Death notices from Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas
Obituary notices detail multiple Cedar Rapids residents and nearby communities. Charles E Shakespeare 73, Navy veteran and art glass glazer, dies in Iowa City. services at Cedar Memorial Chapel. Patience Jean Long seven weeks dies in Cedar Rapids. graveside service at St John's Cemetery. Gladys Spoerry 60 dies in Cedar Rapids. burial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Robert E Hopp 45 electrocuted at home. service at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church. Arnold Geary 67 dies in Iowa City. burial Shaul Cemetery Ottumwa. Mary Olive McCullough Woods 33 dies in Alton Illinois. service at Morgan's Mount Vernon. Additional brief mentions of Bruce G Robert Meyers Monk Derrill B Millard and other notices.
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Charles E. Shakespeare
17Th St
Cedar Rapids
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Alburnett
Mary A. Baileys
Order of Eagles Club
Moose Lodge
VFW
American Legion
Hanford
Patience Jean Long
Dennis Long
Prairieburg
St. Luke’s Hospital
Daniel
Kieth
Scott
Kristie
Russel Helms
Dean Long
Larry Lighty
St. John’s Cemetery
Dick Watkins
Robert E. Hopp
Elder Lane
Iowa County
Mary Lou Hall
Nashua
Iowa
FMC
Country Rain
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
Robert Allen
Phoenix
Ariz
Susan
Elvena
Otto Hopp
Conroy
Harold
Marlene Schropp
Oxford
Judy Koeser
West Branch
Dell Shiell
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Arnold M. Geary
Ottumwa
Veteran’s Hospital
Sulphur
Lahoma McCullough
John Morrell Co
Aradeen Gibson
Crystal Lake
Roy
Floris
David
Clinton
Arlene Drees
Hammond
Ind
Wayne
Duane Griffioen
Johnson Funeral Chapel
Shaul Cemetery
American Cancer Society of the Trinity Church
Mary Olive McCullough Woods
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Alton
Reinbeck
Perry Woods
Woods
Food Service Department
Northwestern University
Donald
Ill
Ethel McCullough
Evanston
Morgan’s Funeral
Mount Vernon
Lloyd Brockmeyer
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Morgan’s
Lisbon
Third Ave. SE
Bruce
G. Robert
Christian Church
Urbana
James Sorensen
Murdoch Funeral Home
Center Point
Meyers
Charles
Monk
Brush Chapel
Thomas Mohr
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Riverside
Oakland Cemetery
Solon
American Cancer Society
10Th St
American Heart Association
Seventh Ave
Marion
Pioneer Ave
Helen Atkinson
Chicago
Millard
Derrill B
Glenn Bender
First Congregational Church
Mount Clark Cemetery
Central City
East Iowa Obituary Notice Highlights Multiple Local Deaths
Madge Ryan Stirniman 89 of Brooklyn died Wednesday in a nursing home. Surviving family includes two sons two daughters two brothers and two sisters with 14 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Services Saturday at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church with visitation Friday evening at Nevenhoven’s. Burial in Calvary Cemetery.
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Madge Ryan Stirniman
Brooklyn
James
Potosi
Wis
John
Cedar Rapids
Ann
Charlotte
N.C
E. Jane
Jamestown
N.Y
Paul Ryan
Denver
Colo
Tom Ryan
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Lester Sharp
Decorah
Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital
Rose
Duane
Merlin
Columbia
Iowa
Gary
Gig Harbor
Wash
St. Benedict's Catholic Church
Catholic Daughters of America
Ray Lester Gremm
Peoples Memorial Hospital
Independence
Quasqueton
Virginia
Karen Booker
Hiawatha
Janet Clark
Florence Hankinson
Ruth Foltz
Roy Gremm
St. John’s Catholic Church
Mason's
Sensor-French Funeral Home
St. Benedict's Cemetery
Sensor-French’s
Grace B. Shaffer
Owen
Tacoma
Jean Nolting
Waterloo
Kathleen Schonfeldt
Santa Ana
Calif
Joan Moormann
Oelwein
Brant-Kerns
Floral Hills
Hazleton
S.D
John Reuman
Traer
United Presbyterian Church
Overton
Buckingham Cemetery
Keith E. Hager
Waukon Implement
Waukon
Mr. Hager
Elsa Bahr
Zion United Church of Christ
Clara Nauholz
Hillcrest
Sumner
Carl
Arlington
Donald
Westgate
Margaret Johns
Roseville
Garnet Reid
Louise Komrofske
Elsie Schuldt
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Becker-Milne’s
Anderson aide to attend Lake Tahoe conference
Lt. Gov. Robert Anderson and his aide Jim Riordan will attend the National Lieutenant Governors Conference in Lake Tahoe with taxpayers covering 1345 for the trip. Anderson aims to learn about economic development efforts and share Iowa plans including a small business center and a product development fund. The trip runs Thursday through Sunday with meetings on economic development and notable speakers.
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Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines
Robert Anderson
Lake Tahoe
Jim Riordan
Anderson
Senate
Washington
Iowa Development Commission
New Product Development Fund
Riordan
National Conference of State Legislators
San Antonio
Iowa
Edwin Meese
Reagan
Paul Laxalt
R-Nev
National Commission On Excellence In Education
Albert Shanker
American Federation of Teachers
Crashes Kill Two in Iowa In Separate Incidents
Two Iowans died on separate crashes Wednesday night. Norma Burkle 53 of Geneva died in a two car crash near a gravel road intersection while her husband Robert 63 survived. Marian Reinke 53 and her daughter Maria 23 were treated and released. Michael B. Frazier 26 of Urbandale died when his motorcycle struck a disabled car being pushed across a south side street. Bret Cox 19 of Des Moines was attempting to push the car.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Norma Burkle
Geneva
Robert
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton
Marian Reinke
Maria
Michael B. Frazier
Urbandale
Frazier
Bret Cox
Des Moines
Births and local incidents recurring in Mercy region
Birth announcements list multiple families with newborns across cities including Mercy, Oklahoma City, Des Moines, Lincoln, Oceanside and Fort Leonard Wood with dates Aug and July. The section also records a series of fire medical calls and safety incidents from Tuesday and Wednesday evenings and a river search near First Street NW.
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Des Moines
Kitty
Dave Baade
Ankeny
Alburnett
Lincoln
Neb
Kim
Lou Todd
Ray Walther
Walnut Court SE
Oceanside
Calif
Sue
Ken Crossman
Dorothy Ramsey
L1th St
Fort Leonard Wood
Debbi
Roger Knapp
Ronald Knapp
Eighth St
Marion
Interstate 380
Fifth Avenue
First Street
10Th St
33Rd Ave
Tip of Day for Great Fridge Organization
Store foods of the same type together in the refrigerator. Create a special corner for leftovers to ensure they are used before spoiling.
Ku Klux Klan Grand Chaplain Plans Iowa Quad Cities Visit
Thom Robb, KKK grand chaplain, will visit Iowa City and Quad Cities with local members for a two day, secret meeting to discuss expanding membership. Robb also aims to arrange press interviews while in the area amid rising local interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ku Klux Klan
Iowa
Stanley McCollum
KKK
Tuscumbia
Ala
McCollum
Robb
Quad- Cities
Moline
Illinois
Space feat marks 1962 Soviet orbital milestone
On this date in 1962 the Soviet Union achieved space history by launching a cosmonaut into orbit while another circled Earth. The maneuver underscored Soviet leadership in early manned spaceflight and set a benchmark for the space race.
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Soviet Union
Worker suffers serious injuries after two story fall
An Aurora Illinois man, Jerry Reynolds, fell from the roof of a Washington Iowa grade school while assisting a contractor with a chalk line. He was hurt badly, treated at the county hospital, then flown to University Hospitals in Iowa City for further care.
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Washington, Iowa
Aurora, Ill
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Washington
Washington County
Jerry Reynolds
Reynolds
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Gladys L. Spoerry
Eighth St. NW
North English
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Ralph M. Spoerry
William Bischof
Albert Jones
William Lee Jones
Leta Brotzman
Candy Jones Brooks
Vickey Vollbrecht
Temple
Texas
Pauline Bell
Galveston
Norman Bischof
Dale Bischof
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Robert Elkin
Eden United Church of Christ
First Ave
Amelia M. Bintner
Meadowbrook Drive
Turner Chapel East
William A. Dittrich
Homestead Implement Co
Ronneburg
Amana
Rosehaven
Marengo
Artist Guild
Helen
Lizzie
Dittrich
Middle Amana
Caroline Ertz
Homestead
Elmer
Henrietta Hertel
Palatine
Middle Amana Community Church
Homestead Welfare Club
Homestead Cemetery
Hoover- Valetine’s
Leonard C. Goltz
Wilhelmina
Ron
Patricia Childers
Middle Amana Cemetery
Hoover-Valentine’s
Tama
Alvin L. Jones
J.H. Neil Co
Bethesda Care Center
Toledo
Mason-Hand
Oak Hill Cemetery
Anna Rodimaker
St. Francis Hospital
Roger
Ruby Kruse
Nadine Wait
Cedar Falls
Adolph Reuman
Presho
Eileen and
Jerry Crowley
Ninth St. NW
St. Luke’s
Barbara
Larry Carney
Navajo Drive
LeJean
Robert McAllister
Red Wing Road
Debra
Kevin Wright
34Th St. NE
Nadene
Terry Reece
Catherine
Loren Bolson
Harriet Ave
Pamela Sullivan
Gateway St
Oklahoma City
Okla
Marilyn
Robert Lortz
John Huey
Vernon Drive
Jeffrey W. Stearns
Marcy G. Fulton
James V. Neiderhiser
Nicola J. Moon
Roger L. Mistik
Penny E. Huock
Terry L. Butterfield
Cynthia K. Schueler
Kenneth G. Terry
Launda R. Deeds
Gordon D. Lewis
Kelly Walsh
James D. Proffit
Karen A. Lovejoy
Daniel S. Powell
Wausau
Wisc
Mari S. Anderson
Buckingham Drive
16Th Ave
Waconia Avenue
Sixth Street
Don Black
John E. Lapes
Wowatown
Third Avenue S.E
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