Burr, Regina Catherine (Schrandt) 1909 - 2008

BURR, SCHNEBERGER, SCHRANDT, BELL, MIHM, LENSING

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 7/23/2014 at 08:06:37

Cedar Rapids Gazette, Wed., 2 April 2008. (condensed from a longer obit).

Garnavillo-- Regina Catherine Burr, was born the daughter of August and Mary (Schneberger) Schrandt on July 8, 1909, on the family farm near Festina, Iowa. She passed away Tuesday, Apr. 1, 2008, at the Guttenberg Care Center at the age of 98. Services: St. Joseph Catholic Church, Garnavillo. Burial: church cemetery. Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home in Garnavillo in charge of arrangements.

Raised in Festina she attended St. Mary's Catholic School there. She was married to Arnold Burr, Jan. 19, 1932, in Festina. They resided in the Garnavillo area where they raised two sons. Regina was a homemaker and worked some time for the Clayton Post Office. She was a member of the Catholic Daughters and enjoyed quilting, cooking and fishing on the Mississippi.

Survivors include her son, Maury (Lois) Burr of Cedar Rapids; four grandchildren, Gary (Chris) Burr of Bishop, Ga., Alan (Tracy) Burr of Brandenton, Fla., Marcia (Scott) Bell of Davenport and Brian (Debbie) Burr of Ankeny; 13 great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; two sons, Lloyd in infancy and Brother Gary Burr SVD; two sisters, Theresa Mihm and Matilda Lensing; and 4 brothers, Albert, John, Louis and Rudy Schrandt.

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