Memorial

Marilyn “Lynn” J. Hynes, 84, passed late Monday, March 6, 2017, at the Tranquility at Kennesaw Mountain Hospice, Marietta, Georgia, after an extended illness. 
  
Funeral Mass at St. Pius X  Catholic Church at 10:00 a.m. Monday, March 13, 2017 by Father Don Klein.  Burial at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.  Friends may call from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Sunday, March 12, 2017 at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home, where a vigil service begins at 4:00 p.m.  

Surviving Lynn are her husband, Jim, of 63 years; daughter Mary Danielak, spouse Mike, and children Matt, Nick, and Zack.  Also her son Mike Hynes, spouse Stacy, children, Ally, Jack, Rachel, and Brandon, all of the Atlanta area.

She passed on to see her parents Albert and Ella Mae; siblings, Ervin, Ray, Lester, Melvin, Harold, Herbie, Sonny, Verna, Ruth, Lucille, Mae.  

Born in Monee, Illinois on October 24, 1932, she grew up on a farm and then moved to town.  She was introduced to Jim in 1946, by her best friend Jackie Hynes, Jim’s sister.  She started “going steady” with Jim in 1949, while attending Crete-Monee High school in Crete, Illinois.  They enjoyed dancing and singing together while there.
  
They were married in 1953 at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Chicago Heights, Illinois, then moved to Student Married housing at Purdue University.  She worked at the Arnett Clinic as a Medical Secretary and put Jim through his last two years at Purdue.  After Jim’s graduation, they went to Ft. Wayne, Indiana, then the US Army at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, and Ft. Lewis, Washington where Mary was born in 1957.  After the discharge from the Army they moved to Bettendorf, Iowa, where Mike was born in 1961.  An engineering opportunity brought them to Cedar Rapids in 1963, and they have lived on Regent Street for 53 Years.

Lynn became very busy raising the kids, playing bridge, golfing with the Grasshoppers, bowling, and volunteering at St. Pius X.  The “spring break” visits to Florida mushroomed into winter vacations after retirement.  She was a devoted “Friend of Bill” and in the Fellowship Club for 34 years.

Seeing the need to get closer to the kids and her grandkids, they moved from Cedar Rapids last November to Atlanta, Georgia.
 
Her Million Dollar smile will be missed by all.  

Memorial Contribution may be sent to Fellowship Club, 3224 1st Ave NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 52402 or your favorite Charity.  No flowers please.