Death notices from Linn County and surrounding area
Fay B Collins 90 of Viola died after an extended illness at Anamosa Hospital. He was born in Linn County on November 14 1895 and ran a Viola grocery and a mail order dealership. He married Mary Williams in Mount Vernon 1922 and Marguerite Wilson in Cedar Rapids 1964. Burial at Wilcox Cemetery. memorial fund. Edward E Washington 48 of Cedar Rapids died after a brief illness. He leaves a son and daughters, five brothers and five sisters. Services Tuesday at Turner Chapel East. burial at Oakhill Cemetery. memorials to American Cancer Society. Lucille M Hartkemeyer 53 of Des Moines died of a sudden illness. She was an Iowa State Bank manager. Survived by husband Darrell and children Karl and Karla. Services 7 p.m. tonight at Southtown Funeral Home. burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery Tuesday. Nick Hamling Wake service Tuesday at Sacred Heart Church Walker. burial Sacred Heart Cemetery Walker. military rites by American Legion. visitation at Murdoch Funeral Home. James W Fagan memorial service today at Immaculate Conception Church. burial Mount Calvary Cemetery. memorials to Shriners Children Hospital. Fred Worthan 86 of Cedar Rapids died after a sudden illness at St. Luke’s Hospital. services pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay B. Collins
Viola
Anamosa Community Hospital
Linn County
Springville High School
Mary Williams
Mount Vernon
Marguerite Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Methodist Church
Farm Bureau
Wilma Bertrand
Norma Lee Cakuelin
Arcadia
Calif
Viola Methodist Church
Keith Hamilton
Wilcox Cemetery
Goettsch Funeral Home
Anamosa
Edward E. Washington
3Rd Ave
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Panama City
Fla
Eddie
Donnie Mae
Darrell Hobbs
Tracy Winfield
Davenport
Bobbett
Los Angeles
Lucille M
Radeke) Hartkemeyer
Des Moines
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Iowa State Bank
Darrell
Karl
Karla
Southtown Funeral Home
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Nick Hamling
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Walker
William Clark
Sacred Heart Cemetery
American Legion
Friends
Murdoch Funeral Home
James W. Fagan
Immaculate Conception Church
Phillip Schmitt
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Deaths in Eastern Iowa A list of regional obituaries
Maurice Barney Hamlett 65 died at St Luke's Cedar Rapids wife Mary Bonnie daughter Karen Falconer three sons Brett Bart John mother Hulda two sisters Athena Wilson Bette Killinger grief services 10 am Tuesday Edgewood Cemetery military rites Edgewood Legion Post memorials Edgewood Ambulance Fund Edgewood Boy Scouts. Ronald Bantz 52 died at University Hospitals Iowa City wife Mary father Lyle Maynard daughter Gary Rhonda Boehm Barbara Ackerson Ann Erickson Wendy eight grandchildren services 1 pm Wednesday Grace Lutheran Fayette burial Pleasant Grove rural West Union funeral home Fayette. Alice Krause 80 died at home long illness funeral services and burial Tuesday in Chicago Blake Lamb Oaklawn Donahue Lensings local arrangements. Earl E Betts 83 died Mercy Hospital Oelwein services pending Brant Kern Jamison Funeral Home. Kenneth H Baker 61 died at University Hospitals Iowa City brief illness survivors three daughters Annette Rosemary Theresa all West Liberty two sons David West Liberty Larry Muscatine sister Helena Eckert West Liberty brother Merwin East Moline two grandchildren services 11 am Wednesday Snider Funeral Home Oak Ridge Cemetery West Liberty memorial fund established. Hardy Gunther 76 died Maplecrest Manor Fayette funeral arrangements pending Burnham Wood Funeral Home.
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Maurice “Barney” Hamlett
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Mary “Bonnie
Karen Falconer
Edgewood
Brett
Bart
John
Arlington
Hulda
Athena Wilson
Colesburg
Bette Killinger
Manilla
Phillipines
Edgewood Cemetery
Edgewood Legion Post
Vernon Funeral Home
Edgewood Ambulance Fund
Edgewood Boy Scouts
Ronald Bantz
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Mary
Lyle
Maynard
Gary
West Union
Rhonda Boehm
Wadena
Barbara Ackerson
Ames
Ann Erickson
Chatfield
Minn
Wendy
Fayette
James
Westgate
Janet Meaney
Oelwein
Grace Lutheran
Pleasant Grove
Rural
Becker-Milnes
Kenneth H. Baker
Annette
Rosemary Marques
Theresa Cordova
West Liberty
David
Larry
Muscatine
Helena Eckert
Merwin
East Moline
Ill
Snider Funeral Home
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Cedar Rapids man charged after lengthy traffic chase
Loren Ziskovsky, 22, of Cedar Rapids, faces 13 counts including four speeding charges seven stop-sign violations driving the wrong way on a one way street reckless driving shoplifting and eluding officers after a Saturday night pursuit that began on Oakland Road NE and ended in a ditch on I 380. He was released on his own recognizance.
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Cedar Rapids
Oakland Road
Loren Ziskovsky
Route 2
Quik-Trip
First Ave
Oakland Road NE
Collins Road
Ziskovsky
Linn County
Wife of artificial heart recipient questions limits
Margaret Schroeder says she cannot know if her husband William Schroeder wants to continue living after a third stroke left him unable to speak. In People magazine she laments missing consent form guidance on when to stop aggressive treatment. Schroeder, 53, the second permanent artificial heart recipient, remains at Humana Hospital Audubon in Louisville, Ky., at his bedside 12 hours daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Margaret Schroeder
William Schroeder
Humana Hospital
Audubon
Louisville
Ex-lowan hunted for wife killer believed dead in crash
A man sought in the slayings of his ex wife and her mother apparently died in a fiery car crash near Lone Pine California early Saturday police said. The burned body in the wrecked 1978 Cadillac had the same plate as the car linked to Lawrence Spacone. The victim, Norma Jeanine Kath Spacone 42, was shot four times in a Wilmington area Denny's parking lot. Alpha Kath 70, her mother, was found shot dead at her Lakewood home later that day. Spacone 46 lived in Lakewood and had divorced from the couple since December 1983. Police were to confirm if the crash victim is Spacone. The crash occurred on Whitney Portal Road near the Sierra Nevada edge. No other vehicles were involved. The Spacones had a 21-year-old daughter and a son in the Marine Corps.
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Los Angeles
California
Lone Pine
Mount Whitney
Inyo County
Rick Alexander
Lawrence Spacone
Norma Jeanine Kath Spacone
Spacones
Bettendorf
Spacone
Pasadena
Wilmington-area
Denny’s
Larry Kallestad
Jerome Brackley
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Kallestad
Lakewood
Marine Corps
OPEC moves to price war strategy amid market shift
Geneva reports OPEC ministers agreed to abandon defending a fixed price and instead aim to defend a market share by cutting prices as needed. A six member committee led by Arturo Hernandez Grisanti will refine the plan with Kuwait UAE Algeria Iran and Iraq. Nigeria and Iraq signaled new pricing to meet market pressure. OPEC now sells about 18 million barrels a day, down from a prior share peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Geneva
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Venezuela
Arturo Hernandez Grisanti
Kuwait
United Arab Emirates
Algeria
Iran
Iraq
Nigeria
Tom David- West
Qassim Taqi al-Oraibi
Kennedy Center Honors recipients announced at White House
President Reagan lauded six recipients at a Kennedy Center Honors reception, praising Irene Dunne, Bob Hope, Merce Cunningham, Beverly Sills, and the Lerner Loewe team for their lifetime contributions to American culture. The gala aired December 27 as a TV special.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
Reagan
Kennedy Center
White House
Irene Dunne
Bob Hope
Merce Cunningham
Beverly Sills
Alan Jay Lerner
Frederick Loewe
Kennedy
Dunne
Cunningham
Magnolia
Flo Ziegfeld
Vital Statistics at St Luke's Dec 8 and 9
On Saturday and Sunday the paper records multiple entries from St Luke's noting births at Teresa and Gary Gordon Lisbon a son Angela and Darrel Nye 1138 N Ave NW a son Ruth and Terry Weaver Central City a daughter. It also lists numerous medical emergencies and incidents including locations 1415 First Ave SE 69 16th Ave SW Highway 30 bypass SW Third Street 16th Avenue SE 121 Fifth Ave SW Crestridge Dr NW and 160 Crestridge Dr NW with times ranging from 8:03 p.m. to 4:09 p.m. and an unknown engine compartment incident.
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ST. Luke’s
Teresa
Gary Gordon
Lisbon
Angela
Darrel Nye
N Ave. NW
Ruth
Terry Weaver
Central City
First Ave
16Th Ave
First Avenue
14Th Street
Highway 30
Third Street
16Th Avenue
Fifth Ave
Crestridge Dr
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American Cancer Society
10Th St. SE
Fred Worthan
Stewarts Funeral Home
Iowa
Alice Krause
S. Dubuque St
Chicago
Blake-Lamb Funeral Home
Oaklawn
Donahue- Lensings
Earl E. Betts
Mercy Hospital
Brant-Kerns-Jamison Funeral Home
Hardy Gunther
Maplecrest Manor
Burnham- Wood Funeral Home
Chase Nets
Alan Zumbach
Zumbachs
Church
Don Jerome
Sutton Road
Jerome
Alburnett
Agriculture
John Block
Norpro Turkey
Norpro
Salina
Utah
FBI
Bob Rampton
N St
Greg Davidson
O Ave
William Bennett
Verna Bruner
Turkey
Salt Lake City
U.S
Norbest Inc
United States
Asia
Utah Turkey Growers Association
Louisiana
Montana
Nevada
Oklahoma
Oregon
What
Was
Schroeder
Review
Ballantyne Kirkwood
Tiemeyer
Leon Bates
Bates
Paramount
Les Zacheis
Lowan
Whitney Portal Road
U.S. Route 395
Inyo National Forest
Alexander
Marion
John E. Lapes
3Rd Avenue S.E
Ellis Boulevard
Center Pt. Rd
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