Archive - 2009

Wesley C. Van Houten, 25, passed away Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, at his Coralville home. A memorial service was held Thursday, Oct. 22, at Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories, Cedar Rapids. Visitation was Wednesday, Oct. 21, at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home.

Wayne F. Stratton, 78, of Tiffin, died Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009, at Windmill Manor Care Center. Funeral Services were held Thursday, Oct. 22, at Grace United Methodist Church, Tiffin, with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery, Tiffin. Visitation was Wednesday, Oct. 21, at the church. Memorial donations can be made in Wayne’s memory to Iowa City Hospice or Iowa Special Olympics.
Wayne was born Nov. 4, 1930, in Johnson County, Iowa, the son of Fred and Anna (Wagner) Stratton. He graduated from Oxford High School in 1948. He married Janis Parizek on May 24, 1952, in Elizabethtown, Ky.

Gaylen C. Huey, 77, formerly of North Liberty, died at the Solon Care Center Saturday, October 24, 2009, following an extended illness.
Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 10:30 a.m. at the Solon United Methodist Church with Rev. Scott Meador officiating. Friends may call Tuesday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Iowa City Hospice, the Solon United Methodist Church or the Activity Fund for the Solon Care Center.

Frank L. Frauenholz, 97, of Iowa City, died Monday, Oct. 19, 2009, at the Greenwood Manor Care Center in Iowa City.
Funeral services were held Friday, Oct. 23, at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City, with burial at Memory Gardens Cemetery. Visitation was Thursday, Oct. 22, at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers memorial can be made in Frank’s memory to the Alzheimer’s Association. Online condolences may be sent for his family through the web at www.gayandciha.com.

Brenda L. Allbee, 45, of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, in her home. Services were held Saturday, Oct. 24, at First Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Craig Brown. Visitation was Friday, Oct. 23, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Burial was in Grant Cemetery, Grant, Iowa.
Survivors include her children, Jessica Allbee of West Branch and Shawn Allbee of North Liberty; fiancé, David Weber; granddaughter, Jocelyn Lea Morgan; brother, Mark Gebhart of Littleton, Colo.; and Dave’s mother, Nancy Weber.