Lodge, Pearl K.

Pearl K. Lodge, 95, of Cedar Rapids, went peacefully to be with the Lord surrounded by her daughter, Jackie; granddaughter, Leia; and great-granddaughter, Cali, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011, at Higley Mansion Care Center. Memorial Services: 1 p.m. Thursday at Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories by the Rev. William Harnish. Inurnment: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. A visitation will be held Wednesday at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home from 3 to 7 p.m.

Survivors include her daughter, Jackie (Larry) Fenneman of Marion; stepson, Donald (Darlene) of Atlanta, Ga.; special friend, Darlene Lovell; eight grandchildren; special granddaughter, Leia; special great-granddaughter, Cali; 11 great-grandchildren; seven stepgrandchildren; and seven stepgreat-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husbands, Elmer Reid and George Lodge; son, Lee Reid; daughter, Gwendolyn Jordt; four sisters; and a brother.

Pearl was born Dec. 2, 1915, in Arlington, Iowa, to Hiram and Grace Davis. She married Elmer Reid on Feb. 6, 1937. He died in 1967. She married George Lodge March 25, 1975. He died in 1986.

Pearl was the bookkeeper for F.W. Means and Carma Lou's House of Music, retiring in 1977. Pearl was a member of the VFW and Eagles Auxiliaries, a past member of the Eastern Star and a member of 1st Assembly of God Church.

Memorials may be directed to St. Luke's Hospice.

The family would like to especially thank the staff at Higley Mansion, St. Luke's Hospice, and thank Jan from 1st Assembly of God for coming to perform a last prayer with family and Pearl on a very short notice.

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Published in The Gazette Oct. 25, 2011.