Grace M. Lueder
January 10, 1910 — May 11, 2007
Grace M. Lueder, 97, a resident of Living Center West, Cedar Rapids, went to her heavenly home, Friday, May 11, 2007, after a long illness. Services: 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 15, 2007, at Hope Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids, by Pastor Dan Clark-Bridges. Friends may call from 11:30 a.m. to service time on Tuesday at the church. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include a niece, Pastor Kathy Roys of Cedar Rapids; nephews, Charles Blesi of Minnesota and Jerry BeMiller of California; a stepson, Dr. Robert Godwin of Bettendorf; and sisters-in-law, Evalyn Lueder and Jeanette Lueder of West Union, Iowa
She was preceded in death by her beloved son, William J. “Jim” Barr; husbands, Walter Barr and Alvin Lueder; and a sister-in-law, Meta Lueder.
Grace was born January 10, 1910, the daughter of Frank and Mary (Cook) Baum, in Anamosa, Iowa. Grace loved to cook and she certainly excelled in doing so. Widowed twice, she did not have an easy life. Grace worked caring for doctors’ children and for the Sinclair Packing Company. Her greatest joy came from the years she worked as a nurse’s aide in Pediatrics at St. Luke’s Hospital.
Special thanks to the Living Center West staff for the wonderful care given to Grace her last three years and also to Hospice of Mercy for their comfort..
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Summer Vacation Project, Hope Lutheran Church, 2736 Bowling Street SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404, in Grace’s memory.
Survivors include a niece, Pastor Kathy Roys of Cedar Rapids; nephews, Charles Blesi of Minnesota and Jerry BeMiller of California; a stepson, Dr. Robert Godwin of Bettendorf; and sisters-in-law, Evalyn Lueder and Jeanette Lueder of West Union, Iowa
She was preceded in death by her beloved son, William J. “Jim” Barr; husbands, Walter Barr and Alvin Lueder; and a sister-in-law, Meta Lueder.
Grace was born January 10, 1910, the daughter of Frank and Mary (Cook) Baum, in Anamosa, Iowa. Grace loved to cook and she certainly excelled in doing so. Widowed twice, she did not have an easy life. Grace worked caring for doctors’ children and for the Sinclair Packing Company. Her greatest joy came from the years she worked as a nurse’s aide in Pediatrics at St. Luke’s Hospital.
Special thanks to the Living Center West staff for the wonderful care given to Grace her last three years and also to Hospice of Mercy for their comfort..
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Summer Vacation Project, Hope Lutheran Church, 2736 Bowling Street SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404, in Grace’s memory.
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