Obituaries of Ellavene Strohman and Ethel Merriam Loos
Ellavene Strohman 91 died August 5 2000 at Manor House Care Center after a lengthy illness. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday at St Mary Catholic Church Sigourney burial St Elizabeth Cemetery Harper. Ethel Merriam Loos 89 of Paullina formerly Sigourney died August 4 2000 at Paullina Care Center after a lengthy illness. Services 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Reynolds Powell Funeral Chapel Sigourney burial North English Cemetery.
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Ellavene Strohman
Manor House
St. Mary Catholic Church
Sigourney
Phillip Ryan
St. Elizabeth Cemetery
Harper
Reynolds-Powell Funeral
William
Lake Havasu City
Ariz
Bob
Chino
Calif
Jerry
Issaquah
Wash
Mike
Omaha
Sondra Adrian
Mary Bender
Loretta Osweiler
Keswick
J.P. Greene
Des Moines
Ethel Merriam Loos
Paullina
Vince Homan
North English Cemetery
Lowell Parke
Thornton, Colo
English Valley Care Center mourns death of Lorene Wistey at 91
South English resident E Lorene Wistey died after a brief illness at 91. She passed away Saturday in English Valley Care Center North English. Powell Funeral Home North English is handling arrangements.
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E. Lorene Wistey
English Valley Care Center
North English
Powell Funeral Home
Memorial services for Marine Cpl. Jeremy Falk set in New London
U.S. Marine Cpl. Jeremy James Falk, 21, of New London Iowa died August 1 2000 at Camp Pendleton California. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in the New London High School auditorium with burial at Burge Cemetery. Family visitation is planned from noon to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Elliott Chapel. Falk is survived by his father Jerry Falk and stepmother Sylvia of New London, two brothers Jason and Nathan, three stepbrothers Mark Keith and Don Stuts, and two stepsisters Sharolyn Worly and Vicki Roberts.
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U.S. Marine
Jeremy James Falk
New London
Iowa
Camp Pendleton
Calif
New London High School
Rod Cooper
Brian Swafford
Burge Cemetery
Elliott Chapel
Jerry
Sylvia Falk
Jason
Nathan
Solon
Mark, Keith
Don Stuts
St. Joseph, Ill
Sharolyn Worly
St. Joseph
Vicki Roberts
Dallas
I C Outages Hit Thousands In Iowa City Area
Storms Saturday caused lightning to hit a Lafayette Street substation around 8 30 a m cutting power to 7 000 customers. Most outages lasted 20 seconds with one lasting 47 minutes affecting 3 500 in Iowa City and Coralville. Drug Town stood without power until 2 45 p m forcing cash register outages.
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Iowa City
Terry L. Smith
MidAmerican Energy
Lafayette Street
Smith
Coralville
First Ave
Lightning cuts power to about 1800 Alliant customers
About 1,800 Alliant Energy customers in southwest Cedar Rapids were without power for over four hours after a lightning strike around 9 a.m. Power was restored by 1:15 p.m. Weather disruption also affected Polar Ice events and several area communities reported outages in Hiawatha West Branch Troy Mills Olin Lisbon De Witt and Delmar.
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Ellis Golf Course
Cedar Rapids
Polar Ice
Allianz
John Ruff
16Th
Wilson Avenues
Ninth
18Th Streets
Rockford Rd
Norm Kassis
Kassis
Hiawatha
Alliant
West Branch
Iowa
Troy Mills
Olin
Lisbon
de Witt
Delmar
Iowa City
Jim Meyer
National Weather Service
Davenport Storm Tied to Warm Front, 85 High Expected
Weather updates say a warm front across the state from Highway 20 to the Missouri border sparked thunderstorms. Forecasters peg afternoon thunderstorm chances at about 30 percent with a high near 85 degrees and a nighttime low in the upper 60s.
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Davenport
Highway 20
Missouri State Line
Meyer
Bluesmore 2000 draws crowds despite heat and rain delay
Cedar Rapids event at Brucemore estate runs four hours of live music after rain postpones setup. Tamara Shafer notes ribs and water fly off stands while organizers hope for 3,000 plus attendees. Sue Reed says rain cleared as performances began. families like Barb McDaniel and Sarah Rooney attend. Clay Farebrother and wife say the heat is worth it for Bluesmore.
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Jennifer Reed
Brucemore
Linden Dr. SE
Reed
Barb McDaniel
Cedar Rapids
Clay Farebrother
Sarah
Storms subside for Alburnett parade 14th benefit day
Storms cleared to a sprinkle as the Alburnett Children's Benefit Day parade kicked off its 14th year. The event, a major fundraiser for the Alburnett Community Diamond Club, drew about 70 entries and a large crowd on Main Street.
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Alburnett Children’s Benefit
Alburnett
Jennifer
Don Wehrkamp
Erika
Daily Notebook Cityline Update and Local Celebrations
Cityline tip line invites responses on civic topics while listing yesterday’s poll results on dog bans in parks. Includes celebrations in Brandon, Tripoli, Epworth, Solon, and Iowa City events with times, venues, and entry details. Also notes Hooverfest at Herbert Hoover site and various fairs, plus Powerball and state lottery results and a St Luke’s birth report.
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Ryan Rockafellow
By Kristophere’ Owens
Dale Todd
Ywalee
Kcrg-Tv
Center Point
Clermont
Dubuque
Dyersville
Marion
Monticello
Mount Auburn
Delwein Scotch Grove
Waterloo
Rae
By Frank Gluck
Gazette
Tamara Shafer
Sarah Rooney
Bluesmore
McDaniel
Farebrother
Edith Wall
Cordova
Alburnett High School
Wall
Edith
Gayla Wall
Doug Kuehl
Diamond Club
Daily Notebook
TELUS
Cityline
North Cedar
Brandon
Tripoli
Epworth
Camp Lo-Dis-E-Ca
Moose Lodge
E. Hwy
Shiatsu Clinic & School
Clayton County Fair
Elkader
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
John Lake
Eastern Iowa
Northeast
Fredericksburg
Greene
Fairgrounds
What Cheer
Cedar Rapids Public
Bever Park
Old Creamery Theatre Company
Amana Colonies
Illinois
Illinois Lottery
ST. Luke’s
Cheri
Mike Plasa
12Th St. NW
Stacy Fields
James Shannon
Bever Ave
Stephanie
Steve Engledow
21St Ave
Sara
James Primmer
Vinton
Theresa
Mark Christopherson
Watkins
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