CEDAR RAPIDS — Thousands of U.S. flags blew in the wind Monday across Cedar Memorial Park as the funeral home and cemetery hosted its 93rd Memorial Day service to honor those who have died while ...
Robert E. Lockwood, 91, of Cedar Rapids, died at Mercy Medical Center from a sudden illness on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. Funeral services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories by ...
Mary Murphy, 79, of Cedar Rapids, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, at her home surrounded by her family. A funeral service celebrating Mary's life will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, at the ...
Alice E. Tiffin, 85, of Cedar Rapids, passed away Friday, Aug. 19, 2016, at Northbrook Manor Care, Cedar Rapids, after a long illness. Alice's husband was her caregiver at home for a number of years ...
Orville L. Thomas, 91, of the Hiawatha Care Center, died there on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010, after an extended illness. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories, where friends ...
Cultivation of cedars for their wood has an equally long history, with recent genetic and environment studies corroborating local oral mythology and Hittite cuneiform text records that two small geographically isolated populations of Lebanon cedar in northern Anatolia 500 km north of its main native area are of human origin, deliberately ...
Prominent species of true cedars include the Atlas Cedar (Cedrus atlantica), Cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus libani), and Deodar Cedar Tree (Cedrus deodara), with each offering a distinct landscape beauty.
White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis), also known as Northern White Cedar, is a hardy evergreen tree native to eastern North America. It is a slow-growing species that thrives in wetlands, swamps, and cool forested areas.