Deaths of several area residents detailed in obituary list
William Elmer Bousselot 55 of rural Hiawatha died after a lengthy illness at Mercy Hospital. Born August 5 1924 in Grand Mound he owned Bill's Excavating and Grading Co. before retiring in 1976. Surviving wife Martha and three sons plus siblings and grandchildren. Services at St. Pius X church. Burial at St. Mary's Cascade with Cascade American Legion honors. Wayne England 74 of Salem Ark died after a sudden illness. Former Cedar Rapids resident employed 37 years at Quik Way. Surviving wife and children listed. Libbie Merrill 87 formerly of Cedar Rapids died in Oklahoma City. Graveside Monday at Oak Hill Cemetery. Dean Wenner 39 of Vinton died after a heart attack. Survived by wife and children. Leslie Farmer 60 of Cedar Rapids died following brief illness. Retired postal clerk served 30 years and awarded Silver Star. Minnie Streeter 92 formerly of Anamosa died after long illness. Burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery following services at Anamosa Congregational Church.
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William Elmer Bousselot
Hiawatha
Mercy Hospital
Grand Mound
Martha Takes
Dubuque
Bill
David
Hamilton
Ill
Dennis
DeWitt
Michael
Dallas
Texas
Vic
Jack
Adams
Neb
Frank Skorepa
Rock Island
Lloyd Peterson
Davenport
Peter Kozich
Nashotah
Wis
Merlin Portz
James Rumann
Dorrance Kedley
St. Pius X Church
Roger Rethamel
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Cascade
Cascade American Legion
Stewart Funeral Home
Wayne Edwin England
Salem
Ark
Cedar Rapids
Heart
Elizabeth Schaerer
Pensacola
Fla
Quik- Way
Iowa Association of Machinists
Moose Lodge
the Eagles
Gary L
Jacquelyn Wisehart
Jocelyn Cornell
Troy
Ashflat
Otho
Flossie Brewer
Caraway
Eunice Isaacs
Seattle
Wash
Lois McCosa
Shawnee
Okla
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Larry Brelje
Mount Zion Lutheran Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Libbie E. Merrill
Oklahoma City
Mildred Proskovec
Oak Hill Cemetery
John Dalton
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Turner Chapel
Dean E. Wenner
Vinton
Virginia Gay Hospital
Mr. Wenner
Loretta Westcott
Farmers Grain of
Daughers
Debra White
Shellsburg
Melissa
Gerald
Roger
Louise Wiese
Presbyterian Church
Phillips
Evergreen Cemetery
Leslie P. Farmer
Gateway St
Goldfield
Mary Schultz
Farmer
Salem United Methodist Church
Gary Farmer
Alan Garlow
Kathy McGowan
Tina Garlow
Paul Hasel
Cedar Memorial Park
Hanford Post No. 5
American Legion
Minnie C. Streeter
Anamosa
Northbrook Manor
Cass Township
Jake W. Streeter
Gladys Tharp
LaVonne Carlson
Florence Newhard
Lowden
Delbert W. Werndt
Minneapolis
Faith Lutheran Church
Anderson Funeral Home
Manchester
Cyril Drees
Shelly’s. Manchester
Albert
Martha K.) Edwards
Shelly’s
Mount Vernon
James Earl Kirkpatrick
Spearfish
S.D
Morgan’s
West Branch
Mark Stahle
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Iowa City
George L. Gay’s
St. Joseph’s
Obituary memorials recount services across Iowa
Funeral notices list multiple local services for Davis, Miller, Bay, Delores Hillmer, Ronald Jackson, Gertrude Flaherty, Lillian Weems, and others. Arrangements by Cedar Memorial, Brush Funeral Home, Janeba Kuba, Turner Chapel, Immaculate Conception, and regional cemeteries. Additional death notices span Anamosa, Brandon, Brooklyn, Chelsea, Vining, City of Iowa, Manchester, Mount Vernon, West Branch, and Iowa City with burial or service details and visiting hours.
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Delores
Janeba- Kuba Funeral Home
David F. Larson
Czech National Cemetery
Jackson
Ronald V
Turner Chapel West
Warren Webb
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Linwood Cemetery
Flaherty
Gertrude
Immaculate Conception Church
William P. Leonard
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Stewart Funeral Home
Perrine Cancer Care Center
Mercy Hospital
Weems
Lillian Leota
Turner Chapel East
Charles E. Glover Sr
Oak Hill Cemetery
Fuel costs and aid programs impact Iowa elderly and low income
Witnesses including Wayne Thomas and Tom Miskemen warned that rising fuel oil prices threaten warm housing for Iowa’s elderly and poor. They cited 20 percent annual price hikes and 30 to 50 percent income shares on energy costs, with set aside fuel allocations cutting from 5 to 3 percent. The hearing noted 17 percent of Iowa homes use oil heat and referenced state aid program demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Thomas
The
Community Services Administration
Tom Miskemen
Hawkeye Area
Thomas
Iowa
Miskemen
Stanek
1977 earthquake rattled coast between Australia and Indonesia
On this date in 1977 a massive earthquake shook the eastern Indian Ocean between Australia and Indonesia. Buildings trembled as far away as Perth, about 1,000 miles from the epicenter.
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Camille
U.S. Gulf Coast
Mississippi
Louisiana
Tennessee
West Virginia
Virginia
Indian Ocean
Australia
Indonesia
Perth
Safety check for F-16 aircraft
The Air Force grounds all 48 F-16 jets after an engine-mount bolt broke during maintenance. Inspectors will examine 18 bolts per jet to complete a safety check following the incident last week.
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Washington
Air Force
Fire calls note multiple incidents at city locations
At 11 33 am Thursday a welding torch ignited grain at 1350 Waconia Ave SW. A rekindle of the same fire occurred at 3 36 pm Thursday at 1350 Waconia Ave. A medical emergency was reported at 4401 Bowling St SW at 5 06 pm Thursday. At 7 38 am today a cutting torch was used on a dock at Third Street and 16th Avenue SE.
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Waconia Ave
Bowling St
Third Street
16Th Avenue
Windy morning and mild extended forecast for Mississippi Valley
At 11 a.m. wind southeast at 8 mph. Sunrise 6 17, sunset 8 03. Year ago today high 85 low 64 with .01 inches. Extended outlook partly cloudy and mild Sunday through Tuesday with a chance of showers Monday. Highs upper 70s to mid 80s, lows upper 50s to low 60s. Mississippi River stages show LaCrosse 5.6, Lansing 8.0, Keokuk 5.2 rising, Dubuque 9.0 no change, Clinton 8.2 no change, others with falls or no report.
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Mississippi River
LaCrosse
Lansing
Dam
McGregor
Guttenberg
Dubuque
Davenport
Keithsburg
Keokuk
Rock Island plans and Milwaukee fate tied to Iowa routes
Rock Island plans to abandon most Iowa trackage under Milwaukee II while Milwaukee faces cash strain. Rock Island losses top 150 million since bankruptcy, fuel costs surge from 0.38 to 0.78 per gallon. Iowa shippers meet in Ames to weigh Milwaukee line futures amid Cedar Rapids FRA talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Iowa
Quad Cities
Kansas City
Rock Island
Iowa City
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Upper Central Grain Belt
Cedar Rapids
The
Federal Bankruptcy Court
Chicago
Knapton
Interstate Commerce Commission
Minnesota
Gulf
Ames
Iowa Department of Transportation
Federal Railway Administration
Interstate truck length limits challenged by Iowa official
Stuart argues 60-foot double bottom rigs are as safe as 55-foot singles and that Iowa's interstate length restrictions burden commerce. He notes interstates are largely federally funded and part of a national network and urges Congress to pre empt state law with uniform rules. The piece appears in Classified The Auto Mart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Stuart
Congress
Every Day in Every Way Gazette Wants Ads Worth Reading
The notice highlights that daily advertisements in the Gazette deliver value for readers and advertisers, promising reliable placements and broad reach across the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Vital Statistics Births Mercy and Area Listings
Birth notices from Mercy with Aug 16 entries listing new sons and daughters for families in Cedar Rapids and nearby towns. Includes names and hometowns such as Wignall Fairfax Schmitz Marengo Wauters Keystone Verdeck Swisher Morse Valley Drive NE Sauer Reed Oltmann Lawrence Ballou and more. Also notes births in Pensacola Madrid Lakewood and several grandparent and home addresses. 30 YEARS AGO housing expert Tighe Woods predicted further rent control cutbacks.
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Michael E. Schmitz
Marengo
Wayne A. Wauters
Keystone
Leonard Verdeck
Swisher
Cleve Morse
West Valley Drive
Kathy Sauer
33Rd Ave
David L. Reed
Shellsburg
Duane W. Ol
Tighe E. Woods
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Rudolph E. Zimmerman
Goettch
S. Brandon
Carl Prentice
White's
Independence
Brooklyn
Mildred Ormiston
Neuenhoven
S. Chelsea
Edward “Millye” Zeman
Hrabak’s
National Cemetery
Vining
Towa
Edna C. Ruppert
George L. Gay
Ed Stanek
Iowa Energy Policy Council
Brian Woodward
Department of Energy
Duan Show
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
John B. Turner & Son
Turner
Second Ave
Turner's West
Firat Ave
Weather Report
C.R. Weather
Anchorage
Atlanta
Miami
Bismarck
Boston
Nashville
N.orleans
Denver
New York
Owe
Duluth
Phoenix
Honolulu
Houston
Coralville
Cincinnati
Detroit
Mpls
St. Paul Fair
Omaha Ore Rrr Sunny
St. Louis
Ate
Rock Island Plans
Keota
Amarillo
Memphis
Omaha
Santa Rosa
N.M
FRA
Transportation
Brock Adams
Midwest
Auto Mart
John E. Lapes
Marion
U.S
Thomas Wignall
Valley View Drive
Gary Driscoll
Fairfax
Tarri Helter
Sixth Ave
St. Luke's
Richard Scherling Jr
Richard Scherling
28Th St
Robert Lutzelman
Blake Blvd
Madrid
Spain
Set
Laurence Stockman
Leo Schwab
Orlo Stockman
Gary H. Hardenburgh
Bonnie J. Lortz
Gary L. Svestka
Nancy L. Lewis
Ralph H. Voss
Karen J. Carson
David C. Keeran
Christine M. Page
Michael E. Bowers
Corinne M. Duffy
Daniel S. Rogers
Marcia M. Mathison
James M. Hale
Joan E. Roberts
Rodney C. Pierce
Shirley A. Packingham
Palo
Ricky G. Batchler
Laura S. Meyer
Central City
Steven M. Sedler
Fort Collins
Colo
Kathy C. Lund
Ronald D. Cook
Sandra K. Elmer
Bruce J. Jorth
Cedar Falls
Mary J. Melchert
Terry L. Felker
Urbana
Jennifer J. Jones
Center Point
Robin S. Sirowy
Juliana M. Schrader
Gerald E. Geers
Marjorie A. Steger
Ronald J. Holtz
Pamela J. Gooch
Charles J. Janechek
Debra K. Tiernan
Springville
Glen R. Colton
Waterloo
Trudy A. Haines
Titonia
William D. Butterfield
Amy L. Stephenson
William A. Young
Mount Prospect
Jeanette A
Stanwood Boat
Tama Resident
H.P. Johnson
Dave A. Siver
DIAL
Pierson
Ellis Blvd
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