Deaths in Linn County Obituary Roundup
Long illness claims Verla J. Rops 55 of Cedar Rapids and several other Linn County residents. Included are services for Rops, infant Travis Meier, Elsa Domres, Edward Sankey, Russell Brehm, Melvin Lovell, Kyle Koob, and Robert Benn with details on survivors, burial sites, and memorial donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis Allan Meier
Ronald and
Charlene Meier
Bever Ave
St. Luke’s Hospital
Tony Ashby
Jason Meier
Cedar Rapids
Amy Ashby
Renea Meier
Tina Meier
Charles
Agnes Weed
Allen
Dolores Meier
Reorganized Church service and Christie Pernicka services
Services announced for Lahonta Davis Anders at 7 p.m. Sunday at Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with instructions to be conducted later. Friends may call after 6 p.m. Sunday. Christie Pernicka memorial service held today at Kuba Funeral Home East at 10 a.m. with burial at Oakhill Cemetery. survive Ed Sramek and Tillie Conway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsa M. Domres
C Ave
Vernon Township
Wright County
Clarence Domres
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Elsa Leto
Des Moines
Clarence
Cedar Rapids
Vernon Lutheran Church
Dows
Roger Dykstra
Marvin Ehnen
Church
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
First Ave
Lahonta Davis Anders
Reorganized
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Ken Reynolds
Lew Howard
Teahen
Ed Sramek
Swisher
Tillie Conway
Millersburg
Elsie M. Graham
Iowa City
Johnson County
Cosgrove
Apco
Kirkwood Avenue
U.S. Navy
VFW
Lawrence
Oakdale
Louis
Virgil Jr
James
Madison
Wis
Robert Welsh
Oakland Cemetery
Lone Tree Man Elmer Swanson Dies After Sudden Illness
Elmer B. Swanson 73 of rural Lone Tree died Friday at home after a sudden illness. Survived by brother Raymond and sisters Ellen Marie and Anna Matilda Brenneman. Services 10 a.m. Monday at Sorden's. friends may call after 3 p.m. Sunday. Burial at Evans Cemetery near Lone Tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer “Kutch
Suchy
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Chicago & North Western Railroad
Pauline
Theresa Aiels
Charles “Bud
Marshalltown
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
Oakhill Cemetery
Belle Plaine American Legion
Hrabak’s
Ned A. Brown
Aase Haugen
Emma
Harris
Austin
Rhineland
Wis
First Lutheran Church
Phelps Cemetery
Elmer B. Swanson
Lone Tree
Raymond
Ellen Marie
Anna Matilda Brenneman
Conesville
Sorden’s
Evans Cemetery
Bernice Allbaugh 68 Sigourney Resident Dies
Bernice Allbaugh 68 died Friday at University Hospitals Iowa City after a sudden illness. She and husband Leo ran the former Allbaugh Food Store until 1975. Survived by Leo, two sons Keith Wilton Junction and Duane Loveland Colo, three brothers Harold Lyon LeClaire Max Lyon Burlington Bruce Lyon Fairfield, a sister Verle Hall Birmingham Iowa, and four grandchildren. Services 1:30 p.m. Sunday Holm's with viewing after 4 p.m. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Memorials suggested to Multiple Sclerosis Foundation or the Old Stone House Sigourney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Allbaugh
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Allbaugh
Leo
Keith
Wilton Junction
Duane
Loveland
Colo
Harold Lyon
LeClaire
Max Lyon
Burlington
Bruce Lyon
Fairfield
Verle Hall
Birmingham
Iowa
Holm’s
Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Local residents die in Iowa City hospital and three more
Gorman Lee Snitker, 37, died Friday at University Hospitals Iowa City from an electrical accident. Arrangements are pending at Powell's. Vaughn Sanders, 37, died Friday at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after an extended illness. Arrangements are pending at Snider's. Willard Ash, 75, died Friday morning at Elkader Care Center. Arrangements are pending at Burnham-Wood's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Keep
St Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Russell’s
Gorman Lee Snitker
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Powell’s
Vaughn Sanders
Mercy Hospital
Snider’s
Willard Ash
Elkader Care Center
Burnham-Wood’s
Murder suspect seeks competency hearing in Cedar Rapids case
Cedar Rapids woman Yvette Myers 31 faces first degree murder charges in the June 15 killing of her mother Rosemary 60. Her lawyers request a competency hearing the week of September 7 to determine if she can assist in her defense as she undergoes psychiatric evaluation at Oakdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Yvette Myers
Rosemary
Myers
Iowa Security
Oakdale
Linn District Court
Amanda Potterfield
Richard Klausner
Yvette
Ex KU professor Bremner dies at 66 in Florida
John Bremner, retired journalism professor known for his flamboyant teaching style, died of cancer at his home in Ponce Inlet Florida at age 66. He taught reporting editing and critical writing at the University of Kansas and led seminars across U.S. newsrooms. He earned a Columbia master and a 1965 mass communications PhD from Iowa. He is survived by his wife Mary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
United States
Columbia University
University of San Diego
University of Iowa
University of Kansas
Vital Statistics Births and Parents List
July 31 notices show multiple births with parents and residences in Cedar Rapids Marion Central City and Anderson Indiana. Names include Jean and Gregory McGee Cedar Rapids area and several couples from Marion Cedar Rapids Central City and Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Luke’s
Jean
Gregory McGee
Marion
R. McQuiston
Denice A. Heeren
Nicholas R. Slocum
Heidi L. Cox
Mark S. Hearn
Janice L. Adkins
Cedar Rapids
Jose M. Castaneda
Julie A. Lange
George O. Bunnell
Deborah L. Lovell
Steven W. Teneyck
Trina M. Fuhrman
Lawrence H. Kinley
Jennifer A. Imgrund
Central City
Michael V. Nesslnge
Anderson
Ind
Karlene H. Lehman
Suspended sentence for teen who burned sister's newborn
Larry Weekley II, 18, of rural Independence, received a suspended 30 day jail term and one year probation after a plea agreement. He was charged with knowingly disposing of a dead body without a permit in a case involving a newborn baby found burned near the Weekley home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Larry Weekley II
Weekley
Sandy
Janet
Larry Weekley
Buchanan County
Northeast Iowa Mental Health Center
Utility worker electrocuted on job near Riverside
Gorman L. Snitker a 37 year old Wellman man employed by Iowa Southern Utilities was electrocuted Friday morning when his truck outriggers or auger boom touched a transmission line near the English River bridge along old Highway 218 144 miles east of Riverside The accident occurred about 1032 a m and he was pronounced dead at 1137 a m at University Hospitals after being flown by Air Care responders provided CPR and the sheriff's department investigated the incident
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Iowa Southern Utilities
Highway 218
Gorman L. Snitker
English River Bridge
Washington County Sheriff's Department
Donald Norenberg
Snitker
Washington County Ambulance Service
Washington County Rescue Unit
Sheriff's Department
University Hospitals
Illinois Lotto and Lotto 7 jackpots announced
Illinois lottery officials list the Friday drawing results with a $4 million Lotto jackpot and a $2 million Lotto 7 jackpot. The release also notes notable birthdays for Melvin Belli aged 80, Nancy Kassebaum age 55, Robert Fuller age 53, Elizabeth Dole age 51, and Peter Jennings age 49.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Belli
Nancy Kassebaum
R-Kan
Robert Fuller
Transportation
Elizabeth Dole
ABC
Peter Jennings
Also Mentioned on This Page
Linn County
Verla J. Rops
Cottage Grove
Pkwy
Lou Gehrig
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
PEO
Ellsworth College
Iowa Falls
Jeff
Bryan
St. Louis
Chris
Chicago
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Eugene Young
Richard Newhall
Turner Chapel East
St. Paul’s United
Teahen Funeral Home
Edward F
Buster’’ Sankey
21St St
Coggon
Jane Elliott
Peck’s
Green Thumb Nursery
Larry
Garry
Betty Harper
Ava
Linda Klimes
Swish
Murdoch
Russell D. Brehm
Fruitland Blvd
Cheyenne
Wyo
Garrison
Roselyn Brown
Quality Control
Square D
National Management Association
Elsie Brehm
Shellsburg
Lola Maye Krug
Newhall
Franklin and
Ronald
Turner Chapel West
E.F. Dohrmann
St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery
Melvin L. Lovell
Prairieburg
Walker
JoAnn Loughren
FMC
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Richard
Center Point
Robert
Randy
Marty
Donald
Vinton
Ruby Simmons
Dixie Wernett
John Hussmann
Murdoch Chapel
Kyle Matthew Koob
Kevin
Christine Boyer Koob
Amy Harnish
Michelle Koob
Luther, Okla
Richard and
Carolyn Petersen
Stanwood
Eugene and
Marie Boyer
Ottumwa
Cedar Memorial Park
Greg Altizer
Faith Baptist Church
Winton
Robert Lee Benn
Danielsville
Diane Coile
Tuckerville
Georgia
Thompson Industries
Robert Jr
Michigan
Landon
Rose
Ernest Bena
Ernest Jr
Mason City
Gordon
Lori
Carrie Bena
Belle Plaine
Decorah
Kathleen G. Larson
Methodist Hospital
Rochester
Minn
O. Glen
Glenn
Poulsbo
Wash
Kenneth
Arnold
Mary Jane McArthur
Norma Hall
Karen Meyer
Hawaii
Patricia Carlson
Theresa Anderson
Stanton Erickson
Shirley Ann Vine
Cora E. Mulvaney
East Towne Manor
Glenwood State Hospital
Elizabeth Martin
Fallon
Nev
John
Coggan
Rex
George
Elk Run Heights
Boston
Mass
Reiff’s
Mount Hope Cemetery
Margaret Collins
S. Dubuque St
T.T. Bozek
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Henry Sabin
Richard Okumu
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
George L. Gay
Velma E. Duncan
Crestview
West Branch
van Buren County
Bruce R. Duncan
Mount Pleasant
Rose Hill
What Cheer
Jacqueline Duncan
Shirley Converse
Donald Miller
Hillsboro
Dale Batchelor
Forest Cemetery
Oskaloosa
David Holmes
Virgil E. Holderness Sr
Forestview Trailer Court
Veterans Administration Medical Center
Winifred Amelia Shannon
Roosevelt St
Holbrook
Dean D. Shannon
University of Iowa Laundry
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
The
Altar and Rosary Society
County Johnson Irish
Dean R
Raymond Spratt
Henry Greiner
Donohue-Lensing’s
Grace Withington
Tama
Beverly Manor
Tama High School
Western College
Toledo
Boston Conservatory of Music
Ray Withington
North Dakota
Brainerd
Order of Eastern Star
Daughters of the American Revolution
Perpetual Fund
Oak Hill Cemetery
Port St. Lucie
Fla
Dewey Grimes
Harrison
Sigourney
Wellman
West Liberty
West Union
Bremner
Mary
Joseph H. Noworatzky
Lynn M. Wickey
Galand R. Moser
Stacey D. Primmer
John H. Springer
Dawn L. Neve
Kirk P. Taylor
Beverly A. Hunt
Barry
Illinois Lottery
Springfield, Ill
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue S.E
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