Memorial

Frances “Fran” Sherwood, 86, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Friday, July 1, 2016 at her residence under the care of her family and hospice.

Funeral services will be held 1:30 p.m. Friday, July 8, 2016 at the Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories.  Entombment will follow at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery.  Visitation will be held from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. Thursday evening at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home.

Fran was born September 2, 1929 in Clinton, Iowa to Francis and Myrtle (Green) Edwards.  She was united in marriage to Ronald Sherwood on February 26, 1966 in Cedar Rapids.

Fran worked on the assembly line at Rockwell Collins from 1965 until her retirement in 1992.  She was also a professional ceramist, very active in the Collins Craft Show through this last fall.  She was an excellent cake decorator who loved to add her special touch to wedding and birthday cakes.  Fran also enjoyed quilting and flower gardening.  She was a creative and driven woman: there wasn’t anything she couldn’t do.  Fran enjoyed spending time with special friends Teresa and Mary.  Most of all, her family meant the world to her.  She will be missed dearly.

Fran is survived by her husband, Ron; six children: Gary Feickert; Brenda (Lloyd Frederick) King; Sherri (Bill) Michalec; Alan Feickert; Pam Freno; and Roxanne Michalec, all of Cedar Rapids; twenty-six grandchildren; forty-eight great-grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren; as well as siblings Donna and Marvin; and a special niece Linda Kaspari.

She was preceded in death by her parents, son Randy Feickert, grandson Richard A. King, Jr., and sisters Alvina Watters and Virginia Edwards (Diana Arneson).

Memorial donations in Fran’s name may be made to UnityPoint Hospice.