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.
Phyliss Holden
PHYLISS HOLDEN
Cedar Rapids
Phyliss Ann (Bird) Holden, 87, of Green Valley, Ariz., formerly of Marco Island, Fla., and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Aug. 6, 2014, in Tucson, Ariz., from complications related to a stroke.
Phyliss is survived by her sister, Patricia, who resides in Los Angeles; her brother, Ross, who lives in St. Paul, Minn.; six children: Philip, Dallas, Texas; Dyan, Denver, Colo.; Martin, Dallas; Michael, Edmond, Okla.; Monica, Tucson, Ariz., and Timothy of St. Louis, Mo.; 13 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Phyliss was born in Chicago in 1927. After moving to Cedar Rapids, she attended St. Patrick's School and then on to St. Mary of the Woods College in Terre Haute, Ind., as well as Kirkwood Community College for medical studies later in life.
She was a founding member of the Linn County Food Bank and actively participated in other charitable and religious-affiliated organizations.
She was preceded in death by her husband of over 53 years, Richard Holden.
A funeral Mass will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids. Burial will immediately follow the funeral Mass in St. John's Catholic Cemetery. No visitation service is scheduled before the Mass.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Linn Community Food Bank.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.broshchapel.com.
Daily Newsletters