Mary Frances Kopecek Rigel
Mary Frances Kopecek Rigel, 88, of Route 2, Cedar Rapids,
died Sunday in her home following a short illness. Services: 2
p.m. Wednesday, Brosh Chapel. Burial; Czech National
Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today and 9
a.m. to services time Wednesday.
Survivors include a daughter, Libbie O'Brine of Tucson, Ariz.;
two sons, Leonard and Ernest , both of Cedar Rapids; a sister
, Vicki Polehna of Cedar Rapids; and a brother, Charles
Kopecek of Cedar Rapids.
Also surviving are seven grandchildren and three great
grand-children.
Born July 31, 1902, in Budiskovice, Chzechoslovakia, she
came to the United States in 1920. She married Oldrich Rigel
April 7, 1937, in Cedar Rapids. He died in 1972. The
couple farmed in Linn County. She was a member of Ely
Rebekah Lodge, College Circle Club and CSA.
The Rev. Dr. Gordon Freeburg will officiate. A memorial
fund has been established.
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