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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1983
Page
11
A batch of obituaries and death notices from Cedar Rapids area residents includes John E. Moore 56 of 4845 Johnson Ave NW. William J. Beckman 60 of Cedar Rapids. Blanche Concannon 89 of Orange California. Bertha Cummings Ignacio Mendieta Maude Smith Leona Wood Leona A Wood Clara Kamp Meyer and related memorial details with funeral times, burial locations, religious services and survivor lists.
Rudolph E. Leichsenring 70 retired Amana Refrigeration employee dies at home survivors include wife Helen two daughters Phyllis Rotter Ramona Unkel three brothers Herman Walter Ernest all of Iowa Amana community church services Friday 10 am burial Amana Cemetery arrangements Hoover Valentines Marengo Norma Flatland 68 dies at Decorah hospital survivors husband Albert two sons Kenneth Jesse four daughters Gossman Peterson Alatorre Krogstad Shirley a sister Grace Decorah 27 grandchildren services Friday 10 30 am Burr Oak Lutheran Church burial Fremont Cemetery friends may call noon today Steine's Earl Reppenkamp 77 of 515 West Benton Court dies after long illness services pending Donohue Lensing's
A series of obituaries announces the deaths of Martin Barron 94 William Olson 57 Leroy Ruchotzke 56 Anna Peters 83 William Tuttle 94 Charles Dolash 63 Carmi Conner 79 Alma Seethout 85 and John Cahill 81. It lists survivors and burial details with services at local churches and private mausoleums, along with visitation times and cemetery names.
Rep. Tauke faces CLEC criticism over his vote to block further natural gas decontrol. At Kennedy High School he argued decontrol could raise old gas prices while deregulating new gas might cut costs, and spoke on IMF loans and the $200 billion deficit. He urged limited cuts to entitlements and defense, proposed gradual benefit increases, and opposed U.S. troop use in Central America. He also backed tax indexing and a constitutional spending cap.
The stepfather of 17 year old Lora Ann Grey in Ankeny was treated for carbon monoxide poisoning and a wrist wound after the teenager was found fatally stabbed. Jerry Baker 44 was hospitalized after authorities found Grey Sunday noon in their apartment. Baker was questioned but not charged and remained in hospital two days after the incident.
Police report three incidents in one month where bystanders ignored crimes. Willie Jamison, 56, lost a $380 wallet to three youths with a sawed off shotgun after a restaurant exit. A bus driver was beaten outside Busch Memorial Stadium while hundreds looked on.
Aug 17 reports list multiple births including Catherine and Wayne Erie a son Jill and Bill Davis Jr a son Aug 14 and Omaha and Des Moines births with grandparents named. The page also records numerous paired names, locations and addresses plus a sequence of crime and emergency responses from 6:03 p.m. Tuesday to 3:50 p.m. Wednesday including grease fire trash pickup medical emergencies and lawn and property incidents across Cedar Rapids Hiawatha Marion Des Moines and surrounding areas.
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