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Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Harnish, Ryder Martin
Ryder Martin Harnish, 5-month-old son of Brian and Kylee Harnish, of Toledo, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010, at the Marshalltown Medical & Surgical Center. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 27, at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama, with Pastor Brian Oliver officiating. Interment will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery in Toledo. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Ryder was born July 15, 2010, in Marshalltown, Iowa, the son of Brian and Kylee (Brown) Harnish.
Preceding him in death were his great-grandparents, Jonas and Jean Harnish.
Survivors include his parents, Brian and Kylee Harnish of Toledo; his grandparents, Keith and Betty Brown of Cedar Rapids, Jeff (Susan) Harnish of Toledo and Ronda Harnish of Cedar Rapids; his great-grandparents, Kenneth Brown of Oskaloosa, Florence Auen of Independence, Ronald Escher of Newhall and Shirley Escher of Cedar Rapids; his uncles, Chris and Jamie Brown of Cedar Rapids, Steve (Virginia) Brown of Humboldt, Neb., and Brent Harnish of Iowa City; his aunt, Amy (Jason) Kluge of Springfield, Ill; and several cousins.
A memorial fund has been established.