Velma M. Brcka

BRCKA, YEGGY, BEATCH, MASON, QUINN, MASHAW, SCHOLTEN, DUMOVIC, WYATT, HERRON, SCHELLING

Posted By: Lisa M. Ciha (email)
Date: 5/27/2015 at 15:54:09

Velma M. Brcka, 95, of Iowa City, died Monday, May 25, 2015 at Briarwood Health Care Center in Iowa City.

Funeral mass will be 10 a.m., Friday, May 29, 2015, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Iowa City with the Reverend Steven Witt officiating. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:30-7 p.m., Thursday at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City where a vigil service will take place just prior, at 4 p.m. In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made in Velma’s memory to Regina Foundation or Iowa City Hospice. Online condolences may be sent for her family through our website at www.gayandciha.com.

Velma Mary Yeggy was born July 2, 1919, in Riverside, Iowa the daughter of Joseph and Rose (Beatch) Yeggy. She graduated from Riverside High School and later from Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa. Velma married Victor Dvorsky on June 10, 1941 in Solon, IA, Victor died in June of 1943. She married Ivan Miller May 26, 1947, in Iowa City. Ivan died April 1, 1975. Velma married Leonard Brcka January 12, 1980 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Iowa City. For a number of years she taught in country schools, she later worked at Iowa City City High School in the music department, and prior to her retirement she worked for Regina High School in the business office, retiring in 1980.

She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Iowa City, where she was also a member of the Altar & Rosary Society. She enjoyed her family and friends, music and dancing, quilting for children in shelters, traveling to visit relatives in Canada and France and was a fan of the Hawkeyes. Velma also appreciated nature, especially time spent enjoying the birds and flowers.

Her family includes her husband, Leonard; daughters, Rosemary Mason of Morgan Hill, CA, Janice Quinn and her husband, Jay Adams of Coralville, IA, Susan Mashaw and her husband, Howard Roerig of Sedalia, CO, and Laura Scholten and her husband, Alvin of Redmond, WA; five grandchildren, Katherine Dumovic, Dawn Wyatt, Angela Herron, Billy Mason and David Mason; nine great-grandchildren; step-sons, David J. Brcka and his wife, Rita of Waukee, IA, Gary D. Brcka of Casselberry, FL; step-daughter, Carolyn Schelling, and her husband, Warren of, Albuquerque, NM; six step-grandchildren, six step-great-grandchildren.

Velma was preceded in death by her parents, two husbands, and four brothers, Bernard, Leonard, Wilfred and Hubert and step-grandson, Bobby Schelling.

Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service is caring for Velma’s family and her services.

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