Deaths in Linn County Honor Longtime Residents
Obituaries from Linn County Iowa list Leona M. Detlefs 85 of Living Center West died after a long illness. Don W. Vahl 85 of Cedar Rapids died, former C N W Railroad employee. Letha Drake 73 of Koshkonong Mo died in West Plains Missouri. Leonard Hovey 71 of Rock Island Ill died of heart ailment. Carl Holt South 36 of Eden Prairie Minn died after sudden illness. Details cover birth, spouses, survivors, services, and burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letha Drake
Koshkonong
Cedar Rapids
West Plains
Linn County
Ralph Drake
Lorenzen services held at Trinity Lutheran Church
Margaret G. Lorenzen will be remembered at a 10 a.m. service today at Trinity Lutheran Church conducted by Rev. Wayne Schroeder. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may visit after 9 a.m. at the church. Casket will be closed prior to the service. Arrangements by Turner Chapel West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret G. Lorenzen
Trinity Lutheran Church
Wayne Schroeder
Cedar Memorial Park
Turner Chapel West
Deaths in Eastern Iowa list five local residents
Julia May Mitchell 86 of Lantern Park Care Center died after a lengthy illness. She worked as a clerk typist for Scientific American in Chicago and lived in Des Moines and Illinois before settling in Iowa City. Also noted are Mathilda Tegeler 98, Harold J. Grummitt 71, Ralph Dutch Garbers 74, and memorials to St Marys Church. Burial plans and family details listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia May Mitchell
Lantern Park
Scientific American
Chicago
Louisville
James Eugene Mitchell
Des Moines
Iowa City
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Lawrence
New Cannan
Obituary notices from Waukon feature Olson and others
Obituaries announce the deaths of Glenn Burton Olson 85 Olive Emily Cline 99 Roland Kenneth Paulson 65 Gladys Nissen 76 Eleanora Miller 75 Mary B. Welsh 86. Details include ages, residences, survivors, services dates and times, cemeteries, and visiting arrangements in Elka County and surrounding communities.
West Branch man 77 dies after illness at Iowa City hospital
Earl Laing of Route 1 West Branch aged 77 dies Friday morning at Veterans Administration Medical Center Iowa City after an extended illness He was a retired farmer Surviving wife Irene son Wayne of West Branch sister Mary Schroeder Tipton brother Mearl Tipton and three grandchildren Services 10 am Monday at St Bernardette s Catholic Church Burial St Joseph s Catholic Cemetery Cedar Valley Rosary 7:30 pm Sunday at Barker s Memorial fund requested A Memorial service details follow for Merle Brown 65 who died Thursday in La Crosse Wisconsin at Lutheran Hospital He owned Brown s Department Store since 1952 Survived by wife Janet four daughters Eva Brown mother and three brothers and two sisters Services 11 am Monday United Methodist Church Burial West Union Cemetery Masons service 8 pm Sunday Burnham Wood s A third notice John J McGillicuddy Sr 93 died Friday in Williamsburg Care Center Arrangements pending at Uhlmann s
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona M. Detlefs
Living Center West
15Th Ave
St. Luke’s Hospital
Davenport
Veterans Administration
Des Moines
Trinity Lutheran Church
National Association of Retired Federal
Iowa Federation of Narfe
Norma
Herbert
Cedar Rapids
Roland Hischke
Cedar Memorial Park
Turner Chapel West
First Ave
Don W. Vahl
Linn County
Marion
Alta Roed
Elk Point
S.D
Vahl
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Trojan Masonic Lodge
A.f.&a.m
Eagles
Marjorie Relder
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Daryl Martin
Oskaloosa
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Leonard Hovey
Rock Island, Ill
Moline
III
Bernice Fay
Walker
Hovey
Rock Island Arsenal
Larry
Lubbock
Texas
Ronald
Bettendorf
Hodgson Funeral Home
National Cemetery
Carl Miller
Memorial Christian Church
15Th St
Rock Island
Mathilda
Tillie” Tegeler
Mercy Health Center
St. Mary’s
Dyersville
Robert
Sioux Center
Paul
Aurora
Colo
Ruth Kortenkamp
Cedar Falls
Loretta Balzer
Basilica of St. Francis Xavier
Church Cemetery
Kramer’s
Harold J. Grummitt
Mercy Hospital
Oelwein Creamery
Kinseth Plumbing and Heating
Belmond
Gladys
Richard Geary Sr
Oelwein
Sandra Rouse
Independence
Merle Fink
Fairbank
Una Avey
Evening Shade
Ark
Ralph “Dutch” Garbers
Keystone
Margaret
van Horne
Donald
Susan Jones
Wendy Fark
Denver
Frances Good
St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Fellmer’s
Glenn Burton Olson
Elkader
Clayton County
Gwen Dettbarn
Mae Tesch
el Reno
Okla
Alvin
Bethany Lutheran Church
Norway Lutheran Cemetery
St. Olaf
Leonard-Witt’s
Olive Emily Cline
Peoples Nursing Care Center
Easter DeGroot
McFarland
Wis
Anna Cooper
Forest City
Merritt A
Rowley
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Mount Hope Cemetery
White’s
Eleanora Miller
Don Miller
la Follette
Tenn
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Lamont
Floral Hills
Fawcett’s
Mary B. Welsh
Good Samaritan
Kay Moore
New Albin
Alice Armstrong
Tomah
Mary Lou Cota
Bernadine Heffern
Harpers Ferry
Ida Gonsalves
San Jose
Calif
New Albia
Bill
Jerry
Lloyd
Lansing
Dan
Bernard
Waukon
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Lycurgus
Hanson’s
Earl Laing
Route 1
Veterans Administration Medical Center
Iowa City
Irene
Wayne
West Branch
Mary Schroeder
Tipton
Mearl
St. Bernadette’s Catholic Church
St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery
Cedar Valley
Merle Brown
la Crosse
Lutheran
Vivian Taylor
Santa Maria
Mona Megginson
Longview
United Methodist Church
West Union Cemetery
Burnham Wood’s
U S and Soviet Union rush to push INF talks forward
In Geneva, U S and Soviet envoys agreed to speed up negotiations on nuclear arms including a draft treaty on intermediate range missiles ahead of the Shultz-Shevardnadze meeting set for mid September. Both sides said substantive issues were largely resolved while warhead destruction for West Germany’s Pershing 1A remains a sticking point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
Eduard Shevardnadze
George Shultz
U.S
Max Kampelman
Shevardnadze
Kampelman
John Woodworth
West Germany
Woodworth
Debate canceled as GOP fails to show at Iowa State Fair
DES MOINES AP An Iowa GOP presidential candidate debate scheduled for August 22 at the State Fair was canceled for lack of takers. Organizers said none of the Republican hopefuls accepted, while six of seven Democratic candidates confirmed participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa State Fair
Dale Woolery
Radio and Television News Directors Association
Iowa Broadcast News Association
KRNT
Arizona
Massacusetts
Michael Dukakis
Woolery
Fair Grandstand
Mother Nature
Youth Inn
Fairgrounds
Iowa
Russ van Dyke
George Wylie
Woi-Tv
Ames-Des Moines
Craighton Knall
KMA
Shenandoah
John Bentzinger
KMNS
Sioux City
Arts Council executive resigns to join University of Iowa
Betty Zeidel will leave the Cedar Rapids Marion Arts Council to become a full time student adviser at the University of Iowa on Aug 17. She led the council for 14 years and the group seeks a new full time director to run the office and manage projects. The starting salary is 12000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids/Marion
U of I’s
Cedar Rapids worker injured as load of windows collapses
Larry Paulsen a 35 year old Cedar Rapids lumber yard employee was listed in fair condition at University Hospitals Iowa City with a neck injury after windows and patio doors fell on him Friday morning at the Four Oaks Treatment Center site on Kirkwood Boulevard. He was treated at Mercy Hospital then LifeGuard airlifted to University Hospitals. Lozes Mead president of Ogden Adams Lumber Co. called the workers tight knit and said the team is saddened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Lumber Yard
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Larry Paulsen
Michael Dr. NE
Wayne Mead
Ogden & Adams Lumber Co
Paulsen
Cedar Rapids
Substance Abuse Council to work with inmates at reformatories
The Area Substance Abuse Council will collaborate with inmates at three county jails in Eastern Iowa and the Anamosa Men’s Reformatory to educate on drug and alcohol use and its link to crime. A $16,800 grant from the Iowa Health Department funds a staffer to run programs, expanding prior Linn County Jail efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Men’s Reformatory
Area Substance Abuse Council
Iowa
Anamosa
ASAC
John Garringer
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Department of Health
Garringer
Linn County
Benton
Jackson County
Reformatory
Suspect in pool park murder posted bond released
Alice McFarland, 44, charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of Echo Pauline Jackson, 42, in an Ottumwa area park, posted 15,000 dollars of a 150,000 dollar bond and was released to adult supervision after a bond reduction Thursday in Wapello County Magistrate Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa (Ap
Alice McFarland
Ottumwa
McFarland
Wapello County
Sam Ehrhart
Echo Pauline Jackson
Woman 21 dies in Dunlap highway crash
Debra June Barry of Woodbine, 21, died at the scene after pulling in front of a lumber truck on Highway 83 near Dunlap Iowa. James Lee Anderson, 44, of Lincoln Nebraska, was injured and treated at University Hospitals in Omaha.
Vital Statistics from Mercy and St Luke's
Aug. 7 Barbara and Bruce Andree welcome a son at 2060 Glass Rd NE. Kathleen and Mike Bischof at Watkins have a daughter. Aug. 6 Kimberly Dechant of Winthrop reports a daughter. Aug. 7 Debby Koppenhaver of Anamosa has a son. Becky's families announce two more births, a daughter and twin sons, in Shellsburg and Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy
Barbara
Bruce Andree
Glass Rd
Kathleen
Mike Bischof
Watkins
ST. Luke’s
Kimberly Dechant
Winthrop
Lisa Michael
Mount Vernon Rd. SE
Debby Koppenhaver
Anamosa
Becky
Matt Maynard
Shellsburg
Leeann
Jeff Sindelar
36Th St. SE
Roger Smith
Fairview Dr
Marion
Lisa
Kevin Rankin
Center Point
Marriage Licenses List From Cedar Rapids Area
A notice lists couples from Cedar Rapids and nearby towns who received marriage licenses. The names include Robert E. Williams with Martha J. Foarde, John M. Hernandez with Marcia K. Custer, and others from Marion, Atkins, Shellsburg, Anamosa, Walker, Swisher, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Williams
Martha J. Foarde
John M. Hernandez
Marcia K. Custer
Gregory D. Brown
Sandra S. Maltas
Kenneth L. Flaugh
Susan E. Bond
Roger C. Fleming
Jacquelyn Kessenich
Gary J. Peters Jr
Kathleen B. Shelton
Cedar Rapids
Thomas P. Gaffney
Catherine J. Sweeney
Frank M. Waterman
Kathleen A. Crippen
Marion
Ronald D. Brown
Hiawatha
Texas
Willard F. Spratt
Rita R. Bickford
Wyoming
Iowa
Alan K. Naylor
Rochelle A. Rawson
Michael R. Weldon
Judith A. Fisher
Robert J. Hoffman
Swisher
Kathryn E. King
James A. French
Anamosa
Oune Xayasouk
Than
Dissolutions Listed For Several Couples
Nicole R and Sharond P Robinson Cindy A and Rex Rohwedder Deanna L and Glenn Neil Zenor Tarayssa Dawn and Timothy Lee Turner Mary J and Warren J Burkholder are noted in dissolutions. The listing names each pair and reflects marital termination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicole R
Sharond P. Robinson
Cindy A
Rex Rohwedder
Deanna L
Glenn Neil Zenor
Tarayssa Dawn
Timothy Lee Turner
Mary J
Warren J. Burkholder
Illinois Lotto and Pick Four Winning Numbers
The Illinois Lottery announces Friday drawing results. Daily Game numbers are 9 7 5, Pick Four 5 1 8 4. Lotto Jackpot stands at 8 million dollars and Lotto 7 Jackpot at 5 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield, Ill
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carol Lennow
Alton
Iva Ewart
Waterloo
Eunice Stamp
Palo Methodist Church
Palo
Palo Cemetery
Robertson-Drago Funeral Home
Carl Holt South
Eden Prairie
Minn
Columbia
University of Iowa
South
Apache Hose and Belting Inc
Minneapolis
Lynn Korus
Lakewood Chapel
Lakewood Cemetery
Gill Bros. Funeral Home
Camp Courageous
PO Box
Monticello
Coralville
Roland Kenneth Paulson
Bon Aire Trailer Court
George L. Gay’s
Gladys Nissen
West Union
Williamsburg
John J
Jack” McGillicuddy Sr
Uhlmann’s
Soviets
Arts Council
U of
Dee Ann Rexroat
Rent
Council
Zeidel
C.R. Man
Four Oaks
Kirkwood Boulevard
Mead
Vanessa Shelton
Gazette
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue S.E
Dunlap
Illinois Lottery
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