Sat - 29 Sep
Written by Jim Ecker
More than 400 friends, relatives and former teammates paid their final respects to Tasha Roundtree Saturday in a moving service at the Gospel Tabernacle Church in northeast Cedar Rapids.
Roundtree, 19, is the former Cedar Rapids Washington basketball player who was shot and killed in southwest Cedar Rapids last weekend.
The police are calling her death a homicide. No arrests have been made.
Roundtree was lovingly remembered as a charismatic young lady who will be sorely missed by everyone who knew her.
Washington girls basketball coach Frank Howell, one of many people to speak at the service, said Roundtree brought people together with her fun-loving personality and energy. He said Roundtree was the type of person that made everyone else better and the type of player every coach would want on their team.
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