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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1990
Page
12
Obituaries from Linn County detail deaths of John Kleineck 69 of Marion born 1920, Otho Baker 81, Josephine Deka 85 of Cincinnati formerly Cedar Rapids, Edward Popelka 80, Landon Miller 45, infant Mark L. McCoy, and others. Services and burial plans listed with call times, cemeteries, and memorials to local churches or organizations.
Leonard Swanson 82, of Earlville died at home after Alzheimer's. Merle Howsare 81 of Iowa City died at home. entombment in Memory Gardens Mausoleum. memorials to Shriners Hospital or St. Mark's Methodist. Vergie Lewis 91 of Cedar Rapids area died. memorials to Fairview Cemetery. Lloyd Milling 71 of Marengo died. services at St. Patrick Church. Barbara Gorsuch 63 died of cancer. service at First Presbyterian. Genevieve Murphy 90 died in Iowa City. services at St. Mary’s Oxford. Mount Calvary Avenue of Flags memorials.
Harriet E. Wilson 94 died Sunday at Covenant Medical Center Waterloo. Survived by daughters Phyllis Norby Waterloo and Shirley Stanley Hudson. six grandchildren 11 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday Ripley United Church of Christ. Burial Buckingham Cemetery near Traer. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Tuesday at Overton's.
Mearl Arlo Jones Sr. of Vinton dies after a brief illness at Virginia Gay Hospital. Survived by son Mearl Jr. of Toledo, seven daughters including Sue Kerkman and Luetta Rider, a brother Leland of Marion, a sister Emarilla Sparks, 23 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren. Services Tuesday 1 p.m. at Phillips with burial Maplewood Cemetery. Friends may call today 4–8 p.m. and Tuesday 9 a.m. until services. Memorial fund established.
Walker a Cedar Rapids retail salesman markets a letters program to executors of estates offering to buy houses with no real estate commission. Executives, brokers, and Realtors weigh ethics and risk, noting risk to elderly recipients, while Walker says his intent is to help and not take advantage.
In Miami Beach investigators using dogs and heavy equipment recovered two more bodies from the Fontana Hotel fire raising the death toll to six and leaving eight tenants unaccounted for. The fifth body was uncovered by a small bulldozer before noon and the sixth, a woman, was found in the rear of the 39 year old 102 room hotel.
WILLIAMSBURG MARIAN KLAWITER aged 66 of Hudson Wis. died in a Sunday three vehicle crash on Iowa County Road W 21 near a rest stop south of I 80 and Hwy 151. Her husband John Klawiter 72 was driving. Another car driven by John Capper 20 of Washington Iowa struck the Klawiters as they entered the road. Capper and John Klawiter were treated and released at Mercy Hospital Iowa City.
No tickets matched all six numbers in the Lotto America drawing on Saturday night leaving the $2 million jackpot untapped and the Iowa Lotto prize also unclaimed at $7.2 million. The Lotto America numbers were 4 27 31 32 36 52 and the Iowa Lotto numbers were 8 11 21 23 24 31. The next Lotto America prize is expected around $3.5 million and the Iowa Lotto prize around $7.6 million for Wednesday’s drawing.
Mercy records show Pam and Matt Harrison at 3219 Dalewood Ave SE welcomed a son, while Sandy and Jerry Adams of 312 11th St SW welcomed a son. St Luke's notes Paula and Jeff Macky of 3021 Huxley Lane SW welcomed a daughter.
The Daily Game drew 8 9 1. Pick Four results were 6 7 2 3. Jackpot stands at 5 million dollars.
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