Obituary notices list several Linn County deaths
A batch of Linn County obituaries notes the deaths of Tillie Emily Kopecky Rohlena 83 of Crestview Acres Marion born 1906 and widow of Leo Rohlena died after a lingering illness. Other obituaries include Laurine Clark 84 of Hiawatha Elsie Moyer 94 of Central City Bernice Peasley 75 of Cedar Rapids Robert Backstrom 66 of Cedar Rapids Ina Dickinson Meleta Kenney Lewis Kuehl Brenda Spencer Cassell Lowell Swanson and Pearl Hollan with services and burial details at local churches chapels and cemeteries. Burial plans and memorial funds are listed where known.
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Tillie Emily Kopecky Rohlena
Crestview Acres Nursing Home
Marion
D St. SW
Cedar Rapids
Leo Rohlena
Vinton
Czech National Cemetery
Deaths Across Eastern Iowa Include Phelps and Hildebrand
Obituaries note William M. Phelps 81 of Belle Plaine died after a long illness in Cedar Rapids. Survived by wife Edna and large family. services Friday at Hrabak's. Also listed are Karen L. Shuman 55 of Ames. Albert G. Hildebrand 78 formerly of Farley. Gretchen Entwisle 77. Glen F. Douglas 71. Dale L. Schneider 80, formerly of Iowa City. Details include service times, cremation or burial plans, and memorial funds.
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William M. Phelps
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Funk’s Seed Co
Belle Plaine
Edna
Garry
Russell
Clinton
Jess
James
Gene
Vinton
Helen Holst
Lucille Dolan
Doris Junge
Keystone
Beulah Kunce
Marshalltown
Margaret Heathcote
Stratford
Alice Bates
Needles
Calif
Betty Gerard
Iowa City
Hrabak
Albert G. Hildebrand
Farley
St. Mary’s Anit- Mercy Health Center
John Deere
Gladys
Mary Frances Mulligan
Joyce Hildebrand
Dubuque
Catherine Bartels
Durango
Verna Klostermann
Edgewood
Carol
Dale L. Schneider
Tucson
Ariz
Wapello
Cecilia Bradley
West Liberty
University of Iowa
Obituaries from Kalona and area list multiple deaths
Lucille Swartzendruber 72 died after a long illness at Pleasantview Home. Services 10:30 a.m. Friday at Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church with burial in the church cemetery. Paul L. Turner 80 died in Delaware County Memorial Hospital after a long illness. owned Manchester Dairy. Services 1:30 p.m. Friday at United Methodist Church, burial Oakland Cemetery. Ella M. Denzler 90 died at Marengo Memorial Hospital Extended Care Unit. services pending with burial Marengo Cemetery. Virgil H. Richardson 73 died after a sudden illness in Prairie du Chien Memorial Hospital. services 8 p.m. today at Schultz's Monona, graveside 11 a.m. Friday at Rose Hill Cemetery. Tom W. Witte 51 died in Allen Memorial Hospital. services 11 a.m. Friday at First Baptist Church, burial Woodlawn Cemetery. Vera Mae Francis 76 formerly of St Olaf died in Bethany Missouri. arrangements pending.
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Bernice Smithouser Peasley
Second Ave
Mercy Medical Center
Olney
Ill
Peasley
Mooseheart
Moose Lodge
Witwer
Vione Beck
Cedar Rapids
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Lloyd Brockmeyer
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Brush Chapel
Gaul
Gladys Gaul
Guttenberg
Norma Kelchen
Farley
Jerome
Steven
Dyersville
Tom
Dubuque
Loras
Bankston
Richard
Ventura
Calif
Albert Jr
Dixon, Ill
Norlan Hinke
de Witt
Ann Werner
Manchester
Basilica of St. Francis Xavier
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Reiff's
Lucille Swartzendruber
Pleasantview
Mary Ellen Miller
Stanley
Kalona
Lower Deer Creek
Paul L. Turner
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Joyce Widner
Marshalltown
James
Marion
Elmer
West Union
Helen Oldfather
Fayette
Nellie
United Methodist Church
Oakland Cemetery
Shelly’s
Ella M. Denzler
Marengo Memorial Hospital
Los Altos
Virgil H. Richardson
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Memorial Hospital
Terry Oelson
Monona
Robert Oelson
McGregor
Carroll Oelson
Ronnie Priebe
Garnaville
Marlyn Bukter
Lela
Fredericksburg
Georgia Hagerman
Indianapolis
Wilson, N.C
Schultz
Rose Hill Cemetery
Tom W. Witte
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Fred
Independence
Omar
Oelwein
Dixie Ehlers
Jenny Cushion
Maynard
First Baptist Church
Woodlawn Cemetery
Hintz-Geilenfeld's
Vera Mae Francis
Bethany
St. Olaf
Leonard-Witt's
Elkader
Gasoline Prices Jump Sharply amid Gulf Crisis
Amoco and Coastal Corp officials discuss price rises in a free market as oil costs surge. Atlantic Richfield freezes wholesale prices for a week while investigations into price gouging expand in Congress and by the Justice Department. Iowa data show average self serve unleaded at about $1.25 a gallon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Wright
Amoco Oil Co
Chicago
Wright
Bob Wells
Coastal Corp
Houston
Wells
Bush
Middle East
Atlantic Richfield Co
Persian Gulf
Congress
U.S. Justice Department
Rick Ney
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Ney
Terry Branstad
Nuclear plant training disqualified. NRC inspectors to supervise tests
Reilly announced IE will no longer test its own staff or requalify operators. NRC will oversee next testing round. requalification may take about a year. Plant has 40 licensed operators. eight failed the exam will likely be retested before restart next month amid a 69 day shutdown. Refueling and maintenance proceed. eight steam valve mods are two days behind due to complexity despite extra workers and procedural changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NRC
Reilly
Iraq chemical program seen as marginal weapon
Analysts said chemical agents were only marginally effective against well protected forces. Seth Carus noted poison gas showed no decisive value in the Iran conflict, while Saddam Hussein’s leadership could still authorize use to low ranking field commanders. The threat could complicate U S operations in a hot theater, sometimes forcing protective gear in heat.
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Iraq
Seth Carus
Naval War College
Iran
Saddam
U.S
Vital Statistics Mercy and St Luke's Births List
Aug 8 births include Mercy Sharon Darrow a son at 2228 Glenwood Dr NW Aug 7 Tammy Gallagher Center Point and Brian Gallagher a son. Aug 8 Lynnea Kendall Anamosa a son and Stephanie Kirby Anamosa a son. Multiple couples registered births across Cedar Rapids Marion Anamosa Hiawatha and surrounding areas with numerous names and addresses listed.
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Mercy
Faith
Rick Darrow
Glenwood Dr. NW
ST. Luke's
Tammy
Brian Gallagher
Center Point
Carolyn
Edward Dusheck
Anamosa
Lynnea Kendall
C Ave. NE
Stephanie Kirby
Janice
Thomas Vogel
16Th Ave
Marion
Janell
Darryl Whitman
Central Dr. SW
Renee Woolfson
Vinton
Rope game ends in death near Dyersville park
An 11 year old Dubuque boy camping with family north of Dyersville died when he became entangled in a rope while playing on a picnic table in an open air shelter at New Wine Park. He was found hanging from a pavilion beam around 4 30 p m and pronounced dead at St Marys Mercy Unit in Dyersville. Deputy Medical Examiner Robert Tomas ruled the death an accident.
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Iwws Vlan
Dubuque
Dyersville
New Wine Park
Robert Tomas
Tomas
St. Mary's Mercy
Dubuque County
No One Wins Iowa Lotto Jackpot Grows to 600000
In Des Moines AP report state lottery officials say no player matched all six numbers to win the Iowa Lotto jackpot on Wednesday. The rollover would lift the Saturday prize to 600000 with 16 five number tickets winning 600 each and 809 four number tickets worth 30 each. Forty five three of a kind winners receive a free play.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Illinois Lotto to add Wednesday drawings
Illinois Lottery officials announced Lotto will run twice weekly with draws on Wednesday and Saturday starting August 15, expanding the popular game. The move aims to increase player participation and streamline the lottery schedule across the state.
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Chicago
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Linn County
E. Laurine Clark
Coral
Hiawatha
Ted Clark
Elsie M. Moyer
Central City
Louisiana
Frank Moyer
Ronald
Howard Duane
Alburnett
Rayford
Dorothy Silver
Florence Michels
Elsie LeClerc
Belvidere
First United Methodist Church
Gary Hoyt
Mount Clark Cemetery
Murdoch Chapel
Robert L. Backstrom
17Th St. NE
Duluth
Minn
Backstrom
Plumbers and Steamfitters
Cathleen Barry
Roseville
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Ina G. Dickinson
Bethany Lutheran Church
Larry Brelje
Zion
Springdale
Brenda J. Spencer-Cassell
Burns United Methodist Church
Leon Herndon
Glendale
Turner Chapel
Lowell J. Swanson
Doug Peters
Bertram United Methodist Church
Campbell Cemetery
Bertram
Pearl D. Hollan
26Th St. NW
Alexandria, Minn
Turner Chapel West
Decorah
Karen L. Shuman
Lowell
Steve
Ames
Carl and
Elsie Eidem
Chisago City
Robert Eidem
Friedley
Decorah Lutheran Church
Fjelstul’s
Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital
Gretchen Entwisle
Elkader Hospital
Leonard Witt
Grinnell
Glen F. Douglas
Grinnell General Hospital
Neola
Jack
Robert
Sam Keup
Danville
Maurice
Hershel
Scottsdale
Smith’s
Hazelwood Cemetery
Moline
Schneider
John Deere and Co
Florida
Arizona
Don
Vogel
Marengo
Jeffrey L. Chapman
Dana M. O'Neill
Steven R. Brown
Amy J. Schantz
James F. Lawler
Kristin L. Hynek
Gerald V. Fischer
Michelle J. Smith
Terry L. Ford
Deborah J. Boleyn
Patrick T. Haney
Amy L. Hall
el Paso
Texas
Douglas P. Dohrman
Coralville
Michelle A. Hawes
Kenneth W. Starkfleet
Debra R. Throgmartin
Rick L. Wyrick
Paula A. Valliere
Newark
Ohio
Scott M. Kirkpatrick
Rolling Meadows
Jody L. Pierret
Brian C. Bock
Vivian P. Paez
Athens
Janice Kirkpatrick Davis
William Alan Davis
Mary F
James R. Taylor
Lloyd E
Mariana Smith
Gregory L
Patricia L. Taylor
Lydia M. Smith
George A. Smith Jr
Judith I
Thomas A. Miller
Darlene R
James D. Usher
Pebble Sue Wims
William Herschel Wims Jr
Rosalie Ann
Arlo
Gene Merritt
Susan M
Michael L. Mishler
Sheila A
Frederick Cook
Bethany R
Bradley D. Clark
Ed Barrett
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