Deaths of Cedar Rapids area residents listed in notice
Obituary notices announce the deaths of Wesley Olson 67 of 2407 C Ave NE and Elsie Florea 88 of Springville. The list includes multiple services, burials, memorials and funeral-home arrangements across Cedar Rapids Grant City Marion Dubuque Solon and surrounding communities with survivors listed for each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie M. Florea
Springville
Blockton
Iowa
Grant City
Elsie Winemiller
Sheridan
Francis Lloyd Florea
Florea
Daughters of Isabella
Marion Club
Fu Jun Club
Senior Citizens of
St. Patrick’s
Dubuque
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Johnson
Roy Hallihan
Stevens
Charles W. Sr
Cedar Memorial Park
D.A. Loferski
Smith
Helen Rose
Brosh
Solon
Dennis Tevis
Oakland Cemetery
Friends
Brace
Nicole
St. Pius X Church
Walter Kleinfehn
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Stewart Funeral Home
Iowa Obituaries List Aims to Honor Local Residents
In a compiled death notice roundup several Iowa towns record passings including Mary Kenney 97 in Marengo Helen Klopping 69 in Garrison and Elsie Phelps 68 in Colesburg Lori Ann Crawford infant of Independence and Orlando Barth 60 in Decorah. Services listed with dates and church venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Mary Kenney
Hoover-Valentine’s. Garrison
Helen Klopping
Free Methodist Church
Vinton
Amboy Center Friends Church
Newton
Overton
Dysart
Colesburg
Otto
Elsie) Phelps
United Methodist Church
Appleton- Vernon
Edgewood
Independence
Lori Ann Crawford
Gary Crawford
White's
Decorah
Orlando Barth
First Lutheran Church
Steine’s
Dyersville
George E. Olberding
St. Francis Xavier
Kramer
Services Pending for Mrs Mery Wilson
Mrs. Mery Wilson 69 of 700 35th Street Marion died today at St Luke's Hospital. Services are pending at Murdoch Chapel Center Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mery Wilson
35Th St
Marion
St. Luke’s Hospital
Murdoch Chapel
Center Point
Demo reception for county officials in Marion Iowa
Linn county Democrats host a fund raising reception for County Recorder Pat Kane Treasurer James Hennessey Attorney Eugene Kopecky and Supervisor Ken Shriner from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Dave Hennessey residence 2965 Twenty sixth Avenue Marion. Stolen items from a car in West Des Moines and burglaries including jewelry and guns are noted in police reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Pat Kane
James Hennessey
Eugene Kopecky
Ken Shriner
Dave Hennessey
Twenty-sixth Avenue
Marion
IE proposes three month collection of unrecovered fuel costs
The bill limiting the ECA to two mills was removed and IE filed a new tariff. An August hearing at the Commerce Commission in Des Moines is set for Aug. 31 to review the ECA rise driven by unrecovered fuel costs and Palo nuclear plant shutdown. IE reports about $3 million in unrecovered fuel costs as of July plus extra power-purchase costs from the plant shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Commerce Commission
Des Moines
James Davidson
Palo
Davidson
Electricity use grows across Iowa utilities
Iowa Commerce Commission data show a 4.41 percent rise in electricity sold in the year ending June 39. Investor owned utilities gained 4.32 percent, municipal systems 3.86 percent, and rural coops 6.61 percent. Major utilities led by Iowa Public Service with 6.07 percent growth. Iowa Electric Light and Power up 4 percent. Industrial demand rose 5.87 percent, residential 3.95 percent, commercial 3.23 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa
Iowa Commerce Commission
Iowa Public Service
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Defense casts doubt on Hoover self harm claim in murder trial
In Linn District Court, state witness officer Richard White said gunpowder pattern on Gloria Hoover’s blouse argued against a self inflicted gunshot. FBI had considered self harm possible. defense challenge focused on muzzle distance, arm measurements, and witness credibility amid Dale Marti’s second degree murder trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Jean Hoover
Cedar Rapids
Dale Marti
Linn District Court
FBI
Richard White
Gerald Kucera
Marti
Hoover
White
Mary McGee
Citizens Committee On Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Indi
Earhart first woman to nonstop cross country flight
On this date in 1932 Amelia Earhart completed a nonstop cross country flight from Los Angeles to Newark New Jersey in nineteen hours and five minutes becoming the first woman to achieve the feat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Earhart
United States
Los Angeles
Newark
N.J
Earlville Man Killed in Gravel Road Motorcycle Crash
Dale Feldmann, 23, of Earlville, died in a motorcycle crash on a gravel road four miles west of Worthington. Found in a ditch near his bike at about 5:30 a.m. by a brother in law after he failed to return home. First Delaware County traffic death this year. Services pending at Kramer’s in Dyersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthington
Dale Feldmann
Earlville
Feldmann
Delaware County
Kramer's
Dyersville
Suspect Arrested in Theft From Local Water Service Firm
Hubert B. Laird, 32, of 253 38th St. Drive SE, was arrested on second degree theft and criminal mischief charges. He allegedly stole water softeners from Eastern Iowa Soft Water Co. at 224 29th St. Drive SE on August 19 and damaged equipment while taking two 1974 Ford vans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert B. Laird
38Th St. Drive SE
Laird
Eastern
Iowa
Guerrilla demands ransom and hostage swap in Nicaragua
Sandinista forces led by a figure calling himself Zero demand five part ransom payments in four checks and one million dollars cash for a group code named Rogoberto Lopez Perez. They threaten to release 40 to 60 hostages, with bishops and diplomats to escort the guerrillas to an awaiting Venezuelan transport plane. The siege left eight dead and multiple wounded as deputies and officials were taken hostage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Panama
Garcia
Rogoberto Lopez Perez
Lopez Perez
Somoza
Anastasio Somoza Sr
UPI
S “Zero
Zero
Nicaragua
Sandinista National Liberation Front
National
Chamber of Deputies
National Guard
Film shoot at Regis gym features disco crowd and Maravich debut
Movietion crews schedule crowd disco scenes in Belfer staged gym sequences with sneaker rules for floor access. Maravich is billed for his movie debut while Greg Martin directs a dance segment. Sunday plans include a car crash through Regis High School gym doors with no real damage. Attendees must have tickets and will not be paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfer
Maravich
Regis Gym
Greg Martin
Regis High School
Reynolds disputes federal pressure in Cedar Rapids negotiations
Reynolds says he will not use federal clout in Cedar Rapids and insists negotiations must be free. Clift says city officials expect no effect on talks. Reynolds notes he would act only if an agreement fails to be kept. He calls his prior comments about punitive action hypothetical and cites a Fort Dodge timing issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Clift
Reynolds
Fort Dodge
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Wesley W. Olson
C Ave
Ellsworth
Cedar Rapids Business College
Leroy Robinson
Enolia Hill
Raytown
Millard M
Potsdam
N.Y
Earl E
Wyandotte, Mich
Elmer O
Sheboygan
Wisc
Turner Chapel East
Martin Stadtmann
First Lutheran
Anna R. Booth
Harvey Booth
Fourth St
Anna Stodola
Mr. Booth
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Laurence
David
Geniveve Cary
Redlands
Calif
Joyce Knoefler
Riverside
Anice Knoefler
Lincoln
Neb
Emil Stodola
John Stodola
Steve Willsey
Linwood Cemetery
Turner Chapel West
William Green
Brown Ave
Mercy Hospital
New Haven
Lila Lantz
Collins Radio
Beth Hein
Bonnie David
Cheyenne
Wyo
Mahlon Lantz
Kalamazoo
Mich
Pauline Colman
Norwalk
Leo
Paul
Illinois
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Allen van Cleve
Brush Chapel
Central Park Memorial Fund
Hopkinton
Iowa City
Ramona Cermak
First United Methodist Church
George L. Gay
Westgate
George Roquet
First United Presbyterian Church
Maynard
Floral Hills
Oelwein
Delsing- Wright
Henderson's
Pleasant Hill
Toledo
Sue Kay Pickering
Bill Hall & Co
Sandy Taylor Waddell
Linda’s Ironworks
Davis, Jones, Lamb Insurance Agency
1St Ave
Adv
Ray’s Market
Johnny’s Parkway
James M. Schreck
West Des Moines
Sheraton Inn
33Rd Ave
Stickney
Murray's Grocery
Ben Franklin
Donnie Wyldes
Ave. NE
Jefferson High School
Novak
14Th Avenue S.E
Liebke
Jerome
John Ferguson
Forest Drive
Roland Krekeler
Gazette Courthouse
Cated
Man
Eisenhower
FBI Ooo
Cayddewest
Medical Society
Foundation II
Belfor
Oowers
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue S
Awellen
Florist
Peck's Flower Shop
Center Point Road
N.E
Cedar Park
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