Deaths roll through Cedar Rapids area obituaries
A multi-entry obituaries column notes John Lafayette Knox 55 Cedar Rapids resident dies after a sudden illness with services at Chapel of Memories and burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Also listed are Tom Termohlen 79 and others with details on birthplaces, spouses, children, and service plans across Iowa and Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lafayette Knox
J St. I
Cedar Rapids
Wilson Foods Corp
Mystic
Minnie Byrd
Knox
Bethel Ame Church
American Legion Hanford Post
Mount Olive Lodge
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America
P-3
Co-op Club
AAU Boxing Association
Jane Boyd
Bryant A. Knox
Darryl C
Fort Bragg
S.C
Jay P
Edwin T
Milwaukee
Wis
John Jr
Chicago Heights
Reginald Smith
Ill
Rhonda D
Carlotta V. Knox
Gertrude Waugh
Lafayette Knox
Lawrence Knox
Rhoda Clarke
Ishmael Phillips
Chapel of Memories
Cleveland D. Smalls
Bethel Ame
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Turner East
Tom Termohlen
Leesburg, Fla
Chicago
Cornell University
New York
Termohlen
Leesburg
Cedar Rapids Life Underwriters Association
Tuesday Noon Optimists Club
Harmony Hawks
Mount Hermon Lodge No
Baha’i Temple
Orlando
Fla
High Twelve Club
Morrison United Methodist Church
Elinore
Karen Meehan
Monsey
N.Y
Ellen Winner
Coconut Creek
Mary Redfield
Portland
Ore
Mildred Grace Taylor
Claude J. Taylor
Bolivar
Mr. Taylor
Dudley C. Taylor
Norman Tedder
Park Forest
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Camp Good Health
Wilson
Edith Marie
Jim Price
Toddville Christian Church
Rebekah Lodge
Collins
Aubrey G
Oak Hill Cemetery
Turner Chapel East
Martel
Louis N
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
William P. Leonard
St. John’s Cemetery
Savanna
Father Leonard
Paula Burgy Schaefer
Second Ave
Karl A. Schaefer
Conroy
West Amana
Schaefer
Harold G. Schaefer
James Davenport
Helen Tschopp
Moline
Carl A. Berhenke
First Lutheran Church
Cedar Memorial Funeral
First Lutheran Church Memorial Fund
Norman Claire Miller
Tenth St
Marion
Springville
Patricia Ellen Rick
Solon
U.S. Navy
Bituminous Materials Company
American Legion
Harry “Dick” Mounce
Alburnett
Branard
Iowa
Helen Beni
Center Point
Hubert Mounce
Lisbon
Byron Mounce
Maude Price
Frank Price
Lynn Benesh
Christine Steinberg
Glen W. Lamb
First United Methodist Church of
Earl Edwin Sadler
Albuquerque
N.M
Dunkerton
Dyersville
Sadler
University of New Mexico Athletic Booster Club
Edih Sadler
John Sadler
Roy Sadler
Lester Maier
Turner Chapel West
Bill Lewis
Lafayette
Salem United Methodist Church
Hazleton Cemetery
Hazleton
Court: Registration fee formula is constitutional
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the state may use different formulas to compute registration fees for cars and trucks. The court rejected the AAA Motor Club of Iowa challenge, noting taxes on vehicles may be classified and that the Legislature sets policy in tax matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
AAA Motor Club of
Scott County District Court
Motor Club
Supreme Court
Carter rejects trade offer in 1972 gambling case
President Carter testified via videotape that he refused a 1972 trade proposal offering advance word on Georgia gambling raids in exchange for legislative support of his reorganization plan as governor. The testimony was part of the federal trial of state Sen. Culver Kidd and ex-Sheriff Buford Lingold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Carter
Georgia
Washington
Culver Kidd
Baldwin County
Buford Lingold
Eugene Holley
Kidd
Holley
Senate
Litter Patrol Aims to Reduce Cedar Rapids Flooding
Residential streets near Coe College are being checked more thoroughly for litter after flooding concerns raised at a City Council meeting. Public Improvements Commissioner Richard Phillips said the Kenwood Ditch work continues and sewers are checked for obstructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College
Richard Phillips
William Brown
Ave
Phillips
Kenwood
Brown
Brown Blocks Extradition of Dennis Banks from California
Gov. Edmund Brown Jr said he would not extradite Dennis Banks to South Dakota where the AIM leader faces sentencing on 1975 riot and assault convictions. Brown cited danger if Banks is returned and noted the California Supreme Court ruling limiting extradition power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
Edmund Brown Jr
Dennis Banks
South Dakota
American Indian Movement
California Supreme Court
Brown
Banks
William Janklon
Custer County
Richard Kneip
Boat deaths in 1977 reach all time low rate
Coast Guard reports 1,312 boating deaths in 1977, the second lowest toll in a decade. The fatality rate fell to 9.6 per 100,000 recreational boats, with 6,815 accidents involving 8,554 vessels. Injuries totaled 1,779 and property damage reached 11.5725 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Coast Guard
Fire damages apartment on Fifth Avenue SE
Jackie Phillips reports a noon fire in her upstairs unit at 625 Fifth Ave SE. Firefighters pulled a flaming mattress and other burning furniture from the apartment. Phillips was at work at the Flame Room, 310 Third Ave SE, when the blaze started. She had smoked breakfast, believes she fully put out cigarettes, and left for work at 8:40 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Phillips
Fifth Ave. SE
Phillips
Third Ave. SE
Treaty votes loom as Panama Canal plan advances
Carter faces Senate approval deadline and potential 1979 election battles as treaties outline transfer of the canal by 1999 2000. About 70 percent of the canal zone reverts to Panama upon ratification with U S control phased out by 2000 and joint administration by a Panama Canal Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Carter
House
U.S
Panama
Capitol Hill
Congress
Canal
United States
Panama Canal Co
Panama Canal Commission
Economy shows rebound after weak start in 1977
The Commerce Department reports weakened GDP in early 1977 with 6.2 5.1 and 3.8 percent quarterly declines but notes improving activity by March. Inflation held at 7 percent in Q1 while personal income and retail purchases rise. housing construction up 32 percent in March though below December. Overall GNP up 6.5 percent to 1.992 trillion with seasonal adjustments.
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Commerce Department
MacArthur Quotes Old Soldiers Fade Away in 1951 Congress Moment
On this date in 1951 General Douglas MacArthur, relieved of command in Korea by President Harry Truman, testified before Congress and delivered the famous line Old soldiers never die they just fade away as his career in Asia concluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas MacArthur
Korea
Harry Truman
Congress
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bowman
Frances
Roy J. Macintosh
Bethany Congregational Church
Beatty-Bearle-Murdoch Funeral Home
Greeley
Ernest G. Noyes
Greeley Methodist Church
Shelly’s
Manchester
Vinton
Albert E. Smith
Heart Fund
Bruce Young
Belle Plaine
Glenn W. Conklin
T.W. van Beck
Mark McCormick
Thomas Edison
Cedar Rapids Solon
John B. Turner& Son
Turners East
Turners West
First Ave
C.R
Panama Canal
Ronald Reagan
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
Bettendorf
Gazette
Cloud 9 Flying Club
Colleen Butler
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