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.
Jolene (Deerberg) Wilson
Jolene (Deerberg) Wilson
Crosby, Texas
Jolene (Deerberg) Wilson, 81, died Aug. 31, 2022. She was born July 7, 1941, in Cedar Country, Iowa. She is preceded in death by her parents Lorenz and Carolyn (Conrad) Deerberg. Surviving relatives: sister, Carol (Vern) Schroeder; brother, Dean Deerberg; nephew, Craig (Sue) Schroeder; great-nephews, Andrew and Collin (Josephine) Schroeder; daughter, Andrea Pennington; grandchildren, Courtney and Cameron Pennington; and great-grandson, Kaiza Pennington.
Celebration of Life: Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, at 11 a.m. at Lake Houston UMC in Huffman, Texas. Donations can be made to Lake Houston UMC. Final resting place will be Inland Cemetery in Bennett, Iowa.
Daily Newsletters