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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1995
Page
10
Several Cedar Rapids area deaths are reported including Paul L Kost Jr 76 of Fonda Grace Merrill Martin 88 Wilton James J Meaghan 92 Sarasota Fla E F Melton 84 former Cedar Rapids Evelyn Melton 84 Cedar Rapids Hazel Owens 78 rural Palo. Details include funeral arrangements and surviving relatives.
Frances F Barton aged 83 of 3376 Midway Rd Marion died Aug 8 1995 at Crestview Acres Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. Services 1 p m Thursday at Murdoch Funeral Home Marion with Rev Jay Davis. Burial Dun Kard Cemetery rural Toddville. She was born Aug 26 1911 in Center Point to Thomas Howard Harger and Loretta Ursula Pierce. She married Robert L Barton Oct 11 1940 in Conroe Texas. he died Nov 11 1989. She belonged to Toddville Free Methodist Church.
Viola Moeller age 101 died Tuesday August 8 1995 at Sunrise Hill Care Center following a lengthy illness. Arrangements are pending at Overton Funeral Home Traer. Elizabeth B Smithburg age 85 of Peoria Arizona formerly of Traer died Tuesday August 8 1995 in Peoria after a lengthy illness. Arrangements are pending at Overton Funeral Home Traer.
Delford Fossum 74 of Decorah died Monday at Lutheran Hospital La Crosse Wisconsin after a short illness. Services 1 p m Thursday at Big Canoe Lutheran Church Decorah burial in church cemetery. Friends may call 3 to 8 p m today at French Balik Funeral Home and Thursday afternoon at the church. Survivors include wife Pauline a son David and daughter Nancy Jordahl both of Decorah and two brothers Maurice West Union and John Cedar Rapids.
William J. Anderson 97 died Aug 7 1995 at Good Neighbor Home Manchester after a long illness. Services Aug 10 1 30 p m Murdoch Funeral Home Center Point with burial at Center Point Cemetery. Survived by wife Bernice son Max three grandchildren eight great grandchildren. preceded by sister Hazel Faye Anderson. Born March 6 1898 in Johnson County. Worked on home farm. lived in Florida 20 years, returned 1974. Member Evangelical Church.
Florence R Pound 86 died Tuesday Aug 8 1995 at St Luke s Hospital Cedar Rapids after a brief illness Services Thursday 1 pm Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories Cedar Rapids with Rev David Nolte Burial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Cedar Rapids Friends may call 4 8 pm today at Cedar Memorial Funeral Home and after noon Thursday at the chapel Survived by brother Warren Jorgenson Marion sister Bessie Buehler Plano Texas two nieces Norma Berry and Ramona Samford Born Aug 22 1908 Stanwood married Raymond Pound in 1937 Cedar Rapids He died in 1970 Former nurse at St Luke s Hospital Mildred member Mount Vernon United Methodist Church Cargill Widows Club Memorial fund set up at St Luke s Hospital
Laura J. Long Johnson 84 died August 6 1995 at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after a sudden illness Services held at 10 a m today at George L Gay Funeral Home Iowa City led by Rev Tom Carver of Shueyville United Methodist Church Burial in Memory Gardens Cemetery Survivors include daughter Ruby Jean Ber ridge stepdaughters Eunice Long Goodrich Joy Heitshusen and Dixie Johnson French sister Clara Evans granddaughter Roxanne Vincent grandson Kim C Berridge and great grandchildren Erica Brian and Shanna Berridge Also survived by many nieces and nephews She was born March 27 1911 in Iowa City to John Henry Goss and Minnie Rose Young and attended schools in rural Johnson and Iowa counties She married Eugene Long in 1929 in Aledo Illinois who died in 1961 and later Rupert C Johnson in 1968 in Iowa City She worked at Sidwell s Ice Cream and Randall s Bakery Contributions to the Laura J Johnson Memorial Fund.
Louis A. Pieper 82 of Van Horne died Sunday morning August 6 1995 at Vinton Lutheran Home after a sudden illness. Services 1030 a.m. today at Immaculate Conception Church Van Horne with Rev. Louis Zee. Burial Holy Cross Cemetery Keystone. Arrangements Phillips Funeral Home Keystone. Survived by wife Alice a son Allen Springfield Ill a daughter Susan Gallagher Newhall four sisters and two brothers plus in laws and grandchildren.
Frank Boyd Carmen 74 died of cancer Monday June 12 1995 at home in Vinton. Memorial services are set for 4 p.m. Friday at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel Vinton with private inurnment. He is survived by wife Mary Jean and two daughters Nancy Jane Carmen of Nashville Tennessee and Carolyn Gavalas of Vinton.
Winthrop Mrs Alice Ball aged 87 died Tuesday August 8 1995 at Parkview Gardens Care Center Waterloo after a lengthy illness. Arrangements are pending at Fawcett Funeral Home Winthrop.
Multiple funeral services and visitations are announced for Arthur O. Decker Mildred L. Regan Wilford Murphy John O. Safranek and Nina E. Van Slyck. Details include dates times locations officiants and burial sites with memorial funds established for some.
In Poweshiek County Iowa the jury in 17 year old Michael Coffman s first degree murder trial tours the Ottumwa High School vo tech building crime scene as closing arguments loom. Witnesses including more than 20 teens testified as Coffman admitted bringing a gun to class claiming Allen threatened to kill him.
California Governor Pete Wilson, seeking the Republican nomination, defends pro choice as the true conservative position. He argues reducing government intrusion supports individual pregnancy decisions and contrasts pro life with genuine reverence for life, asserting most Republicans favor choice while avoiding government mandates.
Steven Jaeger sues Officer Ed win McMartin in Johnson County District Court alleging excessive force during his arrest for public intoxication on November 20, 1993. Jaeger and his wife Tina claim injuries after McMartin threw him to the ground and struck him with a baton.
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