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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1997
Page
8
Lawrence T. Nicely 62 of rural Belle Plaine died Tuesday in his home from complications of cancer. Arrangements are pending with Hrabak Funeral Home Belle Plaine.
Ronald L Maassen 73 died Aug 18 1997 at his Guttenberg Iowa home on Abel Island after a sudden illness. Memorial services 5 p m Thursday at St John Lutheran Church Guttenberg. burial later. Survivors include wife Darlene two daughters four sons a stepson a stepdaughter and a brother. A celebration service 4 p m Thursday at the church.
Four month old Joseph William Cusick of Coralville died of SIDS on August 19 1997 at Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Services planned at St Marys Catholic Church Iowa City with burial at St Josephs Cemetery. The funeral home is Lensing Oak Hill Chapel. Memorials may be made to SIDS care c/o the Cusick family.
Susie Anna Gingerich aged 90 of rural Kalona died Aug 19 1997 after a brief illness. Services Thursday at Sharon Bethel Church with burial at North Gingerich Cemetery. Survivors include husband Chris three daughters Clara Miller Mary Swantz Esther Yoder and son Ray. Rene Lekwa Spriet 34 of Davenport died Aug 19 1997. Services Friday at Peterseim Funeral Home with graveside at Davenport Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Teresa mother Marilys and stepfather David Keppy brother Chad and grandparents Vione Lekwa and Palmer Holden. Memorials to Teresa educational fund.
Francis B. Frett, 87, died Monday in his home after a sudden illness. Services set for 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Carson & Son Funeral Home Maquoketa with visitation 4 to 8 p.m. today. Burial will be at Mount Hope. Survived by daughters Marilyn Jacobson of Spring Brook and Pat Biddle of Wheatland and sons James of Davenport and Wayne of Bennett.
Norma C Cook died August 18 1997 at her daughter's home after a short illness. Services at Troy Mills Christian Church with burial in Troy Mills Cemetery. She owned Cook's General Store, was a Troy Mills Christian Church member, and had three children ten grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.
Maurice Grant Fossum 83 of West Union died Monday August 18 1997 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home after a lingering illness. Services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Old West Paint Creek Lutheran Church Waukon with Rev Kim Thacker. Burial at Old West Paint Creek Cemetery. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Thursday at the church. Survivors include brother John Fossum of Mount Vernon.
A farewell service for Geraldine Gerry Margaret Scheer Hampton led by Rev Manonne Fontainne is set for 3 p.m. today at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories. A private entombment follows at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, with a reception at Coe College Clark Alumni House from 4 to 6 p.m. today. Arrangements by Cedar Memorial Funeral Home. Merlen H. Schrimper will be honored at 11 a.m. today at Turner Chapel East with burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Rev Duane Hix of Kenwood Park Presbyterian Church to officiate.
The Gazette publishes death notices with immediate survivors and a photo as a news item. Additional obituary material such as survivors beyond immediate, employment, education, military service, and memorials cost 35 cents per word, with second day notices also at 35 cents per word.
A six month anniversary marks the loss of a husband and father born 11 30 1930 and died 2 20 1997. The note thanks the Good Lord for his life and says he is in heaven watching loved ones. Pets Sassy and Toby miss him as well.
Announcement guidance for obituary notices with submission deadlines and pricing. States write by 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and specify publication date. Rates: 40 cents per word, pictures $10 each. Contact number 398-8221 for questions.
Des Moines area case ends with 1.12 million to the Stilley family after Tyler Stilley, 16 at the time, fell from a bathroom window on a moving bus during a Roosevelt High School trip. Funds come from the Des Moines school district 250000 Chief Bus Service 400000 and Prevost Car Inc. 500000.
Multiple Linn County cases reveal pleas for drunken driving related arrests from 1996. Defendants Angela R. Doe, Richard D. Willis, Craig V. Cerney, Thomas A. Joslin, Pamela J. Waddington, Estell Walton, Russell E. Andersen, William R. Flattery Jr., and Darrius L. Jenkins faced fines, jail time, or probation. Additional assaults and domestic abuse charges against Darryl C. Harbison and Patrick W. Kinney resulted in fines and brief jail terms.
Four Muscatine men Pablo Valencia-Cisneros Antonio Flores Mariano Sepulveda-Plazola and Juan Arceo-Vaca appeared before U S Magistrate Thomas Shields in federal court Friday on charges they distributed methamphetamines in Eastern Iowa All four remained in custody pending further proceedings and could face 10 years to life in prison if convicted.
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