Deaths in Linn County and surrounding area
Obituary notices list John T. Young Jr. 67 of Marion dies after long illness with services at Linwood Cemetery. Milo M. Spina 80 of Cedar Rapids dies after long illness. burial at Czech National Cemetery. Jennie Violet Young funeral set in Waterloo. Virgil Ray Deaton 53 of Springville dies after long illness with arrangements pending. Glenn Lee Williams 32 of Rockaway Beach dies in traffic accident with services planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Young Jr
County Home Rd
Marion
St. Luke’s Hospital
Linwood Cemetery
Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home
Virgil Ray Deaton
Springville
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Glenn Lee Williams
Rockway Beach
Kuba Funeral Home
Dora Lee Williams
Richard Seaton
Wendy Seaton
Cedar Rapids
Wade
Chris Seaton
Tracy Seaton
Maryland
Deaths/ Eastern Iowa Roster of Obituaries
Cyril A. Shindelar 63 dies of heart attack in Decorah with services at St. Aloysius Calmar burial at church cemetery, survivors include three brothers and three sisters. LaVern H. Westendorf 70 dies in Hampton with services at St. Peter Lutheran Oran burial at church cemetery, survivors include wife and three sons. Lois B. White 88 dies in Grinnell with church service in Malcom burial at Ivy Hill Cemetery, survivors include daughter Doris and son Kenneth. Leonard Moose Parizek 73 dies in Iowa City with service at Sorden Funeral Home burial Lone Tree Cemetery, survivors include wife Dorothy and sister Anna Schrader. Harold John McMahon 63 dies in Good Neighbor Home with Mass at St Marys Manchester burial St Marys Cemetery, vigil at Bahnenkamp-Vernon Funeral Home, survivors include wife Betty and six children. Edward H. Kleppe 76 dies in Cedar Rapids with services Mechanicsville United Methodist Church burial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, survivors include three sons and five sisters. Floyd A. Storts 81 dies in Cedar Rapids area with services at Horner-Morgan Mechanicsville burial Clinton Memorial Cemetery, survivors include daughter Mary Weber and many grandchildren. Leo C. Fall Jr. 66 dies at home with services Hayden Funeral Home burial Olin Cemetery, survivors include wife Sharon and six children. Willie H. Thorsgaard 75 dies rural St. Olaf with services Norway Lutheran Church burial Norway Church Cemetery, survivors include wife Mabel and two daughters. Robbie Ray Douglas Winger 2 months dies in University Hospitals Iowa City arrangements pending. Alvin C. Thompson 90 dies at Veterans Memorial Hospital with service at St. John Lutheran Church burial Oakland Cemetery, survivors include wife Alvin
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyril A. Shindelar
Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital
Decorah
St. Aloysius Catholic Church
Calmar
French Funeral Home
P.m
Joseph of
le Claire
Aloysius
Hudson
Richard
Marie Tieskoetter
Gertrude Holthaus
Ossian
Helen Zbornik
Fort Atkinson
LaVern H. Westendorf
Hampton Health Care Center
Hampton
St. Peter Lutheran Church
Oran
Church
Becker-Milnes
Sumner
Lorena
Dale
Westgate
Dennis
Waverly
Darwin
Janesville
Edwin
Kenneth
Fairbank
Esther Westendorf
Cedar Falls
Irene Diercks
Dixon
Donna Taytow
Lois B. White
Grinnell General Hospital
Presbyterian Church
Malcom
Ivy Hill
Smith Funeral Home
Doris Pearce
Grinnell
Kenneth White
Waterloo
Leonard ““Moose
Parizek
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Sorden Funeral Home
Lone Tree Cemetery
Dorothy
Anna Schrader
Harold John McMahon
Good Neighbor Home
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Bahnenkamp-Vernon Funeral Home
Manchester American Legion
VFW
Betty
Kay Fomon
Susan McMahon
Boulder
Colo
Michael
Jeffrey
Union City
Calif
Thomas
Weston
Mass
James
Swea City
Helen Burbridge
Manchester
Martin
Dubuque
Robert
Jean
Edward H. Kleppe
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Mechanicsville United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Edward
Phoenix
Hot Springs
S.D
Des Moines
Ella Helmold
Clarence
Helen Graham
Tipton
Dorothy Raap
Davenport
Irene Hemmerson
Bradgate
LaVerna Raap
Wheatland
Dorothy Weller
David and
Jaymee Glenn Burns
Floyd A. Storts
Mercy Medical Center
Horner-Morgan Funeral Home
Mechanicsville
Clinton Memorial Cemetery
Clinton
Mary Weber
Kenneth Weber
Ella Arnett
Blaine
Wash
Susan Marclf
Wilton
Cynthia Gilmore
Ames
Nancy Unruh
Kenneth Jr
Steven
Hecla
Nathanial
Lottie Bancroft Storts
Blanche Anderson
Bermillion
Camanche
Central Steel
Church of Christ
E. First St
Leo C. Fall Jr
Hayden Funeral Home
Olin
American Legion Blayney Miner Post No. 412
Masonic Ancient Landmark Lodge No. 200
Sharon
Vickie von Behren
Harriet O’brine
Stanwood
Amanda Fall
Terry
Livingston
Mont
Jim
Missoula
Lenta Jackson
Maquoketa
Lila Aikman
Bricktown
N.J
Wrenden
Verlin
Willie H. Thorsgaard
Norway Lutheran Church
St. Olaf
Leonard-Witt Funeral Home
Elkader
Mabel
Marlene Eberhardt
Linda Meister
Victoria
Texas
Gunda Dayton
Cheyenne
Wyo
Alvin C. Thompson
Veterans Memorial Hospital
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Oakland Cemetery
Martin Funeral Home
Evelyn
Marquette Woman Dies in Wisconsin Car Crash
Marquette native Mari Louise Eggen 29 of Appleton Wisconsin died Friday in Green Bay from an automobile accident. Services set for Tuesday at St Marys McGregor with burial at Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Survivors include husband Paul two daughters Anna and Kristin and extended Abel and Eggen family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mari Louise Eggen
Appleton
Wis
Marquette
Green Bay
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
McGregor
Pleasant Grove
Thornburg
Paul
Anna
Kristin
Harry
Marlene Abel
Dean Abel
Janesville
Petre Abel
Scott Abel
Pownal
Maine
Jon Abel
Cedar Rapids
Cherri Smith
Appleton, Wis
Joni Abel
New York City
Amy Abel
Caroline Welch
Bernice Heiderscheit
New Albia
Jeanne
Bob Eggen
Marlene
Welch) Abel
Mar-Mac
Kirkwood Community College
Paul Eggen
Badger Wholesales
German Requiem Pleases Audience and Chorale
The Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale offered Brahms A German Requiem in English at First Presbyterian Church with Karla Goettel and Wayne Mitchell as soloists. Thomas Lippert conducted an 80 member chorus, Janice Cuffel played organ, and the performance highlighted the chorus’s strength and limits in this amateur group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee Ann Rexroat
Cedar Rapids
Wayne Mitchell
Thomas Lippert
First Presbyterian Church
Brahms
Cedar Rapids Chorale
Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale
Cedar Rapids Fire Destroys Vacant House in Old Packinghouse Area
Fire destroyed a vacant home at 1448 Second St SE in Cedar Rapids and threatened two neighboring houses as firefighters fought the blaze after 9 p.m. An elderly couple nearby sheltered indoors as water from hoses damaged ceilings and walls. The burned structure had been a barn before the Havliks renovated it around the turn of the century. District Chief Chuck Peterson said the building’s ownership was not known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Lee Olson
Cedar Rapids
Second St
Anna
Frank Havlik
Wiseman
Havliks
Chuck Peterson
Bernard Woman Dies in Head-On Crash near Dubuque
Janice McDonnell 37 of Bernard died in a Sunday crash on Highway 151 south of Dubuque when her car crossed the center line and hit a semi driven by Mark Lanham 29 of DeForest Wisconsin. The vehicle caught fire and McDonnell died at Mercy Hospital. Lanham was uninjured and investigators closed the road for four hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard
Dubuque County
Janice McDonnell
Highway 151
Dubuque
McDonnell
Mark Lanham
DeForest
Wis
Chris Feldman
Sheriffs Department
Mercy Hospital
Lanham
Vital Statistics St Luke’s April Births and a Death
St Luke’s notes include April 11 a daughter Jennifer Tutterup to Lauri Kell and Jo seph Kell at 1806 L St SW and April 12 a son for Carol and Mark Blomberg at 6529 Council St NE. Medical Examiner reports Willie H Thorsgaard aged 75 from St Olaf died Saturday in University Hospitals Iowa City from a personal safety related gunshot wound per Dr T T Bozek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lauri
Joseph Kell
L St. SW
Jennifer Tutterup
J St. SW
Carol
Mark Blomberg
Council St. NE
St. Olaf
Willie H. Thorsgaard
University Hospitals
Iowa City
T.T. Bozek
Johnson County
Robbery at Gunpoint Reported in Linn County
The Log notes a Friday night robbery of ROBBERY victim The victim, ROBBERY Johnson, 42, of 609 18th St SE, was approached by a black male at 11 p.m. and robbed of her car. The suspect is described as 6 foot 1, slim build, still at large. It lists numerous weekend and Sunday fire and medical emergency calls, plus sheriff’s rescue incidents across Linn County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
April M. Johnson
18Th St. SE
Johnson
Eastern Iowa Brass Band wins ninth international title
The Mount Vernon based Eastern Iowa Brass Band won top honors at the North American Brass Bands Championships in Columbus Ohio in the Honors Class Concert Competition. North Carolina State University placed second with entrants from Ohio Kentucky New Jersey and Illinois. Joel Lee Goosman 21 of Sioux City faces first degree murder charges in a Friday shooting at a youth hangout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Iowa
Columbus
Ohio
Mount Vernon
Sioux City
Joel Lee Goosman
Chad Mackey
Norm Mackey
Diane Mackey
Stine
John deSalme
deSalme
West High School
Iowa City
Iowa
Washington, D.C
Mount Vernon High School
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Linn County
Marshalltown
John T
Ruth Eloise Oetting Young
Jack R. Hooten
Linn County Grain
Universal Engineering
IAM Harmony Lodge
Wfla Lodge
Lloyd Brockmeyer
Milo M. Spina
Rockford Rd
Manor Care
Brush Chapel
Czech National Cemetery
Sharon Benesh
Milo
Gary
Larry
Dean
Alburnett
Lillian
Joseph
Bruce Spina
Allen Scott Spina
Kacice
Czechoslovakia
Marie Voracek Spina
United States
Evelyn Kaplan
Illinois
Jennie Violet Young
Turner Chapel East
William Luley
Trinity Episcopal Church
Baxter-Martinson Funeral Chapel
Robbie Ray Douglas Winger
Phillips Funeral Home
Waukon
Martelle
Bernard A. Blok
Karla Goettel
Review
Janice Cuffel
Lippert
Chorale
C.R
Daisy
Hubert Wiseman
Daisy Wiseman
Peterson
ST. Luke's
The
Gazette
First Ave
28Th St. Dr
Second Ave
Collins Rd
Third St
10Th Ave
Bezdek Dr
Elmhurst Dr
Trent St. SW
Lisbon
Troy Mills
Indian Hills Rd
Robins
Coggan
East Post Rd
Cedar Terrace Mobile Home Park
Midway
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