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Rita Joanne Meimann Rehak
Rita Joanne Meimann Rehak
Cedar Rapids
Rita Joanne Meimann Rehak, 93, died on Thursday, December 4, 2025, at Cottage Grove Place, Cedar Rapids. A funeral Mass will be held on Thursday, December 11, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Ludmila Catholic Church, by Father Ken Glaser. Visitation will precede the funeral at 9:30 a.m., at the church. The rosary will be recited at 10:15 a.m., immediately prior to the service.
Burial at St. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Ames, Iowa. Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids is assisting the family.
Survivors include daughters Lisa Ernst, Gail Loskill, Janet Wilkie, Diane (Bruce) Dalton, and Sue Blome of Cedar Rapids, and son John (Grace) Rehak of Omaha. Also surviving are 15 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Notre Dame Sisters, 3501 State Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68112.
For a full obituary and to share a memory of Rita, please visit www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
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