Obituary notices hit Marion area with multiple deaths
A string of death announcements lists Norma Tullis 53 of Marion Mercy Hospital cancer burial Kilbourne Cemetery and service at Pedrick Funeral Home Keosauqua. Jannie Hopker McNiel 95 Cedar Rapids Toddville Free Methodist churches burial Shiloh. Donald E. Smith 64 Mount Vernon Road SE burial Linwood Cemetery. Charles R. Breedlove Sr. 62 Cedar Rapids service no set time with memorials. Edwin Vanerus 76 Marion pending Cedar Memorial. Charles F. Surovy 69 Cedar Rapids service Brush Chapel burial Cedar Memorial with memorial to Camp Good Health. Additional notices cover many area obituaries and funeral arrangements across Iowa communities.
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Norma Tullis
Ave
Marion
Mercy Hospital
Kilbourne
Richard F. Tullis
Ottumwa
Richard
Cedar Rapids
Patricia J. Carleton
Rochester
Minn
John Bell
Freemont
William Bell
Farley
Jack Bell
Julia Sodergren
Keosauqua
The
Order of the Eastern Star
Pedrick Funeral Home
Kilbourne Cemetery
Jannie Hopker McNiel
Fifth Avenue
Toddville
Wesley Hopker
Walter McNiel
Waterloo
Free Methodist
Ella Bailey
Marie Mahnke
Mickey McNiel
Donald E. Smith
Mount Vernon Road
Waukon
Helen Muller
Tacoma
Wash
Rose Moore
Anamosa
Navada Smith
Viola O’deen
Gary
Ind
Warren
Wayne
Hiawatha
Linwood Cemetery
Alexander George
St. John’s Eastern Orthodox Church
Turner Chapel
Charles R. Breedlove Sr
Second St. SW
Shawnee
Okla
Agnes T. Hara
Iowa City
Penick & Ford
Richard Lee
Charles Raymond Jr
Kara Sue
Eagles Club
American Cancer Society
10Th St. SE
Camp Courageous
P.O. Box
Monticello
Iowa
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Edwin Vanerus
Eighth St
St. Luke’s Hospital
Charles F. Surovy
Primrose Lane
Americana
Lillian Skripsky
United Auto Workers
Western Fraternal Life Association
FMC Corp
Lester Orend
L.F. Janda
Jerry
Brush Chapel
Mary White
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Camp Good Health
Johanna
Brush Funeral Home
Solon
Dennis Tevis
Oakland Cemetery
Caton
Howard S. Jr
Turner Chapel East
Tom Stewart
St. Luke’s
Chapel Hill Cemetery
Dixon
Turner Mortuary
Second Ave
Milford boy sets Star Castle score record at pizza parlor
Tom Crain, 12, played Star Castle for 17 hours 10 minutes from 1 30 p m Friday to 6 40 a m Saturday at Picadilly Circus Pizza Parlor in Milford. He scored 2 382 670 points, besting his prior 63 000 point mark. A friend kept the game alive during a bathroom break while 25 locals cheered and provided drinks.
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Milford
Tom Crain
Crain
Star Castle
Mitch Barkley
Tom
Thomas Crain
Former U S Senator Thruston Morton Dies at 74
Thruston Ballard Morton died at his Louisville home after an extended illness at age 74. A former congressman and U S senator from Louisville he led the Republican National Committee during the 1960 campaign and later held roles in government and business.
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Louisville
Thruston Ballard Morton
U.S
Morton
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Earle C. Clements
Kentucky
Des Moines Officer Fatally Shoots Man After Attack
Des Moines police officer John Harkin shot and killed John Branch 37 after Branch attacked him with a short baton on the east side. Branch died from a heart wound at Mercy Medical Center. Harkin sustained facial injuries. Police investigating the self defense shooting.
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DES Moines
John Branch
Thomas Teale
Branch
John Harkin
Teale
Harkin
Mercy Medical Center
Doobie Brothers Thrill Cedar Rapids Crowd In Largest Five Seasons Show
The Doobie Brothers played Cedar Rapids in front of one of Five Seasons Center's largest crowds, about 9 200 fans, on a final tour stop before ending Sept 11 in San Francisco. The band offered a varied set with hits like Listen to the Music and Black Water plus new material. manager Bruce Cohn praised Cedar Rapids fans as enthusiastic, noting Omaha was cancelled to add the Cedar Rapids date.
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Omaha
Cedar Rapids
Five Seasons Center
San Francisco
Bruce Cohn
the Gazette
Colin
Cohn
Five Seasons
Pat Simmons
John McFee
Michael McDonald
Cornelius Bumpus
Bumpus
Chet McCracken
Keith Knudsen
Bobby LaKind
Willie Weeks
Dana Warg
Iowa
Simmons
Rural Marion Man Wounded by Shot in Dubuque Inn Incident
Tim Kadlek 20 of Cedar Rapids wounded Jerry Hope 29 of Marion at the Dubuque Inn on Saturday early hours. A loaded revolver handled by Ellanor Maxwell 27 of Oregon Illinois discharged, injuring Hope in the abdomen. Maxwell was charged with carrying a concealed weapon. Spokesman said investigation continues.
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Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Dubuque Inn
Tim Kadlek
Marion Road
Jerry Hope
Hope
Finley Hospital
Ellanor Sue Maxwell
Oregon, Ill
Joan Rhyner
la Crosse
Wis
Kadlec
Maxwell
Skydiver lands blindfolded on mare at Mason City rodeo
Jim Templeton, 28, of Hanlon Town Ia, parachuted from a plane at 5,000 feet and landed in Pinto Bean's saddle during the Wisconsin River Championship Rodeo at the North Iowa County Fairgrounds. He rode the horse before dismounting and planning a higher altitude record.
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Mason City
UPI
Jim Templeton
Hanlon Town
Templeton
North Iowa County Fairgrounds
Pinto Bean
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details
Cedar Rapids Gazette, established 1883 by The Gazette Company, published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406. Second class postage paid at Cedar Rapids. Subscription rates listed for carrier and mail editions. AP exclusive republication rights noted. USPS 095680.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
Thought for today by George Meredith
British novelist George Meredith offers a maxim about prayer and improvement, suggesting that genuine supplication leads to personal betterment when one's plea is deemed answered.
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George Meredith
Vital Statistics News Notes and Local Incidents
Aug 14 births recorded for Phyllis Countryman Monticello a son and for Susan Evans Randy Evans a daughter. Grandmother Frances Daly of 2624 Southland St SW. At Wayne Penn to Alice James Rogers a son Aug 14. Grandparents Mr and Mrs Robert J Rogers 2300 C Ave NE. 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Flash fuel at 2029 C St SW. 9:12 p.m. Thursday. Alarm malfunction at 200 First St SE 12:07 a.m. Friday. Unknown to tree Bever Park SE 12:59 a.m. Friday. Unknown to car seat 1754 C Ave NE 3:24 a.m. Friday. Defective wiring on Highway 218 at Airport Road SW.
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Des Moines
Susan
Randy Evans
Frances Daly
Southland St
Wayne
Penn
Alice
James
Jim) H. Rogers
Robert J. Rogers
C Ave
C St
First St
Bever Park
Airport Road
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Alva
Bernice) Wink
Goettsch’s
Riverside Cemetery
Castalia
Ralph E. Manderfield
Schutte’s
Postville
Pleasant View Cemetery
Schutte’s. Independence
Pauline Franks
White’s
Manchester
Daryl H. Means
George L. Gay’s
Memory Gardens
Gay’s
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Marengo
Everett F. Lillie
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
McAninch-Fremming’s
Victor
Genoa Bluff
Masonville
William F. McDevitt
Immaculate Conception Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Shelly’s
Oxford Junction
Fred von Sprecken
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Wyoming Cemetery
Hayden’s. Postville
Arthur W. Hesse
Community Presbyterian Church
Postville Cemetery
Schutte
D.M. Man
Doobie Brothers
Review
Forest City Skydivers Club
Peck’s
Ferry & A
Cageweed
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue S.E
Center Pt. Rd
Phyllis Countryman
Elisabeth Kubler- Ross
Kubler-Ross
Stewart Funeral Home
First Avenue N.E
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