Bernice Marie "Bea" Kohl (Wombacher)
January 30, 1923 — February 26, 2010
Bernice “Bea” Marie Kohl, 87, a resident of Northbrook Manor, Cedar Rapids, died there Friday, February 26, 2010. Services: 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 2, 2010, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Friends may call from 4 to 7, Monday, March 1, 2010, at the funeral home. Burial: St. Joseph Cemetery, Parnell.
Survivors include her sons, Dennis (Nancy) Kohl of Solon and Robert (Deborah) Kohl of Williamsburg, Virginia; grandchildren, Rebecca (Chuck) Culley, Jeff (Diane) Kohl, John Henry Kohl and Jennifer (David) Gardner; six great grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.
Bea was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John; brother, Richard Wombacher; and sister, LaVerne Dressler.
Born January 30, 1923, in Iowa City, Iowa, Bea was the daughter of Giles and Irene (Pelzer) Wombacher. On November 17, 1943, she was united in marriage to John Kohl. He died in 2002.
Bea was a cook at Jack’s A & W Rootbeer Stand, Oelwein Middle School and Kirkwood College, worked on the assembly line at Rockwell Collins and was a motel manager for Howard Johnson’s in Henderson, North Carolina.
Survivors include her sons, Dennis (Nancy) Kohl of Solon and Robert (Deborah) Kohl of Williamsburg, Virginia; grandchildren, Rebecca (Chuck) Culley, Jeff (Diane) Kohl, John Henry Kohl and Jennifer (David) Gardner; six great grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.
Bea was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John; brother, Richard Wombacher; and sister, LaVerne Dressler.
Born January 30, 1923, in Iowa City, Iowa, Bea was the daughter of Giles and Irene (Pelzer) Wombacher. On November 17, 1943, she was united in marriage to John Kohl. He died in 2002.
Bea was a cook at Jack’s A & W Rootbeer Stand, Oelwein Middle School and Kirkwood College, worked on the assembly line at Rockwell Collins and was a motel manager for Howard Johnson’s in Henderson, North Carolina.
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