Bernard 'Witt' Witting

BERNARD H. "WITT" WITTING

Cedar Rapids

Bernard H. "Witt" Witting, 89, of Cedar Rapids, died Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, at St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Service: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, at St. Jude's Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids. Burial: St. Joseph's Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.

Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Carol Witting of Cedar Rapids; sons, Mark (Susan) Witting of Fairfax, Matt Witting of Cedar Rapids, Jon (Julie) Witting of Akins and Jan (Cory) Witting of California; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; brother, Leonard (Sylvia) Witting of West Point; brother-in-law, Fred Baxter of Nauvoo, Ill.; and several nieces and nephews.

Witt was preceded in death by his parents and three sisters, Elizabeth Witting, Anna Marie Burger and Carmelita Baxter.

Witt was born April 3, 1926, in Salem, Iowa, the son of Henry and Kathryn (Woerdman) Witting. He attended St. John's School in Houghton, Iowa. Witt helped on the family farm and then later entered the U.S. Army. Upon returning from the military, he returned to the farm then moved to Cedar Rapids, where he worked for Cedar Rapids Block Company and later at Prestressed Concrete of Iowa.

On Sept. 27, 1958, he married Carol Hensely at St. Patrick's Church in Cedar Rapids. Witt was a member of Catholic Workers and St. Jude's Catholic Church. He was a hard-working self-educated man and farmed his entire life. Witt loved to golf and enjoyed traveling.

Special thank you to Dr. Schroeder, Dr. Kopec, Dr. Zahr, the St. Luke's Hospice nurses and special cousin, Sister LaDonna.

In lieu of flowers, memorial may be directed to St. Jude's Building Fund or charity of choice.

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