Kathryn M. Merta 1931-2006

MERTA, WAGNER, HENRY, EATON, SNOW, MEISNER

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Date: 4/1/2007 at 19:47:58

Kathryn Mary Merta, 75, of 631 29th St. SE, died Monday, Aug. 21, 2006, in Northbrook Manor Care Center after a short illness. Services: 1:30 p.m. Friday at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids with the Rev. Glenn Hunt presiding. Burial: St. John's Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight and for an hour prior to services Friday at the chapel.

Kathryn was born Jan. 17, 1931, in Allamakee County, the daughter of George and Olive Wagner Henry. She moved to Cedar Rapids, where she met and married Robert Lloyd Merta on May 27, 1950. Kathryn worked for The Fish Shop and Collins Radio and was a devoted housewife. Among the things she enjoyed were flower gardening, antiquing, and her family, especially spending time with the grandkids.

Kathryn is survived by her sons, Allen (Rita) of Cedar Rapids and Rodney (Cathy) of Marion; two sisters, Rose (Robert) Eaton of Cedar Rapids and Norma (David) Snow of Glendale, Ariz.; four grandchildren, Benjamin (Stacie) Merta of Farmington, Minn., Gregory Merta of Cedar Rapids and Kimberley Merta and Matthew Merta, both of Marion; and one great-grandchild, Avery Merta.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Robert, who died Nov. 24, 1999; a stepfather, Fred Meisner; and a sister, Margie Henry.

-Cedar Rapids Gazette, August 24, 2006