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Constance Runde
CONSTANCE RUNDE
Cedar Rapids
Constance Rose Bredl Runde, 81, of Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. Funeral Mass: 10 a.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, Hiawatha. The Rev. Mark Ressler will officiate. Burial: Mount Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home, where there will be a vigil service at 2 p.m. There also will be a visitation at the church after 9 a.m. Monday.
Survivors include two sons, Dr. Stephen (Rachel) of Marion and Dr. Jeffrey of Crater Lake, Ore.; two daughters, Renee' Runde of Jacksonville, Fla., and Melissa (Rick) Symonds of Gill, Colo.; and her brother, John (Molly) Bredl of Cedar Rapids. She also is survived by the "Loves of her Life," her grandchildren: Daniel, Kathleen Rose, Joseph, John, Lauren and Jordan Renee' Runde, Elise Runde Voss, Adam, Nicole and Kyle Symonds; and great-grandchildren, Douglas, R.J. and Addalye Rose, Rylee, Asher and Jane Helen. She was proud to welcome into her life Madison and Derrick Voss and Kylie Trittle, "her grandchildren in love"; great cousins, including Carolyn (Jerry) Gosse and Tom Mach, whom she shared her childhood home; and two former daughters-in-law, Ruth Runde and Jill (Tom) Voss.
Connie was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and a son, Loren, who died Sept. 28, 1986.
Constance was born to M. Theresa Forrestal Bredl and John F. Bredl on Feb. 25, 1933. She graduated from Immaculate Conception High School in 1951. She married her high school sweetheart, Merle I. Runde, on Nov. 17, 1952. Merle died Oct. 12, 1997. She was a homemaker and together they proudly raised five children.
Connie had a wonderful and joyful extended family and great friends with whom she shared holidays, birthdays and lots of parties. She enjoyed playing bridge, travels, luncheons, Iowa games and golf. She volunteered many hours at the Hall-Perrine Cancer Center and Hospice House of Mercy.
"Please remember me with a prayer and a smile – I Loved You All."
Memorial donations may be given to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church or the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Please leave a message or tribute to the Runde family on the Web page, www.cedarmemorial.com under obituaries.
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