Betty Becker longtime Linn-Mar English teacher dies at 77
Elizabeth Jane Liewer Becker 77 of 2272 Forest Dr SE Cedar Rapids died Aug 10 2000 after a lengthy illness Services Aug 14 at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories Private burial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Friends may call at Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Aug 13 3 to 6 pm and at the chapel on Monday Survivors include two sons Robert and Todd and their wives five grandchildren two brothers and a sister She taught high school English from 1954 to 1985 earning Teacher of the Year honors in 1985 Memorials suggested to St Matthew’s Catholic Church or the American Diabetes Association ongoing obituaries note other local losses in the same issue
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Elizabeth L. Becker
Forest Dr. SE
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Robert
Linda
Sumner
Todd
Mary
Cedar Rapids
Leigh Ann
Erin
Jay
Lisa
Jeff Johnson
Justin
John P. Liewer
Kit
Sun City
Ariz
Walter W. Liewer
Lou
Los Altos
Calif
Helen Liewer
la Crosse
Wis
Herbert “Barney” Becker
Edwin C. Liewer
Crofton
Neb
Elizabeth Jane Liewer Becker
Randolph
Peter W
Eda Elizabeth Dwyer Liewer
Betty
Yankton
South Dakota
Yankton College
St. Mary Magdalene’s Cathedral
Omaha
Colege
Iowa
Nebraska
Alburnett
Center Point
Linn-Mar
East Central Iowa
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Bernadette
American Diabetes Association
Helga A. Lange
West Village
Independence
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Perry Fruhling
Quasqueton Cemetery
Reiff Funeral Home
Quasqueton
Michael
Charles
Curtis
Janet Hoefer
Edith Larsen
Elkhorn
Asta Wichmann
Atlantic
Ruby L. Miller
Peoples Memorial
Hope Wesleyan Church
John Cupryna
Mount Hope Cemetery
Reiff
Wheaton, Nl
Ardyce Steege
Elaine Schuman
Raymond Stephens
Elmo, Mo
Obituary notices for Bender Aldrich and Kopecky families
Ruth Marie Kopecky 64 of Monticello died Aug 11 2000 after a cancer battle. Services Aug 14 at Sacred Heart Monticello with burial at Sacred Heart Cemetery. Ruth born Jan 10 1936 in Manchester Iowa and worked as office manager for Polo Plastics for 20 years. She is survived by husband Lawrence two daughters four grandchildren a son and five sisters. Memorials to American Cancer Society Camp Courageous of Iowa.
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Ruth Marie Kopecky
Monticello
Jones Regional Medical Center
Anamosa
Kramer Funeral Home
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Candy
Steve) Eilers
Peculiar
Sandy Kopecky
Cedar Rapids
Randy
Joyce
Ankeny
Iowa
Eric
Kristin Eilers
Jack
Robert Kopecky
Dorothy
Lou) Atkinson
Waterville
Minn
Mary Lou Grandstaff
Waterloo
Florence Logan
Manchester
Nancy
Earl) Strickler
Greeley
Norma Sabin
Atilissa Hood Hickory Funeral to Honor Army Veteran
Atilissa Richard Hickory Hood 70 died Aug 9 2000 in Mercytown City after a short illness. Services set for Aug 21 10:30 a.m. at St Joseph Catholic Church West Liberty with Rev Ed O Melia. Burial Mount Calvary West Liberty with military rites. Visitation Aug 20 4 7 p.m. Barker Funeral Home West Liberty. Survivors: brothers Jack Prescott Valley AZ Tom Concord CA. sisters Margaret Odell Bakersfield CA Joan Mulry Los Alamitos CA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
Hickory
Hood
Mercytown
St. Joseph Catholic Church
West Liberty
Ed O'Melia
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Barker Funeral Home
Jack
Prescott Valley
Ariz
Tom
Concord
Calif
Margaret Odell
Bakersfield
Joan Mulry
Los Alamitos
Local Names List by Iowa Communities
A roster of residents across multiple Iowa towns includes Robert Geiger Hickory Hood Elizabeth Becker Betty Martin Leta Norris Francis Alien Elliott Susie Barnett Fannie Jorgenson Ruby Miller Velma Duffey Hanna Kelly Juva Turner Bette Aldrich Ruth Kopecky Elizabeth Miller Edmund Schinker Helga Lange Lt Col John Wall Jerry Hummel Bill Pape listed by town.
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AMANA
Robert H
Bob” Geiger
Atalissa
Richard
Hickory” Hood
Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth L. Becker
Betty J. Martin
Leta F. Norris
Dysart
Francis Alien
Elliott Garrison
Susie J. Barnett
Independence
Fannie V. Jorgenson
Ruby L. Miller
Iowa City
Velma Duffey
Hanna Kelly
Juva Turner
McMillen
Monticello
Bette Jane Aldrich
Ruth Marie Kopecky
Mount Vernon
Elizabeth Miller
Norway
Edmund H. Schin
Obituaries: Hanna Kelly Velma Duffey and Juva Turner McMillen
Hanna Kelly 93 formerly of Iowa City died Aug 11 2000 at Pleasantview Home Kalona after a long illness Services Aug 14 10 a.m. at St Marys Iowa City Burial St Michaels Holbrook Visitation Aug 13 3 to 7 p.m. Lensing Funeral. Velma Duffey 79 of 10 Summary St died Aug 11 2000 at home after sudden illness Arrangements pending Leasing Funeral Iowa City Juva Turner McMillen 73 of Oaknoll died Aug 10 2000 at Mercy Iowa City Services Aug 11 11 a.m. New Song Episcopal Coralville Burial Memory Gardens Iowa City Visitation Aug 14 3 to 6 p.m. George L Gay Funeral Home Memorials New Song Episcopal Church Born Nov 30 1921 Dunkerton Iowa she lived in Waterloo and Iowa City worked for John Deere Blackhawk County Credit Bureau University of Iowa married student housing and Environmental Health Survivors include daughter Syndy Conger of Macomb IL nephews Steve Turner Houston Mike Turner Santa Rosa Christopher Turner Massachusetts and parents Henry Edith Turner husband Harold G sister Mary Amy Turner and brothers Fluent Francis Ted Gordy Turner.
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Hanna Kelly
Iowa City
Pleasantview
Kalona
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Kenneth Kuntz
St. Michael's
Holbrook
Lensing
Juva Turner McMillen
Oaknoll
Mercy
New Song Episcopal Church
Coralville
Elizabeth Coulter
Memory Gardens
George L. Gay Funeral Home
University of Iowa
Department of Environmental Health
Syndy
James Conger
Macomb
Ill
Steve Turner
Houston
Mike Turner
Santa Rosa
Calif
Christopher Turner
Massachusetts
Henry
Edith Turner
Harold G
Mary Amy Turner
Fluent
Francis, Ted and
Gordy Turner
Vinton Resident Jerry J. Hummel Dies at 69
Jerry J. Hummel 69 of rural Vinton died of cancer Thursday August 10 2000 at home. Services Monday 11 a.m. at Vinton Presbyterian Church with Rev Patrick Sheahan officiating. Burial later. Visitation Sunday 4 8 p.m. at Phillips Funeral Home Vinton. Survived by five daughters and spouses thirteen grandchildren one great grandson five sisters two brothers and other relatives. He was born September 7 1930 in Vivian South Dakota to Perry J and Mary Mae Hummel moved to Vinton at age three and farmed. He invented the Swing Line Gravity Machine and ran Swing-Line Co Cedar Rapids with machines sold nationwide, in Japan and Canada. Memorials to Hospice of Mercy or American Cancer Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry J. Hummel
Vinton
Vinton Presbyterian Church
Patrick Sheahan
Phillips Funeral Home Chapel
Janice White
Duane
Phyllis Severtsgaard
Mike
Jean Merchant
Steve Snyder
Oklahoma
Jackie Fisher
Rocky
Penny Steinford
Kirk
Lorna Arp
Georgiena Schadle
Betty Ferguson
Cedar Rapids
Alice Morrow
Leona Ender
Joan Miller
Illinois
Kyle Hummel
Joseph Hummel
California
Donna Zell Hummel
George Schadle
Daniel Hummel
Jerry
Vivian, S.D
Perry J
Mary “Mae” Paisley Hummel
Benton County
Swing-Line Co
Japan
Canada
Hospice of Mercy
American Cancer Society
West Union Man William Pape 74 Dies
William Bill Pape 74 of West Union Palmer Lutheran Health Center died after a sudden illness. Arrangements are pending with Burnham Wood Funeral Home West Union.
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William
Bill’’ Pape
Palmer Lutheran Health Center
Burnham-Wood Funeral Home
West Union
Robert H. Geiger 78 Amana resident dies after cancer battle
Robert H. Geiger of Amana died August 10 2000 after a gallant cancer struggle. Services Monday at Clover Ridge United Methodist Church Walford with two ministers. Burial Amana Cemetery with military honors. He was survived by wife June a daughter Pam Knott and husband Allan two sons Philip and Larry with families and six grandchildren. He served in the Army 1944 and worked in farming, aviation, and utilities before retiring in 1984. Memorials to Clover Ridge Church El Kahir Transportation Fund or Humane Society.
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Robert H
Bob’ Geiger
Amana
Clover Ridge United Methodist Church
Walford
Mike Townsley
Kory Knott
Amana Cemetery
St. Clair Lodge
Af&am
Kloster Funeral Home
Marengo
June
Pam Knott
Allan
Irving
Texas
Philip Geiger
Sharon
Houston
Larry Crock
Cindy
Naperville
Ill
Kathryn Baumgarter
Robert Henry Geiger
Iowa
Philip C
Elizabeth Zwherny Geiger
Amana High School
Chicago Technical College
Army
Military Intelligence
West Amana Farms
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
June Johnson
Norway
el Kahir Temple
el Kahir Shrine
Susie J. Barnett 86 Dies After Short Illness
Susie J. Barnett, 86, died August 10 2000 at Sunnycrest Nursing Home Dysart after a short illness. Cremation arranged with Overton Funeral Home Dysart. She leaves Barbara Rawls of Columbia SC two sons William III of Escondido California and Robert of Garrison three sisters Dottie Arnold Massachusetts Jo Bernier and Pinkie Lang both of Billings Montana and a brother Maynard Jones of Billings Montana.
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Susie J. Barnett
Sunnycrest
Dysart
Overton
Barbara Rawls
Columbia
S.C
William III
Escondito
Calif
Robert
Garrison
Dottie Arnold
Massachusetts
Jo Bernier
Pinkie Lang
Billings, Mont
Maynard Jones
M Elizabeth Miller Dies in Mount Vernon after Long Illness
M Elizabeth Miller of Mount Vernon died August 9 2000 at Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids after a long illness. Services are August 12 2000 at Community Bible Church Mount Vernon at 11 a.m. visitation 10 a.m. Committal August 14 2000 at Evergreen Memorial Park Omaha Nebraska at 1 p.m. Pastor Steve Aronowitz will conduct both services. Arrangements by Morgan Funeral Cremation Choices.
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M. Elizabeth Miller
Mercy Medical Center
Cedar Rapids
Community Bible Church
Mount Vernon
Iowa
Evergreen Memorial Park
Omaha
Neb
Steve Aronowitz
Morgan Funeral & Cremation Choices
Funeral held for Edmund H. Schinker of Norway
Edmund H. Schinker 33 died Aug 11 2000 at Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids after a long illness. Services at St Michael's Catholic Church Norway with burial at St Michael's Cemetery and military rites. He served in World War II earning the Purple Heart and a good conduct medal. He is survived by two brothers Charles and Wilfred and wife Darlene, a sister Mary Ament and husband Donald, and several nieces and nephews. Burial arrangements by Brosh's Norway. Born May 15 1917 in Norway, son of Nicholas and Rosie Schulte Schinker, a Norway High School graduate 1936.
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Edmund H. Schinker
Mercy Medical Center
Cedar Rapids
St. Michael's Catholic Church
Norway
Walter Kleinfehn
St. Michael's Catholic Parish Center
St. Michael’s
Brosh’s
Edmund
Nicholas
Rosie Schulte Schinker
Norway High School
Arnold
Norbert
Arthur
David
Charles
Wilfred
Darlene
Mary Ament
Donald
Solon Lt Col John E Wall Retired Marine Dies at 76
Solon, Iowa resident Lt Col John E Wall retired US Marine Corps and National Guard died August 10 2000 in Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids from pulmonary fibrosis He served in WWII Korea and Vietnam earned engineering and aviation ratings and held leadership in the Iowa National Guard Funeral services set August 14 at Sharon United Methodist Church Cedar Rapids with burial at Linwood Cemetery.
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John E. Wail
United States Marine Corps and National Guard
Timber Ridge Trail
Solon
Iowa
Mercy Medical Center
Cedar Rapids
Sharon United Methodist Church
Gary Dobbins
Jackee
Everett Burham
Linwood Cemetery
Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home
John W
Ella C. Matejka Wall
Bonnie Vanda
South Pacific
Philippines
Cherry Point
N.C
Marine
VMB 153
John
Quantico
HMR 262
HAS Sikorski
Korea
Marine Corps League of
Iowa Army National Guard of
In Memory Of A Beloved Mother And Grandmother
Poem memorial by a grieving family honoring a mother who passed away. The verses express love, longing, and gratitude for her guidance and faith, describing sleepless nights, dreams, and the peace she now shares with divine light.
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Francis A. Elliott dies after sudden illness in Waterloo
Francis Allen Elliott 36 of Belle Plaine and formerly Dysart died Friday August 11 2000 at Covenant Medical Center Waterloo after a sudden illness. Arrangements are pending at Overton Family Funeral Home Dysart.
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Francis Allen Elliott
Belle Plaine
Dysart
Covenant Medical Center
Waterloo
Overton Family Funeral Home
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