Deaths and funeral notices from Iowa City area
Obituaries list Donald Bruce Johnson 60 professor at the University of Iowa died at home after a short illness. Surviving wife Eleanor and children Donald Jr Brian Kristen. services at Oakland Cemetery and St. Thomas More Church. Also memorials to Donald Bruce Johnson Scholarship Fund. Other obituaries include Rachel Irene McCrary 78 born 1903, and James O. Biesecker 81 formerly of Marion, both with service details and survivors.
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Donald Bruce Johnson
Beldon Ave
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Cloquet
Minn
Eleanor Thomas
Portsmouth
Duluth Junior College
University of Minnesota
University of Illinois
Donald B. Jr
Cedar Rapids
Brian
Kristen Carlsten
Kathryn Carlsen
Minneapolis
Oakland Cemetery
St. Thomas More Catholic Church
George Farrell
University of Iowa Foundation
George L. Gay Funeral Home
Rachel Irene McCrary
Pacific Junction
Linn County
Marion
Leighton McCrary
Mount Vernon
Alburnett
Cedar Falls
Western Iowa
Bartlett
Mills County
Marilyn
Edgar Farnum
Beloit
Wis
Mildred Hickman
Glenwood
Peterson Mortuary
James O. Biesecker
Paradise
Calif
Fayetteville
Hazel Flood
Masonic Trojan Lodge
Robert
Josephine Sykora
Texas Terrace
St. Louis Park
Josephine Shada
Fort Atkinson
Frank Sykora
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Leonard Havlicek
Grace Grimm
Robins
Willard Walton
Louis Trzil
St. John’s Cemetery
Brush Chapel
Trzil
James H. Smalley Sr
Keyes Court
Oakland
Veterans Hospital
Wolsey
S.D
Wheel Motors
Germany
Debbie
James H. Jr
Mildred
Rapid City
Norma Huisenga
Sacramento
Mina Schamp
Rio Vista
Cedar Memorial Chapel
LeRoy E. Bauman
Kenwood Park United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Iowa Deaths Memorials in Small-Town Obituaries
A list of Iowa obituaries with ages and service details from towns including Dysart Garber Garnaville Guttenberg Iowa City Monona Monticello Oelwein Oxford Tipton Toledo West Liberty and Winthrop. Entries note names ages service times churches cemeteries and visitations.
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Dysart
Lola M. Walls
Overton's
Garber
Terrence L
Terry” Meyer
Tuecke-Allyn’s
Guttenberg
Garnaville
Carrie M. Milewsky
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Tuecke- Allyn’s
Harold C. Bettman
St. John Lutheran Church
Iowa City
Margaret Greazel
George L. Gay
George L. Gay's, Where Friends May Call Afternoon Tuesday. Burial: St. Mary’s
Newport
Monona
Roy
Rosa) Ulish
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Schultz's
Monticello
Henry F. Adams
First United Presbyterian Church
Goettsch’s
Sheets and Son
Toledo
Carl
Hazel) Mason
Henderson's
West Liberty
Rebecca Heath
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Snider's
Winthrop
Edgar Reed
Church of Christ United
Visitation
Fawcett's
Iowa judiciary to spruce up image with $34050 grant
Iowa plans to improve public understanding of courts with brochures and a newsletter titled Iowas Third Branch. Officials say the grant from the Iowa Crime Commission supports outreach to schools and public service materials modeled on Alabama programs to raise awareness of how judges apply laws and precedents.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crime Commission
Iowa Judicial Department
Joe Thornton
Judicial Department
Thornton
Alabama
Trial lawyer pleads guilty to perjury and theft
Prominent Mason City criminal lawyer William Pappas pleaded guilty to one count of perjury and one count of first degree theft before Cerro Gordo County Judge B C Sullivan. He is scheduled for sentencing September 18. The charges stem from false statements about payments to a Mason City nursing home and alleged misappropriation of more than $5 000 held in trust for a deceased woman. The Iowa Bar Association ethics committee will review the case for the Iowa Supreme Court.
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Mason City
UPI
Monday
Cerro Gordo County
B.C. Sullivan
William Pappas
Richard Tompkins
Pappas
Tompkins
Iowa Bar Association
Ethics Committee
The
Bar Association
Iowa Supreme Court
No Progress in Dubuque Faculty Strike
In Dubuque the five hour talks with a federal mediator failed to yield progress. The university and faculty accused each other of retreating on promises as the faculty demand a 13 percent wage hike while the university cites earlier shares of 10 percent and changes to benefits. Negotiations resume with the university's official negotiator present. Classes are set to begin Wednesday.
Oelwein Considers Highway 150 Relocation Plan
City council awaits a report from the Department of Transportation on Highway 150 relocation through Oelwein. Ames Engineering proposes options to bypass the business district by moving 150 onto the old Rock Island right of way, risking purchase and demolition of several homes as part of downtown revitalization.
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Oelwein
Department of Transportation
Ames Engineering and Testing Inc
Rock Island Railroad
Two Iowans Die in Guttenberg Crash
Harold Dettman age 63 of Guttenberg and Terrence Meyer 29 of Dubuque died after a head on collision between a car and a motorcycle on U S 52 seven miles south of Guttenburg Sunday night. Dettman’s wife and mother were injured and treated at a Guttenberg hospital.
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Guttenberg
Iowa
U.S. 52
Guttenburg
Guttenberg Hospital
Harold Dettman
Terrence Meyer
Dubuque
Clayton County
Iowa State Patrol Communications Center
Cedar Falls
Dettman
Meyer
Orvilda
Gretchen
Orvilda Dettman
Gretchen Dettman
Burglary and Vandalism Reported in Tama County
Deputy Sheriff Joe McBride investigates a burglary at Mr. R s Hiway Cafe Chelsea owned by Mr and Mrs Russell Behounek with glass door damage and theft of beer ham steaks cigarettes and cash. Another vandalism at Sac and Fox Day School and earlier tribal office burglary involved broken windows and cash taken.
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Toledo
Tama County Sheriff's Office
Joe McBride
McBride
Sac and Fox Day School
Mesquakie
Body of accident victim recovered
Phil Halterman a 35 year old Davenport resident drowned in a Mississippi River boating collision last week. His body was spotted near the Moline power plant and recovered by the Moline Fire Department rescue boat. Earl Bruce age 28 of Moline also died in the same collision and was recovered earlier.
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Davenport
Phil Halterman
Mississippi
Halterman
Moline
Ill
Moline Fire Department
Earl Bruce
Nature Trail Under I 380 For Tunnel Route Change
Rails To Trails president Mary Combellick announced the Iowa Department of Transportation secured federal funding covering 90 percent of a tunnel for the Cedar Valley Nature Trail to pass under Interstate 380. The group will raise the remaining funds and begin fundraising next month, replacing earlier plans to route the trail over the interstate between Center Point and Urbana.
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Cedar Valley
Mary Combellick
Rails To Trails
the Gazette
Iowa Department of Transportation
Combellick
Center Point
Urbana
Cedar Rapids Firm Wins Seminary Renovation Bid
Brown Healey Bock announces Wartburg Lutheran Seminary in Dubuque awarded bids. Kinderknecht Associates Inc. of Cedar Rapids is the low bidder at 3.2 million dollars to renovate 55,000 square feet and add 12,000 square feet including a new library. If approved, work could start this fall.
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Brown Healey Bock
Cedar Rapids
Wartburg Lutheran Seminary
Dubuque
Herb Stone
Kinderknecht Associates Inc
Kinderknecht
Stone
Nineteenth Suspect Named in Eastern Iowa Drug Sweep
Iowa City resident Donald Charles Wieder, 26, was charged with possession with intent to manufacture marijuana as part of Johnson County's 14 week multi county probe. Deputies seized a marijuana processing plant and a pickup load of marijuana at his farm east of Morse. Wieder released on own recognizance with hearing set Aug. 31.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Iowa
Donald Charles Wieder
Route 2
Wieder
Morse
Vital Statistics Birth Dates and Addresses List
A compilation of birth announcements dated Aug 23–Aug 24 for numerous families in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas. It lists names of mothers and spouses, addresses, and newborn or awaiting infants, with several remarks about related family members and locations. It also includes a series of time stamped emergency and incident notes for Sunday and Monday, mentioning medical emergencies, alarms, and gas odor investigations at various streets and addresses.
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Vermont St
Second Ave
12Th Ave
Jacolyn Drive
Clive Drive
Sixth St
28Th St
32Nd St
Three area colleges receive NSF grants in Iowa
National Science Foundation funds three Eastern Iowa colleges. Donald A. Alton of the University of Iowa will receive 28440 dollars to study design and analysis algorithms. Walden L. Heine of Luther College will receive 7489 dollars to improve laboratory safety instruction. Joseph A. Schaefer of Loras College will receive 16880 dollars to enhance an electronics course research.
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Iowa
National Science Foundation
Donald A. Alton
Computer Science
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Walden L. Heine
Luther College
Decorah
Joseph A. Schaefer
Loras College
Dubuque
Corrections on Marion Council Warrant Approval Error
The Gazette clarifies a Friday article misstated the Marion City Council action last Thursday. It did not approve $150,000 in anticipatory warrants for Vector Corp. expansion but for interim financing of Marion’s 1981 capital improvements program.
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Marion
Vector Corp
City of Marion
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company is a daily and Sunday paper published at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates list carrier and mail options with multi week and annual prices and restrictions on mail in carrier areas. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches. USPS 095680.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
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Dibouhy
Milo E
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
George B. McDill
Czech National Cemetery
Joseph Beyer
Q.A. Novotny
Frank Nesetril
Garwood
Beth Ann
Turner Chapel
John C. Frey
Cedar Hills Community Reformed Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Gordon Ave
Naughton
M. Laurine
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Alfred Brosius
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Parnell
Robert Naughton
R.I
Gazette
New Orleans
Louisiana
University
IDOT
C.R
Lori
Jeffrey Carlson
Lisbon
Toni
Morgan Philipp
J St. SW
St. Luke’s
Debra
Ronald Shields
Mount Vernon Road
Danielle Williams
Central City
JoAnn
Thomas Schumacher
Gateway St
Myra
Vernon Volesky
Norway
Kristie
Martin Junge
Keystone
Carol Tkach-Gabl
Edward Gabl
North Pine Drive
Sheryl
Dennis Perrin
Seventh St
Benita
Greg Placar
Belle Plaine
John Berge
Donald Andrews
B Ave
Deborah Drive
Bruce C. Kaiser
Kathleen D. Kaiser
Bill B. Hood
Donna L
Hoppe
James R. Liuzzo Jr
Carbondale
Laurie J. Weaver
Alexandria
Paul D. Bagley
Tami A. Darland
Hiawatha
Paul D. Newcomb Jr
Jacqueline L. Moser
Charles L. Bails
Laurie J. Benyshek
Stanwood
Patsy Ann
Donald Eugene Power
Diane Elizabeth
Terry Channing Jackson
Jerry Wilbert
Robin Kay Rowray
Jane L
Richard Roy Carlyle Jr
Paul E
Linda Lee Mawdsley
Michael S
Sharon A. Howard
Carol
Joel Zimmerman
Mary Ann
Gerald Roger Hupfeld
Terry G
Rhonda C. McDonald
Karen Sue
Michael Joseph Jump
Charlotta A
Emery J. Toth
John B. Turner & Son
Turner
John. E. Lapes
Third Avenue S.E
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