Emily Kerper
August 20, 1978 ~ April 27, 2012
Emily Kerper, 33, of Cedar Rapids, died Friday, April 27, 2012. Funeral Mass: 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids, by Rev. Christopher Podhajsky. Visitation: 4 - 8 p.m. on Tuesday at Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, Cedar Rapids, with a rosary at 7 p.m. Burial: St. Joseph Cemetery, Greely, Iowa. Survivors include her mother, Rose Hanson of Cedar Rapids; father, Richard Kerper of New Vienna; brother, Justin (Jennifer) Kerper of Marion; sister, Courtney Hanson of Kansas City, Missouri; grandmother, Lucina Morris of New Vienna; nephew, Ethan Kerper; and many aunts, uncles, and cousins. Emily was born August 20, 1978, in Dubuque, Iowa. She graduated from Regis High School, Cedar Rapids in 1996. Emily will be remembered as a smart and loving person who enjoyed music and helping others. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Donald and Esther Ries, Arthur 'Bob' Kerper, and Richard Morris. Memorials may be directed to the family.
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Emily
I was severly injured in a car crash in 2005. I was in leg casts for 2 months and a wheel chair for 3 months after that. Emily came to my house with some home made stew and offered to clean my house for me. I appreciated this gesture so very much. She was a classmate at NICC with me for a short while and I enjoyed having her take the same class as me to discuss assignments, etc.
My husband, Steve Kerper, owned Kerpers Country Store at the time and as a Marketing Project she offered to rearrange and clean the old store. Emily was a good worker and we appreciated the help very much.
Emily was very aware of the environment and how fragil it was. She did her best to preserve nature.
May Emily find everlasting peace and joy in Heaven.
remembering emily
I worked with Emily at Kmart. She was such a sweet person. I am so sorry for your loss. I am grateful that I got the chance to know her even for that brief time. I don’t have any stories to tell except to say that she had such a positive attitude and was a hard worker. She always went out of her way to help people. We are all in shock at work. She will be greatly missed.
So sorry to hear about your loss. My sympathies to Rose, Justin, Courtney and Richard
Please know that you are in my thoughts and prayers at this very sad time. Deepest sympathy.
Rose,
Tom & I were so sad to hear of Emily’s passing. Please know that you, Justin & Courtney are in our thoughts.
Mary Kemps & Tom Holland
My thoughts and prayers go out to Rose, Justin and Courtney during this difficult time. Emily and I had a lot of good times and laughs together at St Pius and Regis. She will be deeply missed.
Rose, Courtney and family. We are keeping you in our thoughts and prayers. So sorry to hear of your loss. I hope the most wonderful memories you have help carry you through this most difficult one. Our deepest sympathy.
So sorry for your loss. Our family will keep you in our prayres and thoughts.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you. We hope your memories will help carry you through this sad time. Hang in there Rick!!
Roseanne & family You have our sympathy prayers. We are so sorry for the loss of your beautiful daughter/sister Love Shari & Keith Parker
I just heard about Emily’s passing and wanted to extend my deepest sympathies. Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend her services.
Emily and I were very close when she lived in New Vienna years ago. She worked for me at a couple different places. We grew very close.
Emily had one of the kindest hearts of anyone I know. Her personality was truely unique and she was always supportive no matter what personal battle she was fighting. She was a great friend and a great person. We did not see each other at all in recent years but kept in touch by Facebook. When she moved away from Dyersville I missed her dearly.
Learning of her passing brings me great sadness but also comfort in knowing that Emily will find herself in Heaven.
May all her hopes and dreams now come true.
In Sympathy,
Mandy Kruse
Dear Rick and Family, So sorry we are unable to attend Emily’s wake service but want you to know you are in our thoughts and prayers at this difficult time. Will talk to you soon. Bob & Bev Engelken
Rick and family,
Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this difficult time. With deepest sympathy.
Lori & Curt Timmerman
My thoughts and prayers are with you all at this time of great loss. God’s love be with you.
My sympathy’s to Emily’s family. I graduated with Emily from Regis High School. I will keep your family in my thoughts and prayers. Rest in Peace Emily.
Rose and Courtney – we are so sorry to hear of your loss. We will keep you in our prayers.
~The Bowers Family
I been knowing Emily for 3 years. Been around her I noticed that she love music, working, walking in the park and she like helping others. We share a lot of thoughts together and she has this great smile..She is a good person inside and out…to my Best friend Em…We miss you ..
Dear family of Emily,
I am sorry for the loss of your loved one, Emily.
I too have a daughter named Emily, the same age. I can only imagine how you must feel.
I wish to share with you comfort from the Bible.
The Bible holds out a wonderful hope for our loved ones who have fallen asleep in death.
Please read John 5:28,29 in your Bible.
Another wonderful future promise is found at Revelation 21:3,4 where it states that , pain and death will be no more. The former things will have passed away.
As you read these texts in your own Bible, may they be of comfort to you.
Sincerely Dianne Mullins
I remember her beautiful smile, her kindness, and her willingness to help. She is with Jesus and in his divine Mercy, she is in peace. My deepest sympathy to her family, close friends, and loved ones,
Emily left a deep imprint in my life. We met when I was only a teenager & she in her early 20’s. She was so caring, passionate, & genuinely interested & supportive. She helped me embrace my faith and my life. I am eternally grateful that I knew her.
RoseAnn and Family. I just heard of the loss of your daughther. My sympthay, Love and alot of prayers. I wish I could be with you during this time.
To the Kerper Family.
Our Condolences to you on the loss of Emily. Our thughts are with you during this difficult time. Emily is now in a much better place. May she rest in peace.
RoseAnn (you will always be “RoseAnn” who let me play with all your dolls!)We had some fun times as neighbors didn’t we. I can’t begin to tell you how terribly sorry I am for you and your family with the loss of Emily! My love and prayers are with all of you and I am sure God has another Angel with your mom and dad to watch over you all. I’d love to see you if I ever get back to Iowa I will give you a call and we can have a neighborhood get together! Know God will see you thru this difficult time, he loves you and will hold you in his arms. My Sympathy and love to you and all the family… Kathy (Weigel) Gorkow
My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who knew emily. she had such a heart of gold which is such a rare thing to find. You will truly be missed emily RIP.
Rose, I’m so sorry to hear about your daughter. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
I am so sorry to hear about Emily’s passing. You will truly be missed Emily. Emily’s family and freinds are in my thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.
I am Joe & Armella Ries’ daughter, Diane, so my dad Joe and Don were brothers. I would
like to express my sympathy to your family. I know it must be a difficult time for all of you. God be with you.
Diane Schwenginer
Saved My Life
I had just moved to California, found a great job with Johnson & Johnson. It was the most money I had ever made in my whole life and I just didn’t know how to handle all that and the big city. Started to come upon hard times and even with no place to stay Emily encouraged me to come back to Iowa. Having nowhere to stay she said she didn’t care and she would get a bunch of camping stuff and that’s how we would live as it was summer. I came back and we were blessed with owning a duplex and great jobs.
I know in my heart if she had not been an anchor for me in hard times I would have died in California. She gave me hope, joy and a reason to try. Thank you Sweetheart!