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Ruth P. Steuber
Born in Kansas City, MO. on March 19, 1926
Departed on November 26, 2009. Resided in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Ruth P. Steuber, 83, of 2212 26th St SW, died Thursday November 26, 2009 in St. Luke’s Hospital after a short illness with all her family at her side. Services: 3:00 p.m. Monday at Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories. Entombment: Cedar Memorial Park Funeral cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday from 4-7 p.m. at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home.
Survivors include her husband Robert, Susan Wagamon (Larry), Bobby Lathrop (Coleen), Sylvia Parry (Roger), and Sandra Feaker (Gary) all of Cedar Rapids, a sister, Caroline Hassler (Horst) of Gilroy, California. Also surviving are 7 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and siblings, Joe, Larry, Bob and Sonny.
Ruth was born March 19, 1926 in Kansas City, Mo, the daughter of Louis and Helen Riley Levy. She married
Robert Lathrop and later divorced. She then married
Robert F. Steuber on June 27, 1964 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids. Ruth was owner and operator of Ruth’s Shoes in Cedar Rapids. People knew her as the “Shoe Lady” . She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and a volunteer at St. Luke’s Hospital. She enjoyed taking cruises and traveling around the world. Her favorite was spending time with her family and grandchildren and pet poodle Bobbie. Ruth was a very kind, loving, generous and giving person. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.
Memorials may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church or the American Cancer Society.
Orrin Stephen
Born in Malcom, Iowa on October 6, 1910
Departed on December 5, 2009. Resided in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Visitation: Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Service: Thursday, December 10, 2009
Orrin Stephen, 99, of Cedar Rapids, died Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009, at Mercy Medical Center following a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM on Thursday, Dec. 10, at Echo Hill Presbyterian Church. Friends may call at the Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home from 5 to 7 PM on Tuesday. Memorials may be made to Echo Hill Presbyterian Church.
Orrin was born on October 6, 1910, on the family farm in Malcom, Iowa, to Francis V. Stephen and Mary Reynolds Stephen. He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen Harding Stephen, seven brothers and two sisters. Orrin is survived by his daughters, Sandra L. Stephen, Cedar Rapids and Susan S. Jones (Douglas), Huxley; his grandson, Philip Stephen Jones (Erin), Westminster, CO., and granddaughter Jenifer Sue Jones, Ames.
Orrin assisted his parents on the family farm until 1934 when he left to attend Iowa State Teachers’ College (UNI) where he met Helen. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1938, and taught one year in Hansel, Iowa. In 1939, Orrin enrolled in Iowa State University and received a degree in vocational agriculture. He taught for two years at Delhi. In 1942, Orrin enlisted in the United States Army, and was sent to Arizona.
Orrin married
Helen Harding on December 29, 1943, at Kenwood Park Presbyterian Church in Cedar Rapids. He served two more years with the Army in Paris, TX. In 1945, he and Helen moved to Buffalo Center, where both of them taught. In 1951, they moved to Cedar Rapids. From 1951 to 1963, Orrin sold pharmaceuticals. In 1963-64 he attended the University of Iowa. Orrin taught science in Anamosa from 1964 to 1977, when he retired.
Orrin believed that a good education was the most valuable possession one could have because it could never be taken away. Orrin instilled this belief in his children, grandchildren, and students. As a parent he was our first and best teacher. His love, patience and guidance will be greatly missed.
Mary Jane Stealey
Born in West Virginia on February 1, 1928
Departed on December 18, 2009. Resided in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Visitation: Monday, December 21, 2009
cemetery: Cedar Memorial Park cemetery
Mary Jane Stealey, 81, of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Madison, Indiana, died December 18, 2009 at Methwick Woodlands following a long illness. Private family funeral services will be held at the Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories. Rev. Harlan Gillespie of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church will officiate. Friends may call from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM on Monday, December 21, 2009 at the Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home. Entombment will take place at Cedar Memorial Park cemetery.
Surviving are her children Mark Stealey of Corpus Christi, TX, Lynn Bueg and husband Ken of Paris TN, and Doug Stealey and wife Jackie of Cedar Rapids; grandchildren, Jenni Severns and husband David of Nevada, Rachel Stealey of Pennsylvania, Heather Bueg and Shawn Bueg both of Paris, TN, and Nick Stealey and Megan both of Cedar Rapids. Also surviving are 5 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband Leo.
Mary Jane Stealey was born February 1, 1928 in West Virginia, the daughter of Harry and Causba (Queen) Gould. She was united in marriage to Leo M. Stealey on August 30, 1947 in Elkins, WV. Leo preceded her in death in 2006. Mary Jane was employed as a teacher’s aide at E.O. Muncie School in Madison, Indiana for several years. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Madison. She enjoyed sewing and making crafts. Her family will treasure the many keepsakes she made. She also shared her artistic abilities in the creation of the banners used in church services, and a sketch drawing of the church that was used for the cover of the weekly bulletins. She also enjoyed playing bridge with friends in earlier years. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother who will be greatly missed.
The family requests memorial donations are made to the Alzheimer’s Association, in honor of Mary Jane.
The family would like to extend a special thank you to the staffs of Hospice Compassus and the Methwick Community for the kindness and care extended to Mary Jane and her family.
Mildred A. Sladek
Born in Cedar Rapids, IA on January 1, 1920
Departed on December 20, 2009. Resided in Cedar Rapids, IA.
Visitation: Saturday, December 26, 2009
Service: Sunday, December 27, 2009
cemetery: Czech National Cememtery
Mildred A. Sladek, 89, of Cedar Rapids, went home to Jesus, at Mercy Medical Center, Sunday, December 20, 2009. Services: 2:00 Sunday, December 27th at Spirit of Faith Family Church, 4070 – 22nd Avenue SW, by Pastor Jay Eberly. Interment: Czech National cemetery. A visitation will be at Cedar Memorial Westside Chapel, December 26, 2009 from 6 to 8 p.m. and after 1:30 p.m. at the church on Sunday.
Survivors include daughter, Margo Hidinger of Phoenix, AZ; son, Frank (Carolyn Helscher) Sladek Jr. of Cedar Rapids; sisters, Bernice Smith of Dyersville and Geraldine Easker of Garland, TX; sister-in-law, Stella Mae Easker of Mt. Vernon; grandchildren, Chip (Caren) Hidinger, T.J. Hidinger, Heather (Josh) Sherman, Emy (Thomas) Porter, Joshua, Jennifer, and Jonathan Sladek; and six great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and brother.
Mildred was born on March 17, 1920 in Cedar Rapids to Charles and Emilia Easker. She was a graduate of Wilson High School and St. Luke’s School of Nursing.
Mildred attended advanced orthopedic training in New York City and during WWII married
her childhood sweetheart, Frank Sladek of Ely, in Abilene Texas. She continued nursing in Texas to be close to her husband while he was an officer at Camp Swift.
After his return from overseas, the couple moved to Ely to run “Farmer’s Store” and raise their two children. A move to the Iowa City/Coralville area in 1967 resulted in Mildred’s return to nursing, first at Crestview Nursing Home, West Branch and then the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital, where she retired in 1986 after many years as the head “night-charge-nurse”. In Iowa City, she was a member of Grace Fellowship Church.
During her child rearing years in Ely, she was a homemaker, huge supporter of 4-H, a Cub Scout Den Mother, and a Sunday School Teacher at St. John’s Lutheran Church. Frank went home to Jesus in her care, at home after 53 years of marriage in 1996. Soon after, she moved back to Cedar Rapids.
In Cedar Rapids she lived with her son’s family 1996-2009. She dearly loved her church, Spirit of Faith Family Church. She and her sisters Bernice and Geraldine spent the next 13 years enjoying each other’s company and that of Cedar Rapids friends.
In 2008 she was displaced to Arizona to live with her daughter for 9 months while her son’s family, extended family, church members, Scouts and volunteers helped to rebuild her flooded home. She returned with tears of gladness to a rebuilt home in March, 2009. She was thrilled to meet many of the volunteers in June at an open house. She reveled in the restored warmth of the wood structure for the remaining months of her life.
She will be remembered as a compassionate mother and grandmother and her greatest happiness was that her children and grandchildren all know Jesus Christ as their Savior. Her favorite bible verse was – John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.”
Memorials may be directed to the family.
Genevieve Hazel Stookey
Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on September 17, 1913
Departed on December 21, 2009. Resided in Newton, Iowa.
Service: Saturday, January 30, 2010
cemetery: Cedar Memorial Park cemetery
Genevieve Hazel Stookey, 96, of Newton, Iowa, formerly of Cedar Rapids, passed away peacefully Monday, December 21, 2009, at the Careage Nursing Home in Newton. A memorial service will take place at 2 PM Saturday, January 30, 2010, in Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home in Cedar Rapids. Private inurnment in Cedar Memorial Park cemetery.
Those left to honor her memory are her husband Dr. Norman Stookey of Newton, children, Lawrence (Dianne) Stookey and Marcia (Bryan) Thayer, her grandchildren, Jenny (Thayer) Schumacher, Daniel Thayer, Peter Thayer, Bethany Stookey, Michael Thayer, and Benjamin Stookey, and her 10 great grandchildren.
Genevieve was born September 17, 1913 in Cedar Rapids, to Carl Walter Jensen and Edith Ann (Hall) Jensen. She attended Cedar Rapids school and graduated from Grant High School in 1931. Genevieve graduated from Coe College’s Public Music Course in 1934. She taught in Blakesburg two years and in Cedar Rapids for ten years. She married
Norman Wilson Stookey on December 24, 1945 in Cedar Rapids. They were married
for 54 years.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Coe College Music Department.
Joseph Sentelik
Born in Rutherford, Pennsylvania on December 3, 1924
Departed on December 23, 2009. Resided in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Visitation: Sunday, December 27, 2009
Service: Monday, December 28, 2009
Family Gathering: Monday, December 28, 2009
cemetery: Cedar Memorial Park cemetery
Joseph Sentelik, 85, of 4331 Cavalier St. NE, died Wednesday, December 23, 2009, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy. Services with military honors will be held at 10:30 AM Monday in Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories. Entombment in Cedar Memorial Park cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 PM Sunday in Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home with a Vigil service beginning at 4 PM.
Survivors include his wife of 54 years Corrine, their children, Robert (Deb) Sentelik of Solon, Jean (John) Collins of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, and Lori (Mark) Werning of Shellsburg, six grandchildren, Courteney, Sarah, and Christian Collins, and Breanna, Melinda, and Justin Werning, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers Alex, Steve, and Kenny, and four sisters Susan, Mary, Betty, and Marge.
Joseph was born December 3, 1924, in Rutherford, Pennsylvania, to Michael and Maria Baranics Sentelik. He married
Corrine Viverito on June 11, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois. He served in the US Navy for 21 years including WW II and the Korean War, and was a Postal Letter Carrier. He was a member St. Pius X Catholic Church, Marion American Legion Post No 298, Fleet Reserve Association #216, and Postal Letter Carriers #193. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and was an avid gardener and enjoyed sharing his crops with family and friends.
Military honors by Marion American Legion Post No 298.
In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established.
