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Saturday, February 1, 2025
Cheryel Lee Reyhons
Age: 82
City: Solon
Funeral Home
Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service
Saturday, February 1, 2025
Cheryel Lee Reyhons
Cheryel Lee Reyhons
Solon
Cheryel Lee Reyhons, 82, died peacefully Wednesday, January 29, 2025, surrounded by her family.
Visitation will be Monday, February 3, 2025, from 4 PM to 7 PM at Lensing Funeral Home in Iowa City followed by cremation. A private family committal service will be at a later date.
Cheryel was born October 2,1943 in Iowa City, the daughter of Leonard and Camille “Cornie” (Volk)
Reyhons. After graduating from Solon High School, Cheryel spent two years at Grailville College in Ohio. After various jobs, she started working as a secretary for over 24 years at the University of Iowa Hospitals as a secretary in the orthopedics and radiology departments. She retired in 2001. During retirement Cheryel enjoyed family, traveling, crosswords and helping others
Cheryel is survived by her son, Jay Reyhons, daughter-in-law Paula, and grandson Collin Reyhons of Ankeny; her siblings, Ardeth Wray of Sutliff, Bernita (Marvin) Stastny of Solon, Tom Naughton of Iowa City, Este (Chip) Weeces of Solon, and Francine Snyder of Arkansas; and many loving nieces, nephews, and large extended family.
She was preceded in death by her parents Leonard and Camille Reyhons; sister Donna Naughton, brother Tom Reyhons; and brother-in-law, Don Wray.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to The Grail in the US, 931 O’Bannonville Rd, Loveland, Ohio 45140 - https://www.grail-us.org/ or to the Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity (2401 Scott Boulevard SE, Iowa City, IA 52240), - https://www.iowavalleyhabitat.org/
Online condolences at www.lensingfuneral.com