116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Obituaries
The Gazette publishes obituaries on a daily basis. Use the search field above to search for obituaries by name or keyword. Readers can submit an obituary or submit a milestone to The Gazette. The obituary must be submitted before 1 p.m. for publication on thegazette.com at 6 p.m. and in the daily edition the next day, with the exception of obituaries for Sunday publication, which must be submitted by 1 p.m. on Fridays.
Elaine Tubaugh
ELAINE K. TUBAUGH
Belle Plaine
Elaine K. Tubaugh, 70, of Belle Plaine, passed away Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids after a long battle with leukemia.
Elaine was born Dec. 30, 1946, in Vinton, Iowa, to Donald and Velma (Oliphant) Bordwell. She married her high school sweetheart, Jerald "Jerry" Tubaugh, on Dec. 21, 1965, in Cedar Rapids, making their life together in Belle Plaine. As a young woman, Elaine worked for Rockwell Collins as a spot welder of military communication equipment for the Vietnam effort, then as a bookkeeper for the Belle Plaine livestock auction. Later in life, she worked as a bank teller for Midwest One. Throughout all the years, she worked diligently beside her husband in their auction business as bookkeeper, clerk and office manager. She had a gift for interior design, enjoyed collecting antiques, and she had a deep love of humanitarian efforts. As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, she served faithfully in many positions in the local relief society, primary and young women presidencies, and as a counselor in the Iowa City Stake Relief Society presidency, many of which serve to meet the financial and physical needs of local citizens and those in need abroad. She also had a deep and abiding love of her family, friends and Savior, Jesus Christ.
She is survived by her husband, Jerry of Belle Plaine; children, Roshan (Thomas) Richards of Pleasant Grove, Utah, Jared R. (Adriane) of Omaha, Neb., Melyse (Rick) Sparks of Belle Plaine and Seth C. (Lindsey) of Syracuse, Utah; 17 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and sister, Cheryl Strohbehn of Cedar Rapids.
Elaine was preceded in death by her parents; son, Edmond B.; and sister, Kathey (Stanley) Holcomb.
Services are at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20, at Hrabak-Neuhaus Funeral Service, Belle Plaine. Burial will take place at Oak Hill Cemetery, Belle Plaine. Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, at the funeral home and will continue one hour before the service Wednesday.
In Iieu of flowers, memorials may be donated to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in her memory at www.lls.org. Online condolences can be sent to the family at www.hrabakfuneralhome.com.
Daily Newsletters