surrounded by her brothers and sisters, those early days in Montana were full of adventure. One continual memory is the numerous times spent lounging under the starlit skies in Big Sky Country - especially around the time of Alice's birthday when the Perseid Meteor Showers put on their yearly show! The family enjoyed their adventures and pioneering times out west and that is where Alice's love of the great outdoors began. Wanting to be closer to relatives, her parents moved the family and relocated to Jones County, Iowa. It was there Alice met Robert L. Buol. They were married Feb. 18, 1939, in Dubuque, Iowa, and had a daughter, Carol Anne Crane (Richard). They spent the majority of their married years in Cedar Rapids making many friends along the way.

Alice had a love for life and was always on the go - whether at home in Iowa or Florida. She felt they had the best of both worlds - spring and summer in Iowa and fall and winter in Florida. She was the consummate homemaker and hostess, welcoming visitors into her homes and treating them to her wonderful hospitality. Alice enjoyed traveling to both coasts to see family and friends, puttering in her gardens, walking the beach and looking for shells to add to her vast collection, painting seascapes/landscapes, reading, listening to Sinatra or Big Band music, cooking and exercising daily. She loved to help out and would volunteer at the drop of a hat to help someone in need. But most of all she was a devoted grandmother who loved spending time with her granddaughter, whom she helped raise.

Alice is also survived by her granddaughter, Lynn Anne Saddoris (Ryan Charkowski), who was Alice's pride and joy and her caretaker in later years. Also surviving are Alice's brother, Edwin Kiburz, Bookelia, Fla.; a sister-in-law, Eunice Larson of Kentucky; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Robert, in 1999; her twin sister, Anne; sisters, Rosalind and Caroline; and a brother, Avert.

Alice had a sweet and very loving nature and will be greatly missed by all who were lucky enough to have had her in their lives.

The family would like to thank all of those who have sent good thoughts and prayers over the years and also those who have helped out with Alice's care.

Please remember Alice with love and with a smile.

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