Erma Vivian Newman (Lentz)
August 22, 1922 — October 7, 2010
Erma Newman, 88, Swisher, Iowa, died Thursday, October 7, 2010, at Heritage Nursing Home, Cedar Rapids. Services: 10:30 a.m., Monday, October 11, at Shueyville United Methodist Church, Shueyville. Visitation: 3 to 6 p.m., Sunday, October 10, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home, Cedar Rapids. Interment: 2:00 p.m. Monday at Urbana Cemetery, Urbana, Iowa.
Erma was born August 22, 1922, in Cedar Rapids, the daughter of Merle and Zynaga Lentz. She was a 1941 Roosevelt High graduate. Erma was employed at Great Plaines Gas for over 30 years.
Survivors include stepson, Ronald (Dee) Newman, Zion, Illinois; and two daughters, Denise (Bill) Kovaleski, Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin, and Deena (Rodney) Moyle, Cedar Rapids; daughter-in-law, Virginia Golubiewski, Cedar Rapids; nine grandchildren; and 13 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and her son, Bill Newman.
A memorial fund has been established.
Erma was born August 22, 1922, in Cedar Rapids, the daughter of Merle and Zynaga Lentz. She was a 1941 Roosevelt High graduate. Erma was employed at Great Plaines Gas for over 30 years.
Survivors include stepson, Ronald (Dee) Newman, Zion, Illinois; and two daughters, Denise (Bill) Kovaleski, Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin, and Deena (Rodney) Moyle, Cedar Rapids; daughter-in-law, Virginia Golubiewski, Cedar Rapids; nine grandchildren; and 13 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and her son, Bill Newman.
A memorial fund has been established.
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