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.
Percy L. Fields
Percy L. Fields
Iowa City
Percy Lee Fields Jr. died of heart failure at University Hospitals on Monday, May 6, 2024. Visitation will be held on Saturday, May 11, at 11:00 am in the Amana Community Church Fellowship Hall in Amana, Iowa. A brief prayer service will be held at noon, followed by a luncheon for all to attend.
Percy was born in Englewood, NJ on November 18, 1957, to Percy Fields Sr. and Bessie (Moore) Fields. He attended Englewood schools and graduated from Bergen Technical School in Englewood.
Percy was just settling into retirement after working various maintenance jobs around the Iowa City area. He loved golf and fishing and was an avid New York Yankees and Iowa Hawkeyes fan.
He will be greatly missed by his wife, Margaret (Maggie), daughter Isabella Wendler, mother-in-law Wendy Ziegler, her husband Ekhard, brother-in-law Jake Wendler, his wife Natalie and children Cora and Graham, sister Shirlena Hopson, and nephew JR Hopson. He was preceded in death by his parents and father-in-law, Stuart Wendler.
Memorials may be directed to the family.
Daily Newsletters