Esther Pazour Carie (Koranda)
August 3, 1918 — August 23, 2006
Esther Pazour Carie, 88, of Cedar Rapids, died peacefully at home, Wednesday, August 23, 2006, after an extended illness. Services: 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 26, 2006, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Del Bear. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today (Friday) at the funeral home and one hour prior to service on Saturday. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include three daughters, Janet (Duane) Hinrichs of Marion, Charlene Flach of Clearwater, Florida and Jackie (Chuck) Pollock of Cedar Rapids; three grandchildren, Terri (Jerry) Turnbull, Marty (Candy) Ellertson and Julie Pollock; four great-grandchildren, Tyler and Adam Ellertson and Tavia and Ryan Dreismeier; two stepgrandchildren, Lisa (Jerry) Huggins and Randall Hinrichs; a stepgreat-grandchild, Holly Huggins; a sister-in-law, Fern Carie of Cedar Rapids; and nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her mother and father; her husband, Robert; seven sisters; two brothers; nieces and nephews.
Esther was born August 3, 1918, in Oxford Junction, Iowa, the youngest daughter of Theresa and Joseph Koranda. She grew up in Cedar Rapids and attended elementary, junior high and senior high schools in Cedar Rapids. Esther married Stanley Pazour in 1937 and later divorced. In 1957, she married Robert Carie. He died in 2000.
Esther was one of the first 30 girls hired on the assembly line during the outbreak of World War II at Collins Radio, a very patriotic time in everyone?s life. She had several different jobs while raising her family.
Esther thought of herself as a spiritual person. She was baptized as a child at Calvary Baptist Church, but didn?t attend church in later years. Esther always felt like church was within her heart and felt that God was always walking beside her. She never thought of herself as being an expert at anything, yet she excelled at homemaking, writing poetry, cooking and was affectionately known as the "Kolache Queen.? Her goal in life was to live to see her three daughters grown and educated so they could always take care of themselves. She was blessed to see that and also to see grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Esther?s hobbies were reading, doing crossword puzzles, learning the computer at the age of 80 (with her kids as tutors) plus traveling, fishing, mushrooming, dancing and music she shared with her husband, Bob.
The family would like to give a special thanks to Dr. J. David Cowden, St Luke?s Hospice and ICU.
Survivors include three daughters, Janet (Duane) Hinrichs of Marion, Charlene Flach of Clearwater, Florida and Jackie (Chuck) Pollock of Cedar Rapids; three grandchildren, Terri (Jerry) Turnbull, Marty (Candy) Ellertson and Julie Pollock; four great-grandchildren, Tyler and Adam Ellertson and Tavia and Ryan Dreismeier; two stepgrandchildren, Lisa (Jerry) Huggins and Randall Hinrichs; a stepgreat-grandchild, Holly Huggins; a sister-in-law, Fern Carie of Cedar Rapids; and nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her mother and father; her husband, Robert; seven sisters; two brothers; nieces and nephews.
Esther was born August 3, 1918, in Oxford Junction, Iowa, the youngest daughter of Theresa and Joseph Koranda. She grew up in Cedar Rapids and attended elementary, junior high and senior high schools in Cedar Rapids. Esther married Stanley Pazour in 1937 and later divorced. In 1957, she married Robert Carie. He died in 2000.
Esther was one of the first 30 girls hired on the assembly line during the outbreak of World War II at Collins Radio, a very patriotic time in everyone?s life. She had several different jobs while raising her family.
Esther thought of herself as a spiritual person. She was baptized as a child at Calvary Baptist Church, but didn?t attend church in later years. Esther always felt like church was within her heart and felt that God was always walking beside her. She never thought of herself as being an expert at anything, yet she excelled at homemaking, writing poetry, cooking and was affectionately known as the "Kolache Queen.? Her goal in life was to live to see her three daughters grown and educated so they could always take care of themselves. She was blessed to see that and also to see grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Esther?s hobbies were reading, doing crossword puzzles, learning the computer at the age of 80 (with her kids as tutors) plus traveling, fishing, mushrooming, dancing and music she shared with her husband, Bob.
The family would like to give a special thanks to Dr. J. David Cowden, St Luke?s Hospice and ICU.
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