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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1992
Page
8
Obituary notice listing multiple deaths in Linn County including James A. Lake 64 of 3813 Summerfield Lane NE and Clara H. Wagner 95 of Marion with service dates and survivors. Also notes Joseph M. Drakos 41 and Leland N. Pringle 90 with burial details and memorial funds. Details include birthplaces and prior occupations.
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Wilhelmina Kosek Hanson 93 of Meth-Wick Retirement Community died Monday at St. Luke's Hospital after a brief illness. Arrangements pending at Turner Chapel West. Mattie Skelton 96 of Living Center East formerly of Marion died Monday morning there. Arrangements pending at Murdoch Funeral Home Marion.
Gerald H Hand 70 died after a long illness in West Village Care Center. Services at First United Methodist Church with burial at Mount Hope Cemetery. Dorothy J Jones 82 died after a brief illness in Lantern Park Care Center Coralville. Services at George L Gay Funeral Home with burial at Harlan Cemetery Hansell. No immediate survivors for Jones.
Multiple death notices detail Phyllis Gearhart, Glendora Kilker, Glen Gabriel, Ethel Nickel and Violet Brown. Service times, burial sites, and funeral home arrangements are listed along with survivors, spouses, children and siblings. The notices also note affiliations and past positions for some individuals.
Jacoby James Kruse five died Monday morning in University Hospitals Iowa City from injuries in a Sunday car bicycle crash in Parnell. Services Wednesday at Immanuel Lutheran Church near Williamsburg with burial in the church cemetery. Wayne H. Myers eighty of Hermosa Beach California died August 3 in a Hermosa Beach hospital. Graveside services Friday at Koszta Cemetery rural Belle Plaine. Burial arrangements by Chapman Funeral Home Clarence. Survivors listed for both include family members and guardians.
Bryan J. Farmer 93, formerly of Strawberry Point, died Sunday at Elkader Care Center after a long illness. Services at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church Volga. Burial Cass Township Cemetery Strawberry Point. Visitation after 3 p.m. today at Leonard- Witt Elkader with an Altar and Rosary Society rosary at 3:30 and Scripture service at 8 p.m. then after 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Survivors include three sons Patrick Strawberry Point William Prairie du Chien Wis Robert Worthington three daughters Jean Theel Janesville Evelyn Stodola Cedar Rapids Carolyn Morrissey Anamosa a brother Francis Strawberry Point and four sisters Daisy Kellogg Clara Farmer Kathryn O'Brien May Berns Garnaville.
Iowa State University President Martin Jischke will decide the future of Veishea after a 17 member task force urged restructuring to reduce violence. The panel recommends a revived plan with broader events, later hours, multiple venues, an advisory group, and on campus classes during Veishea. The plan targets a 1993 April 16–18 weekend.
Aug 9 10 Amy and Thomas Becker Watkins a son. Tonya Baker 1930 Western Dr SW a son. Lori Hazen 707 Wilson Ave Dr SW a daughter. Beverly and David Hofland 69 Western College Rd SW a son. Andrea and David Richter 3200 Timber Valley Ct NE a daughter. Aug 10 Kimberly and Kelly Bonar Quasqueton a daughter. Stephanie and Mark Ketelsen Monticello a son. Kippen and John Lilly 930 Westwood Dr NW a daughter. U of Hospitals Teri and Bill Houser Marion a daughter. Michael J Pollock Lori A McLaskey Gerard J Snttselaar Michelle A Schmitt James M Clark Jennifer K McDonough James M Archibald Therese M Little Marcus A Barrow Rachael A Puckhaber.
Rodger Garringer 21 faces vehicular homicide charges after allegedly striking 5-year-old Jacoby Kruse on a rural Iowa County road near Parnell. The boy died at University Hospitals in Iowa City after being airlifted for treatment. Garringer had earlier fled the scene and later surrendered to authorities.
C Russell Perdue a 39 year old autoworker from New Castle Indiana won Saturday's 10.4 million Powerball drawing at a news conference with Hoosier Lottery officials He and wife Angel plan to take a vacation and pay debts The winning numbers included Perdues son Tyler born July 27 who he nicknamed Powerball Perdue works at GM Truck and Bus Division in Indianapolis He becomes the fifth Hoosier to win a Powerball jackpot
Iowa Ag officials led by Agriculture Secretary Dale Cochran study nine or ten options to absorb a 5 percent across the board funding cut for fiscal 1993. Possible steps include selective layoffs furloughs travel reductions and purchasing cuts while aiming to minimize service disruption. Governor Branstad notes broader agency budget reductions of 74 million across state government.
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