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.
Elsi Kreb
ELSIE KREB
Oran
Elsie Helena Kreb, 100, of Oran, Iowa, died Saturday, June 7, 2014, at Bickford Cottage, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, June 14, St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Oran, with the Rev. Sandra Burroughs officiating. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, June 13, at Woods Funeral Home, Fairbank, and one hour before services at the church on Saturday. Burial: St. Peter's Cemetery, rural Oran.
She is survived by three sons, Rueben Kreb of Nashua, Charles (Rosemary) Kreb of Waverly and Melvin (Hollis) Kreb of Scotia, Calif.; one brother, Clement (Emma) Olson of Mobridge, S.D.; and many grandchildren and stepgrandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Emil, in 1987; one son, Herbert; one sister, Delphia Fischer; and two brothers, Harvey and Melvin Olson.
Elsie was born Jan. 11, 1914, in Camp Cook, Harding County, S.D., to Edward and Carrie (Engebretson) Olson. On
July 28, 1938, she married Emil Kreb at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa.
Woods Funeral Home, Fairbank, is handling the arrangements.
Memorials may be sent to St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Oran, Iowa.
Condolences can be left at www.woodsfuneralhome.net/blog/.
Daily Newsletters