Kathryn Oma Dewald Shevik
December 22, 1919 — November 6, 2014
Kathryn DeWald Shevik, 94, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Thursday, November 6, 2014, at Heritage Nursing and Rehab Center, Cedar Rapids. Celebration of Life will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, November 9, 2014, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. There will be a lite reception at the Legacy Center following the service where the family will greet friends. Burial at a later date at Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include her sons, Richard (Carol) DeWald of LaCenter, Washington, and Rex (Janice) DeWald of Dallas, Texas; daughter, Becky DeWald of Cedar Rapids; six grandchildren, Beau Butterbrodt, Carrie O’Callahan, Josh Bradford, Annie Bradford, Bradley DeWald and Andrea DeWald; and six great-grandchildren, Cole, Paige, Ben, Ava, Shea and Kellen.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands; brothers, Reed Riley and George Forbes; and granddaughter, Becky Sue Butterbrodt.
Kathryn was born on December 22, 1919, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, daughter of Sidney and Myrtle (Colwell) Forbes. She was a book keeper her entire life and worked for Whipple Winterberg Burleson-Wilts and Shepard Insurance Agency. She later drove for Hertz Rental. On October 24, 1939, she married Glen DeWald, and they later divorced. She married Robert Shevik on July 27, 1966, at the Little Brown Church. Kathryn was a member of Moose Lodge in Cedar Rapids. She hosted a coffee club in her home for many years after she retired with Jo Marshall, Judy Thomson and Carol DeWald. Kathryn was a stamp collector, a Watkins dealer, a wonderful cook and welcomed everyone into her home for meals. Her passion was collecting State Quarters.
Survivors include her sons, Richard (Carol) DeWald of LaCenter, Washington, and Rex (Janice) DeWald of Dallas, Texas; daughter, Becky DeWald of Cedar Rapids; six grandchildren, Beau Butterbrodt, Carrie O’Callahan, Josh Bradford, Annie Bradford, Bradley DeWald and Andrea DeWald; and six great-grandchildren, Cole, Paige, Ben, Ava, Shea and Kellen.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands; brothers, Reed Riley and George Forbes; and granddaughter, Becky Sue Butterbrodt.
Kathryn was born on December 22, 1919, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, daughter of Sidney and Myrtle (Colwell) Forbes. She was a book keeper her entire life and worked for Whipple Winterberg Burleson-Wilts and Shepard Insurance Agency. She later drove for Hertz Rental. On October 24, 1939, she married Glen DeWald, and they later divorced. She married Robert Shevik on July 27, 1966, at the Little Brown Church. Kathryn was a member of Moose Lodge in Cedar Rapids. She hosted a coffee club in her home for many years after she retired with Jo Marshall, Judy Thomson and Carol DeWald. Kathryn was a stamp collector, a Watkins dealer, a wonderful cook and welcomed everyone into her home for meals. Her passion was collecting State Quarters.
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