Deaths in Linn County Claim Several Local Residents
Obituaries outline the deaths of multiple Linn County residents including George A Coberly 64 of Hiawatha and Jennie A Renfrow 96 formerly of Cedar Rapids. Details cover birth dates former occupations church memberships and surviving relatives with service and burial arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie A. Renfrow
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa Care Center
Anamosa
Obituaries across Eastern Iowa list multiple deaths
Dozens of deaths are reported with services and arrangements pending in towns across Eastern Iowa. Frances Burlage and Bette Olds are among those noted, with detailed survivor lists, burial sites, and service times.
Obituary for Leo F. Davidshofer of Farley Iowa
Leo F. Davidshofer 90 of rural Farley died Sunday at Shady Rest Care Center Cascade. Survived by wife Hycinthia four sons Fred Walter Leo and James 13 grandchildren 21 great grandchildren. Services 10 30 a m Wednesday St Josephs Catholic Church Farley Burial Church cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p m today at Reiffs with a parish rosary at 4 p m and a Scripture wake at 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Arnold Coberly
Raney St
Hiawatha
St. Luke’s Hospital
Fairfax
Margaret Mason
Kahoka
Iowa Manufacturing
Kenwood Park United Methodist Church
Boy Scouts of America
Edward
Humboldt
Shirley Pease
Cedar Falls
Loreta Sime
Janet Kauffman
Marion
Dorothy Snethen
Gladys Snethen
Ruby Mollinhauer
Cedar Rapids
Carolyn Lala
Center Point
Mary Pederson
Monticello
Arlene Robinson
Hagerstown
Mildred Boland
Kansas City
Cleve
John
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
Leroy Bauman
Ken Wood Park United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
33Rd St
David
Germany
Michael
el Paso
Texas
Angela
Barstow
Calif
Cleone Holscher
Ladora
Pat Leahy
Harriet Meyer
Nadine Meyer
Murdoch
Mayme Gibney
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
John Pitzen
Mount Calvary Cemetery
National Catholic Society of Foresters
Teahen Funeral Home
Bette J. Olds
Mercy Hospital
Francis “Bill
Candice Olds
Carol Ann Stiff
Tipton
Sally Lockwood
Corning
Marvel McKee
Perry
Darwin Davis
Des Moines
Chapman’s
Prairie Rose Cemetery
Nellie Louise Straw
People’s Memorial Hospital
Raymond Jr
Waterloo
Richard
Robert
Independence
Marvin
Quasqueton
Patricia Ferres
Springfield
Ohio
Robert Fowlkes
Audrey Cook
Martha Bearbower
Fayetteville
Ark
White’s
Mount Hope Cemetery
Erna Schepers
Jackson County Public Hospital
Maquoketa
Janet Isbister
Brookfield
Wis
Omer
Phoenix
Ariz
Wesley
Ames
Arthur Ruggeberg
Frank Ruggeberg
Lost Nation
Myrtle Schepers
Elsie Schepers
Velma Rowe
Loretta K. Eden
Wellman
Isabelle Jerot
Washington
Iowa
Powell’s
Swank Cemetery
Lone Tree
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Muscatine
D.T. White
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Williamsburg
Iowa County Conservation Board
Lake Iowa
Leone
Duane
Grimes
Elaine Kuehl
Litchfield
Mich
Gladys King
Mount Pleasant
First Presbyterian Church
Pilot Grove
Uhlmann
Leo F. Davidshofer
Farley
Shady Rest
Cascade
Hycinthia
Fred
Holy Cross
Walter
Dyersville
Leo
Dubuque
James
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Church
Reiff’s
Linn County budget draws Proxmire-like flak and tax hike fears
Linn County faces a projected budget of 38.8 million with about 24.69 million to be raised by taxes. Critics led by farmer Bob Lam decry funding for Brucemore All Iowa Fair Linn County Fair and rural libraries. Budget director Claudine Hixson cites bond debt levy and rollback value shifts as key reasons for a modest tax increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Bob Lam
Springville
Phil Donahue
Cedar Rapids
Sam
Wisconsin
William Proxmire
Lam
Proxmire
Brucemore
Harry Powell
Linn
Claudine Hixson
Measure would raise Iowa premium taxes on Blue Cross plans
The Iowa House approved a bill on a 60 to 25 vote requiring Blue Cross and Blue Shield Companies of Iowa to pay premium tax for the first half of 1985. The measure settles a dispute over whether tax is due for the full year or from July 1 when the new law took effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Blue Cross
Blue Shield Companies
Iowa
Iowa House of Representatives
House
Pella Woman Drowns in Spillway While Fishing
In Marion County, Pang Yang Thao, 48, slipped into the spillway at Red Rock Dam and drowned while fishing with her husband near Robinson Creek and Lake Red Rock. Authorities reported the incident occurred around 5:15 a.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Marion County Sheriff's Department
Pang Yang Thao
Robinson Creek
Lake Red Rock
Red Rock Dam
Births Reported at Mercy and St Luke’s Hospitals
Julie Fisher and Jeff Turner of Marion welcome a son at Mercy on April 6. Kathleen McVeigh and Rick McVeigh of Marion announce a birth at St Luke’s on April 6. Vicki Stanerson of Belle Plaine and Gene Stanerson welcome a son at St Luke’s on April 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy
Julie Fisher
Jeff Turner
Fifth Ave
Marion
ST. Lukes
Kathleen
Rick McVeigh
S. 15Th St
Vicki
Gene Stanerson
Belle Plaine
Cedar Rapids and surrounding begin marriage license filings
Dennis C. Michel and Connie J. Hines Cedar Rapids. Billy D. Frazier III and Lori A. Kurth Cedar Rapids. Brian D. Hamer and Cindy S. Tietge Cedar Rapids. Alan R. Sperfslage Parkview and Chris tina A. Siepker Marion. Donald L. Schrader and Lori A. Williams Fairfax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis C. Michel
Connie J. Hines
Billy D. Frazier III
Lori A. Kurth
Brian D. Hamer
Cindy S. Tietge
Cedar Rapids
Alan R. Sperfslage
Parkview
Christina A. Siepker
Marion
Donald L. Schrader
Lori A. Williams
Fairfax
Fire calls and a government suit headline
Sunday and Monday fire and emergency calls list multiple incidents including a river dog rescue at Second Avenue and Cedar River SW and gas odors at Interstate 380 and 42nd Street NE. The government of India filed suit against Union Carbide over the Bhopal chemical leak that killed about 2000 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Avenue
Cedar River
B Ave
F Ave
E Avenue
16Th Street
13Th St
Bever Avenue
19Th Street
Interstate 380
42Nd Street
Fourth Ave
Second Ave
Government of India
Union Carbide
Multinational
Bhopal
Inmate Barbee Ruble Get Added Prison Terms for Uprising
William Barbee and Fred Ruble Jr. receive multiple concurrent sentences after pleading guilty to armed assault and kidnapping related to the January 6 prison uprising at Iowa State Penitentiary. Barbee faces up to 25 years on seven counts plus extra terms. Ruble gets five and two year terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madison
Iowa State Penitentiary
William Barbee
Fred Ruble Jr
Barbee
Lee
William Cahill
Ruble
Charges filed after accident near Dyersville
A Durango man Francis John Klein 60 was charged with drunken driving and failure to stop at an assured distance after his car struck the rear of Connie Lake 18 of Dyersville which hit Lynn Konzen 27 of Farley while waiting to turn. Klein Lake and Amy Necker 19 were treated and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyersville
Highway 136
Iowa State Patrol
Francis John Klein
Duran- 80
Lynn Konzen
Farley
Connie Lake
Konzen
Klein
Lake
Amy Necker
Dyersville St. Mary's Unit
Illinois Lotto winning numbers and prize estimate
Illinois Lotto draw results list Pick Four numbers 1 6 4 2. Estimated grand prize pool for Lotto is 3 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield, Ill
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Canon City
Colo
F.B. Renfrew
Murdoch Chapel
Central City
Mark Oliver
Mount Clark Cemetery
Naomi Little Battin
San Pedro
Coe College
Chi Omega Sorority
Franklin “Skid” Battin
Little Theatre
General Hospital
Point Roberts
Wash
Garth F. Holscher
Ninth Ave
Mr. Holscher
Marcella Meyer
The
Gazette
First United Methodist Church
Circle Eight Square Dance Club
Paul E. West
Westwood
Agnes Vrana
Mr. West
Harper & McIntire Wholesale Hardware
VFW
American Legion Hanford
Ada Harbour
Drakesville
Walter West
Jacqueline Holland
Florida
Turner Chapel West
John Elliott
Cedar Memorial Park
Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Ill
Lydia Brown
Fifth Avenue Care Center
Marjorie Carrig
Thompson Dr. SE
Stewart Funeral Home
Jeffrey Lee Johnson
Rompot St. SE
Hodgkins
Out-Of
Flossie Mae Rosenberg
Clinton
Harry Rosenberg
Lawrence
Frances) Burlage
Clarence
Wanda M. Ibsen
Wheatland Manor
Grinnell
Pearl M. Haag
Friendship Manor
University of Iowa Medical School
Smith’s
Guttenberg
Thomas E. Thompson
Imelda B. Thompson
Guymion
Oklo
Mr. Thompson
John Deere
Thomas Jr
Walton, Kan
Charles
U.S. Army
Elizabeth
Denver, Colo
Karen
Debbie
Newton
Kan
Sharon
Thompson
Patricia Mergen
East St. Louis
Elizabeth Rademacher
la Crosse
Jack
Edgerton
Jim
Janesville
Larry
Madison
Spring Grove
Minn
Ted
St. Mary’s Ridge
Ronald
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Tuecke- Allyn’s
Elmer S. Hoover Jr
Veteran’s Hospital
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Samuel
Fort Carson
Steven
Spencer
Stewart
Susan Taylor
Sandra Shady
Zwingle
Wilma
Eleanor M. Mason
English Valleys Care Center
North English
Uhlmann’s
Dick Hogan Gazette County Reporter
Joe Rinas
Des Moines Bureau
Pella
Illinois Lottery
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
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