IMELDA BRYANT — Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Gazette (or similar Iowa paper; exact masthead not on clip), Cedar Rapids, ~2001, p.?
Summary
Obituary clipping (newspaper masthead not on clip) for **Imelda Murphy Bryant**, age 81, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. - **Born**: ~1920 (= 1920 if d. ~2001 at age 81; could be slightly later if obit is later) - **Died**: heart attack Saturday in Newport Beach, California while visiting her daughter Nancy - **Services**: All Saints Church, Cedar Rapids (Fri 11am); rosary Sat 11:30am St. Augustin's Chapel, Des Moines; burial Glendale Cemetery - **Residence**: Des Moines most of her life, then Cedar Rapids - **Occupation**: homemaker - **Husband**: John (Bryant) - **Children (5)**: daughters Lynne Sullivan (Cedar Rapids), Ann Webb (Grand Rapids MI), Joan Friberg (Des Moines), Nancy Kindgren (Newport Beach); son John (St. Cloud MN) - **Grandchildren**: 12 + 2 step-grandchildren + 1 great-grandchild ## FAMILY IDENTIFICATION **Imelda Murphy Bryant = JJM Sr's daughter "Inelda"** named in his 1938 LA obit (children: James Jr, daughters Agnes / Inelda / Joan / Dahl). The Inelda spelling in the 1938 obit is almost certainly a typo for **Imelda** (this clipping uses Imelda Murphy [maiden] Bryant [married]). Generational placement: - Pat Murphy the bartender (b.~1856 Beara, d.1912 Warm Springs) - **James Joseph Murphy / JJM Sr** (b.1883 Beara, d.1938 LA; = JJM-LA-d-1938) - **Imelda Murphy Bryant** (b.~1920 LA?, d.~2001 Iowa) = his daughter, sister of James J. Murphy Jr. of the 1958 Anaheim resume - Her 5 children (Lynne, Ann, Joan, Nancy, John) and 12 grandchildren = 4th and 5th generation descendants of the Beara Murphy-Lyne origin This is the **Iowa / Des Moines diaspora point** of the family tree: Beara → Butte → LA → Iowa (Imelda) and Minnesota (her son John St. Cloud) and Michigan (Ann Grand Rapids). The 3rd-and- 4th generation Murphy fanning beyond LA. Worth flagging the **5 children + their married names** as 4th-generation living people: - Lynne (Murphy → Bryant → Sullivan) Cedar Rapids - Ann (Murphy → Bryant → Webb) Grand Rapids MI - Joan (Murphy → Bryant → Friberg) Des Moines - Nancy (Murphy → Bryant → Kindgren) Newport Beach - John Bryant Jr. St. Cloud MN All living at the time of Imelda's death; presumed still living in 2026 (if obit is c.2001 they would be in their 60s-70s now). ## DATING THE CLIP Exact date not on clip. Estimate ~2001 from: - Age 81 at death + plausible birth year ~1920 (JJM Sr's LA child ~age 18 at his 1938 death) - Newspaper layout style of the clip (compact obit with photo, typical of 1990s-2000s Iowa local papers) - "Mrs. Bryant had lived in Des Moines most of her life before moving to Cedar Rapids" — implies post-1990 move
Narrative
Imelda Murphy Bryant, 81, of Cedar Rapids died of a heart attack on Saturday while visiting her daughter in Newport Beach, California. A homemaker who had lived most of her life in Des Moines, she is survived by her husband John, four daughters ed Lynne Sullivan, Ann Webb, Joan Friberg and Nancy Kindgren, a son John of St. Cloud, Minn., 12 grandchildren, two stepgrandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services were set for All Saints Church in Cedar Rapids, with a rosary at St. Augustin's Chapel in Des Moines and burial at Glendale Cemetery.
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People
- Imelda Murphy Bryant (1917–1998; JJM Sr's daughter; Iowa diaspora)(as printed: Imelda Murphy Bryant)role: subject · family confidence: 95 certain
Daughter of JJM Sr (d. 1938 LA) and his wife (née Kelly). Sister of James J. Murphy Jr. (the 1958 Anaheim resume subject). Identified via the spelling drift "Inelda" (1938 JJM Sr obit) → "Imelda" (this obit, using her formal married name "Imelda Murphy Bryant"). She is the Iowa-diaspora 3rd-generation Murphy.
- John Bryant (Imelda Murphy Bryant's husband; Iowa)(as printed: John (Bryant))role: surviving husband · family confidence: 100 certain
Husband of Imelda Murphy Bryant. In-law via the LA- diaspora branch.
- Lynne (Bryant) Sullivan(as printed: Lynne Sullivan)role: surviving daughter · family confidence: 100 certain
- Ann (Bryant) Webb(as printed: Ann Webb)role: surviving daughter · family confidence: 100 certain
- Joan (Bryant) Friberg(as printed: Joan Friberg)role: surviving daughter · family confidence: 100 certain
- Nancy (Bryant) Kindgren(as printed: Nancy Kindgren)role: surviving daughter · family confidence: 100 certain
- role: surviving son · family confidence: 100 certain
Places
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa (primary)
- Des Moines, Iowa (primary)
- Newport Beach, California (primary)
- Los Angeles, California (context)
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Transcription
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Open questions
- Exact date of clip — masthead not on clipping. Worth a Cedar Rapids Gazette / Des Moines Register obit-archive search for an "Imelda Murphy Bryant" obituary, which would pin the date and add the full death date / age.
- Confirmation that Imelda = Inelda from the 1938 obit. The spelling drift is very plausible (Imelda is the standard spelling; Inelda is an OCR-misread or typesetter typo). Worth a back-pass to confirm against the 1938 JJM Sr obit image.
- Imelda's children (Lynne, Ann, Joan, Nancy, John) are all presumed living. Per the GEDCOM is_living: true rule, their person-records should be marked is_living: true so the app loader hides them from the public portal.