Obituary notices from Cedar Rapids area deaths and services
A cluster of death notices and funeral plans from Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns. Bertha Skinner, 77, of Cedar Rapids, died in Chicago after illness. services at Turner Chapel East. Marian Dorl, 57, Cedar Rapids, funeral at Cedar Memorial Chapel. memorials to Linn County Cancer Society. Multiple other obituaries list names, ages, birthplaces, and burial sites with service details across Iowa towns such as Dysart, Dyersville, Ladora, McGregor, and Dubuque.
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Bertha Tapper Skinner
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
P.E.O
Beethoven Club
Mu Phi Epsilon Music Fraternity
Cedar Rapids Symphony Music Women’s Board
C R News Briefs and Advertisements
Stroke Club meets Monday at 2 p.m. at Schwartz Center St Luke's Hospital. Call Jane Gibson 398 7440 for details. Ads include J D Coins 305 3rd St SE 366 7070 selling silver and back to school supplies Souvenir Inc 202 F Avenue NW 8 4 0 0 9 4 0 7 8 8 0 8 4 0 0 0 Adv Adventure in Attitude classes call 366 0618 or 393 8821. Sportsman's Barber moves to 1063 Center Point Rd NE Danna Leete joins Styling Hutch Aug 1. Khouri's Lounge 608 16th St NE chicken and fish and chips carry out 364 9457. Peaches 38 lb box 8 69 Ray's Market. Cash for Japanese swords 100 up Rob Tanner 366 7523 Aug 5 6 only. Games Fri Sat Sun Big Free 7 11 Montrose Hotel Emerald Knights Drum and Bugle Corps. Berger Furrier ads August for sale.
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16Th St
Rev J Lee Griffis Services Set At Four Square Church
Funeral services for Rev J Lee Griffis will be held at 10 30 a m Tuesday at Four Square Gospel Church with Rev L T Charter district supervisor officiating. Friends may call at Turner Chapel West Monday noon to 9 p m and after 9 a m Tuesday at the church. Burial will be in Masonic Cemetery Tipton. In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions to the Four Square Mission International.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inga B. Tapper
Cedar Rapids
David Bernt Skinner
Chicago
Donald George Skinner
Los Angeles
Turner Chapel East
Calvin de Vries
First Presbyterian Church
Theodore G. Lilley
Oak Hill Cemetery
Coe College Department of Music
Vining
Mason-Hand
S. McGregor
Patricia Neuman
Zion Lutheran Church
West Union
West Union Cemetery
Burnham-Wood's
Dyersville
John E. Waske
Basilica of St. Francis Xavier
Knights of Columbus
Kramer's
C.E
Helen Kunch
Marshalltown
Sandra Repid
Jack L
Richard
Larry
John Steele
Unionville
Dee Bogue
Kellogg
Barnadine Kvinlaug
Gilman
Goldie Lindberg
Des Moines
Robert
Chapel of Memories
William P. Leonard
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
American Legion
Hanford Post
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Heart Fund
Francis Lloyd Kelly
Dubuque
New Hampton
Sterling, Ill
Irene Carpenter
Midwest Adjustment Co
Robert J. Kelly
Savannah
Loren Petterson
Englewood
Colo
Kenneth Hoffman
Mound
Minn
David Furda
Brainerd
John
Herbert
Fort Dodge
Oak Shade Cemetery
Marion
John Gallagher
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Dubuque County
Esther J. Karban
Seventh Ave
Miss Karban
Hus Memorial United Presbyterian Church
Tabitha Society of the Church
Ruben E. Karban
Morton, Ill
George B. McDill
Hus Memorial Church
Griffis
J. Lee
Four Square
Cedar Rapids Gazette publication details and rates
Established in 1883 by The Gazette Company the Cedar Rapids Gazette publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscriptions by carrier are $1.15 weekly and by mail after editions and Sunday seven issues $5 17 four weeks $56 00 52 weeks $80 00 52 weeks to other states and U S territories No mail subscriptions in areas with Gazette carrier service The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
Tama man dies in Sac County car crash
James Earl Lockhart, 23, of Tama died at the scene when his northbound car veered off a county blacktop half a mile south of Sac City and struck a westbound car driven by Danald K. Summers of Sac City. Summers was uninjured. sheriff's investigators continued.
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Sac City
Tama
Sac County
James Earl Lockhart
Danald K. Summers
Sac County Sheriff's Office
Lockhart
Summers
Group protests nuclear power rally at IE Tower
An anti-nuclear rally sponsored by Citizens United for Responsible Energy will gather on the north side of IE Tower from 2 to 5 p.m. Today peaceful participants will share literature on solar and other energy and display posters. A vigil is planned Monday night from 5 to 10 or 11 p.m. nearby with a small number of participants.
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CURE
Citizens United For Responsible Energy
IE Tower
Motorcyclist in Critical Condition After Crash
Cedar Rapids man Joseph Overly, 19, 1135 16th St SE, is in intensive care at St Luke's Hospital after a 2 am crash on Oakland Road NE. He lost control in the 600 block and struck a utility pole, suffering head injuries.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Luke's Hospital
Joseph Paul Overly
16Th St. SE
Oakland Road
Overly
Street and Bridge Closings Start Monday
The E Avenue Bridge and A Avenue NE will close between First Street NW and Second Street NE for three days. Westbound traffic starts at A Avenue NE and Second Street NE then follows a south and west path, while eastbound traffic begins at First Street NW and E Avenue NW then travels south and east before returning north.
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E Avenue
A Avenue NE
First Street NW
Second Street
Department of Transportation
A Avenue
First Avenue
Third Street
E Avenue NW
Two Injured In One Car Crash Near West Amana
Two Cedar Rapids residents were injured in a one car crash near West Amana early Saturday. Robert Daseke aged 25 and Marie Meisel aged 27 were taken to Mercy Hospital then transferred to the University of Iowa Hospitals in fair condition. Daseke had head lacerations and arm and back pain. Meisel’s injuries were not reported. The Iowa Highway Patrol covered the incident with no further details released.
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Cedar Rapids
West Amana
Iowa City
Robert Daseke
B Ave
Marie Meisel
Sixth Ave
Mercy Hospital
University of Iowa
Daseke
Meisel
Iowa Highway Patrol
Weather and vital statistics update with notable notices
The bulletin lists wind at 6 mph from the west at 11 p m and sunrise at 6 06 am sunset at 8 18 pm. It records a year ago high of 74 and low of 61 with 1 44 inches of precipitation and forecasts partly cloudy warm days with afternoon and nighttime showers and possible thunderstorms through Tuesday and Wednesday. It notes several birth announcements from Aug 4 and Aug 5 including a son for Gersema Lisbon and Evenson in Sioux Falls, a daughter for Delay Monticello, and a daughter for Fowler in Dhahran. It lists numerous local service calls with times from Friday and Saturday and recalls the 1940 start of the Battle of Africa.
Korchnoi Karpov ninth game adjourned after 41 moves
Viktor Korchnoi trails Anatoly Karpov as their world chess championship match resumes in Baguio City. After 41 moves the ninth game was adjourned with Karpov leading the match 1–0. the rest of the games have ended in draws and the title fight is expected to last two to three months.
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Baguio City
Philippines
Viktor Korchnoi
Anatoly Karpov
Korchnoi
Karpov
PLO office attack in Islamabad leaves three dead
In Islamabad the PLO mission was stormed by gunmen. Saad Abu Nassar and guards were involved in a fatal clash. Omar Khan Far and Mohammad Al Hussain were killed, while a police officer also died as attackers used submachine guns and grenades. The assault follows a string of attacks linked to the Palestinian leadership feud.
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Beirut
PLO
Bangladesh
Dacca
World
Islamabad
Saad Abu Nassar
Hantash
London
Kuwait
Paris
Karachi
High Command
Bus crash after late show hits water during hill descent
Near East man a bus carrying handicapped guests after a French language comedy sank into water after brakes failed. Pouliot, a passenger, said the driver tried a 90 degree turn but couldn’t, while rescuers and locals helped survivors. One passenger’s wife escaped through a window. Police confirmed the driver was sober. Donald Rake and others pulled several people to shore in a rowboat.
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Eastman
Pouliot
Alain Perron
Donald Rake
Rake
Six charged with drunk driving in Linn County
Six persons were arrested on charges of drunken driving in Linn County over a two day period. Martin Thomas Standley 20 was taken into custody at 3 35 a m Saturday in the 300 block of First Avenue East. William Arthur Sparks 45 of East Post Road Marion was arrested Saturday morning in Marion. Ernest Walter Tollefson 61 of 112 Second Ave Hiawatha was arrested at 1 28 a m Saturday a quarter mile south of Highway 13 on Highway 151. Joyce Ann Reding 18 of 3211 Westwood Drive NW was arrested at 2 a m Saturday on Highway 30 West two blocks west of West Post Road. James Thomas Severn 25 of 1158 28th St SE was arrested at 10 15 p m Friday in the 3300 block of Weing Road NE. Thomas Lee Dietz 47 of 212 29th Ave SW was arrested at 8 38 p m Friday at Third Avenue and Sixth Street SW.
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Linn County
Martin Thomas Standley
Franklin Ave
First Avenue
William Arthur Sparks
East Post Road
Marion
Ernest Walter Tollefson
Second Ave
Hiawatha
Highway 13
Joyce Ann Reding
Westwood Drive
West Post Road
James Thomas Severn
28Th St
Weing Road
Thomas Lee Dietz
29Th Ave
Third Avenue
Sixth Street
Man held on charges of sexual abuse
Bruce Traver 27 rural Belle Plaine was arrested on sexual abuse charges by Tama County Sheriff deputies amid a reported kidnapping of a 13 year old girl near Toledo. The girl was found unharmed about 90 minutes after the pre-dawn incident, wearing a nightgown, near her home. The sheriff said the kidnapping is under investigation as a possible abduction or hoax.
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Irving
UPI
Tama County
Bruce Traver
Belle Plaine
Traver
Toledo
Autos for sale dominate today’s Classifieds
A lively run of autos fills the Classifieds with various makes and models. Buyers can find sedans coupes and trucks across multiple price ranges from dealers and private sellers. Deals may include financing options and warranties depending on listing details.
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Marian W. Dorl
Wisconsin St
Greeley
Guttenberg
Collins-Rockwell International
C. W. Palmer
Wilson Dorl
Kansas City
Fred Dorl
Benton, Ark
Joan Michelle Loeffers
William
Peggy Loeffers
18Th St. NW
Jean M
Robert Scott
DeWitt
William Loeffers
Elmwood Cemetery
Teahen Funeral Home
C.R. News
Schwartz Center
St. Luke’s
Jane Gibson
3Rd St. SE
Adv
Souvenir/Inc
F” Avenue
Sportsman's Barber Service
Center Point Rd
Danna Leete
Ray's
Rob Tanner
Montrose Hotel
Emerald Knights
Drum and Bugle Corps
Berger Furrier
Tama Man
Dwight D. Eisenhower
C.R. Weather
William Gersema
Sixth St. SW
Timothy Reilly
Lisbon
Leo Delay
Monticello
St. Luke's
Marvin E. Evenson
20Th St. SE
Shrewsbury
England
John C. Fowler
Dhahran
Saudi Arabia
Fowler
Richard A. Rheinschmidt
Dunreath Drive
Fourth St
Fourth Ave
D Ave
Wilson Avenue
Ilinois Street
Mount Vernon Road
Cottage Grove
Eastern Ave
A Ave
Old Marion Road
Town and Country Shopping Center
Italy
British Somaliland
John E. Lopes
3Rd Ave
Stewart Funeral Home
First Ave. N.E
William J. Stewart
James F. Stewart
Peck’s Flower Shop
Center Point Road
N.E
Omar Khan Far
Pakistan
Mohammad Al-Hussain
Afghanistan
Miles
New Delhi
India
Benoit Cliche
Theatre de la Marjolaine
Novak Monument CO
14Th Ave
Cedar Park
Pierson’s Flowershop & Greenhouses, Inc
Ellis Blvd
N.W
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