Obituary notices for Linn County residents and relatives
H Melvin Robertson 80 of 244 24th St NW died Sunday at Mercy Hospital after a short illness born May 4 1907 in Albia married Anita Neuman Aug 1 1936 in Peoria Ill. Surviving wife a son Ronald Cedar Rapids two grandchildren two great grandchildren services Tuesday Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories. Burial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Charles R Bruner 73 Davenport formerly Cedar Rapids died Sunday in Davenport Medical Center born Feb 23 1914 Cedar Rapids surviving three brothers James Harold Robert and a sister Sara Pedersen all Cedar Rapids graveside services today Linwood Cemetery Teahen Funeral Home in charge. Mayme A Layer 99 1826 Ellis Blvd NW died Sunday Mercy Hospital after a short illness services pending Turner Chapel West. Donald W Burns by Murdoch Chapel Marion 2 pm today Rev Jon Gaul United Methodist Church Oak Shade Cemetery Marion later date. Cayla E Buehler 57 Waterloo died Tuesday Allen Memorial Hospital heart failure survivor Carl Greenwood Cedar Rapids services held Friday in Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Melvin Robertson
24Th St. NW
Mercy Hospital
Albia
Anita Neuman
Peoria
Ill
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Frank Schultz
Trinity
United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Trinity United Methodist Church
Third Avenue
Fifth Street
Cedar Rapids
Charles R. Bruner
Davenport
Davenport Medical Center
James
Harold
Robert
Sara Pedersen
Linwood Cemetery
Teahen Funeral Home
Mayme A. Layer
Ellis Blvd
Turner Chapel West
Donald W. Burns
Murdoch
Marion
Jon Gaul
Oak Shade
Cayla E. Buehler
Waterloo
Allen Memorial Hospital
Carl Greenwood
E. Earl Jones
Des Moines
Earlville
Lutheran Hospital
Pennington Card Co
M & E Cards
Marialyn
Maralyn Burnside
Houston
Texas
Claris Moore
Gravity
Verla Horswell
Dallas
Adre Libby
Belleville
Reva Kelley
Clearmont
Our Savior Lutheran Church
Fairview Cemetery
Highland Park
Clifton’s
Menlo L. Tarwater
East Court St
Gallatin
Mary Lee Jackson
Richmond
Old Capitol
Sertoma Club
Bruce
Lakewood
Colo
Pamela Gassler
Boulder
Donohue Lensing
Charles Downing
Richmond Memory Gardens
First United Methodist Church
Iowa City
Noon Lions Club
Betty McNabb Webster
Ridgeway Dr
Harold Webster
Robert McNabb
George L. Gay
G.F. Vandevender
Memory Gardens
Deaths Echo Iowa City and Des Moines Notables
Obituaries list E Earl Jones of Des Moines a former Pennington Card Co. partner dying after a lingering illness with funeral in Des Moines and graveside in Earlville. Kathryn M. Grove, 83, found dead of natural causes in Clinton area with services in Elgin Cemetery. Frieda M. Trede 86 dies at Guttenberg care center. Tarwater, Webster, McNabb, Swartzendruber also noted with service details and memorials.
Memorials and services for Hervig and Johnson
Verna L. Hervig 70 of 1822 Rochester Ave died Saturday after a long illness. Born 1916 in Yankton she taught at Fairview High School and worked at the University of Iowa. Surviving husband and children. body donated. memorial fund set. services announced. Mark Jerome Johnson 27 drowned in the Upper Iowa River near Decorah. Survived by parents and siblings. services at St Francis de Sales Church. rosary at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verna L. Hervig
Rochester Ave
Yankton
S.D
Richard Hervig
Sioux Falls
Augustana College
M.D
Fairview
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Richard
Tempe
Ariz
Kristi Hervig
St. Louis
Jenna Ten Broek
Oakland
Calif
Marit Hervig
Virgil Lokke
West Lafayette
Ind
Marjorie Heiss
Jacksonville
Ill
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Hervig
Callahan’s
Mark Jerome Johnson
Iowa River
Decorah
Palmer
Florence Johnson
Ossian
David
Shirley Sadler
Cascade
Sharon Mashek
Spillville
Mary Lou Gleason
Cedar Rapids
Linda Hageman
Jean Martin
Denise Henning
Elgin
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Schmitz’s
Obituaries from Postville and surrounding towns
Alma Gunderson 91 died after a lengthy illness in Good Samaritan Center. Surviving include three sons and four daughters with 25 grandchildren and 33 great grandchildren. Services at St. Paul Lutheran Church followed by burial in Postville Cemetery. Lulu E. Keller 86 died in Crestview Care Center West Branch. Surviving include a son and two sisters with two grandchildren. services at Sheets and Sons with burial in Tipton Masonic Cemetery. Memorials to Sigourney Care Center. Don Minard 78 died in Palisades Minnesota. Surviving include son and two daughters with five grandchildren. services at First United Methodist Church. Burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. Ina Heathman 61 died at home after illness. Surviving include son and six stepsons, three stepdaughters, a brother and 25 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. services at Snider’s, burial Oak Ridge Cemetery. Dorthea Begalske obituary noted with arrangements pending Burnham Woods. Donald Kleppe 60 died in Rochester Minnesota. arrangements pending Burnham-Woods. Georgia Meyer 66 died at Palmer Memorial Hospital. Oran Nutting 89 died after a short illness at Linn Manor Care Center Marion. Surviving include daughter and two brothers and a sister. services at Burnham Woods with burial West Union Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Gunderson
Good Samaritan Center
Arnold
Dean
Postville
Ralph
Fairbank
Ruby Torkelson
Farmersburg
Doris Niedert
Waterloo
Fern Templeton
Nevada City
Calif
Betty Holm
Tripoli
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Schutte’s
Lulu E. Keller
Crestview
West Branch
Darrell
Oklahoma City
Okla
Pearl Frederick
Genevieve Achey
Tipton
Sheets and Sons
Tipton Masonic Cemetery
Don (Ferne) Minard
Kenneth Bacon
Palisades
Minn
Paul Cooper
Long Beach
Carolyn Thorne
Minnetonka
Marilyn Dorr
Flint Ridge
Flossie Hamilton
First United Methodist Church
Woodlawn
Henderson-Overton’s
Ina Heathman
Marvin Hall
West Liberty
Edward
Robert
Cedar Rapids
John
Toddville
Glen W
Muscatine
Donald
Oregon
Terry
Texas
Ira Wall
Center Point
Elsie Broyles
Arkansas
Joyce Ann Trimble
Tampa
Fla
Francis Dunn
Austin
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Oran Nutting
Linn Manor
Marion
Mary Anderson
West Union
Eugene
William
Azalia Kjosa
Fontana
Wis
Burnham Woods
West Union Cemetery
Myrl Martin Dies at 86 After Long Illness in Sigourney Center
Myrl Martin, 86, died Saturday after a lengthy illness in Sigourney Care Center where he had lived since December 1983. He served as director of the Steady Run School District a director of Martinsburg Telephone Co and a township trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrl Martin
Sigourney Care Center
Steady Run
Martinsburg Telephone Co
Family with six children forced to sleep in cornfield near Mount Vernon
Larry Goodwin his wife Phyllis and their five kids slept in a corn field off Highway 1 near Mount Vernon as they seek housing in Linn County. HACAP provided a $300 rent voucher but landlords say they have too many kids. They found a one bedroom trailer shelter but face eviction by morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Goodwin
Ottumwa
Linn County
Goodwin
Phyllis
Dustin
Angie
Joshua
John
Stacy
Highway 1
Mount Vernon
Marjorie Wetherill
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program
HACAP
Wetherill
North Liberty
Goodwins
Vital Statistics births and family notices
Listing of birth announcements from Mercy and St. Luke's hospitals. Julies and Rod Medal welcome a son. Laurie and Chuck Bails greet a son. Sallie and David Buelow announce a daughter. Jeanette Kurth reports a son. Janet Runyon and Gary Runyon welcome a son. Lynette Floren announce a daughter. Annette Busbee greet a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurie
Chuck Bails
Mount Vernon
Sallie
David Buelow
E Ave
Janet
Gary Runyon
Park Ave
Lynette
Paul Floren
Pebble Dr
Annette
Jeff Busbee
13Th Ave
Hiawatha
Illinois Lottery results Sunday drawing
AP reports Illinois Lotto numbers drawn Sunday with Daily Game 9 9 9, Pick Four 5 4 0 4. Lotto Jackpot listed at 8 million dollars and Lotto 7 Jackpot at 2 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield, Lil
Lyng Sets Soybean Purchase Rate at 4.77 a Bushel
U S Secretary of Agriculture Richard Lyng announced a preliminary loan and purchase rate of 4.77 per bushel for soybeans at the American Soybean Association expo. Critics argued the rate is too low to aid farmers, urging a marketing loan tied to 5.02 or world price. Lyng promised a final rate by Oct 1 and vowed to counter export subsidies from other countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
U.S
Richard Lyng
American Soybean Association
Lyng
David Haggard
Steele, Mo
South America
United States
Scientists test abnormal fears of normal spiders
Stanford University researchers plan experiments to test if arachnophobics lack a brain chemical that helps control fear. Psychiatrist Gunnar Gotestam says humans have a disposition to fear spiders and that endorphins normally temper the response. The study will guide volunteers through a 14 step therapy starting with distant viewing and ending with touching a spider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Muffet
Cox News Service
Atlanta
Mother Goose
Dr. Spock
Stanford University
Stanford
Gunnar Gotestam
Gotestam
Woman dies in Des Moines house fire
An elderly Des Moines woman Grace Carter died early Sunday when her bed caught fire after she apparently fell asleep while smoking. The fire was contained to the bedroom, causing about $10 000 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Harlan Christensen
Grace Carter
Christensen
Explosion rocks Fort Dodge lounge. no injuries reported
Fort Dodge authorities probe a morning blast at the Gold Dust Lounge that leveled the building at 9:58 a.m. Fire officials say no one was hurt as investigators work to determine the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Moulton Man Dies After Motorcycle Crash
Charles Davis aged 33 died from injuries suffered Friday night when his motorcycle left Iowa Highway 2 near Centerville. He was not wearing a helmet and was airlifted to Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines after losing control and being thrown from the bike when he failed to observe a vehicle preparing to turn left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Charles Davis
Mercy Hospital Medical Center
Des Moines
Centerville
Iowa State Patrol
Davis
Drowning Victim Mark Johnson Identified in Decorah Area
Ossian man Mark Jerome Johnson, 27, drowned Saturday while tubing the Upper Iowa River four miles northwest of Decorah. Winneshiek County sheriff's officials said he fell from a tube in 10 to 15 feet deep water, could not swim, and bystanders failed to save him. His body was recovered at 2:55 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Iowa
Winneshiek County
Mark Jerome Johnson
Sheriff's Department
Johnson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kathryn M. Grove
Clinton
Elizabeth Alleman
Burlingame
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Elgin Cemetery
Muehlethaler
Garnavillo
Frieda M. Trede
Guttenberg
Eldo
Phoenix
Gertrude Brase
Helen Hartman
Erhart Schaedlich
Albert Schaedlich
Hugo Schaedlich
East Germany
Anne Stroebel
Elkader
St. Peter Lutheran Church
Garnaville City Cemetery
Tuecke-Allyn’s
Kalona
Mabel L. Swartzendruber
Pleasantview
Stanley
Telford
Lucille Swartzendruber
Mary Ellen Miller
Ivan Whetstine
Wellman
Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church
Emmetsburg
Delta
Forrest
Sigourney
Ethel Mimmer
Euelah Dumont
Velma Danels
Oskaloosa
Reynolds Funeral Chapel
Mount Zion Cemetery
Toledo
Dorthea Begalske
Good Samaritan
Donald Kleppe
Rochester, Minn
Burnham-Woods
Georgia Meyer
Palmer Memorial Hospital
C.R
Cornfield
Eric Strand
Gazette
MERCY
Julie
Rod
St. NE
ST. Luke's
Jeanette Kurth
Illinois Lottery
Associated Press
John E. Lapes
3Rd Avenue
S.E
N.W
Center Pt. Rd
N.E
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