10 Dec 1983
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1983
Page
1
Multiple obituaries record the deaths of Robert Mayer Sr. 68, Anthony Yamilkoski 68, Edna Gibson 93, Judith Weaver 34, Bertha De Wald 78 and related funeral details in Cedar Rapids and nearby towns. Entries list birthplaces, spouses, survivors, service times and burial venues with church and military affiliations.
Robert L. Irish Sr. will have a memorial service at 11 a.m. Monday in Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories conducted by Rev. Charles Moore, with burial in Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may visit 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday and after 9 a.m. Monday. casket will be closed. Spreitzer Harry J. had a service at 10 a.m. today at Cedar Memorial Chapel by Rev. Gerald Condon. Inurnment at Evergreen section of Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. visitors may register after 8:30 a.m. and donate to charity. Arrangements by Cedar Memorial Funeral Home.
Estella Curb aged 71 of 1231 Sierra Drive NE died. Services are pending at Turner Chapel East.
A string of obituaries reports Alta Mae McDowell Hazel Ryerson Fred Dittmer Enid Elizabeth Lawson Dr Wilda Freeborn Faust Warren Kiefer Vena Foust Joseph Steinbrech Pauline Junge and others. Services and burial details follow for each, with survivors listed and specific locations across Elkader Edgewood Colesburg Belle Plaine Marengo Olin Iowa City Independence Rowley Keystone Solon Vining and surrounding areas. Memorials and call times are noted where provided.
Nellie M. Lewis 88 died Friday at Parkview Manor after a long illness she was a 40 year Killian’s Cedar Rapids clerk Services pending at Powell's Vern Popenhagen 62 died Thursday at Palmer Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness he was a retired farmer Survivors include wife Florence daughter Vickie Meyer sister Mrs Millard Anderson and two grandchildren Services Monday 1 30 p m Zion Lutheran Church Friends may call after 2 p m Sunday at Burnham Wood’s Burial West Union Cemetery.
A Bettendorf Kmart crowd rushing for Cabbage Patch dolls trampled Virginia Morris of Davenport, breaking her left wrist as doors opened at 9 am. About 200 shoppers surged inside for 12 dolls. store officials will revise sale setup to reduce stampedes.
Baltimore firefighters say a blaze that began in a living room swept through a three-story brick rowhouse killing eight people including a 2 week old girl and a pregnant teenager. Three others were injured as two survivors jumped from the home.
Birth notices list several families in Cedar Rapids area including Partridge Minton Burk Kim Ketelsen and others with addresses. Fire and emergency calls logged late Thursday into Friday cite medical, alarm, ballast, fuel and detector issues at multiple local streets and avenues.
When wrapping holiday packages, combine mismatched small gift wrap pieces of different patterns and colors for pleasing, balanced packages. Mix textures and avoid obvious repeats to create a festive look with the scraps.
In 1981 President Reagan called for Americans in Libya to depart as Libyan leader Muammar Khadafy faced charges of plotting to kill U.S. officials.
Two U.S. servicemen were wounded as the Beirut airport base came under fire on Friday. Marines fired back and destroyed bunkers belonging to Shiite militiamen. a Navy Seabee suffered an ear injury when his bulldozer was hit by a rocket propelled grenade and a nearby Marine was leg‑shrapnel injured.
Meese and White House clash over hunger remarks as outrage grows. Speakes defends aid programs and cites 1980 spending as 17.2 billion with inflation-adjusted 1983 figures. O'Neill notes high poverty and 17,000 Massachusetts children malnourished.
Esther McBride a 64 year old Independence resident was listed in fair condition at People's Memorial Hospital after a 6 am car pedestrian accident three miles southeast of Independence on County Road W 3. She suffered a broken pelvis and concussion. State sheriff reports McBride lost control of her car and went into an east ditch. Tom Reidy a county snowplow operator stopped to aid and was directing traffic when McBride walked behind the plow and was struck by a car driven by Sheila Payne 43 of Quasqueton.
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