Obituaries span Cedar Rapids area deaths in 1960s era
The list records multiple deaths including Dora Olmstead of Cedar Rapids and Pearl Austin of Marion, with extensive survivor details, service times, and burial places. Other notices cover Raymond Larson, Ralph Pleggenkuhle, Erwin Martens, and Hootman among many, plus memorials to Heart Fund and American Diabetes Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora B. Olmstead
Cedar Rapids
Hayward
Calif
Dora Carpenter
Marshalltown
Robert I. Olmstead
Olmstead
Ralph Day
Huntwood Baptist Church
Day
Ray Hertz
Darwin
Lincoln
Neb
Robert W
Aurora
Nellie Adams
Gardena
Brush Chapel
Landis Olson
St. Stephen Lutheran Church
Linwood Cemetery
Pearl Austin
13Th St
Marion
Pearl Mann
Anamosa
Guy Austin
Martello
Springville
Austin
Wesley Mann
San Diego
Elleanor Martinez
Monterrey
Mexico
Goettsch
Brown Garlock
United Methodist Church
Springville Cemetery
Keystone
Ralph Chamberlain
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Preston
Fulton
Ill
Miller Funeral Home
Oxford Junction
Thomas M. Hanwardson
Hayden's
Raymond L. Larson
Goettsch’s. Hawkeye
Ralph Pleggenkuhle
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Richfield
Emerson-Milnes
Wheatland
Erwin Martens
St. Paul’s United Church of Christ
Chapman’s
Iowa City
Marion Christensen
George L. Gay
Heart Fund
Jesup
Winifred Tillotson
Parker
Memory Garden Cemetery
Ames
Joseph R. Hootman
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Birmingham
Iowa
Hootman
Iowa Steel and Iron Works
International Association of Machinists
Larry
Palo
Kenneth
Paul
David
Safford
Ariz
Mark
Glen
Burlington
Ron Ortery
Kirkwood
David Raue
Darrel Danner
Mission
Kan
Alice Hootman
Clinton
Arthur
Seth
Vinton
Eugene
Shellsburg
Murdoch Chapel
Allen S. van Cleve
Maple Hill Cemetery
Fort Atkinson Votes Over Water System Expansion
Fort Atkinson residents face a Dec 19 election to approve a $272000 expansion of the water system after discovering that a 1961 fire station tank project lacked a required referendum. The council plans to explain plans at a December 13 meeting and seek FHA funded upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Atkinson
W.J. Brandt
The
Gazette
Chicago
Chapman and Cutler
Brandt
Federal Housing Administration
Arson fire kills at least twelve in Newark tenement
A blaze in a three story Newark tenement killed 12 people, including seven children, with 18 others escaping. Fire officials said the back of the building ignited and rapid spread trapped three families, as rubble collapsed over victims. an arson probe was ordered and a suspect described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N.J
UPI
John Caulfield
Caulfield
James O’bierne
O’bierne
Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details and Rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406. Subscriptions by carrier 1.15 per week. by mail 7 issues weekly 5 17 4 weeks 56.00 3 4 weeks. Rates vary for other states and territories. AP has exclusive republication rights for local and AP dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
Collins Boeing deal details and 767 foreseen impact
The report outlines Boeing's 767 production with United Airlines ordering 30 jets worth 1.2 billion, and American and Delta placing large orders and options. It explains Collins digital flight control and fuel efficiency aims, noting 256000 calculations per second and potential flight management system contracts. United expects 767s to cut fuel use by about 35 percent and replace older jets like the DC-8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boeing
United Airlines
United
Airbus Industrie
Churchill
Collins
United States
Collins wins Boeing 767 contract after research drive
Collins Air Transport Division credited with securing Boeing relation after two years of digital aviation work. Jim Churchill says the team outbid Sperry General Electric Bendix and Honeywell and will deliver first air worthy 767 packages by mid-1981 with United Airlines to receive the first 767 in mid-1982.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boeing
United
Pratt and Whitney
Arthur Collins
Collins Radio Co
Rockwell-Collins
Cedar Rapids
Jim Churchill
Collins Air Transport Division
Collins
Sperry
General Electric
Bendix
Honeywell
Seattle
Churchill
United Airlines
Hiawatha approves massage ordinance on first reading
Hiawatha City Council approved on first reading an ordinance licensing massage parlors and technicians, with exclusions for state licensed therapists and athletic staff. It sets fees, training requirements, inspections, and penalties, and requires licenses by both parlors and individual technicians. The measure follows similar ordinances in Cedar Rapids and Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiawatha
Joan Biederman
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Biederman
Dale Guthridge
Iowa Department of Transportation
Iowa Electric Light and Power
Lisa awaits heart transplant amid drive for 50 thousand
Lisa’s heart transplant is scheduled after a virus illness. A fund drive aims to raise up to $50,000 to cover non insured costs including living expenses for Lisa and her mother while awaiting a donor. Marion churches and civic groups collect daily small contributions from across Eastern Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph’s
Also Mentioned on This Page
Patricia Galligan
Lead Hill
Ark
Jerry
Harrison, Ark
Lowa
William B. Brunen
Central City
Coggon
Ryan
Willa
Lena Henderson
Augusta Hunter
Eleanor Merritt
Walker
Clara Mayou
Rochester
Minn
Martha Fleming
Eagle Point
Ore
Thomas
John
Murdoch
Duane Manning
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Otto B. Siemer
Coralville
Mercy Hospital
Homestead
Lina Wittig
Marengo
Vera Yocum
Esther Damron
Rosalie Jeffress
Geneseo
Nancy de Forest
George
Beckman-Jones
Memory Gardens
American Diabetes Association
Filipi
Charles
First Presbyterian Church
Ely
James C. de Smith
Edwin Zeller
YMCA
Charles Filipi
First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Turner Chapel East
Wright
Cecil Irva
Alburnett Christian Church
Larry Holder
Joplin
Jack Cronkite
Cedar Memorial Park
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
By Ken Sullivan
Gazette Statl Writer
Collins-Boeing
British Airways
Eastern Airlines
American
Delta
American Airlines
Cleveland
Denver
Hiawatha OK
Willa Cather
Lisa
Father Gallagher
Swellen
Florist
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue 5.E
Christmas Designs
Cedar Park
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