Marvin Read, 81
Funeral services for Marvin D. Read, 81, Victor, were held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the Victor United Methodist Church. He died Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, at Grinnell Regional Medical Center.
The Rev. Jim Davis officiated at the service.
Burial was in Victor Immanuel Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Victor United Methodist Church or Grinnell Regional Medical Center.
Smith Funeral Home, Victor, was in charge of arrangements. Memories and condolences may be left at www.smithfh.com.
Marvin Donegan Read was born May 20, 1928, in Brooklyn, the son of Roy and Freda Donegan Read. He was raised on the family farm near Brooklyn and attended country schools and Brooklyn High School.
He married Perah E. Weisskopf Dec. 3, 1949, at Victor Immanuel Church, south of Victor. They were blessed with three sons, Allen, David and Gary. They lived on the family farm southeast of Victor and he was a lifelong farmer.
Family and farming were his life. He was a member of the Victor United Methodist Church. He was a passionate farmer who especially liked driving the countryside to inspect the growth of his corn and beans, raising livestock and his Allis-Chalmers tractors. He held a special love for his dogs.
Read is survived by his wife of 59 years, Perah Read; his sons and their wives, Allen and Marilyn Read, Indianola; David and Julie Read, Ladora, and Gary and Marlene Read, Victor; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren and one brother and his wife, Alvin and Jean Read, Ames.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one granddaughter, Michelle Read.
Judith Stewart, 68
Celebration of life service for Judith J. Stewart, 68, Fairfax, formerly of Cedar Rapids, were held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Williamsburg. She died Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, at Colonial Manor, Amana, following a long illness.
The Rev. Kip Murphy officiated at the service.
Burial was in the Millersburg Cemetery.
A general memorial fund has been established.
Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com, under obituaries.
Judith Jo Stewart was born June 30, 1941, in Iowa City, the daughter of Herman and Dorothy Klein Knipfer. She graduated from North English High School.
In the spring of 1961, she married Harold Moffit at the First Presbyterian Church, Williamsburg. They later divorced.
She enjoyed going to Tama, doing crafts, painting, beadwork, cooking, baking, hunting and fishing.
Stewart is survived by two sons, Roy Dale Moffit and Annette Van Thournout, Parnell, and William Moffit and wife Dena, Fairfax; two grandchildren, Brayden William Moffit and Mack Patrick Moffit; one step-grandson, Nathan Dennis Brothers; two brothers, Donald Knipfer, New Market, Tenn., and Gerald Knipfer, Grand Mound, and one sister, Rita Walter, Homestead.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Orland Knipfer.
Patrick Donohoe, 83
Funeral services for Patrick L. “Lou” Donohoe, 83, Marion, were held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Marion. He died Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids.
The Rev. John Gossman officiated at the service.
Burial was in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Marion, was in charge of arrangements.
Patrick Louis “Lou” Donohoe was born Aug. 27, 1926, in rural Iowa County, the son of Thomas and Amelia (Griffin) Donohoe. He grew up around Holbrook.
He married Eileen Henry June 23, 1956, at St. Bridget’s Catholic Church, Bluffton. She died Oct. 22, 2004.
He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, serving in China as a military policeman. He was employed by Frito-Lay for over 30 years.
He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Marion American Legion Post 298, Elks Club of Cedar Rapids and VFW Post 788.
He will be remembered as a loving husband and a devoted father and grandfather. His sense of humor, fun-loving spirit and quick will be missed.
Donohoe is survived by his children, Susan Donohoe and Steve “Boyd” Gunn, Cedar Rapids, and their children, Emily, Molly and Colin Gunn; Brian Donohoe, Marion, and his children, Bradley Donohoe, Amanda and Chris Cseh and Patrick Donohoe; Sharon and David Loecher, Marion, and their children, Jana, John and Natalie Loecher, and two great-grandchildren, Tyler and Brennan Cseh.
He was preceded in death by his wife; his parents; six brothers and two sisters.
Barbara Bair, 49
Celebration of life service for Barbara A. Bair, 49, Williamsburg, was held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at Powell Funeral Home, Williamsburg. She died Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, at her home after a sudden illness.
Rick Gerard officiated at the service.
Burial was in Community Cemetery near Millersburg. Casket bearers were Robert Sandersfeld, Charles Sandersfeld, Terry Bair, Christopher Burkle, Don Patton and Teddy Gerard.
A general memorial fund has been established.
Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com, under obituaries.
Barbara Ann Bair was born Sept. 9, 1960,in Iowa City, the daughter of Clarence and Helen (Grimm) Bair. She graduated from Williamsburg High School. She was a lifelong resident of the Williamsburg community and had worked for Colony Village, Interstate 80, exit 225, for a number of years. She enjoyed collecting coins and camping.
Bair is survived by two sons, Adam Bair and Sam Bair, both Williamsburg; three stepchildren, Robert Sandersfeld, North Liberty; Jamie Sandersfeld, Marion, and Charles Sandersfeld, Williamsburg; her mother, Helen Bair, Williamsburg, and 11 brothers and sisters, Clarence Jr., Oskaloosa; Carol Vangampleare, Brooklyn; Ronald, Grinnell; Larry, Victor; Colleen, Williamsburg; Kathleen, Oskaloosa; David, Georgia; Kenneth, Belle Plaine; Keith, Grinnell; Russell, Williamsburg, and Dennis, Coralville.
She was preceded in death by her father.
K. Joyce Danskin, 89
Memorial services for K. Joyce Danskin, 89, Marengo, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at Trinity United Church of Christ, rural Marengo. She died Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, at Marengo Memorial Hospital following an extended illness.
The Rev. Bev Thompson-Travis will officiate at the service.
Inurnment will be in Green Acres Cemetery, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Memorials may be made to Trinity United Church of Christ.
Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo, was in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be left at www.klosterfuneralhome.com.
Kathleen Joyce Danskin was born Aug. 6, 1920, in Centralia, Ill., the daughter of Louis J. and Nancy VanDee Burm. She graduated from Lake Forest High School, Lake Forest, Ill., in 1940 and attended Northwestern University, Evanston, for two years.
She married Clyde Danskin June 27, 1941, in Lake Forest. The couple resided in Des Moines for a short time, then moved to the Marengo area to farm with his parents. Following his death Oct. 3, 1994, she moved into Marengo.
She was a member of Trinity United Church of Christ, rural Marengo.
Danskin is survived by one son, Daniel Danskin, Phoenix, Ariz., and one granddaughter, Karen Danskin.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Betty Jane Burm.