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Sunday, April 16, 2023
John Albert Sasek
Age: 88
City: Cedar Rapids
Funeral Home
Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home
Sunday, April 16, 2023
John Albert Sasek
John Albert Sasek
Cedar Rapids
John Albert Sasek, 88, of Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday April 11, 2023, in St Luke’s Hospital. Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday April 18, at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories, where a visitation will begin at noon until service time. Burial: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Survivors include his wife of 38 years, Betty Sasek; their children, Glen Sasek Sr of Fayetteville, N.C., Rick Sasek of Austin, Texas, Ken Sky of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Sheila King of Anchorage, Alaska, Suzanne Sasek of Fayetteville, N.C., Kevin Marble of Columbus, Ohio, Sherie Marble of Clarksville, Ind., and Howard Marble of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; his brothers, Keith Sasek of Marshalltown, Iowa, and Jerry Sasek of Tyler, Texas. Also surviving are 23 grandchildren and 11 1/2 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his daughter, Toni Sasek; and his brother, Norman Sasek.
John was born Oct. 25, 1934, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the son of Anthony and Bernice (Keefer) Sasek. He married Betty J. Allison on Valentines Day in 1985 in Cedar Rapids. John retired from A.D.M. after 34 years. He served in the U.S. Army for the National Guard. He was a member of the Teamster Local 238 and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Cedar Rapids, where he was very active in the church school. Please leave a message for the family on our web page www.cedarmemorial.com under obituaries.
Memorials may be made in memory of John to Andrews Christian Academy at 2773 Edgewood Rd. Cedar Rapids, IA 52411-8500.

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