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Runyan, Rosella B.
CEDAR RAPIDS - Rosella B. Runyan, 88, of Cedar Rapids, died Friday, Oct. 15, 2010, at Mercy Medical Center. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Randy Kasch. Family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include her children, Carol Sansenbach and Gary (Janet) Runyan, both of Cedar Rapids, Craig Runyan of Hiawatha, and Deb (Chet) Abernathey of Cedar Rapids; stepchild, Dana (Angelo) Tonelli of Waukee; 14 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her two husbands; stepson, Ronald Runyan; sister, Byrdena Lightfoot; and brothers, Lewis Behrends and her twin Raymond Behrends.
Memorials may be directed to Mercy Hospice in memory of Rosella.
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