Geneva Kathryn Stewart
September 25, 1920 — March 18, 2006
Geneva Kathryn (Scheer) Stewart, 85, of Springville, died Saturday, March 18, 2006, following a lingering illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 22, 2006, at Springville Presbyterian Church by the Rev. Karen Downey Beals. Burial: Springville Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Marion and one hour prior to the funeral on Wednesday at the church.
Survivors include her husband, Leonard; her children, Larry (Beverly) Stewart of Martelle, Dianne Armstrong of Plano, Texas, Joan (William) Anderson of Haymarket, Virginia and Linda (Dale) Fisher of Anamosa; a sister, Delores Scheer of Cedar Rapids and two brothers, Charles (Jo) Scheer of Cedar Rapids and Richard (Donna) Scheer of Fairfax.
Also surviving are nine grandchildren, Bret, Laurie, Carrie, Craig, Jennifer, Eric, Jill, Cory and Brenda; and thirteen great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a son-in-law, D. Gordon Armstrong, three brothers and two sisters.
Geneva was born the daughter of Henry and Edith Prabel Scheer on September 25, 1920, in Delaware County. On June 1, 1941, in West Branch, she married Leonard Stewart. Geneva worked at Kieck?s Department Store in Cedar Rapids for twenty-seven years and farmed with her husband for sixty-five years in the Springville area. She was a fifty-five year member of Springville Presbyterian Church.
A memorial fund has been established in Geneva?s memory.
Survivors include her husband, Leonard; her children, Larry (Beverly) Stewart of Martelle, Dianne Armstrong of Plano, Texas, Joan (William) Anderson of Haymarket, Virginia and Linda (Dale) Fisher of Anamosa; a sister, Delores Scheer of Cedar Rapids and two brothers, Charles (Jo) Scheer of Cedar Rapids and Richard (Donna) Scheer of Fairfax.
Also surviving are nine grandchildren, Bret, Laurie, Carrie, Craig, Jennifer, Eric, Jill, Cory and Brenda; and thirteen great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a son-in-law, D. Gordon Armstrong, three brothers and two sisters.
Geneva was born the daughter of Henry and Edith Prabel Scheer on September 25, 1920, in Delaware County. On June 1, 1941, in West Branch, she married Leonard Stewart. Geneva worked at Kieck?s Department Store in Cedar Rapids for twenty-seven years and farmed with her husband for sixty-five years in the Springville area. She was a fifty-five year member of Springville Presbyterian Church.
A memorial fund has been established in Geneva?s memory.
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