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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1948

Page

7

Funeral Guests Attend Della Johnson Rites In Area

Mr and Mrs William Broz of Dysart and family and Mr and Mrs John Smeltzer of Stanwood visited Mrs Elizabeth Smeltzer and the Bernard Smeltzer family Monday for the funeral of Mrs Della Johnson. Warren Reed received a permit to erect a concrete block basement dwelling at 931 Twentieth Street costing 800 dollars with contractor T A Barkwill. Gerald DeWoody, Harold Higgins and others spent weekend in the John DeWoody home. James Chesley and Walter Hefron returned from a motor trip through New England and Canada. Marion lodge 6 A F and A M to meet at 7 pm for third degree work. Need a truck call Luck 7573. Mr and Mrs Thomas Ondrus of Wayne Michigan visit Mike Reinheimer and Don Donnan families.

William Broz Dysart John John Smeltzer Stanwood Elizabeth Smeltzer Bernard Smeltzer Della Johnson Warren Reed Twentieth Street T. A. Barkwill Harold Higgins Gerald DeWoody John DeWoody Omaha Higgins Electronics Radio. Television Institute

Clara Sears Dies at 78 in Newton Home

Mrs. Clara O. Sears 78 died Monday at her son Richard Sears home in Newton where she had lived five years. Born March 22 1870 in Marion she was married to Benjamin Sears in 1908. She leaves a son two grandchildren and three Reinheimer brothers. Services Wednesday in Marion Yocum chapel at 4 30 p m with Rev C V R De Jong burial Oak Shade.

Clara O. Sears Richard Sears Newton Marion Valentine Reinheimer Benjamin Sears Sixth Avenue Sears John Will Michael P. Reinheimer Yocum Chapel C. V. R. de Jong Oak Shade Cemetery

Marion City Council Approves Sewer and Street Improvements

The Marion city council special meeting levied a 12 inch sewer assessment on Seventh avenue between Twenty second and Thirty first streets with payments due in 30 days and interest thereafter. It approved bids for crushed rock surfacing on several streets and reinforced concrete pavement on Sixth avenue. No objections were filed. Local court fines were reported for several individuals and a Cedar Rapids pair paid fines for disturbing the peace. Wybro Griffiths is seriously ill in University hospital Iowa City. Mr and Mrs Guy Reed visited relatives in Independence.

Marion Seventh Avenue Ninth Avenue Fourteenth Seventeenth Sixth Avenue Seventh Twelfth Streets Wybro B. Griffiths University Hospital Iowa City

Body of Marion man returned to West Coast

The body of Pharmacist's Mate First Class Max C Biesecker 21 was returned to the West Coast from the South Pacific where he was killed March 18 1945 on Mendenoa island. He was born November 3 1923 in Washington IA and graduated from Marion High School in 1941. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs J C Biesecker and a brother Robert of Oakland CA. Services at Marion as announced.

Max Biesecker States J. C. Biesecker Ninth Avenue Max C .Biesecker Mendenoa Island South Pacific Washington, Ia Marion Marion High School Robert Biesecker Oakland Calif Marfai

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