Obituaries : Ethel Irene Sweet

Ethel Irene Sweet

SHELLSBURG – Ethel Irene Sweet, 82 of Shellsburg died Saturday, November 19, 2011 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids following a brief illness after an extended life of happiness and friends

Funeral Services for Ethel will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, November, 23, 2011 at Oak Grove Church near Shellsburg with Pastor Larry Rodgers officiating. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Shellsburg. Visitation will be from 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at Phillips Family Center, 605 Second Avenue in Vinton. A Memorial Fund has been established.

Ethel Irene Bruce was born May 10, 1929 to Willis and Hazel Van Dyke Bruce at Douglas, Nebraska. Ethel attended school in Shellsburg and graduated from Shellsburg High School. On December 28, 1946 Ethel was united in marriage to Dorrence F. “Dick” Sweet. “Dick” preceded Ethel in death on May 23, 2004.

Ethel work for many years as a secretary at Etna Life Insurance. She was a longtime member of Oak Grove Church and an avid Iowa Hawkeye fan.

She is survived by her three sons: Terry (Linda) Sweet, Barry (Donna) Sweet all of Cedar Rapids and Randy (Debra) Sweet of Alburnett; her seven grandchildren; her eleven great-grandchildren; her two brothers, David (Bev) Bruce of Florida and Walter (Martha) Bruce of Shellsburg; and her two sisters, Mary Michels of Central City and Nancy (Bill) Seely of Shellsburg.

In addition to her husband Ethel was preceded in death by her parents.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at: www.phillipsfuneralhomes.com.