Deaths in Cedar Rapids area noted in obituaries
A batch of notices reports Cecilia Armstrong Wiley 85 of rural Palo dying after a long illness at Mercy Hospital. Also listed are infant Sarah Jean Banasik, Robert Russell Smith, Martha L. Warren, and Angelique Marie Ohlhauser with service details, survivors, and memorial arrangements across Cedar Rapids Mechanicsville Marion and beyond. Memorials to cancer society and Mother Cabrini League are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecilia Armstrong Wiley
Palo
Mercy Hospital
Atkins
John T. Wiley
Wiley
CES of
Fairfax
Covington
Louise Mowrey
Cedar Rapids
Elsie Cernjar
Austin
Texas
Helen Trongard
Renville
Sarah Jean Banasik
Orville
Sharon Baker Banasik
26Th Ave
Marion
University Hospitals
Iowa City
St. Luke’s Hospital
Melvin Baker
Mechanicsville
Orville Banasik Sr
Fargo
N.D
Rose Hill
Karen Fristad
Horner
Martha L. Warren
Meadow Lane
St. Paul
Minn
William Warren
St. Pius X Catholic Church
Virginia A. Lamotte
Gertrude Frye
Chandler, Ariz
Ardel Barta
Woodlawn Cemetery
Annandale
Mother Cabrini League
W. Deming Place
Chicago
Ill
Death notices from Iowa reflect two women obituary details
Fort Atkinson Miss Kate Sluka, 96, died Sunday. Service Tuesday at 10 a.m. at St. John's Catholic Church with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call today at 3 p.m. and a rosary at 8 p.m. at Chekal's. Monticello Mrs. Raymond Eleanore Adamson, 44, of Chicago, Ill., will have a service Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at Goettsch's with visitation after 7 p.m. today at Goettsch's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angelique Marie Ohlhauser
10Th Ave
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Washington Church of God
Leonard Ohlhauser
Jenny
Brenda
April
Marty
Ed Holmes
Ted St. John
Calvin Ohlhauser
Toledo
Iowa
Lillian Holmes
Magdalene Ohlhauser
Verle Daywitt
Washington
Kuba Funeral Home
Charles F. Smith
Fort Atkinson
Kate Sluka
St. John’s Catholic Church
Chekal’s
Chekal’s. Monticello
Raymond Eleanore Adamson
Chicago
Ill
Goettsch’s
Typhoon Bess Hits Honshu Killing Dozens and Displacing Thousands
Police say Typhoon Bess left 38 dead and 37 missing across Honshu with 24,702 people evacuated overnight. The storm cut a 250 mile path from Osaka to Yokohama, triggering landslides, floods, and widespread damage as rail lines and roads were disrupted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Honshu
National Police Agency
Osaka
Yokohama
Tokyo Bay
Bess
Nagasaki
Atsumi Peninsula
Aichi
Mie
Nara
Cedar Rapids Woman Hurt In Early Morning Crash
A Cedar Rapids woman, Lori Dolan, 19, was admitted to St. Luke's Hospital after a one car wreck north of Center Point on Highway 150 at 5:55 a.m. Dolan reportedly fell asleep at the wheel and struck a utility pole. Her condition was unavailable Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Center Point
Linn County
Lori Dolan
Blairs Ferry Road
Highway 150
Dolan
Waterloo Man Dies in Indiana Road Tragedy
An 82 year old Waterloo resident John Miller was killed when he walked into traffic on Highway 421 south of Michigan City Indiana. Miller was struck by a car and his body was thrown about 50 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Iowa
Indiana
John Miller
Waterloo
Highway 421
Michigan City
Miller
Vital Statistics and Local Incidents Summary
July 31 births include a son for Nancy Kielkopf and Gary Kielkopf at 2205 C Street SW and a daughter for Janice Myers and Gary Myers at 1417 North Street SW. August 1 births include a son for Karen Koester and Charles Koester at 3300 44th Street NE and a son for Yvette Rentschler and Terry Rentschler at 1516 Oakland Road NE. Additional births: Nancy Peirce and Gerald Peirce at 110 Sand Lane NW a son and Cynthia Rutan and Mark Rutan of Anamosa a son. At 8:34 p.m. Saturday a medical emergency occurred at 314 Third Ave SE. At 7:18 a.m. Sunday alarm malfunction at 1001 First Street SW. At 10:36 a.m. Sunday burned food on stove at 6234 Eastview Ave SW. At 2:02 p.m. Sunday a recreational fire at 1238 Staub Court NE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy
Joel Kielkopf
Janice
Gary Myers
Karen
Charles Koester
44Th St
Yvette
Terry Rentschler
Oakland Road
Gerald Peirce
Sand Lane
Cynthia
Mark Rutan
Anamosa
Third Ave
First St
Eastview Ave
Staub Court
Tip of Day warns safer trips with tire checks
The Tire Industry Safety Council urges monthly tire checks and inflation to improve safety and fuel economy. Properly inflated tires reduce wear and can extend miles driven. Tires with less than one sixteenth inch of tread are dangerous and wear bars signal danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tire Industry Safety Council
Two Hour Outage Hits Northeast Cedar Rapids
An IE spokesman said about 720 northeast Cedar Rapids customers lost power for nearly two hours Sunday night. The outage began at 6:47 p.m. when a circuit breaker tripped at Glass Road substation and a transmission line fuse blew. Power was restored to most customers by 9:35 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Horace Webb
Webb
Glass Road
Coldstream Avenue
North Towne Lane
Seven charged with drunken driving in Linn County
Seven people were arrested in Linn County late Saturday and early Sunday on drunk driving charges. Virginia R. Clark 41 of 1047 Fifth Ave SE was arrested 730 p.m. Saturday. Carol E. Wilson 28 of 1820 I Street Iowa City at 2 25 a.m. Sunday. Robert D. Camp 23 of 3203 Tamara Road SW at 2 44 a.m.. Judy M. Gerhold 19 rural Atkins at 1 12 a.m.. Margaret M. Hess 18 of 1408 B Avenue NE at 2 30 a.m.. Brenda L. Keller 18 of 6035 Langdon Ave SW at 12 57 a.m.. Joseph L. Conner 34 of 433 Fourth Ave SW at 2 23 a.m. Sunday. Additional charges noted for several cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Virgina R. Clark
Fifth Ave
19Th Street
Iowa
Carol E. Wilson
I St
Iowa City
Thompson Drive
First Avenue SE
Robert D. Camp
Tamara Rd
Bowling Street
Judy M. Gerhold
Atkins
First Avenue
Margaret M. Hess
B Avenue NE
Brenda L. Keller
Langdon Ave
Highway 13
Joseph L. Conner
Fourth Ave
Second Avenue
Hostages Split. Four Bodies Found Near Inyanga Mountains
Zimbabwe police report rebels split six Western hostages into two groups amid a bush encirclement. Four charred bodies found near Inyanga, where three Britons vanished. hunt continues. Prime Minister Mugabe warns of tribal conflict risk amid cross border tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zimbabwe
Bulawayo
Inyanga
Mozambique
Henry Prankerd
Joshua Nkomo
Zimbabwe African People’s Union
Robert Mugabe
Nkomo
Kansas Concert Delivers High Energy at Five Seasons Center
Enthusiastic Cedar Rapids crowd of over 7,200 greeted Kansas as they opened at 9:15 p.m. The seven member group mixed hits with new tracks from Vinyl Confessions and showcased strong keyboard work and haunting melodies. John Elefante’s vocals drew comparisons to Steve Walsh, while some set moments dragged, and sound mix proved uneven at times. Prism opened with a lively set, delivering a Jerry Lee Lewis styled surge before a poised second half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Five Seasons Center
Sevenman
Cedar Rapids
John Elefante
Steve Walsh
Robbie Steinhardt
Dave Hope
Richard Williams
Kerry Livgren
Elefante
Richard Simmons
Prism
Navy picks F-14 as prime fighter for Navy fleet
Defense officials settled on the Grumman F-14 Tomcat as the Navy’s premier fighter with plans to build 144 aircraft for 1984–1988, totaling about 8.4 billion for Grumman if Congress approves yearly requests. A rival attack bomber fight centers on Grumman A-6 Intruders versus McDonnell Douglas F-18 Hornets, with roughly 4 billion in orders at stake. The move aims to modernize carriers Vinson and Theodore Roosevelt as new carriers join the fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Times
Washington
Defense Department
Grumman
Navy
Pentagon
Naval Aviation
Grumman Aerospace Corp
Bethpage
N.Y
Congress
McDonnell Douglas
Vinson
Theodore Roosevelt
Girl injured in one-vehicle crash near Dehli
A 16 year old rural Manchester girl Cheryl Wulfekuhle sustained a chest injury in a Sunday morning crash on the west edge of Dehli. She was driving an east bound vehicle that failed to stop at a stop sign and collided with a tree at a T intersection on County Road D-5X and X-31. The car suffered 3000 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dehli
Manchester
Cheryl Wulfekuhle
Iowa State Patrol
Fire roars through BC forests closing Alaska highway
A lightning sparked blaze roared across 400000 acres of northern British Columbia forests, forcing closure of the Alaska Highway. Officials said it may last into autumn snow, with up to 200 evacuees from camps and villages. No serious injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Nelson
British Columbia
Alaska
Roy Simpson
Provincial Forest Service
Simpson
West Virginia
St. Louis
Harry Gordon
U.S. Weather Service
Kansas City
Forest Service
Northwoods
United States
Glenn Jameson
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Yukon
Vancouver
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C.R
St. Luke’s
Linn
16Th Avenue
The
Gazette Company
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
Richard Prankerd
Nichola Prankerd
Alison Jones
England
Victoria Falls
Mugabe
South Africa
Gath
Harare
Hollies
Kurt Rogahn
Gazette Writer
Defense Resources Board
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Libya
Muammar Khadafy
Alwa
John E. Lapes
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