Deaths of Several Aged Residents Highlight Marion Cedar Rapids Area Obits
A batch of death notices lists Clarence J Meskimen 62 of 4400 Nursery Rd SW who died at home after a long illness born 1920 Cedar Rapids farmer trucker and church member. Also listed are Jessie L Kiel Johnson 90 former Marion resident died in Sun City Arizona and other local figures with burial details memorials and funeral arrangements across multiple towns including Marion Cedar Rapids Traer and Vinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence John Meskimen
Nursery Road
Cedar Rapids
Fairfax Area
Elva “Dolly” Lehrer
Watkins
Meskimen and Volesky Trucking Co
St. Jude’s Catholic Church
Dale
Ronald
Eldon Volesky
Fairfax
Regina Meskimen
Ely
Regis
Orville
LaVerne Dostal
Lois Lovelett
Shirley Willsel
Donna Hartl
William Goltz
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Teahen Funeral Home
Jessie L. Kiel Johnson
Marion
Beverly Manor
Sun City
Ariz
Lost Nation
Warren R. Johnson
Johnson
O.E.S
Donald Bragg
Cedar Memorial Park
Jay A. Miller
First United Presbyterian Church
Murdoch Funeral Home
Glenn D. Culbertson
Americana Healthcare Center
Algona
Mick C
David C
Winnipeg
Canada
Pauline Frazier
la Mesa
Calif
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Monte Asbury
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
John Wroblewski
S. 15Th St
St. Luke’s Hospital
Jones County
Leila Taber
Dubuque
Anamosa
John
Chicago
Ill
LaVern
Virginia Rowell
Ben
Monticello
Margaret Nerad
Iowa City
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Richard Kling
Evergreen Cemetery
Clarion
Goettsch
American Cancer Society
10Th St
Chelsea
Addie Jefferson
Oakwood Cemetery
Traer
Robert Y. Dalziel
Overton's
Buckingham Cemetery
Cancer Fund
Vinton
Donald R. Gardner
Wesley United Methodist Church
Friends
Campbell-Russell’s
Waukon
Lula Thiele
Martin’s
Oakland Cemetery
Scots Guardsman Believed Dead Found Alive in Falklands
An 18 year old Scot Guardsman Philip Williams, missing for seven weeks after the Mount Tumble battle, reappeared near Bluff Cove exhausted but unharmed. He had survived in a hut on rations, suffering mild amnesia, and is now in hospital as authorities confirm his return.
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London
UPI
Falkland Islands
Philip Williams
Alan
Halton-on-Lane
England
Falklands
Williams
Mount Tumbledown
Stanley
Ministry of Defense
Kevin
Diane Kilmartin
Bluff Cove
Vital Statistics and Fire Calls Reported Across Marion Area
The column lists births at multiple addresses including Marion and surrounding towns with names like Marsha Novak Jeffery Zimmer and Debra Richards. It also notes fire calls in Marion area including electrical short and wiring fire incidents and a birth announcement in Chicago for Roma and Michael Gregory. A death in Independence is ruled a death by own action.
Israel tightens hold on Beirut as Reagan urges end to fighting
Israeli tanks and artillery edge closer to West Beirut amid renewed shelling while President Reagan demands a complete end to the fighting for negotiations. PLO official Farouk Kaddoumi says evacuation depends on Israeli pullback. Syria vows to fight until victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Beirut
Reagan
Gazette Wire
West Beirut
Washington
Yitzhak Shamir
Shamir
PLO
National Museum
Hiel Ben Zvi
Ben Zvi
Farouk Kaddoumi
al Qabas
Kaddoumi
Arab League
Saudi Arabia
Damascus
Hafez Assad
Lebanon
SANA
West
Saad Sayel
Bank Sues 2 Firms Over Lewellyn Case in Iowa
University Bank and Trust of Ames filed a 3.1 million lawsuit in U S District Court Des Moines alleging United Central Bank and United Central Bancshares misled and defrauded them in securities repurchase deals with Gary Lewellyn. Lewellyn faces 15 federal charges including embezzlement and mail fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AMES
UPI
United Central Bancshares
United Central Bank of Des Moines
Gary Lewellyn
U.S. District Court
Des Moines
University Bank and Trust Co
United Central Bank
Ames Bank
G.W. Lewellyn,and Co. Inc
Federal Home Loan Bank
Federal National Mortgage Association
Lewellyn
Des Moines Bank
University Bank and Trust
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Humboldt
Pineapples for People sale supports Camp Courageous
The Pineapples for People sale runs Aug 7 and 14 at Cedar Rapids Kmart stores and Smulekoff’s in downtown Cedar Rapids with 9 am starts. Pineapples at 2.50 dollars go to Camp Courageous of Iowa, funded by CAST and United Airlines. Seven hundred cases are flown free each Saturday of the sale, aiding the handicapped camp near Monticello. The Pineapple Ball on Sept 25 at Stouffer's Hotel offers a 25 dollar ticket, 15 dollars of which goes to Camp Courageous. call 465-5916 or 393-8582 for reservations.
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Cedar Rapids
Camp Courageous
Monticello
Stouffer’s Hotel
New nuke waste storage method studied at ISU
Iowa State University professor David Martin at Ames advances a process to dissolve nuclear waste into glass. The glass is cast into a steel canister then placed in a larger steel cylinder for deep burial, a shift from unstable liquid storage.
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ISU
AMES
Iowa State University
David Martin
Start of World War I Invasion and Britain’s Entry
On date in 1914 Germany invaded Belgium and declared war on France. The following day Britain declared war on Germany and World War I began.
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Germany
Belgium
France
Britain
Tip of Day Annual medicine chest checkup advised
It urges discarding old drugs, stockpiling a thermometer gauze Mercurochrome aspirin bandages antibiotic ointment rubbing alcohol prepared eye wash and cotton balls. Being prepared is the No 1 antidote in a poison emergency with poison control number taped inside. Stock three antidotes activated charcoal epsom salts and syrup of ipecac.
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Lester Potter
Second Ave
Baxter Funeral Chapel
Austin Jeffery Jacobs
Leona and
Jeffery Jacobs
Glenn Jacobs
Florida
Tony Herrada
Illinois
Turner Chapel East
Kilmartins
Jin
2Nd Battalion
Scots Guardsmen
Philip
Argies
Marsha
Daniel Novak
Atkins
Marcia
Jeffery Zimmer
Rossey Lane SW
St. Luke’s
Dawn
Randy Teslow
26Th St. NW
Debra
Martin Richards
A Ave. NE
Shelly
Raymond Hatfield
Raney St
Hiawatha
Lynette
John Phillips
Wiley Blvd
Verna
Douglas Kuehl
Alburnett
Rose
Robert Witt
Park Ave
Cecilia
Donald Roehrkasse
11Th Ave
Carolyn
Philip Carpenter
Fairview Drive
Betty
Craig Campbell
Marengo
John L. Sachan
Denise J. Cooley
Glenn L. Lonsdale
Llala Y. Pedersen
Mutual Aid
Vernon Hill Drive
A Ave
Fifth Avenue
First Ave
12Th Ave
City Hall
May’s Island
Center Point Road
Richmond Road
Fourth Ave
Sixth Street
Waconia Avenue
Roma
Michael A. Gregory
Dwayne C. Ellwood
Washington Drive
Paul J. Weber
Anna M. Drees
Dennis C. Bemrose
Patricia D. O’connor
Harold T. Titus
Gerrie L. Titus
Andrew W. Wittenburg
Kathy A. Hills
Buchanan
Buchanan County
Steven Richard Moore
Buchanan County Sheriff's Department
Col
Air Force One
United States
Leonid Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Byron L. Jaffe
Los Angeles City College
Jaffe
Randal Martin
Martin
Huntington Beach
Benedict Arnold
West Point
N.Y
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
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