Memorial
Renecia “Renny” Danford, 66, of Cedar Rapids, died Friday August 15, 2014 from complications of Parkinson's Disease. Services will be held at Cedar Memorial Westside Chapel with visitation for family and friends Monday from 5-8 p.m. and a celebration of life Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. officiated by Pastor Pierre Gibbs of New Life Pentecostal Church. Burial will be at the Fairfax Cemetery, Fairfax.
Survivors include her husband, Ernie Rimrodt, a daughter, Kerry (Mike) Donaldson, stepdaughters, Dana (David) Hansen, Erin (Tonya Bounds) Feller, her sisters, Peggie (Denis) Altheide, and Kim Zakostlecky all of Cedar Rapids, her aunt, Rose Braaten of Anamosa, her grandchildren; Brent Danford, Matthew Monroe, Logan Feller, Paige McDaniel and goddaughter Ariel Owens, all of Cedar Rapids. She was preceded in death by her parents.
Renny was born September 6, 1947 in Alameda, California, the daughter of Samuel and Joe Ellen (Edney) Kessler. She married Ernie Rimrodt on Augsut 30, 1990 in Cedar Rapids.
Renny was employed at Rockwell Collins as an administrative assistant for the Vice-President of International Marketing from 1976-1997. She was a member of New Life Pentecostal Church in Cedar Rapids, where she was a Sunday school teacher and organized many church activities and charity events. She was also a volunteer for the food bank and an instructor for
ACTS (Alcohol Chemical Treatment System). Renny was a creative writer of poems, inspirational essays, and composed several bible studies. She loved biking, cross country skiing, cooking and cross stitching. She was also an amateur nature photographer.She loved to dance and taught Disco at Kirkwood Community College.
Renny was a woman of true spiritual faith and she passed that faith onto every life she touched. She dearly enjoyed spending time with her family, whom she loved so very much.
She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.
A memorial fund has been established in her name.