Cedar Rapids Mourns Seven Local Deaths Across City
Multiple Cedar Rapids area obituaries list Marvin C. Hansen Jr 42 of 2338 Coldstream Ave NE and Frank C. Rodesta 71 of 75 Irene St Robins among those dying at St Luke's Hospital. Other notices include Lavern R. Kuehl 61 and Beverly Mae Ranch Dove 55 with services scheduled and burial plans. Memorial funds and donations to local groups are noted.
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Marvin C. Hansen Jr
Coldstream Ave
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Rapids Chevrolet
Vigortone
Marvin C. Hansen Sr
Donna Walderbach
Barbara Turner
Pam Ratcliff
Dorothy Pariseau
Sawyer Air Force Base
Mich
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
First Ave
Frank C. Rodesta
Irene St
Robins
Apple River
Ill
Dorothy Ann Bird
O.F. Paulson
Eva Hedges
Belmond
Iowa
Janet D. Dee
James
Long Beach
Calif
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Rex
Joyce Barber
Church of the Brethren
Beverly Mae Ranch
Dove
Broadlawn Drive
Mercy Hospital
Toledo
Ohio
John F. Dove
Fremont
Ind
Order of Eastern Star
John F. II
Barbara Merrow
Methuen
Mass
Carol Larberg
Swanton, Ohio
Don Ranck
Buffalo Grove
Ottawa Hills Memorial Cemetery
Turner Chapel East
Fourth Avenue
Second Street
D Ave
Fourth Ave
Memorial Services and Arrangements for Multiple Individuals
Memorial services are planned today and over the next week for James F. Casey Willis Mohn Robert T. Petersen Ruby Buchan Smith and Robert L Stephens. Services occur at St Matthew s Cedar Memorial Turner Chapel East First Presbyterian Marion and Cedar Memorial Chapel with burial at Mount Calvary Cedar Memorial Park West Liberty and other sites. Memorials may go to Leukemia Foundation American Cancer Society Novak Elementary School or the donor s chosen charity. Arrangements are by Stewart or Cedar Memorial Funeral Homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey
James F
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
A.A. Sodawasser
Hanford Post 5
American Legion
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Stewart Funeral Home
Mohn
Willis M
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Paul Hasel
Salem United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Petersen
Robert T
Richard Thompson
Trinity Lutheran Church
Leukemia Foundation
C. Patrick Burns
University of Iowa Hospitals
Department of Medicine
Iowa City
Smith
Ruby Buchan
Turner Chapel East
John P. Woods
American Cancer Society
10Th St
Stephens
Robert L
First Presbyterian Church
Marion
Lowell Knauss
West Liberty Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral
Novak Elementary
North 10Th Street
East Iowa Deaths Prompt Memorial Rites Across Several Towns
A cluster of obituaries from Greene Decorah Waterloo and nearby areas notes Florence Shekleton 89 died at a Decorah nursing home with services at St Benedicts and burial at Mount Olivet. Tony Thill 68 long Time KXEL engineer died in Waterloo with rites at St Josephs and burial at St Josephs Cemetery. Joey Burdick 4 died in Polk City in an accident with Our Lady Immaculate Heart Ankeny services. Numerous other locals including Harry Miller 51 and George Morrow 82 are honored with church services and memorial funds established for various causes. Burial sites span Dubuque Des Moines Ackley Wellman and Vinton reflecting Iowa communities.
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Florence Shekleton
Greene
Iowa
Decorah
Robert Dolan
Joanne
St. Paul
Minn
St. Benedict's Catholic Church
Mount Olivet
Dubuque
Anthony
Tony” Thill
KXEL
Waterloo
Thomas
Fort Dodge
Robert
Cedar Falls
Sandra Cos
Marshalltown
Margaret Fleming
Maquoketa
Kathryn Thill
Cedar Rapids
Helen Baier
Bernice Gulden
New Ulm
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Overton's
Knights of Columbus
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Belinda
Jason
Michael
Robert Burdick
Des Moines
Klaudette Barnes
Robert O. Barnes
Denver
Colo
Helen Barnes
Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart
Ankeny
Westover’s
Glendale Cemetery
Harry L. Miller
Iowa City
New Hartford
Rita Heitland
Ackley
Miller
University Hospitals
First Methodist Church of
Randall
Scott
Dawn Neppel
Deb
Lester
Alfred
Mason City
Arthur
Oxford
Alvin
George L
American Cancer Society
Iowa City Hospice Inc
George F. Morrow
S. Riverside Drive
Wellman
Florence J. Conklin
Morrow
Morrow's Standard
Edwin J
Donald Robertson
Howard
Coquille
Ore
Everett
Wauwatosa
Wis
Ned
Dora Wells
Nelle Lewis
George L. Gay
Memory Gardens
American Lung Association
Harry J. Wessels
Farmer
Oelwein Hospital
American Lutheran Church
Littleton Cemetery
Parker's
Helen
Harry Jr
Diane
Johanana Wessels
Independence
Anda Cole
Glenwood
Robert Wessels
Dyersville
Lawrence Wessels
Hazleton
Nathan E. Strong
Iowa Manufacturing
Evelyn
Warren
Effingham
Ill
Bill
Vinton
Jack
Fort Pierce
Fla
Dick Triggs
Don Mayhew
Mount Auburn
Doris Haskell
Paradise Calif
Mary Waterhouse
Bertha Chase
Stanton, Calif
Phillips, Vinton
Evergreen Cemetery
George G. Lucky
American Legion
Building trades talks reach late stage in Cedar Rapids area
Union and contractor negotiators in the Cedar Rapids Iowa City area press toward Sunday contract expirations with 14 unions facing wage concessions as the key sticking point. Painters Local 447 extends present deal for 30 days. one more session is planned today while many agreements have ironed out nonwage terms.
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Dale Kuetergazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Tips for spring plant care and watering
Keep house plants healthy this spring by letting soil dry almost completely before watering. Use a toothpick to test moisture. if soil sticks to it, the soil is still moist and does not need watering.
Iowa lawmakers urged to block newspapers tax refund bid
Legislators heard a plea to block newspapers from claiming refunds on Iowa sales tax for ink and newsprint. The Iowa Department of Revenue proposed replacing the ink and newsprint levy with a general sales tax on newspapers, estimating $2 million to $3.2 million in revenue versus about $1 million now. The joint House Senate subcommittee took no action.
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DES Moines
Minnesota
Iowa Department of Revenue
Carl Castelda
Department
House Senate
Dekko family sues over fatal crash in Johnson County
A Cedar Rapids family files a 700000 dollar lawsuit in Johnson County District Court over an April 24 1981 crash at Sandy Beach recreation area. Steven Dekko, aged minor at the time, alleges permanent disability from being struck by a motor vehicle driven by Gerald Loomis. The suit seeks 600000 dollars punitive damages for past and future pain and medical expenses and 100000 dollars for loss of services and society.
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Gazette
Johnson County
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Gary M
Marilyn S. Dekko
Steven
Sandy Beach
Gerald Leroy Loomis
Loomis
Driver guilty in death of Spillville man
Alan Lee Wagner of Osage was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident. Judge Ray Clough filed the decision in Floyd County District Court. Wagner faces sentencing May 10 in Mitchell County District Court in Osage for the Aug. 1, 1982 motorcycle accident east of Osage that killed 23-year-old Daniel Houdek of Spillville and injured his wife Debra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles City
Iowa
Alan Lee Wagner
Osage
Ray Clough
Wagner
Floyd County District Court
Mitchell County
Daniel Houdek
Spillville
Debra Houdek
Clough
House rejects plan to loosen securities rules
In Des Moines the Iowa House voted 52 to 45 against loosening securities regulations, saying the change would increase fraud risk. Rep Ned Chiodo plans to seek a reconsideration and potentially lodge a conference committee if reversal fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
House
Ned Chiodo
D-Des Moines
Chiodo
House-Senate
Vital Statistics and Local Incidents From Cedar Rapids Area
April 26 and 27 births listed for Kathleen Dell and Mary Schroeder along with several other families across Cedar Rapids Central City and Marion. Grandparents named. comings and goings noted for local residents. Multiple emergency calls and incidents logged from Tuesday evening into Wednesday including medical emergencies and a fire/leaf incident.
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Kathleen
Terry Dell
Colorado Drive
Patricia
James Ebel
Central City
Joan
Larry Milbach
Dover St
Gayla
Roger Pitlik
Mount Vernon
Renee Cleveland
Fourth St. NW
Mary Jane
Paul Schroeder
Yellow Pine Court
Douglas Decherd
Anamosa
Barbara
Louis Behrends
Blue Mound Drive
Afghan coup leaders reveal Daud killed during resistance
Five years after the military coup in Afghanistan, leaders disclose that President Mohammad Daud and several senior government members were killed as they resisted the takeover. The claim ties to the coup's early violent aftermath and the consolidation of power by the insurgent faction.
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Afghanistan
Mohammad Daud
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METRO
Lavern R. Kuehl
Seventh Ave
Linn County
Leola B. Davis
Dollie Chesrown
King’s Concrete Co
Teamsters Union
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Andrew
John
Key Largo
Joan Loehr
Toddville
Louann Kennedy
Dennis Chesrown
Evelyn Stanek
Iola Davenport
Corpus Christi
Texas
Ray Fifield
Clarence Fifield
Gaylord Fifield
Forrest Fifield
Merrill L. Cox
American Heart Association
John H. Ortmann
Lisbon
Creve Coeur
Eleanor Bohnenkamp
Remsen
Cornell College
Saga Foods
St. John’s Catholic Church
Katherine Brockland
Normandy
Lewis Ortmann
Fullerton
John Barnes
St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery
Morgan Funeral Home
Emma Johnson Friest
Phoenix
Ariz
Hardin County
Joseph J. Friest
Eagle Grove
Boone
Mazelle Carlsen
Fran Sadler
Roger T
Ronald L
Augustana Lutheran Church
Linwood Park Cemetery
Stark-Weling Funeral Home
Dysart
James Conerd Sr
White's
Joseph B
Joey” Burdick
Polk City
The
Masonic Lodge No
Jesup
Manchester
Dean A. Hengan
Americana
Delaware County
Ned Richardson
Dubuque Hospital
Bahnenkamp-Vernon
McGregor
Lawrence R. McGuire
Grand Rapids, Mich
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Mechanicsville
Willard Johnson
Mechanicsville Methodist Church
Morgan’s
Rose Hill Cemetery
Winton
Plan On Securities
St. Luke’s
Bethany
Jan
Scott Toyne
Art Blofield
Coggan
Vernon Toyne
Scott A. Musgrove
Diana L. Chittenden
Thomas W. Hupp
Julie K. Gebert
David L. McAnelly
Kathryn A. Detlie
Steve L. Fulton
Linda M. Allen
Kurt D. Bevers
Danette E. Elgas
LeRoy Wright
Cathy A. Hall
Miami
Kenneth C. Johnson
Laura A. Booth
Third Street
16Th Avenue SE
Second Avenue SE
42Nd St
44Th Street
18Th St. SE
John E. Lapes
Ave. S.E
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