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Trudy Helen Plotz
Trudy Helen Plotz
Cedar Rapids
Trudy Helen Plotz, 93, of Cedar Rapids passed away on Sunday, March 9, 2025, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 20, 2025, at Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW, where there will be a 7 p.m. parish vigil. Funeral Mass will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 21, 2025, at St. Ludmila Catholic Church. Burial will follow in Czech National Cemetery. Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre will be assisting the family at this time.
Trudy married the love of her life, John Plotz on September 4, 1950, at St. Wenceslaus Church in Cedar Rapids, they had 68 blessed years together.
Trudy worked at Rockwell Collins for 27 years and retired in 1988. She has been a member of St. Ludmila's Catholic Church for 70 years, Elks Lodge #251 Auxiliary, VFW #788 Auxiliary, and The Red Hat Society. She also enjoyed being a member of St. Monica’s Circle for many years. She loved reading books, doing word search books and watching ME TV. She was a great joke teller and could memorize them all. She was a very devoted and loving wife. Her greatest joy and passion was spending time with her family, being a doting mother and beloved grandmother. And a good friend to those who knew her and loved her.
Trudy is survived by her children; Allen (Anita) Plotz, Gary (Chae) Plotz both of Cedar Rapids and Diane (David) Gartzke of West Branch, 7 grandchildren-Ryan Plotz, Andrea (Adam) Meder, Leanne (Brett) Hazlett, Alex (Vanessa)Plotz, Branden Sobaski, Brett Sobaski and Calista Sobaski. And 11 great-grandchildren; Lexa, Evan, Avery, Violet, Adleigh, Remington, Elliott, Scarlett, Merritt, Dominick, Locklyn, and brother-in-law Parlyn (Helen) Plotz.
Our mom lived a very joyful-loving Christian life. She will be missed more than words can say but we know she’s dancing with dad-to their favorite Polka.
She was preceded in death by her husband (Johnny), parents; Freda (Specht)& George Williams, Grandmother Emma Specht, brothers-Floyd and Leo Williams, 5 sisters-in-law and 4 brothers-in-law.
Our family would like to thank the wonderful doctors and nurses at Mercy ER & ICU for their care for mom and we'd also like to thank the Staff of Mercy Hospice House for their loving support and to mom’s nurses Karen and Teresa thank you from the bottom of hearts for your unwavering kindnesses & care.
In lieu of flowers: memorials may be made to Hospice of Mercy.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.broshchapel.com
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