14 Aug 2001
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 2001
Page
11
William D. Wolken, 92, died Monday afternoon August 13, 2001, at Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids after a brief illness. Arrangements are pending at Goettsch Funeral Home in Monticello.
Obituaries announced for SIGOURNEY J. Greg White 44 of West Des Moines died in an Aug 13 2001 I 80 crash near Altoona. Betty L. Lacina 73 of Marshalltown died Aug 11 2001 after a short illness. Hunter Italo Facchini two month old son of Kimberli Uhde and Kody Facchini died Aug 10 2001 at Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids. Funeral services and burial details are listed with locations, dates, and survivors. A memorial fund has been set up in lieu of flowers.
The Gazette lists hours for submitting death notices and obituaries with a 7 p.m. daily deadline. It explains required conformity to style, publishing arrangements pending and survivors, plus word charges for additional material and out-of-town notices. It provides contact details for help and more information.
Decorah fundraising group aims to raise 385000 to expand the skate park with professionally made structures and a larger concrete pad. The current park opened last June on a 40 by 80 foot slab at Wold Park funded by city and community contributions.
Iowa Transportation Commission chair Tom Aller said six major corridor projects including U.S. 151 widening and Avenue of the Saints will proceed despite a $40 million shortfall in road use tax funds. Some later-year plans may be delayed as the state adjusts to weaker revenues and a two-year agency restructuring is planned to save about $40 million.
Wilfred Rice Jr. found guilty of first degree theft for siphoning about $180,000 from 91 year old Dorothy Schramm after winning her trust. Sentencing set for Sept. 24 with potential 10 year term. Rice had used a passport bid that prompted bond review. Schramm’s daughter Sieglinde Martin and Kristina Chandler plan civil suit to recover missing funds. The abuse spanned from a 1993 Burlington arrival to a 1995 move into her riverfront mansion.
A dense listing of meetings across Marion Cedar Rapids Linn County and surrounding areas includes commissions city councils and boards with times at various city halls and buildings. Public health recycling markets and lottery results are noted alongside births charges and police blotter items from The Gazette in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City.
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