Obituary of Lisa A. Bream

Lisa A. Bream, 41, of Iowa City, died Monday, December 30, 2013, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Funeral services will be held at 7pm Friday, January 3, 2014, at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service, where there will be a time of visitation from 5 till services on Friday. A memorial fund has been established in Lisa's memory. Online condolences may be sent for her family through the web @ www.gayandciha.com. Lisa Ann Bream was born August 28, 1972, in Iowa City where she attended schools, graduating from City High School in 1990. She later received her Associates Degree from Kirkwood Community College. She has worked in retail sales in the Iowa City / Cedar Rapids area the past number of years. Lisa loved the family pets, snorkeling in the ocean, and playing cards with family and friends. Her family includes her mother, Jan Zinkula of Iowa City; sister, Wendy Bream and nephew, Blake Viers of Cedar Rapids; grandparents, Bill and Phyllis Zinkula of Iowa City; family pets, Cassidy and Rufus; Lisa's father, Dale Bream of Iowa City; and his two children, Doug Bream of Oklahoma and Tracy Chambers of Cedar Rapids; a number of aunts, uncles and cousins. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Violet and Clarence Bream. Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service is caring for Lisa's family and her services.