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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1995
Page
8
Multiple Cedar Rapids area obituaries dated July 1995 record Fred Beyer Paul Hawke Steven Kopet C Sixta G Smith Cinkan W Zeman. Survivors include spouses children and grandchildren with service details at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery and Cedar Rapids area churches.
Amana resident Ann Zimmerman aged 42 died Monday afternoon July 31 1995 at Colonial Manor Care Center Middle Amana after a long illness. Arrangements are pending at Hoover Valentine Funeral Home Maren.
Leo Kenneth Bennett Myers 81 died July 31 1995 at Mercy Hospital Iowa City from complications of a stroke. Services set for 10 am Wednesday at Peace Church of Christ United with Rev. Robert Treichel. Burial Inland Cemetery. Friends may call 4 to 7 pm today Fry Funeral Home Tipton. Survived by daughter Karen Driscoll Tipton two sons Larry Bennett Marvin Jefferson and brother Hubert Tipton.
Richard P. Easterday 64 of Cedar Rapids died July 31 1995 after a long illness at Mercy Meds Center Cedar Rapids Memorial services 630 pm Wednesday at Alburnett Christian Church officiated by Rev Bob Lawrence The family will greet friends an hour before service Arrangements with Murdoch Funeral Home Marion He was a sheet metal worker and veteran of Korea married to Judith Wassmer Easterday survived by 12 children 18 grandchildren and stepgrandchildren plus siblings and extended family A memorial fund is established with no flowers requested
Jason Brian Rice and Cecily Elizabeth Rice are the deceased. The notice notes Ila Hayes of Cedar Rapids as Cecily's great-great-grandmother, also surviving. A prior omission in Gazette publication on July 27 is acknowledged.
Lena C. Close 93 of Brooklyn died Sunday July 30 1995 in Friendship Manor Grinnell after a long illness. Services 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Nevenhoven Funeral Home with viewing 4 to 8 p.m. today Burial Kent Cemetery rural Brooklyn Richard Reed of Cedar Rapids will officiate Survivors include grandson James Meeks of Solon.
Lillian M. Oler 73 died Sunday July 30 1995 at Covenant Medical Center Waterloo after a short illness. Services set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Brandon United Methodist Church burial at Bear Creek Cemetery rural Brandon. Visitation after 1 p.m. today at White Funeral Home Independence. Survived by husband Darrell five daughters Susan Hall Diana Finical Sheila Sitterly Lavonne Kearns Colleen Blaser and son Darrell II Buck of Blackfoot.
Delores M Link of rural Farley died Sunday July 30 1995 in Finley Hospital Dubuque after a long illness. Services are 10 30 a m Wednesday at St Joseph Catholic Church Farley with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call 2 to 9 p m today at Reiff Funeral Home Farley with rosary at 4 p m and Scripture wake at 7 30 p m. Survivors include husband Robert six daughters Debra Snedden Diane Schmitt Darla Benda Donna Ament Denise Kuenster Danette McElmeel and three sons Randall Ron Rod and a brother Arthur Feldmann Also surviving are 23 grandchildren. A Delores M Link Memorial Fund has been
Andrew B. Elsinger Sr. died at 91 Sunday in Guttenberg after a brief illness. Services set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at St Marys Catholic Church with burial at St Cemetery. Wake at Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home from 2 to 9 p.m. today. wake service begins at 8 p.m. Survivors include three daughters, five sons, three sisters, and two brothers.
Melvin L Westcott died July 30 1995 in Mercy Hospital after a sudden illness. Services are 11 am Wednesday at George L Gay Funeral Home with burial at Memory Gardens Cemetery. He lived in Iowa City born March 22 1911 and worked for the U S Postal Service until 1974. He was a member of First United Methodist Church IOOF and other fraternal orders. Survivors include his wife Mary Elizabeth three sons eight grandchildren seven great grandchildren a brother and a sister. Memorials to Oddfellows Home Mason City.
Marjorie Pulpe 78 formerly of Monmouth died July 29 1995 in Lilburn Georgia after a lengthy illness. Arrangements are pending at Carson and Son Funeral Home Maquoketa.
Beatrice Lurane French, 59, of North Liberty, Iowa, died Saturday in Iowa City after a long illness. Services scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at First Assembly of God conducted by Rev. George Mullen. Burial will be at Agency Cemetery. Visitation 5 to 8 p.m. tonight at Donahue-Leasing Funeral Home and after 1 p.m. Wednesday at the church. Survivors include son Phillip of Dubuque, daughters Lisa Bream of Iowa City and Terri Houlahan of Chicago, and brothers Phillip Keck of Agency and Larry Keck of Urbandale.
Edward J Mangold 89 of rural Ryan died Monday morning July 31 1995 at home after a brief illness. Services 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Golden Prairie Congregational Church east of Ryan with burial in Golden Prairie Cemetery. Friends may call 2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Shelly Funeral Home Manchester and after 12:30 p.m. Thursday at the church. Survived by wife Harriet four daughters Gloria House Ankeny Helen Bormann Loveland Ohio Linda Showman Cedar Rapids Beverly Mangold Foulk Portland Ore a son Edward H Mangold Omaha Neb two sisters Merna Hamblin Manchester Marjorie Cloud Indianola and a brother Lester Laguna Hills Calif.
The Cedar Rapids Health care battle pits St Luke's HealthSource against Mercy and the Cedar Rapids Physician Hospital Organization with Blue Cross involvement. No public informational meeting is planned before the selection, as stakeholders push managed care plans and gatekeeper physician referrals amid union of St Luke's with Iowa Health System and Blue Cross guidance. The roster includes AEGON USA, Mercy Medical Center, The Gazette Co., Rockwell Collins, Square D, and others.
Postville resident A Wirkler aged 75 died Monday July 31 1995 at Good Samaritan Center after a brief illness Arrangements are pending at Schutte Funeral Home Postville
Patricia Lovers services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Marys Catholic Church Solon with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call today from 4 to 8 p.m. and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon at Brosh Funeral Home Solon with a rosary at 6 30 p.m. and a vigil service at 7 30 p.m. today.
Shellsburg native Johnson 66 died Saturday July 29, 1995 at Atlanta airport after a apparent heart attack. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday at Oak Grove Church with Rev. Ken Zaebst. Committal 2 p.m. at Rose Hill Cemetery Marshalltown. Survivors include three sons two daughters a brother and a sister with 15 grandchildren and a great granddaughter.
James N. Butler 58 of Cedar Rapids died July 31 1995 at home after a long illness. Services set for 1 p.m. Thursday at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories with burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. He is survived by wife Gloria four sons and three daughters and 13 grandchildren. He was born August 23 1936 in Wilmar Minnesota and worked at Farmstead for 32 years retiring in 1987. He was a member of the NRA.
William Gilbert Morgan 83 died Sunday July 30 1995 at English Valley Care Center North English after a long illness. Memorial services are 9 a.m. Saturday at Webster Methodist Church with Masonic rites. Burial of cremains will be later in Sorden Cemetery near Webster. Reynolds Funeral Chapel Sigourney handles arrangements. Survivors: wife Kathryn a son Alan North Liberty two daughters Kathleen Dawson Long Grove and Karen Moline Marengo two sisters Dorothy Driscoll Williamsburg and Marge Johnson Richardson Texas.
Opal M. Dean McKay 85 died Sunday July 30 1995 at Manor House Sigourney after a long illness. Services 11 a.m. Thursday Harden Funeral Chapel What Cheer with Rev. Warren James. Burial Sixteen Cemetery near Thornburg. Family visitation 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Survivors include two sons Ernest Layton Utah Melvin Cedar Rapids four daughters Doris Stephenson What Cheer Julie Sibert Newton Maria Dahlstrom Cedar Rapids Nancy Clark St. Louis and two sisters Dorothy McCauley New Virginia Iowa Ramona Nielson Poplar Grove Ill.
Traudel Hrabowski Durin scheduled 11 a.m. today at Turner Chapel East with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery and Cedar Valley Humane Society memorials invited. Austin Duane Robinson to be honored at 1 p.m. today at Peoples Unitarian Universalist Church with cremains to be buried later in Norway. arrangements by Brosh's of Norway. Robert W. Ross Sr. service at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Ludmila's Catholic Church. burial at Anderson Cemetery near Swisher. visitation 4 to 8 p.m. today at Brosh Chapel with a prayer service and Knights of Columbus rosary tonight.
The Justice Department filed a one count information in Peoria Illinois charging Swiss Valley Farms of Mount Joy near Davenport and manager Joseph Gau with rigging bids to supply milk to schools in eastern Iowa and western Illinois for the lunch program.
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