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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1983

Page

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Obituaries for Nina Colgan Russell Hawkins and Lily McGowan

Nina Hanzlik Colgan 82 formerly of Fairfax died at her Long Beach California home. Services pending at Stewart Funeral Home. Russell Hawkins 77 of Marion died at home after a long illness. Services pending at Cedar Memorial Funeral Home. Lily M. McGowan 78 formerly of Marion died at Hallmark Nursing Home Mount Vernon after a long illness. Services pending at Baxter Memorial Chapel Marion.

Nina Hanzlik Colgan Fairfax Long Beach Calif Stewart Funeral Home Russell Hawkins Maureen Drive Marion Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Lily M. McGowan Winslow Road Hallmark Nursing Home Mount Vernon Baxter Memorial Chapel

East Iowa Deaths Span Four Local Families

Arnold H Buhr 68 retired farmer died at Mercy Hospital Oelwein. Survivors include wife Vera three sons Louis Paul Alan and daughters Nancy Constable Barbara Okerson and siblings and grandchildren. Clarke Hall 73 retired farmer died at Brookhaven Nursing Home with services pending. Emma Mausser 78 died at John McDonald Hospital Monticello survivors three brothers and two sisters with services at St Martin Catholic Church burial Sacred Heart Cemetery.

John H. Westphall Third Ave Roseville Mich Elmer C. Westphall Palm Harbor Fla Kaul Funeral Home Sacred Heart Cemetery Kuba Funeral Home East Arnold H. Buhr Mercy Hospital Oelwein Vera Louis Waco Texas Paul Chicago Alan Woodward Iowa Nancy Constable Barbara Okerson Cordova Tenn Herbert Sumner ElRoy Waterloo Helen Brase Tripoli Ida St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Hintz’s Union Cemetery Clarke Hall Brookhaven Nursing Home Nevenhoven’s Emma Mausser John McDonald Hospital Monticello Jack Mausser Chris Cascade Charles Bernard Anna Rauch Prescott, Ariz Ida Francois Masonville St. Martin’s Catholic Church Devaney-Reiff's Catholic Daughters of America John Richard Wagner Route 1 Homestead Iowa City Oxford Thelma C. Meade Cosgrove St. Mary’s Catholic Church Anne Connell Patty Morelock Jeanne Lincoln George Snell George Gay’s Mount Calvary Cemetery

Hawkeye Obituaries Highlight Local Deaths and Services

Multiple obituaries from Hawkeye report deaths of Mary Schoenenberger, Carl Pat Stark, John Richard Wagner, Robert J. Robbins, Carl J. Frederickson, and Ethel Smith. Details include ages, survivors, funeral arrangements, call times, and burial sites across Iowa cities such as Lewistown, Colo, Oxford, Elgin, Sigourney, West Branch, and West Union.

Obituaries from Hopkinton Senior Home area

Edna Mae Huggins 85 died Friday at the Senior Home Monticello. Survivors include son Donald of Las Vegas and 5 sisters and 3 brothers. Services Tuesday 1 30 p m Hopkinton Methodist Church. Felix H Pieray 71 of rural Hopkinton died Thursday at VA Hospital Iowa City. Survivors include wife Elizabeth five sons a daughter and five siblings. Burial Hopkinton Cemetery.

Edna Mae Huggins Monticello Donald Las Vegas Nev Wilma Hardin Cedar Rapids Joan Manson Manchester Ruth Pire Evelyn Thompson Vidamae Ellison Hopkinton George Topping Wyoming Bill Topping Anamosa Gene Topping Hopkinton Methodist Church Goettsch’s Hopkinton Cemetery Felix H. Pieray Sand Spring Iowa City Elizabeth Stephen Henry Dana Robin Des Moines James Fort Stewart Melanie Guerry Columbus Miss Eugene Joseph Lucille Maskel Clinton Betty Hayes Tama Mary Hughes Delmar Iowa Madalyn Schone Rose Islers

Audrey Wheeler Quasqueton obituary

Audrey Wheeler Quasqueton 78 died Friday at Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids. A retired secretary she is survived by two daughters Joan Klima Cedar Rapids and Noene Zonneville Lakeside California a sister Fern Butler Cedar Rapids two grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Services Monday 10 30 a m at Fawcetts Winthrop with calling hours after 2 30 p m Sunday. Burial Walker Cemetery Walker.

Audrey Wheeler Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids Joan Klima Noene Zonneville Lakeside Calif Fern Butler Fawcett’s Winthrop Walker Cemetery Walker

Margaret E. Brown 99 former Stanwood resident dies

Margaret E. Brown 99 of Stanwood died after a brief illness at Cedar Rapids Fourth Avenue Care Center She lived in Stanwood since 1951 widow of Charlie D Brown born October 3 1884 in Cedar County A longtime speech professor she studied in Nashville Paris and Vienna She taught across colleges in the United States Surviving brother William Ehresman of College Grove Tenn Services Monday at 1 pm at Central Church of Christ Cedar Rapids with burial at Rose Hill Mechanicsville A memorial fund is established Lunch follows in church hall. friends may call at Morgan's Lisbon today and Sunday and at the church before service.

Margaret E. Brown Stanwood Cedar Rapids Fourth Avenue Cedar County David Lipscomb College Nashville Olin Central Church of Christ In Farm Bureau Association of University Women Federated Women’s Club Order of Eastern Star William Ehresman College Grove Tenn Central Church of Christ Norman Bales Max Sa

Kruger Rites Set For West Union Native

Donald J. Kruger 60 a construction worker died Thursday Survivors include wife Jean son John daughter Patricia three stepsons John Becker Cedar Rapids Jim Becker Dan Becker both of Waukon a stepdaughter Lane Becker Waukon and brother Curt Waukon Services Monday 1 30 p m Bethel United Presbyterian Church Friends may call after 2 p m Sunday at Burnham Woods Burial Salem United Church of Christ Cemetery rural Waukon

Mary Schoenenberger Palmer Memorial Hospital West Union John Tom Oelwein Esther Monroe Lewistown Henry Funeral Home Ill Becker-Milnes Hawkeye Oak Hill Cemetery Carl Pat Stark University Hospitals Iowa City Onslow Locker Catherin Patrick Central City Michael Cedar Rapids Mary Virginia Stark Pella Nevada Edwin Sacramento Calif Mary Ada Black Julia Oxley West Branch St. Mary’s Catholic Church Colo Iowa Ryan’s Calvary Baptist Chapel St. James’ Cemetery Robert J Bob’’ Robbins McAllen Texas Mary Ann Juanita Lang McGregor Sherene Mulloy Edgerton Wis Roberta Kratochvill Prairie du Chien Tiffany Robert Jr Waucoma Matthew Elgin Kim Scott Fayette Todd Tracy Scott Flossie Ogle Ruby Baechler St. Paul’s United Methodist Church Muehlethaler’s Illyria Cemetery Donald J. Kruger Jean Patricia John Becker Jim Becker Dan Becker Waukon Lane Becker Curt Bethel United Presbyterian Church Burnham Wood’s Salem United Church of Christ

Cranston tells Demos he can beat Reagan in 1984 race

Sen. Alan Cranston told about 120 people in Cedar Rapids he could defeat Ronald Reagan and would be younger than the president when running. He urged focus on California strength, southern and western delegate support, and addressing peace and jobs.

wGite Reagan Alan Cranston Cedar Rapids United Food and Commercial Workers P-3 Hall Cranston Ronald Reagan Edmund Muskie Hubert Humphrey Ted Kennedy California Herbert Hoover Richard Nixon United States

Spraying Parks Aim to Stop Christmas Tree Theft in Linn County

Park officials in Linn County spray evergreen trees with a sulphur-based animal repellant and paint large stripes to deter theft. Four years of losses totalled about $1,200 per season, but the program since three years ago has halted tree losses. The odor is not noticeable outdoors but appears in warm rooms.

Linn Rudolph Hazelton Pinicon Ridge Park Iowa

Bloomfield closing to cost Iowa banks $1.97 million

Iowa banks face a total 1.97 million dollar assessment to cover losses from the Bloomfield Exchange Bank failure. The state sinking fund will pay 2.27 million to Davis County entities and Bloomfield in a 1930s measure to protect public deposits.

Bloomfield Iowa Judy Daubenmier Gazette Des Moines Exchange Bank of Michael Fitzgerald Fitzgerald Davis County City of Davis County Community Federal Savings Banks Savings and Loans United Federal Savings Bank of Des Moines First Federal Savings Bank of Waterloo First Federal Bank FSB Shenandoah First Central Bank Chariton

Vital Statistics Birth Notices and Incident Log

A long list records December births for several couples, followed by names of Cedar Rapids and area residents. The entry also logs multiple emergency calls and incidents from Thursday and Friday evenings, including medical emergencies, false alarms, a catalytic converter theft report, a defective fuse box, and other public safety notices with street addresses.

Center Point Road Rockford Road Fifth St 15Th Ave C Ave Richmond Road Seventh St 13Th St Jacelyn Drive Washington Ave

History Lessons Not Learned topic of Coe Founders Day talk

Prof. John J. Murray will speak Tuesday morning at Coe College on History Lessons Not Learned. The 11 a.m. Public Events lecture in Cherry Auditorium marks the college’s 132nd anniversary and is free to the public. Murray will discuss world history and lessons for today.

John J. Murray Coe College Coe Cherry Auditorium Murray Order of the Crown of Belgium Henrietta M. Arnold University of Maine Indiana University University of California At Los Angeles

First human heart transplant performed in Cape Town

On this date in 1967 Dr. Christiaan Barnard led surgeons in Cape Town South Africa to transplant a heart into Louis Washkansky a 53 year old man from a 25 year old woman donor who died in a car crash Washkansky survived 18 days revealing early limits of transplant surgery.

Cape Town South Africa Christiaan Barnard Louis Washkansky Washkansky

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