Deaths Aboard Linn County Casts Long Shadow
Willis C Freese 56 of 727 F Ave NW Cedar Rapids died after a long illness at St Luke s Hospital. Alvina D Thomas Flaherty 84 of Fairfax died in Mercy Hospital after a short illness. Walter M Douglas 83 of 310 Fifth Ave SE died Thursday in St Luke s Hospital. Margaret Melrose Wallace Lubbock 87 of 1931 C Ave NE died Thursday at Northbrook Manor Care Center. Multiple services listed across Cedar Rapids area with survivors and arrangements noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis C. Freese
F Ave
St. Luke’s Hospital
Alvina
D. Thomas Flaherty
Fairfax
Mercy Hospital
Hazelton
James Flaherty
Flaherty
Iowa State University
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Altar and Rosary Society
Richard
JoAnn Kramer
Cedar Rapids
Marilyn McEachron
Olympia
Wash
Quentin Thomas
Cedar Falls
Hubert Thomas
Oxnard
Canada
Jean Mosley
Wichita
Kan
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
John Pitzen
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Teahen Funeral
Walter M. Douglas
Fifth Ave
Wright
Douglas
Barber-Green Co
Aurora, Ill
American Legion
Hanford Post
Audrey Galndon
Davenport
Roma Evans
Yorkville
Ill
Clifford
Aurora
Turner Chapel East
Theodore Lilley
Bloomfield Cemetery
Oskaloosa
Margaret Melrose Wallace Lubbock
C Ave
Northbrook Manor
Hopkinton
Ralph Lubbock
Margery Glick
Mary Lubbock
Elizabeth Cleffman
Muscatine
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Philip Windsor
Oak Hill Cemetery
Central Park
Walter C. Krauel
12Th Ave. SE
Kuba Funeral Home East
George W. Rippey
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Lutheran Hospital
la Crosse
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Eastern Iowa Deaths Chronicle Through Weekend Toll
Obituaries from eastern Iowa list Edna E. Gerken 87 at San Diego visiting, survived by six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren with services in Oelwein. Margaret H. Steffensen 64 of Iowa City care center died, remembered with Alzheimer’s and Zion Lutheran ties. Bertha Figgins and Anastasia Cherrier among others noted with pending arrangements. Helen Moellers 97, Elmer Leubka 86, Hazel Cooke 97, Edna Hovey 91, John Sturtz 92, Donald Sweeney 62, Peter Gaffney 81 all listed with funerals or pending details and multiple survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna E. Gerken
San Diego
Harry
Highland
Calif
Dorothea Krantz
Mary Gerken Quinn
Chicago
Carl Rodruch
Sheffield
Thomas Fuller
Independence
Jerome Bullis
Largo
Fla
Chester Bullis
Marion
Margaret H. Steffensen
Tiffin
Jim Poulsen
Long Beach
Bill Poulsen
West Liberty
George L. Gay
William Russell
Memory Gardens
Alzheimer’s Disease Research Foundation
Zion Lutheran Church
Helen Mary Moellers
Ossian
Clair
Fort Atkinson
Ralph
West Union
Arthur
Fayette
Reginald
Edna Bengfort
Helen Franzen
Hawkeye
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Schmitz
Hazel Dean Cooke
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Cooke Drug Store
Sigourney
Francis
Montebello
First Presbyterian
Edna M. Hovey
Mill Valley
Bellevue
Clayton
Ronald
Maquoketa
Pearl] O’donnel
de Witt
Virgil Edwards
Dorothy Levi
Margaret Slyte
Etha Pester
Crookston
Minn
Carson’s
Hickory Grove Cemetery
Emeline
Peter Gaffney
Fredericksburg
Patty Hilgerson
Mary Alice Gaffney
Prairieview
James
Thomas
Medford
Ore
Holy Name Catholic Church
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Winthrop
Burnham Wood’s
The
Rosary Society
Knights of Columbus
Man flips truck and himself in street side mishap
James Ampey 31 of St Paul lost control of a pickup on 12th Ave SW and Hamilton St SW rolling it onto its top in a backyard. Police say he failed sobriety tests, argued he was not drunk and performed a back handspring. He was arrested for drunken driving and license violations. An unknown passenger fled on foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ampey
St. Paul
Minn
Cedar Rapids
12Th Avenue
Hamilton Street
Ampey
D.R. Miller
Stati
Wri
Minnesota
16Th Ave
Virgil Schaffer
Schaffer
Iowa
Linn
Unidentified heart used in transplant at Hoag Medical Center
In Newport Beach California doctors transplanted the heart of an unidentified man believed to be 20 from Costa Mesa after he was declared brain dead. Recipient Dr Norton Humphreys of Fountain Valley, 58, was awake and improving. The donor’s identity remained unconfirmed as police verified a temporary INS card and followed state law requiring 24 hour search for identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport Beach
Calif
Michael Shapiro
University of Southern California Law Center
Hoag Medical Center
Los Angeles
Norton
Humphreys
Fountain Valley
Gail Love
Costa Mesa
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Rick Johnson
George Annas
Boston University
Medical School
Aldan Raney
California
Belle Plaine man charged in Iowa City burglary spree
Vincent Charles Thede, 18, of Belle Plaine, faces six counts of second degree burglary for entering four houses in Tiffin and two in rural Oxford between April 17 and 21. He admitted the burglaries to officers and was held on 15,000 total bond with a waiver of preliminary hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson County
Iowa City
Belle Plaine
Vincent Charles Thede
Tiffin
Oxford
Thede
Florida businessman cleared in New Hampton theatre arson
A Dubuque County jury found Ronald L. Riccardi not guilty of second-degree arson and conspiracy to commit arson over the September blaze that gutted the Players Corner Theatre. Prosecutors alleged insurance motives aided by a key witness who pleaded guilty to arson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Florida
Players Corner
New Hampton
Ronald L
Ric” Riccardi
Dubuque County
Riccardi
Leonard Schlindwein
Jerico
al Frerichs
Schlindwein
Frerichs
Chickasaw County
Iowa Broad cast Association names new executive director
The Iowa Broad cast Association created a full time director position and selected Cedar Rapids veteran Larry Edwards to fill it. Edwards, former general manager of WMT-AM FM in Iowa City and WNAX Yankton SD, will assume day to day duties May 1 after serving as IBA president in 1984 85.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa Broadcast Association
Ids
Larry Edwards
Wmt-Am
WNAX
Yankton
S.D
Edwards
IBA
Association
Illinois Lottery Winning Numbers for Friday Draws
The Springfield AP report lists Friday results for the Daily Game and Pick Four with numbers 2 9 2 and 4 0 4 5. Lotto Jackpot stands at 4 million dollars and Lotto 7 Jackpot at 10 million dollars.
Vital Statistics Birth Announcements From Mercy and St. Luke’s
April births listed for Mercy and St Luke's include Lynetta Ballew Luther Kascel Sherry, Molyneux, Wolf Umscheid, Rooney Kuch with homes in Rogers Road NW High Drive SE Higley Ave SE Henderson Dr Marion and Davenport. Names Patricia Olivia Olivia and Freddy Ekel Anita Duane Susanne Mark Donna Patricia Rooney Maureen Bruce Kuch referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy
Lori
Tom Scanlon
Rogers Rd
Lynetta
Luther Ballew
High Dr. SE
Christine and
Kelley Kascel
Higley Ave
Wendy
Jack Sherry
Henderson Dr
Marion
ST. Luke's
Olivia
Freddy Ekel
B Ave
Anita
Duane Molyneux
17Th St. SE
Susanne
Mark Wolf
Stonybrook Lane
Donna Umscheid
Hemlock Place
Patricia
Randy Rooney
Balsam Dr. SE
ST. Luke’s
Davenport
Maureen
Bruce Kuch
David Court
Marriage Licenses Several Couples Listed From Across States
Cedar Rapids partners Geoffrey S Walker and Julie A Metz. Bret W Vesey and Carla J Hall. Thomas C Ash and Kimber ly A Caspers. Ronald A Noelting and Amy J Zach both of Indianapolis. Joel M Gerrits and Deborah M Mossman Morton Ill. Richard A Pitlik and Rita M Kells Fairfax. Donald R Pate Lorraine P Hard. Ronald A Timm and Laura L Schmitz Hiawatha. David W McDaniel and Julia K McVeigh Orlando Fla. Marc L Cherry and Davd M Johnson Phoenix Ariz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geoffrey S. Walker
Julie A. Metz
Bret W. Vesey
Carla J. Hall
Thomas C. Ash
Kimberly A. Caspers
Cedar Rapids
Ronald A. Noelting
Amy J. Zach
Indianapolis
Joel M. Gerrits
Deborah M. Mossman
Morton, Ill
Richard A. Pitlik
Rita M. Kells
Fairfax
Donald R. Pate
Lorraine P. Hard
Ronald A. Timm
Laura L. Schmitz
Hiawatha
David W. McDaniel
Julia K. McVeigh
Orlando, Fla
Marc L. Cherry
Davd M. Johnson
Phoenix, Ariz
Dissolutions Listed for Multiple Couples
The notice lists dissolutions for pairs Roxanne M Skinner and Kenneth C Skinner Bobbi Jo Wagner and Robert Leroy Wagner Cindy Sue Hamer and Brian D Hamer Margaret G McGill and David L McGill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxanne M
Kenneth C. Skinner
Bobbi Jo
Robert Leroy Wagner
Cindy Sue
Brian D. Hamer
Margaret G
David L. McGill
Also Mentioned on This Page
Linn County
Hartwick
Dorothy Kroul
Victor
Freese
Paula
Sandra
William
Elda Daves
Irene Norris
Dorothy Lamb
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Wayne Schroeder
Trinity Lutheran Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Paul S. Bowdish
Murdoch Funeral Home
Kathy Remley
Jordan’s Grove Baptist Church
Robert Y. Netolicky
First Presbyterian Church
Calvin DeVries
Richard Jessen
Richard J. Phillips
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Gerald Condon
St. John’s Cemetery
Stewart Funeral Home
Marvin M. Priborsky
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Dick Watkins
First United Methodist
Aileen Stevenson
Cherokee
Country Side Estates
Arnold
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Boothby Funeral Home
Hazleton
Kalona
Bertha Figgins
Columbia, Mo
Peterseim’s
Oelwein
Anastasia Cherrier
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Brant-Kerns- Jamison’s
Postville
Elmer W. Leubka
Community Memorial Hospital
Schutte’s
Marengo
John E. Sturtz
Marengo Hospital
Russell’s
Blairstown
Waukon
Donald P. Sweeney
Martin’s
Clear Creek
Sixth Judicial District
John Sladek
Llinois Lottery
Hart
Lowers
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue S.E
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