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Obituaries

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Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Verna Parham

Age: 90

City: Anamosa

VERNA MAE SCHMIDT PARHAM Anamosa Verna Mae Schmidt Parham, 90, died Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar …

Funeral Date: noon to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 9, St. Paul Lutheran Church, Anamosa Funeral Home: Goettsch Funeral Home

Jack Wethington

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Jack Wethington

Age: 75

City: Stanwood

JACK WETHINGTON Stanwood Jack Wethington, 75, of Tipton, formerly of Stanwood, died Sunday, April 3, 2022, at Cedar Manor Nursing …

Funeral Date: 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 8, Goettsch Funeral Home, Anamos Funeral Home: Goettsch Funeral Home

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Rory Ditzler

Age: 59

City: West Branch

RORY MATTHEW DITZLER West Branch Rory Matthew Ditzler, 59, of West Branch, passed away unexpectedly on April 2, 2022. Mass …

Funeral Date: 10 a.m. Wednesday April 6, St. Bernadette?s Catholic Church, West Branch Funeral Home: Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Robert Wahlert

Age: 79

City: Walford

ROBERT WAHLERT Walford Robert Wahlert, 79, of Walford, Iowa, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Thursday, March 31, …

Funeral Date: 11 a.m. Monday, April 10, Cedar Hills Community Church, Cedar Rapids Funeral Home: Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service

Christopher Mason

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Christopher Mason

City: Oxford

CHRISTOPHER LEE MASON Oxford Christopher Lee Mason, from the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City area, left this life to go …

Funeral Home: Brosh Chapel

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Gayle Griffith

Age: 61

City: Cedar Rapids

GAYLE MARIE GRIFFITH Cedar Rapids Gayle Marie Griffith, 61, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away Friday, April 1, 2022. A …

Funeral Date: noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 9, Prairie Hill Pavilion, Marion, Iowa Funeral Home: Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services

Kenneth McIlray

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Kenneth McIlray

Age: 78

City: Marion

KENNETH RAY MCILRATH Marion Kenneth Ray McIlrath, 78, of Dubuque, formerly of Marion, Iowa, passed away Friday, April 1, 2022, …

Funeral Date: 11 a.m. Thursday, April 7, Marion Christian Church, 1050 McGowan Blvd., Marion, Iowa Funeral Home: Iowa Cremation

Ruth Ada Sauter

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Ruth Ada Sauter

Age: 95

City: North English

RUTH ADA BRUHN SAUTER North English Ruth Ada was born June 5, 1926, in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, the only child …

Funeral Date: Later date Funeral Home: Powell Funeral Homes

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Jean Pounds

Age: 73

City: Marengo

JEAN ANN POUNDS Marengo Jean Ann Pounds, 73, of Marengo, passed away April 2, 2022, at home. Jean Ann Olson …

Funeral Date: Private

William Langenberg

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

William Langenberg

Age: 87

City: Iowa City

WILLIAM LOUIS LANGENBERG Iowa City William Louis Langenberg, 87, of Iowa City, passed away Saturday, April 2, 2022, surrounded by …

Funeral Date: 11 a.m. Friday, April 8, St. Patrick Catholic Church, Iowa City Funeral Home: Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service