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Darlene Schwendinger
DARLENE EMMA (BARTOSH) SCHWENDINGER
Cedar Rapids
Darlene Emma (Bartosh) Schwendinger, 88, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, at the Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Monticello, Iowa. The funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids by Father Dennis Conway. Burial will follow at St. John's Cemetery. Papich-Kuba Funeral Service in Cedar Rapids is serving the family.
Darlene is survived and will be remembered always with affection and appreciation by her daughter, Susan E. Schwendinger (Cavey); granddaughter, Ann Marie (Cavey) Jameson and husband, Jack Jameson; and great-grandchildren, Ella Grace Jameson and Max Jameson. She is also survived by many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Irvin (Jim); parents, John J. and Stella (Wagner) Bartosh; brother, Donald F. Bartosh; sister, Gladys Jean (Bartosh) Koutny; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Lenore and Ed Kruse, Mae and Curtis Kedley, Louis and Levina Schwendinger, Kenneth and Rosalene Schwendinger, William (Bill) Koutny; and several nieces and nephews.
Darlene was born Aug. 8, 1933 in Fort Atkinson, Iowa. On Nov. 1, 1946, Darlene and her family moved to Cedar Rapids, where she finished her eighth grade at Roosevelt Junior High School in 1947. Darlene graduated from St. Wenceslaus High School in 1951. On Sept. 10, 1955. Darlene married Irvin James (Jim) Schwendinger at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church. Jim died Dec. 13, 2004.
Darlene was employed at Link-Belt Speeder (FMC), and for 10 years at the United States Postal Service.
She was a member of St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church and St. Wenceslaus Alumni Association. As the chairwoman of the Alumni Association, Darlene was very active in the gathering of historical items from the grade school and high school, as well as the St. Wenceslaus Parish/Church. She found great joy in being a part of this process for many years. Darlene was also a member of St. Mary's Society 119 of the Czech Catholic Union.
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