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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

07 Apr 2013

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 07, 2013

Page

5

Weaver G. Witwer A Life Of Business And Community Ties

Weaver G Witwer born May 18 1891 in Cedar Rapids to Frank R and Emma Palmer Witwer built a wholesale and retail empire with Witwer Grocer Co He expanded into farms I C A Foods plant opened 1936 and a five story brick in 1949 The Gazette notes his family links to the Frick Stearns Russell Co and Witwer brothers legacy across the Midwest.

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Caver Glen Witwer Cedar Rapids Frank R Emma Palmer Witwer Hettiebel Barclay Hettiebel W.F. Barclay St. Paul’s Methodist Church Witwer Weaver Frank Maurice Witwer Grocer Co B Avenue Second Avenue Frank Witwer Rachel Holt The Gazette Clarence Miller Anne Weaver Witwer Witwer Grocer Midwest I.C.A. Foods First St
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Witwer family legacy in Iowa stores farms and Hilltop Farm

A timeline of Weaver Witwer and family business ventures in Eastern Iowa. From Witwer Farm Market Co and Me Too Stores to Hilltop Farm, farms across Linn and Benton counties, and later county leases and senior center use. A life spanning grocery, meat processing, farming, and public offices concluding with Witwer and Hettiebel's deaths.

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Witwer Second Ave Cedar Rapids Second Avenue Third Street Weaver Witwer Me Too Grocery First Street First Avenue Linn County Robert Calder Davis Anne Ojai Valley Calif Hilltop Farm Witwer Farm Market Co Me Too Federal Building Second Ave. SE Kieck’s Clothing Farm Market 32Nd Oakland Kieck’s Inc Oakland Road Kieck Merchants National Bank Farm Market Stores First Ave Mount Vernon Rd 32Nd St Seventh Ave Marion Linn Benton Gazette Harry and Clyde Simonsen Benton County Simonsen Farms Linn County Board of Supervisors Bjornsen Investment Second Street Fifth Avenue Council On Aging Hettiebel Witwer Hilltop Oak Hill Cemetery
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