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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1994
Page
10
Multiple deaths and memorial notices from Cedar Memorial and Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. Names include Chris D Fedde 71. David A Mayfield 34. Mary Jane McNally 74. Morningstar 59. Larry. Richard R Vogel 56. Maryann R Wells 47. Details cover dates December 1994, funeral arrangements, services, burial sites, survivors, and memorial funds.
Ora Earl Green 82 of Abbe Center died Dec 4 1994 at St Luke's after brief illness. Services Dec 8 11 a.m. Turner Chapel East. burial private. Survivors include sister Virginia and brother Robert. Francis J. Stark 82 of 5901 Alburnett Rd died Dec 6 1994 at home after long illness. arrangements pending at Baxter Funeral Chapel Marion. Evelyn Kngivedi 80 died Dec 6 1994 at Manor Care Cedar Rapids. arrangements pending at Hrabak Funeral Home Belle Plaine. Celus Cel Kremer 92 died Dec 6 1994 at Mercy Hospital Dubuque. arrangements pending at Reiff Funeral Home Cascade. calling hours 3–9 p.m. Friday.
Stewart R. Silver age 83 of Central City died Monday December 5 1994 at home after a lingering illness. Services set for 1 p.m. Thursday at Murdoch Funeral Home Central City with Rev. Gary Hoyt. Friends may call 4 to 8 p.m. today and after 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial in Mount Clark Cemetery Central City. Survived by wife Dorothy a daughter Vivian Edgerton and husband John of Central City a son Ronald Central City two brothers Benjamin and Edward and their wives and two sisters Hazel Stepanek and Mabel Michel with husbands. Also survived by two grandsons Bradley and Darren Price and wife Dawn a granddaughter Rona Price a stepson Ross Edgerton and wife Chris a stepgranddaughter Evelyn Wolfe and husband Scott three great grandsons Dustin Derick and Dalton Price and two stepgreat granddaughters Amanda and Amber Edgerton. Preceded in death by parents five brothers and three sisters. Born January 30 1911 in Faulkton MD to Royal and Myrtle Dow Silver. Married Dorothy Moyer May 1 1935 in Anamosa. Stewart farmed in Central City area for more than 60 years.
Helen M. Smith, 83, of 1007 Fifth St Coralville died Tuesday Dec 6 1994 in Mercy Hospital Iowa City following heart and lung complications. Services 1:30 p.m. Friday at George L Gay Funeral Home Iowa City. Burial Oakland Cemetery Iowa City. Survivors include son Laurence and wife Judy Coralville daughter Nancy Robinson Tacoma Wash six grandchildren five great grandchildren a sister Virginia Straley Clinton and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by husband Laurence 1984. Born April 18 1911 in Minburn she taught in Dallas County and moved to Coralville in 1952 with her husband to run The Blue Top Motel and later built The Hawkeye Lodge. Memorials to Community Christian Church Coralville.
Two obituary notices from Deep River area report Ranfeld 69 died in Leesburg Florida after a sudden illness on December 4 1994. Services set for December 8 at Watts Funeral Home Montezuma burial at Goldenrod Cemetery. Survivors include wife Irene two daughters Cynthia Wilson and Carolyn Harris a son Richard and sister Marjorie Seibert. The second notice reports David Whitworth 43 formerly of Deep River died December 3 1994 in Kansas City Missouri after a seizure. Graveside services set for December 10 at Sixteen Cemetery near Thornburg with memorial service at Church of the Nazarene Deep River. Friends may call December 9 at Watts Funeral Home Montezuma. Survivors include his mother Gladys sister Joyce Harwood and two half siblings.
Marie K Steines 72 died Tuesday December 6 1994 in Stonehill Care Center Dubuque after a long illness. Services 10:30 a m Friday at St Francis Xavier Basilica Burial in church cemetery Friends may call after 2 p m Thursday at Kramer Funeral Home Dyersville where a Scripture service begins at 7 p m Survivors include her husband Clarence two sons Duane of Oshkosh WI and Dennis of Dyersville a daughter Diane Kuhle of Dubuque and a brother Charles Hess of Farley
Maquoreta Florence J Wirth 94 of Lost Nation and De Witt died December 5 1994 in Crestridge Nursing Home after a short illness Funeral services Thursday 10 30 a m at Haylock Ohara Lahey Funeral Home with viewing today 3 to 8 p m Burial at Elwood Cemetery Elwood Survivors include three daughters Maxine Kolb Phyllis Goldensoph Gladyce Butt two sons Floyd Gerald and a sister Norma Paulsen
United Way of East Central Iowa wraps up its 1994 campaign Thursday at 5 30 p m at the Cedar Rapids Art Museum with $4 3 million raised, short of the $5 million goal but praised as a strong year.
Two deaths reported on December 5 1994. Bigler 85 died in Aase Haugen Nursing Home with services at St. John's Lutheran Church Decorah burial at church cemetery and multiple survivors including five daughters and a son. Telford 98 died in Aase Haugen Nursing Home with services at Fjelstal Funeral Home burial at Phelps Cemetery no visitation and three daughters listed as survivors.
Albert N. Bud Harras 94 of Keota died Monday December 5 1994 in Maplewood Manor after a lengthy illness. Services will be 1030 a.m. Thursday at St Mary Catholic Church with Rev Timothy Regan. Burial at Ss Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery rural Harper. Friends may call after 1 p.m. today at Powell Funeral Home Keota with a prayer service at 630 p.m. Survivors include four sons Gordon Leland Jerome in Keota and Terry in Brighton five daughters Shirley Fieweger Kathy Horner Connie Kelly Bonnie Pechman and Mary Beth Bohr a brother Howard of Keota and two sisters Viola Weber and Elizabeth Streigel both of Sigourney.
Nettie E. Melville of Hallmark Care Center died December 6 1994 after a long illness. Services are December 16 at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories Cedar Rapids with burial at National Cemetery Rock Island Illinois. Survivors include grandchildren great grandchildren and nieces and nephews. she was widow of Clarence Melville born December 21 1900 in Hamilton County.
Mildred Tutz Woolstrich Watkins 82 died December 5 1994 at Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids after a sudden illness. Services 1030 a m Thursday at St Patrick s Church Watkins burial at Ss Patrick and Paul Cemetery rural Watkins. Visitation 2 to 8 p m today at Overton Family Funeral Home Blairstown with rosary at 4 and Scripture at 6 officiated by Monsignor James Barta and Revs Walter Kleinfehn and Robert Busher. Survivors include daughter Norma Bowersox and husband Michael Swisher a brother Chris Brecht and wife Martha Watkins two sisters Cody Barta Buss and Peg Barta Cedar Rapids a grandson Chris Bowersox Des Moines and a granddaughter Andrea Swisher. Preceded in death by her parents husband Francis 1987 four brothers and a sister. Tutz and husband owned and operated the Watkins tavern and grocery store for many years.
Mildred Fell 71 dies Sunday in her West Union home after a lingering illness. Services 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Zion Lutheran Church with burial in West Union Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. today at Burnham Wood Funeral Home. Survivors include daughter Jean Sass of Cookville Texas two sons Robert Lawton Oklahoma Jeff West Union three brothers and five sisters. Stella Quamme 383 dies Tuesday at Good Samaritan Center after brief illness. Services 2 p.m. Thursday at First Lutheran rural West Union with burial in West Union Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at Burnham Wood Funeral Home. No immediate survivors.
Glen R. Bente 48 of rural Postville died Monday December 5 1994 at his home from a farm accident. Arrangements are pending at Schutte Funeral Home Postville.
The body of Glen Richard Bente, 48, was found near an overturned tractor at 6:15 p.m. in Postville. Authorities believe the death is accidental, with the Sheriff's Department, Postville Fire Department, Police Department and ambulance service assisting. This is the county's second fatal tractor incident that week, following Frank Frederick Davis Jr., 61, found dead near a tractor at a McGregor farm, and Jacob Earl Diehm, 40, killed near a farm north of Lynnville Friday.
Edward NM 83 died Dec 6 1994 in Iowa Methodist Medical Center Des Moines arrangements pending at Mason Hand Tama. Jo Boyer 70 died Dec 6 1994 at home no services or visitation burial later at Woodlawn Cemetery arrangements Henderson Overton Toledo. Jerry A Zmolek 76 of rural Toledo died Dec 5 1994 Mercy Hospital Des Moines services Dec 9 St Patrick's Tama burial St Wenceslaus Cemetery rural Clutter with military rites survivors listed.
Hazel Gilliatt aged 96 of Vinton died December 6 1994 after a sudden illness in Virginia Gay Annex. Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday at Garrison United Methodist Church with burial in Garrison Cemetery. Survivors include three children two daughters in law and a sister plus 13 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.
Agnes Buchanan and Minor M. Jones have funeral services today at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories and Turner Chapel East respectively. The Rev. Charles Mehaffey and the Rev. Mark Tuttle will officiate, with burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery and Mercy Medical Center Dialysis Unit as a memorial recipient.
Marshall County sheriff Ted Kamathus described Rebecca Hauser's death as she was stabbed 30 times with blows to the chest and skull. The hearing considers moving Burt Smith and three others from Juvenile Court to District Court for first degree murder and robbery charges related to Hauser's death in Kirksville Missouri.
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