Obituaries From Linn County Dead Include Larson to Huelsenbeck
Orpha M. Larson 91 of Living Center West dies after long illness with services at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories and burial at Cedar Memorial Park. Survived by husband Chris and children Leone Richard son Richard Donald and Opal. numerous grandchildren and great great grandchildren. Mary M. Schaefer 92 of Crestview Acres dies at Mercy Medical Center with services at Turner Chapel East and burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by son Russell and two grandchildren. Gladys M. Greenlee 94 of Living Center West dies at St. Luke's Hospital. graveside at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery with services by Rev. Childers. Survived by daughter Jo Ann Nelson and other relatives. Flora Peggy Kirby 83 of Willowbrook dies at St. Luke's Hospital. services at First Baptist Church with masonic rites. burial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by son William and daughter Peggy Siemer and grandchildren. Ed Huelsenbeck 77 of rural Center Point dies at St. Luke's Hospital. services at Kuba Funeral Home East and burial Sisley Grove Cemetery. Survived by wife Jean and multiple children, stepchildren, siblings and many grandchildren. Memorials to multiple charities.
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Orpha M. Larson
Living Center West
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Chanel
Chris
Hiawatha
Leone Richardson
Richard
Cedar Rapids
Donald
Marion
Opal McCannon
Orpha
Seymour
Christian C. Larson
Eagle and
American Legion Auxiliaries
Railroad Club
Alzheimer’s Foundation
Mary M. Schaefer
Crestview Acres
Mercy Medical Center
Turner Chapel East
Oak Hill Cemetery
Russell
Anamosa
Daniel
Amanda Borglund Streeter
Ray Schaefer
Trinity Lutheran Church
Gladys M. Greenlee
St. Luke’s Hospital
Jo Ann Nelson
Wayne, N.J
Ralph Oxley
Brett
Matt Nelson
Wayne
N.J
Gladys
Center Point
James R. Gourley
Harry Greenlee
Mitralsky’s
Killian’s
Oakland Church of the Nazarene
David Childers
Shriners Crippled Children’s Hospital
Flora
Peggy” Kirby
Willowbrook
First Baptist Church
Church of the Brethren
Malta
William Jr
Woodlands
Texas
Peggy Siemer
Fran Dudley
Aurora
Colo
Peggy
Salinsaw
Okla
William H. Kirby
Chillicothe
First Baptist Church Church of the Brethren, Daughters of the Nile
Jerry Springston
Lindsey
Ed” Huelsenbeck
Rural Center Point
Kuba Funeral Home
Sisley Grove Cemetery
Jean
Bob
John
Gilbert
Michael
Mary Meyers
Julie Thomas
Dave Geinzer
Tipton
Norma Jean Bergen
Linda Cones
Kirby
Waverly
Tenn
Harvey
Gainesville
Ruth Terry
Irene Rogers
Mission
Kan
Carrie Davis
Mountain Home
Ark
Jean Toms
Paul Blake
Memorial service notice for Bernice M. Nelson
Bernice M. Nelson funeral set for 1 p.m. today at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories with calling after noon. Entombment follows at Cedar Memorial Mausoleum. Rev. Roger Rollins officiates from St. Michael's Episcopal Church. Memorial donations may go to the American Diabetes Association Mount Mercy Foundation or a charity of the donor's choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice M. Nelson
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Mausoleum
Roger Rollins
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
American Diabetes Association
Mount Mercy Foundation
Arrangements Pending for Two Local Men
Michael T. Carroll age 44 of 12115 College Street died Tuesday at home after a lengthy illness. Arrangements are pending at Murdoch Linwood Funeral Home. Anthony Perry Jr age 65 of 578 Sixth Avenue Marion died Tuesday at St Luke’s Hospital after a brief illness. Arrangements are pending at Murdoch Funeral Home Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael T. Carroll
College St
Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home
Anthony Perry Jr
Sixth Ave
Marion
St. Luke’s Hospital
Murdoch Funeral Home
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the Gazette
Deaths in Iowa and surrounding areas
Edward H Wentheild 91 died in Postville. Services at St Benedicts Church with burial in church cemetery. Survivors include wife Florence a daughter and three sons. Other obituaries list Herb Masuen 387 Graveside arrangements pending. Donald Bolen 66 died in Houston with services at Grinnell Christian Church and burial at Brooklyn Cemetery. Eugene Mueller 60 died in University Hospitals with memorial at St Marys Iowa City and burial Riverside Cemetery Spencer. Kathryn Seemuth 61 Amana died at home with memorial at Callahan Funeral Home and burial St Joseph Cemetery. Carolyn Ensign 84 died in Oelwein Care Center with service at Grace United Methodist Church and burial Oak Hill Cemetery New Hartford. Survivors include a son Milo and daughter-in-law Jan. two grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Memorials to Grace United Methodist Church are suggested.
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Edward H. Wentheild
Good Samaritan Center
Postville
St. Benedict’s Catholic Church
Church
French & Balik Funeral Home
Catholic Daughters of America
Florence
Rosemary Gagstetter
Eden Prairie
Minn
Eugene
Apple Valley
Stephen
Gaithersburg
Hubert
Decorah
Bertha Ehler
Ethel] Lutkenhaus
Alta Vista
Donald E. Bolen
Houston
Grinnell
Grinnell Christian Church
Brooklyn Cemetery
Brooklyn
Smith Funeral Home
Susan Williams
Chicago
Carrie Bolen
Bruce
Tama
Dora Pech
Peoria
Ariz
Ann Smalley
Elmhurst
Gene” H. Mueller
Highway 1
Interstate 80
University
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Iowa City
Riverside Cemetery
Spencer
George L. Gay
Michael
Phoenix
Patrick
Omaha
Neb
Brian
Boone
N.C
Molly
Mary Jo Coffey
Kathryn W. Seemuth
Amana
Callahan Funeral Home
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Charles
Ann Dickens
Matthew
Coralville
John
Teresa Casraiss
Rockville
James Wallace
Nacona
Texas
Thomas Wallace
John Wallace
Athens, Ga
Gene Wallace
Santa Paula
Calif
Carolyn D. Ensign
Oelwein Care Center
Grace United Methodist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
New Hartford
Brant- Kerns-Jamison
Eastern Star
Oelwein Chapter
Milo
Jan van Schoyck
Waterloo
Obituaries from Oxford Junction and nearby Iowa towns
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices from Oxford Junction Maquoketa Ryan Calmar Earlham Vinton Oelwein and surrounding areas. Bess E Harms 99 of Oxford Junction dies with services planned at Oxford Junction United Methodist Church and burial Mayflower Cemetery. Ethel J Kenny 70 dies in Cedar Rapids with services at St Patrick Church Ryan and Calvary Cemetery. many survivors listed. Elmer Nowotny 71 Carnforth dies in Des Moines with arrangements pending. Philip Bales 88 dies in Virginia Gay Hospital with services at Phillips Funeral Home and Earlham Cemetery burial. Clara Krug 102 dies at Vinton Lutheran Home with arrangements pending. Lyle D Rubens 78 dies in Mercy Hospital Oelwein with arrangements pending. Several wake calls and parish services noted for the deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess E. Harms
Crestridge
Maquoketa
Oxford Junction United Methodist Church
Mayflower Cemetery
Hayden Funeral Home
Helen Muhl
Oxford Junction
Ethel J. Kenny
Mercy Medical Center
Cedar Rapids
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Ryan
Calvary Cemetery
Shelly Funeral Home
Manchester
Beriah
Virginia Ford
Betty Letts
Karen M. Kenny
Coggan
Mary Kenny
Joann Murray
Diane Luzum
Calmar
Linda M. Feldmann
Hopkinton
Susan Andrews
Center Point
Richard
Coggon
Mabel Guthrie
Gladys Kirby
Rosie Britt
Laura Feldman
Myrtle
Elmer Nowotny
Carnforth
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
McAninch-Fremming Funeral Home
Shimmer film set in Iowa with O Keefe back to shoot
John O Keefe returns from California to Toledo to film Shimmer a coming of age feature with a six week shoot budget 1.1 million. Mary Beth Hurt leads a small cast directed by John Hanson with crew from the San Francisco Bay area and locations in Toledo Tama Chelsea Clutter Eldora Marshalltown and Vining. The 1956 set story follows Spacey and Gary two Juvenile Home residents who escape and create a universal language. Actors include Marcus Klemp Elisa Shepard and Jake Busey with Hart as Spacey’s mother, auditions invited for local youths aged 13 to 18 by mail only. The project is financed by two German investors and American Playhouse with filming scheduled to begin August 24.
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Dee Ann Rexroat
Iowa
Toledo
John O'Keefe
California
O'Keefe
Marshalltown
Mary Beth Hurt
Garp
John Hanson
Northern Lights
North Dakota
Hanson
San Francisco Bay Area
Tama
Chelsea
Clutter
Eldora
Vining
Minnesota
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Chicago
New York
Spacey
Marcus Klemp
Cologne
Minn
Elisa Shepard
Gary
Jake Busey
Gary Busey
Hart
Melloy praised at confirmation hearing for federal judgeship
Senate Judiciary Committee heard support for Michael Melloy of Cedar Rapids as a federal district judge nominee. Senators Grassley and Harkin lauded his work ethic, fairness, and sensitivity to debtors, noting farmers in the mid-1980s needed compassionate judges. The panel is expected to back the nomination soon.
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Melloy
Iowa
Harkin
Senate
Vital statistics births in Monticello Newhall and Farmersburg
Mercy Aug 3 Karen and Thomas Brokaw Monticello welcome a daughter. Aug 4 Laura Runkle and Michael Miller 6600 Devonshire Dr NE welcome a son. St Luke’s Aug 3 Brenda Schanbacher Newhall welcome a son Candace Smith 615 A Ave NW welcome a daughter Sarah Gudenhauf Farmersburg welcome a daughter.
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Karen
Thomas Brokaw
Monticello
Laura Runkle
Michael Miller
Devonshire Dr
ST. Luke’s
Brenda
Robert Schanbacher
Newhall
Candace Smith
Ave. NW
Sarah
Daniel Gudenhauf
Farmersburg
Tuesday Lotteries Iowa Lotto Cash Game Draw
A Tuesday lottery update notes the Iowa Lotto draw with numbers 3 9 13 28 32 and a $100,000 top prize. The brief lists the five winning digits for the cash game.
Harkin bills on rural mail and soy ink pass panel
Senate Appropriations Committee advances a study on second class rural mail delivery and urges GPO to expand soy ink use. Sen Tom Harkin notes constituent complaints spurred the study and cites environmental and economic benefits of soy ink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harkin
Senate
David Lynch Gazette
Washington Reporter
Washington
Postal Service
Government Printing Office
GPO
Senate Appropriations Committee
Tom Harkin
Iowa
Three Youths Die As Car Hits Train In Omaha
An early morning crash on Abbott Drive near Carter Lake city limits killed three young men, two from western Iowa. Potter of Carter Lake drove the car, which failed to slow for a freight train at 3:20 a.m. Weaver of Omaha, Potter of Carter Lake, and Golden of Council Bluffs died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha, Neb
Iowa
Omaha
Larry Baker
Abbott Drive
Carter Lake
Terrance D. Weaver
Michael J. Potter
Eric G. Golden
Council Bluffs
Potter
Bond issue threshold pushed as disability access costs rise
Des Moines AP supporters urge lowering the 60 percent bond approval rate amid new disability access rules. The Political Media Research poll shows 53 percent favor reduction, 40 percent oppose, with 7 percent undecided. Proponents warn high costs may lead to lawsuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Craig Hansen
Rebuild Iowa Coalition
Political Media Research Inc
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Linn County
Wayne Schroeder
Garnavillo
Herbert “Herb” M. Masuen
Strawberry Point
Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home
Oelwein
Victor
Winton
Philip Bales
Virginia Gay Hospital
Phillips Funeral Home Chapel
Earlham Cemetery
Earlham
Charlotte Johnson
Vinton
Clara Krug
Vinton Lutheran Home
Phillips Funeral Home
Wadena
Lyle D. Rubens
Mercy Hospital
Kerns-Jamison Funeral Home
Arlington
Iowa Department of Economic Development
Jere Newton
East High St
Christine Owens
Shimmer
American Playhouse
David Lynch
LOTTO
Illinois Lotto
Kent Severn
League of Iowa Municipalities
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