Obituaries and funeral notices from Cedar Rapids area
Long obituary page listing Gwendolyn A Storey Schimberg and many others. Details include ages birthplaces marriages professions church affiliations and numerous funeral arrangements across Iowa communities with services at All Saints Immaculate Conception St. Wenceslaus Sacred Heart and more.
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Gwendolyn A. Storey Schimberg
Indiandale Road
Shakapee
Minn
Cedar Rapids
Charles Schimberg
Schimberg Company
All Saints Church
John C
Augusta
Joseph R
R.E. Pigott
Des Moines
Otto P. Mertens
Independence
Linda Schimberg
Edmund J. Becker
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Stewart Funeral Home
All Saints Memorial Fund
Mercy Hospital Foundation
Mary Petronilla Edelen
Queen of Angels Infirmary
Sacred Heart Convent
Waterloo
Congregation of the
Cedar Rapids Sisters of Mercy
Iowa
St. Patrick’s
Fairfax
Sacred Heart
Oelwein
St. Wenceslaus
Immaculate Conception
St. Matthew's
St. Joseph's
DeWitt
Elma
Walter
Louis
Houghton Lake
Mich
Clarence Austrang
Pontiac
David Remy
Louis Trzil
The Who concert tragedy at Riverfront Coliseum
Eyewitness accounts describe a fatal surge at the Riverfront Coliseum when fans rushed a concert at Cincinnati. Police faced a 30 minute crush as 6,000 waited for doors, with victims showing footprint-like injuries and autopsies to follow. City officials consider reserved seating to prevent future crushes.
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Tommy
Altham
Dale Menkhaus
Menkhaus
Coliseum
Dick Ogburn
Lexington
al Trott
Cincinnati General Hospital
Riverfront Coliseum
Jeff Chaney
Carlisle
Weather Summary and Extremes Across Regions
Wind direction and velocity at 11 a.m. is south at 11 mph. Sunrise and sunset are 7 19 and 4 35 respectively. Year ago today high 32 low 4 with trace precipitation. Extended forecast partly cloudy and mild Thursday to Saturday with little or no precipitation. lows in 20s highs in 40s. National highs and lows include 87 in Monrovia Calif and 1 below in Gunnison Colo. Coralville Lake notes record lows from Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic coast with teens in some Georgia South Carolina and Tennessee areas. Record lows cited include Augusta 16 Baton Rouge 27 Columbia 16 Huntsville 20 Jackson 21 Macon 20 Meridian 23. Winds strong from Pacific Northwest to Great Lakes with 65 mph gusts at Cutbank Mont and Casper Wyo. High wind warnings in Montana and gale warnings on Washington coast and Lakes Superior Ontario and northern Lake Michigan. Pacific Northwest frontal system brings rain to northern coast. showers persist in southern Texas and southern Florida. Six hour precipitation through 7 a.m. EST near a quarter inch in the northwest.
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South
Mississippi
Southland
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Coast
Georgia
South Carolina
Tennessee
Augusta
Baton Rouge
Columbia
S.C
Huntsville
Ala
Jackson
Miss
Macon
Meridian
Pacific Northwest
Rockies
Great Lakes
Cutbank
Mont
Casper
Wye
Montana
Washington State
Lakes Superior
Ontario
Lake Michigan
Pacific Coast
Texas
Florida
City school meeting on 27th Street problem
City Hall officials and Arthur Elementary School prepare to resolve delays in funding a paid crossing guard at the First Avenue East and 27th Street intersection. The city would pay half the cost, while school payroll issues spark disagreement and a potential City Council protest.
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First Avenue East
27Th Street
Arthur
Floyd Bergen
David McGuire
Hal Schaefer
Mel Meyer
John Sackett
Sackett
the Gazette
Bergen
Board of Education
Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
Iowa Department of Transportation
City Briefs: Friendsmobile stops and local events
Friendsmobile of the Public Library schedules stops at Tiny Tots Preschool Cedar Rapids Preschool Edgewood Manor and Cedar Village Wednesday with Thursday games at Town House including Big Daily Double and Early Birds. Adv Peggy Wright joins bill hall co and Adv Burianek Photography moves to 518 Guaranty Building.
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Friendsmobile
the Public Library
Tiny Tots
30Th St
Cedar Rapids
35Th St
Edgewood Manor
Clive Drive
Cedar Village
Jacelyn Drive
Town House
Peggy Wright
Bill Hall & Co
Burianek
Guaranty Building
Iran stops accepting dollars for oil amid broader Tehran embassies
Iran formally implements its ban on U S dollar payments for oil after earlier hinting at the move. Carter aides report no permanent haven for Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, while hostility grows in Tehran over the shah. Turkish and Mexican leaders react to U S actions as other protests unfold in the United States and abroad.
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Carter Administration
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Tehran
Land Air Force Base
Shah
Jose Lopez Portillo
Carter
United States
Lopez Portillo
Vital Statistics Dec 3 births listed for multiple families
A medical emergency at 12:22 p.m. and a gas flush at 1:43 p.m. Monday mark the day’s incidents. An overheated transformer at 418 Second St NE followed later, with listed births at various Cedar Rapids area addresses including Sara and Michael Wright, Mary and Charles Lloyd III, and several other couples, showing a sequence of local life events on December 3.
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Sara
Michael Wright
Danbury St. NE
Mary
Charles Lloyd III
First Ave
Marion
Mickie
David Stullie
Oak St
Hiawatha
Jacqueline
John Floyd
Fairfax
Connie
Vernon McClintock
Vinton
Carol
Darrel Hoyt
Elberon
43Rd St. NE
Second St. NE
Kern files appeal in Iowa Supreme Court
Judy Kay Kern convicted of first degree murder in the April 14 slaying of Ady Jensen at a West Branch farmhouse appeals to the Iowa Supreme Court. An appeal filed Nov. 28 in Cedar County District Court by her attorney William Norton. Kern serves a life term at the Women's Reformatory in Rockwell City. Her husband Robert L. Kern, also convicted of murder, serves life at Fort Madison and appealed to the Supreme Court on Nov. 16.
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Tipton
Judy Kay Kern
Iowa City
Iowa Supreme Court
Cedar County
William Norton
Kern
Women's Reformatory
Rockwell City
Ady Jensen
West Branch
Robert L. Kern
Jensen
Iowa State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Supreme Court
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Francis J. Sullivan
Green Valley Place
Teahen Funeral Home
Klumpar
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Edward J. Roling
Czech National Cemetery
Anderson
Fred
Andy
Larry Bringman
Four Square Gospel Church
Linwood Cemetery
Fensterman
Mary F
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Glen W. Lamb
First United Methodist Church of
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Wolfe Clinic-Eye Foundation
Marshalltown
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Knight
Josephine
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Louis Trail
St. John’s Cemetery
Roy Bakkum
Waukon
Allamakee
Palmer Chiropractic College
Jessie Hubbard
Robert Bakkum
John Nolan
Wanganui
New Zealand
Arnold
William
Manchester
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Martyn Hansing
Old West Paint Creek Lutheran Cemetery
Martin
Crawfordsville
Walter G. Rich
North Hollywood
Calif
Shiloh
Peterseim’s
Kalona
Decorah
Hans Engen
Steine’s. Decorah
Olga Gross
Aase Haugen Nursing Home
Steine’ S
Phelp’s
George W. Yoder
United Christian and Baptist Church
Sharon Hill
Marengo
Nora Campbell
Hoover-Valentine’s
Montezuma
Daniel Kriegel
Neuenhoven’s
Brooklyn
Nichols
Louise C. Kaalberg
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Snider’s
Bessie M. Denison
Champion Hill United Methodist Church
Piersol
Powell’s. Sigourney
Peter N. Gries
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Holm’s. Traer
James Garfield Powell
Overton’s
West Union Cemetery
Traer
James J. Dostal
Clutter
Overton
National Cemetery
Vining
U.S
Curbishley
Buffalo
The
Who
Ray Schwertman
Chaney
Paris
Louis Napoleon
Weather Report
Monrovia
Gunnison
Colo
Coralville Lake
C.R. Wea
St. Louis
Sioux Falls
Ewe
C.R
Anchorage
Miami
Bismarck
Mets
Boston
Nashville
Chicago
N.orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Honolulu
Soong Nares
Houston
Washington
Bismalck
PtCldy
Cincinnat
Seaebesoous Eae
Detroit
Kansas City
Saecesonvosenns
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Omaha
Dick Hogan
Iran
Mally
Abol Hassan Bani-Sadr
Boston Herald
Oregon
Cumberland
Los Angeles
San Antonio
St. Luke’s
Arvie A. Key
Jennie Lee Griswold
Ronald S. Thompson
Tamara J. Blackburn
Donald P. Smith
Carol L. Marco
William T., Doe
Angela R. Johnson
Harlan D. Sailor
Barbara A. Ferguson
Kelly W. Day
Brenda L. Hendrix
Walker
Randy R. Beadle
Joan D. Franks
William D. Konigsmark
Rebecca S. Goodson
Longwood Drive No
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
Judy Kern
Gazette
David Roberts
Dial
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