Cannon, Mildred B. Schirm

Mildred B. Schirm Cannon, 98, of Cedar Rapids, went to be with the Lord on Jan. 15, 2010, at Living Center East following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday at Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories. The Rev. Marty Garrison of Hope United Church of Christ will officiate. Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Monday at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home, Interment will take place at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery.

Survivors include one son, Ron Schirm and wife Donna Wray; one daughter, Marilyn and husband Gordon of Aurora, Ill.; and daughter-in-law, Janette Schirm of Cedar Rapids. Also surviving are eight grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, one stepgreat-grandchild, as well as many nieces, nephews and extended family.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles Winn and Myrtle Winn Mathis; two husbands; one son, Gary Schirm; and two sisters, Grace Lyman and Evelyn Condon.

Mildred was born Nov. 9, 1911, in Walker, Iowa. She married H.W. “Jim” Schirm on Dec. 16, 1929, in Cedar Rapids. He died on Dec. 2, 1952. She later married Earl Cannon on May 18, 1968, in Aurora, Ill. He died July 27, 1971. She graduated from Grant High School in Cedar Rapids in 1929. She worked as a clerk at Penick & Ford, Cryovac, Globe Machinery & Supply Co., and later as a housekeeper for Merchants National Bank for several years. She was previously a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids, where she was a home missionary, and a member of the Good Samaritans for many years. She was a member of the Witwer and Asbury senior centers. In recent years, she was attending Cedar Rapids Baptist Church. She enjoyed crocheting, reading, singing, playing cards, and traveling often with her sister Evelyn.

 She was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend who will be greatly missed.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Mercy in Mildred's honor.

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