Obituaries Chronicle Cedar Rapids Deaths of Five Residents
Dorothy Meloan 56 of 3923 Richard Drive NE died Friday at Mercy Hospital after a long cancer illness. She was secretary to the Mercy Hospital administrator and active in several local orders. Surviving: daughter Sue Hutchins, two sisters, four brothers, and other relatives. Services today at St Matthew's Church. burial at Cedar Memorial Park. Cecelia Jennings 97 formerly of Cedar Rapids died Thursday in Wheaton Illinois. Surviving: son R.G. and daughter Mary Lugenbill, ten grandchildren, three great grandchildren. Services Monday at All Saints Catholic Church. burial Mount Calvary Cemetery. Ingeborg De Fer 83 former Cedar Rapids resident died Thursday in Raleigh North Carolina. Surviving: son Carl G. Johnson, three brothers, two sisters, two grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Services Monday at St Mark's Lutheran Church. burial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. John Joseph Gorman 84 of 2030 First Ave NE died Friday after brief illness. Surviving: four sons, two daughters, a brother, 16 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren. Services Monday at Immaculate Conception Church. cremation with private Tolono memorial. Memorials to Boys Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy
Connie” Meloan
Richard Drive
Mercy Hospital
Dorothy M. Conway
Cedar Rapids
Cliff T. Meloan
Rock Island
Ill
Cedar Chapter
CES
Gethsemane White Shrine
Katherine Court
Amaranth
National Secretaries Association
Sue Hutchins
Lydia Conway Bear
Robert Baldridge
Vinton
Samuel Graham
Fort Worth
Texas
Jack Conway
Oklahoma City
Okla
Charles Conway
Mustang
Robert Conway
Hennessey
Glenn Conway
Phoenix
Ariz
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
Keith Birch
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Turner Chapel East
Mercy Hospital Endowment Fund
10Th St
Cecelia E. Jennings
Wheaton
Milwaukee
Wis
Frank J. Jennings
R.G
Lake Oswego
Ore
Mary Lugenbill
Glen Ellyn
Inl
All Saints Catholic Church
Edmund J. Becker
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Rosary
Stewart Funeral Home
Ingeborg A. de Fer
Raleigh
N.C
Frank W. de Fer
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Carl G. Johnson
Carl J
Elmer H. Ahlgren
Arnold W. Ahlgren
Clear Lake
Iowa
Charlotte Stetser
Atlantic City
N.J
John Appleton
Thayer Haven
Mich
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Gary Hess
Turner Chapel
John Joseph
Jack” Gorman
First Ave
Tolano
Margaret Schreiber
Evelyn Jennings
Illinois Central Railroad
John J
Temple City
Calif
Richard
Springfield
Robert
Largo
Fla
Timothy
Patricia Ehrenberger
Diane Gorman
Austin
George
Clearwater
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Alfred Brosius
Tolono
Boys Town
Omaha
Obituaries for Arnold Duane, Gertrude Hines, Eloise Schulz
Obituaries note funeral services today for Arnold Duane at First Presbyterian Church with private graveside in Oak Hill Cemetery and memorials to donor choice. Gertrude Hines to be buried at St. Marys Cemetery Masonville after Mass at Immaculate Conception. services by Stewart Funeral Home. Eloise Schulz service at Cedar Memorial Chapel today with no visitation. memorials to Indian Creek Nature Center or Linn County Council on Aging or Perrine Cancer Center. Arrangements by Brush Chapel Stewart Cedar Memorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold
Duane
First Presbyterian Church
Calvin DeVries
Oak Hill Cemetery
Brush Chapel
Hines
Gertrude Bridgett
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Alfred Brosius
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Masonville
Iowa
Stewart Funeral Home
Schulz
Eloise
10Th St
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Services Pending for Cedar Rapids Resident Pansy Adams
Pansy E. Adams 91, a lifelong Cedar Rapids resident, died Friday at St. Luke's Hospital after a long illness. She resided at Northbrook Manor Care Center. Services are pending at Turner Chapel East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pansy E. Adams
Northbrook Manor Care Center
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Turner Chapel East
ObituariesList of Deceased and Funeral Details
Frank Fair 66 retired John Deere employee died at Mercy Health Center Dubuque. Survived by wife Rosalia son Tom Cascade daughter Debbie Donovan Cascade sister Ann Meyer Madison Wis. three step siblings and three stepbrothers. three grandchildren. Services pending. Esther Ringdahl 87 died in Allison IA. Former dry cleaner in Decorah. sister Ben McGreby Middleton Wis. Services Monday First Lutheran Church. Viola Burhenn 78 died at a Waterloo hospital. Survivors Glynn Dysart sister Emma Bahr Dysart. two grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Services Monday Zion Lutheran Church. Lucille M. Croskey 65 died at Mercy Hospital. Services pending at George L. Gay's. Christy Carmen Cruz-Pagan infant died stillborn. Parents Nelson and Carmen Cruz-Pagen. four sisters Debbie Miriam Ruth Sandy. brother Lee. Services Tuesday George L. Gay's. Elizabeth K. Liza Macpherson 25 killed in I 80 crash. Services Sunday Agudas Achim Synagogue. Memorials to University of Iowa Student Counseling Center. Hazel Teschner 87 died this week in California. Survived by Wilma Meyer Oxford Junction. Services Monday Massillon Cemetery Hayden's. Marie D. Spencer 78 died at St Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids from heart attack. Survivors Ralph. Jobie D Urbana Ill Elmer E Lisbon. daughter Evalyn Ehlers La Porte City. 10 Services Sunday Grace Trinity Church. Burial Oakwood Cemetery. Memorial fund established. Phillip's Vinton accepting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Fair
John Deere
Mercy Health Center
Dubuque
Rosalia
Tom
Cascade
Debbie Donovan
Ann Meyer
Madison
Wis
Margaret Roddy
Francis Plein
Pauline Theison
Cedar Rapids
Pete
Leo Fah
Clarence Fah
Davenport
Devaney-Reiff's
Knights of Columbus
St. Martin's Cemetery
Esther Ringdahls
Allison
Iowa
Viola Burhenn
Waterloo
Glynn
Dysart
Emma Bahr
Zion Lutheran Church
Overton’s
Christy Carmen Cruz-Pagan
Nelson and
Carmen Cruz-Pagen
Hawkeye Ct
University Hospitals
Debbie
Miriam
Ruth
Sandy
Lee
George L. Gay
Memory Gardens
Marie D. Spencer
St. Luke's Hospital
Ralph
Jobie D
Urbana
Ill
Elmer E
Lisbon
Evalyn Ehlers
la Porte City
Grace Trinity Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Phillip’s
Vinton
Marjorie Hauschild 78 Died in Sigourney Nursing Home
Sigourney resident Marjorie Elizabeth Hauschild 78 died Thursday in a Sigourney nursing home. She is survived by brother Lloyd Harras and two Sigourney stepdaughters Henrietta Dick and Marie Martin plus a step grandchild and two step great grandchildren. Services Sunday at 2 p.m. at Sigourney United Methodist Church. Burial at Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Memorials to the American Cancer Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Elizabeth Hauschild
Sigourney
Lloyd Harras
Henrietta Dick
Marie Martin
Sigourney United Methodist Church
Reynold’s
Pleasant Grove
American Cancer Society
Eva O'Halloran Dies in Tucson Arrangements by Overton's
Eva O'Halloran formerly of Traer died Friday in Tucson Arizona. Survivors include her brother John Berry and two sisters Ruth Gaston and Hazel Keith both of Tucson. Services Monday at 1 30 p.m. Buckingham Cemetery with no visitation. Arrangements by Overton's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva O'Halloran
Traer
Tucson
Ariz
John Berry
Ruth Gaston
Hazel Keith
Buckingham Cemetery
Overton's
Obituary Notices for Vinton Residents Genevieve Barron and Loren Rollinson
Genevieve L. Barron 87 died Friday at Virginia Gay Hospital Annex. Services pending at Phillips. Loren Rollinson 77 died Friday at Virginia Gay Hospital Annex after a long illness. Services pending at Campbell-Russell's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genevieve L. Barron
Virginia Gay Hospital
Phillips
Loren Rollinson
Campbell-Russell’s
Vital Statistics And Notices From Cedar Rapids Area
April 15 births listed for Cathy and Brian Butts Julie and David Schurk Debra and Mark Olson and others. Marriage licenses include multiple Cedar Rapids couples. some located in Des Moines and Wollaston Massachusetts. Time stamps note police calls about odor at 1609 Richmond Road NE an electric short and a false alarm in Cedar Rapids area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathy
Brian Butts
St. SW
Janice
Scott Byers
Second Ave. SE
Debra
Mark Olson
Atkins
St. Luke's
Julie
David Schurk
Robins Road
Hiawatha
Diane
Joseph Swanson
Ave. NE
Susan
Roy Freese
Council St
Kathy
John Harris
Monticello
Richmond Road
29Th St. Drive
Hillside Drive
Pittsburgh inmates hold two prison workers for second day
A convicted killer and a murder suspect held two employees at gunpoint in a basement after a botched escape at Western Diagnostic and Classification Center. Negotiators reported renewed contact by 3:15 p.m. with likely demands and ongoing food refusals as talks continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
State Corrections Department
Ken Robinson
Robinson
Western Diagnostic and Classification Center
Louis Coviello
Richard Henkel
Diagnostic and Classification Center
Last Minute Tax Filers Rush Post Office
Last night many taxpayers raced to complete federal income tax filings before the midnight deadline. Post office staff said the rush repeats yearly as filers arrive at the last minute, with some joking about the thrill of the sport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ament
Charlie Gallaher
Gallaher
Memorial Drive SE
Ament
Contempt hearing on Kehm case ends with fee dispute
The contempt of court hearing against Tom Riley wrapped up in Cedar Rapids with testimony challenging Procter & Gamble's attorney fees as excessive. Cedar Rapids judge Edward McManus set a schedule for written arguments, final brief due May 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Krekeler
Gazette
Tom Riley
Procter & Gamble
U.S
Edward McManus
Cedar Rapids
P&g
Riley
McManus
Michael Kehm
Kehm
Patricia
Dinsmore & Shohl
Cincinnati
Cos
Steven Warbasse
White & Warbasse
James Pickens
Burglary Surge Prompts Lock Up Advice in Cedar Rapids
Ninety break ins this month in Cedar Rapids. Police blame unlocked doors and open garages for easy access. Generous advice from Capt. James T. Gillen and Sheriff Donald Sawyer urges dead bolts, secure glass, and Neighborhood Watch to curb thefts across city and rural areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Stevens Bazette
Cedar Rapids
James T. Gillen
Crime Prevention Bureau
Gillen
Jim Barnes
Barnes
Detective Bureau
Donald Sawyer
Sawyer
Large trucks subject of IDOT hearing in Des Moines
Iowa residents are invited to discuss new limits for larger trucks at a 10 a.m. Tuesday hearing in the Wallace State Office Building auditorium. The meeting covers recent federal and state changes allowing longer trailers up to 53 feet and overall vehicle length to 70 feet, with twin trailers up to 28 14 feet on about 6 000 miles of main highways. Attendees may share opinions on route use across Iowa's 6 000 miles of primary roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Iowa Department of Transportation
Wallace State Office
Des Moines
Aromatic home freshening with simmering spices
Freshen a home without artificial scents by simmering a pan of water with spices on the stove. The warm aroma creates a pleasant clean odor as the mixture gently brews.
Drivers charged in Linn County
Three persons were arrested and charged with drunk driving in Linn County early Friday. Robert J. Fox, 44, of 1670 Ninth St. NW, was arrested at 2:25 a.m. on Highway 30 near Highway 13. Robert D. Kraemer, 20, of Iowa City, was arrested at 1:50 a.m. in the 3300 block of First Avenue East and charged with driving while license suspended. Leslie L. Webster, 25, of 823 Camburn Court SE, was arrested at 12:12 a.m. in the 1200 block of Sixth Street SW and charged with speeding and disobeying a traffic control device.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Robert J. Fox
Ninth St. NW
Robert D. Kraemer
Iowa City
First Avenue
Leslie L. Webster
Camburn Court SE
Sixth Street
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METRO
Decorah
Lucille M. Croskey
E. Court St
George L. Gay's
Elizabeth K
Liza’’ Macpherson
Route 2
Agudas Achim
Donahue Lensing
University of Iowa Student Counseling Center
Oxford Junction
Hazel Teschner
California
Wilma Meyer
Massillon
Hayden's
Shellsburg
Wendell L. Snow and
Joan E
Edwards Afb
Lawrence W
Price
Martina C. Conrad
Wollaston
Mass
Garet
Peter Johnson
Donald L. Johnson
Bever Ave
Gayla
Allen Cady
Neil Shepherd
Wilson Ave
Kostas
Gus” Mastros
Ruby Mollenhauer
Terry Ave
Clarence
C.R
Bureau
Jon E. Lapes
Pierson’s Flowershop and Greenhouses, Inc
Elis Boulevard
Asi
Center Pt. Rd
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