Obituary notices from Linn County list Starke Olson and Kratzer deaths
Reimar H Starke 89 of 1289 34th St NE died in St Luke s Hospital after a long illness. Services 1 p m Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church burial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Orvin J Ole Olson 76 Cresco died at St Mary s Hospital Rochester Minn services 1 p m Friday First Lutheran Church Cresco burial New Oregon Cemetery Cresco. LeRoy Royce Kratzer 78 Murrieta California former Linn County resident died in Murrieta after a long illness graveside 9 a m Friday Arlington Cemetery Riverside California. He married Mary Fuller then Mary Ludwig and had two daughters and a son among many relatives. He served 21 years in the Navy and resided in Murrieta at 24946 First Ave. He previously lived in Coggon and was a member of Coggon Masonic Lodge.
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Reimar H. Starke
34Th St. NE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Trinity Lutheran Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Helen Block
Stark City
Rozanne Stephenson
San Francisco
Calif
Ruth Moyer
Reimar
River Grove
Fred
Augusta Starke
Florence M. Petermann
Luzerne
Cedar Rapids
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rochester
Minn
First Lutheran Church
Cresco
New Oregon Cemetery
Conway Funeral Home
Margaret
Janice Carnagey
Jeanne Balk
Carl
New Hampton
Helen Thorpe
Oregon
LeRoy Royce Kratzer
Murrieta
Linn County
Arlington Cemetery
Riverside
Mary
LeeAnna Henry
James
Reno
Nev
Kathleen Casey
William
Marion
Helen Lyness
Daniel
Ryan
Patrick Kratzer
Nancy
Coggan
Clarence Ray Kratzer
Texas
Williston
N.C
Clarence Ray
Edith Ellis Kratzer
Mary M. Fuller
Mary Ludwig
Coggon
Coggon High School
Coggon Masonic Lodge
Navy
First Ave
Arrangements Pending for Local Residents
Obituaries note Hildred R. Germaine 73 of Toddville dying in Cedar Rapids St. Luke's Hospital and Wallace Gene Hoffman 64 of Tipton area death after a long illness with arrangements pending. Other notices include Betty Jean Hessenius memorial service at Prairieburg St Josephs Church and multiple services at Murdoch Fry and Cedar Memorial chapels with burial at local cemeteries and memorial donations suggested.
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Hildred R. Germaine
Toddville
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Murdoch Funeral Home
Center Point
Wallace
Gene”’’ Hoffman
Bertram St. SE
Bennett
Mercy Medical Center
Fry Funeral Home
Tipton
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the Gazette
Deaths in Eastern Iowa prompt multiple obituaries
A string of notices reports deaths across the region. Thomas J. Caraway. Daniel W. Akery. Paul Henry. Anna W. Klatt. Dolores Krapfl. Mildred Moyer. Arnold Shedd. Betty L. Klein. Bernie E. Clark. Virgil Leroy Renfrow are all listed with ages, burial plans, funeral home details, and survivor names. Memorial funds and services are noted for several, along with locations such as Cedar Rapids Monmouth Clarence Grinnell and Akron.
Memorial rites set for Marengo native Lawrence J. Martin
Lawrence J. Martin 54 of Bradenton Florida died Monday in Bradenton Memorial Hospital from emphysema complications. Services 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Patrick's Church with burial at Calvary Cemetery and full military rites by Wandling-Wendell Post 76. Visitation 2-8 p.m. today at Hoover-Valentine Funeral Home. rosary at 7 p.m. He is survived by wife Sharron, his mother Kathryn, three sons Danny Sean and Larry Eichler, two daughters April and Amy, a brother Bill, two sisters Kathleen and Monica, and seven grandchildren.
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Oakland Cemetery
Solon
Ely
American Legion
St. Quentin
Brosh Chapel
Cedar Rapids
Thomas J. Caraway
St. Luke’s Hospital
Monmouth
Monmouth Cemetery
Goettsch Funeral Home
Anamosa
Linda Ahrens
Marion
Lynn
Herndon
Merle
Olin
Glenn
Maquoketa
Lawrence
Mildred Moyer
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Hazelwood Cemetery
Smith Funeral Home
James
Francis
Allan
Harold
Roger
Grinnell
Robert
Dubuque
Fairmont
Lawrence J. “Larry” Martin
Bradenton, Fla
Marengo
Bradenton Memorial Hospital
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Calvary Cemetery
American Legion Wandling
Wendell Post
Hoover-Valentine Funeral Home
Sharron
Kathryn
Danny
Sean Martin
Larry Eichler
Morencia
Mich
April Maas
Jacksonville
Fla
Amy Johnson
St. Mary’s
Bill
Kathleen Martin
Arlington
Floyd A. Graesch
Mercy Hospital of Natural Causes
Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home
Woodlawn Cemetery
Steven
Webster City
Raymond
Ames
Debra Betz
Oelwein
Gale Smith
Walter
Russell
Ponca City
Okla
Florence Furhman
Hazleton
Jean Hill
Helen Trower
Waterloo
Leta
Holy Cross
Rickardsville
Donald
Dolores
Balltown
Leon
Rose
Mary
Donald Brimeyer
Sherrill
Melita
Lyal Pfeifer
Alice
Dale Cook
Bernard
Carolyn
Jim Pimlott
Lorena Cummer
Clara
Marvin
John J. Wolf
Mildred Sexton
Fayette
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Waukon
Grandview Cemetery
Burnham Wood Funeral Home
Roehm
Campbell Calif
Betty Kumler
Camarillone
Marjorie Snively
Wes Nion
Oxford man Tex Smith dies at 58 after sudden illness
Harry L. Tex Smith 58 of Oxford dies at home after a sudden illness. Services Saturday 10 a.m. at Oxford United Methodist Church with burial in Oxford Cemetery. friends may call Friday 4–8 p.m. at the church. Survivors include wife Karen, children, stepchildren, grandchildren, and siblings. memorials to Clear Creek-Amana Athletics.
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Daniel W. Akery
Brooklyn
Grace United Methodist Church
Brooklyn Cemetery
Nevenhoven Funeral Home
Pat
Jacqueline
Scott
Carrie
Houston
Texas
Anna W. Klatt
Clarence Nursing Home
St. John’s
Harry L
Tex’’ Smith
Oxford United
Fredricksburg
Diana
Brad) Kreiss
Riverside
Jennifer
Joe) Shimon
Kalona
Marvin Birely
Oxford
Mark Birely
Solon
Martin Birely
Iowa City
Laura
Rhonda Birely
Carrie Birely
North English
Hubert Smith
Don Hummer
Clear Creek- Amana Booster Club
Karen Mavis
Rock Island
Harry Imlay
Clear Creek-Amana Athletics Department
Matie H. Chizek
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
United Methodist Church
Buckingham Cemetery
Overton Funeral Home
Donnie
Fort Dodge
Gerene Lassen
Dorothy J. Tanner
Victor United Methodist Church
Ohio
Ladora
McAninch-Fremming Funeral Home
Robert
E.J
Dallas
Carolyn
Chicago
Iowa House plan improves Branstad special education bill
Iowa House Education Committee faces opposition as members debate a five year funding phase in plan. Critics say both Branstad and the House proposal rely on a flawed premise about enrollment padding and risk reducing local funding control for special education.
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Des Moines
House of Representatives
Terry Branstad
Lowell Davenbaugh
State Teachers Union
Iowa State Education Association
House Education Committee
Branstad
Tal
E.J. Jorgensen
ABC of Iowa
Iowa
Stroke patient dies after ambulance rear-ends IDOT truck
Clovis Chris tenson 78 of Webster City died when the Midwest Ambulance carrying a stroke patient Christen son rear-ended an Iowa Department of Transportation truck near an Ankeny exit. Three others injured including the ambulance driver Jerry Brad 39 and attendant June Carrington 27. IDOT driver Michael Coffin 46 treated and released.
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Ankeny (Ap
Clovis Christenson
Webster City
Iowa Department of Transportation
Des Moines
Midwest
Ankeny
Jerry Brad
June Carrington
IDOT
Michael Coffin
Vital Statistics and Marriage Notices From Local Hospitals
Vital statistics from Mercy and St. Luke s list births for March 30 and 31 including Tammy and Bill McDermott Stacy Roo ney Kathy Pecchia Tina Fran son Karen Janechek Tamera Scherrman Lisa Hill and others. Marriage licenses issued to eight Cedar Rapids Marion and Robins couples. Annulment noted for Joann Demoss Hall and Michael Hall.
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Tammy
Bill McDermott
Franklin Ave
Stacy
David Rooney
Ninth Ave
Marion
Kathy and
Paul Pecchia
Fifth St
ST. Luke's
Tina
John Franson
Coggan
Karen
Gary Janechek
Morris Ave. NW
Tamera
Michael Scherrman
St. Dr. SE
Degree Days Report for March 30 compiled by utility
Degree days total through March 30, 1992 reach 10.00 with 6.52 for the year to date 101 percent of normal. Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Co. compiled the figures.
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Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Co
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Orvin J. “Ole” Olson
Betty Jean Hessenius
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Prairieburg
Walker Cemetery
Centrality
Ralph J. Petersen
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
Cedar
Paul Henry
Grinnell General Hospital
Clarence
Dyersville
Dolores Krapfl
Kramer Funeral Home
Hawkeye
Arnold Shedd
Fredericksburg
Baptist Brethren Church
Riverside Cemetery
Akron
Becker- Milnes Funeral
Ethel
Rick
Maynard
Roxanne Shappell
Elton
Elk Point
S.D
Betty L. Klein
Friendship St
First United Methodist Church
Memory Gardens
George L. Gay Funeral Home
Jim
Roxann
Carla Klein
Jody Stacey
Chuck
Los Angeles
Mary Beese
Muscatine
Carol
Manchester
Bernie E. Clark
Shelly
Inez
Verla Meints
Dothan
Ala
Bernie Jr
Vinton
Mark Jackson
Gallatin
Virgil Leroy Renfrow
Delaware County Memorial Care Center
Bohnenkamp-Theulen Funeral Home
Bloomington
John J
Jack” Wolf
Manor Care
Reiff Funeral Home
Farley
Virgil Bartal
Ss. Peter and Paul
Brosh Funeral Home
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West Union
Zaida McLaury
Good Samaritan
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Woodlawn
Burnham Wood Funera
Vincent
Chino Calif
Zenita Arthur
Westgate
Delpha Andrusyk
Tucson
Ariz
Illinois Lotto
LOTTO
Capitol News
Davenbaugh
John Banks
Council Bluffs
Glen Grove
State Patrol
Christenson
Lisa Hill
Washington Ave
Daniel J. Langhurst
Barbara U. Hodges
Donald M. Williams
Deborah A. Flink
Bradley J. Anderson
Victoria M. Bascom
Randy G. Floetchinger
Karen L. Tokheim
Mark M Petersen
Teresa M. Horning
Thomas A. Schuttloffel
Robins
Pamela L. Nickels
Patrick E. Henry
Darla S. Smith
Delhi
Joann K. Demoss-Hall
Michael J. Hall
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
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