Marvin J Shaffer 86 Walker dies after long illness
Marvin J Shaffer 86 of Walker IA died April 15 2002 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center Iowa City after a long illness. Services set 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Murdoch Funeral Home Center Point with Rev Del Bear. Burial Troy Mills Cemetery with American Legion Ray Post 376 military rites. Survived by four sons two sisters a brother 17 grandchildren 25 great grandchildren and many relatives. He owned Shaffer's Garage and Wrecker Service and was longtime American Legion member and Walker Fire Department chief. Memorials to American Legion Ray Post 376 and auxiliary.
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Walker
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Iowa City
Murdoch Funeral Home
Center Point
del Bear
Troy Mills
American Legion Ray Post
Marvin E
Virginia
Ronald C
Mary
Marion
Kenneth
Sandy
Bella Vista
Ark
Terry R
Patty
Mary Buck
Lancaster
Calif
Annabelle Fritz
Boots
Marshalltown
Alan Shaffer
Alberta
Cedar Rapids
Velma
Janet
Winifred
Ethel
Mina
Jerry
Don
Mike
Ryan
Marvin
Linn County
Matt
Alice
Dudley) Shaffer
Velma Matheny
Shaffer
American Legion
Ray Post 376
Walker Fire Department
Linn County Civil Defense
Obituary notices for Howe Petchulat and DeWolf families
Three obituary notices detail Marguerite Elaine Howe 82 dying April 16 2002 in Simpson Memorial Home with services at Sorden-Lewis Funeral Home lone tree burial in Lone Tree Cemetery. John Richard Petchulat known as Banjo Johnny dies in San Antonio April 14 2002 veteran of WWII and banjo player with vigil service and Mass. Vera Ellen DeWolf 89 dies April 15 2002 in Washington County Hospital with services at Immanuel Lutheran Church burial at Sandy Hook Cemetery.
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Marguerite Elaine Howe
Simpson Memorial
Sorden-Lewis Funeral
Lone Tree
Lone Tree Cemetery
Lloyd
Brighton
Dorothy Orr
Muscatine
John Richard Petchulat
San Antonio
Banjo Johnny
Waukegan
Ill
1St Marine Division
Guadalcanal
Knights of Columbus
Johnny
Mary Ann C. Petchulat
Joe Petchulat
Cathy
Manchester
Iowa
Michael Petchulat
Santa Fe
N.M
Therese Weitz
Texas
Diane Kalyandjian
Virginia Beach
Brian
Stephanie
Kelley
Pierre
Maryann
Lydia Baldwin
Fox Lake
Vera Ellen DeWolf
Washington County
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Brian Gentz
Sandy Hook
Beatty Funeral Home
Washington
Donald
Tucson
Ariz
Dean
Gary
Death notices and obituaries guidelines and rates
The Gazette outlines submission hours for death notices and obituaries, with deadlines at 7 p.m. daily. Arrangements and survivors are published as news items, while additional material costs 35 cents per word. Second day notices from out-of-town families also billed at 35 cents per word.
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The
Gazette
Lifer seeks commutation in 1979 Iowa murder case
Robert Kern, a former Iowa City insurance agent convicted in a 1979 murder-for-hire plot, seeks a commuted life sentence. A public hearing is set for April 29 in Des Moines, with a parole-board review May 2. Kern's wife Judy is also serving life, and others involved faced convictions or acquittals.
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I.C
Associated Press
Anamosa
Iowa City
Tom Vilsack
Vilsack
Robert Kern
Cedar County
Ady Jensen
Jensen
Kern
Parole Board
Des Moines
Governor’s Office
Clarence Key Jr
Key
Jeanne
Judy
Mitchell
Elder Affairs to release all records on assisted living cases
Iowa Department of Elder Affairs will publish immediate free access to complaints against assisted living centers after revelations that two record sets existed. The department previously kept sanitized reports in a confidential file, omitting details of medication errors neglect and deaths.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Elder Affairs
Nichols hires Jirak as new police chief on six month trial
Nichols officials announced Monday night that Muscatine police detective Jeff Jirak will serve as police chief on a six month trial contract with no salary set yet. The council fired Police Chief Glenn Beck earlier after the county attorney declined to prosecute his cases and Beck admitted lying to investigators in a 1999 probe. Beck’s firing takes effect in early May.
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Nichols
Muscatine
Jeff Jirak
Toni Wilson
Jirak
Glenn Beck
Muscatine County
Beck
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Christel Beck
Louisa County
Associated Press
Nagle fundraising trails in bid for Iowa 1st District
Former Rep. Dave Nagle reports only $30,868 raised since January 1 in his bid for the Democratic nomination in Iowa’s new 1st Congressional District, with $8,622 remaining after expenditures. Opponent Ann Hutchinson reported $181,335 raised in Q1, plus a $120,000 personal loan, and $220,138 cash on hand. Republican Jim Nussle’s 1992 win is noted in context.
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Washington
Dave Nagle
Iowa
Nagle
Federal Election Commission
Ann Hutchinson
Bettendorf
Daily Notebook of Local Meetings and Public Alerts
A dense schedule lists Linn County and Cedar Rapids government meetings, events, and notices. It includes council sessions, boards of supervisors, public safety updates, recycling site hours, a long crime report with drunken driving arrests, assault charges, fire calls, medical calls, and public events across Linn County and nearby towns. Names, addresses, and times anchor the entries.
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Conlin
Chang
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Hiawatha
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Jenson-Noble Hall of Music
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Collins Rd
Chappy
16Th Ave
Rockit Science
Checkers Tavern
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B.F
Burt
First Ave
Lucky D
Luther
Drood
Center For Faith and Life
Opera House Players
Isle of Capri
Pink Elephant
Marquette
Citizens For Peace
Mount Vernon City Hall
Indian Creek Nature Center
Otis Rd. SE
West Side Library
Westdale Mall
Cedar Rapids Public Library
First St
Pandora’s Box
Grinnell College
Grinnell
G.W. Pabst
Public Works Complex
Bluestem Solid Waste Agency
Illinois Lottery
the Gazette
William L. Brinkman
33Rd Ave
Miller Avenue
Wyoming Drive
Donna M. Jacobson
12Th Ave
Palo Marsh Road
Blairs Ferry Road
Delinda A. Morgan
Parktowne la. NE
Cathy Jones
Second Ave. SE
42Nd St
Kirkwood Blvd
19Th Ave
Wiley Blvd
C Avenue
Williams Boulevard
18Th St
Ski Lodge
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