Cedar Rapids obituary notices reflect multiple local deaths
Virginia Harper Hoppe 83 of Cedar Rapids died December 7 2008 at Mercy Medical Center. A Celebration of Life will be held December 12 at St Pauls United Methodist Church with visitation December 11. Don Tolle 77 Cedar Rapids died December 7 2008 from apparent heart attack no services. Memorials to American Heart Association or Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Shirley Fae Boyce 87 Cedar Rapids died December 7 2008 with memorial service December 14 at People's Church Universalist. Further notices for Marion Reed Leamon Steven L Lekin Owen Shayer and others follow with service or burial details.
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Donald Glen Tolle
East Post Rd
Don
Cedar Memorial Westside Chapel
Virginia
Dawson
Lloyd
Nettie May Tolle
Cherry Burrell Co
Shirley Fae Boyce
Cedar Rapids
People’s Church Unitarian Universalist
Oakland Cemetery
Solon
Brush Chapel
Steven L. Lekin
K St
F Ave
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Obituary index lists deceased individuals by town including Cedar Rapids Colesburg Epworth Iowa City Keystone Marion Oxford Riverside Shellsburg Sigourney Strawberry Point Troy Mills Wheatland and other deaths Marian Hansen (nee Rabyor) noted.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert L. Benson
Shirley Fae Boyce
Virginia Harper Heppe
Marion “Reed” Leamon
Steven L. Lekin
Owen C. Shayer
Donald Glen Tolle
Colesburg
Marguerite Lucile Brown
Epworth
Joni M. McDermott
Iowa City
Kay Amert
Nancy Marie Graf
Marjorie E. Wagner
Keystone
Eileen Root
Marion
Grace L. Boyd
Gertrude Baasch
Brennan
Oxford
Gary D. Morgan
Riverside
Kathy Benson
Shellsburg
William Husted
Sigourney
Sandra Cage
Obituaries for Benson and Gertrude Baasch Brennan
Robert L Benson 69 of 1505 14th Ave SW died Tuesday December 9 2008 at St Luke s Hospital Arrangements pending at Murdoch Linwood Funeral Home Cremation Service Cedar Rapids Gertrude Baasch Brennan died December 8 2008 in Richardson Texas age 85 after a 17 year cancer battle Visitation December 13 Miller Law Jones Funeral Home Preston additional viewing December 14 St John s Lutheran Church Preston funeral December 14 burial Miles City Cemetery Miles Born June 21 1923 Miles Iowa she worked as bookkeeper ran a Cedar Rapids coffee shop Avon Lady and barber convention in Seattle sparked life with husband Jim Brennan They lived in England Colorado Texas Iowa survived by three children Robert Kramer Katherine Anderson Donald Kramer stepchildren Anne Reevell Stuart Brennan ten grandchildren five great grandchildren plus siblings and cousins Services 1030 a.m. Thursday Center Point Road Church of Christ officiated by Robert Lukenbill II The family greets friends 4 6 p m today at Murdoch Marion and one hour before service at the church Burial Dunkard Cemetery Toddville
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Virginia Harper Hoppe
Cedar Rapids
Mercy Medical Center
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Harlan Gillespie
Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home
Altadena
Jayden Miller
Carol
Paul Manley
Des Moines
Virginia
Karol Elizabeth
Vinton
Iowa
Milo
Helen Welton Harper
Robert H. Heppe
Washington High School
Armstrong’s Department Store
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
United Methodist Women
American Legion Auxiliary
Gertrude Baasch Brennan
Richardson
Texas
Katherine Anderson
Marion
Miller-Law-Jones
Preston
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Miles City
Miles
Gertrude Irene Baasch
Miles High School
Clinton
Melvin Kramer
Mendota
Ill
Robert
Katherine
Donald
James
Jim” Brennan
Crawley
West Sussex
England
Seattle
Wash
Gert
Jim
North America
Europe
United States
Colorado
Otto
Helma Baasch
Vernon Baasch
Jim Brennan
Gertrude
Robert Kramer
Greenwood
Ind
Donald Kramer
Suwanee
Anne Reevell
Stuart Brennan
Esther Baasch
Dianne Baasch
Deb Guyette
Denise Sullivan
Dwight Baasch
Alvin Jacobsen
Evelyn Wieck
de Witt
Georgiana
Pauline
Edward Baasch
Grace L. Boyd
Center Point Road Church of Christ
Robert Lukenbill II
Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center
Dunkard Cemetery
Toddville
Nancy Marie Graf
Iowa City
Winneshiek
St. Thomas More’ Church
Walter Helms
St. Joseph Cemetery
North Riverside Drive
Nancy Graf
Nancy
St. Paul, Minn
Louis and
Bernice (Nee Rutkowski) Lijewski
St. Agnes High School
St. Paul
University of St. Thomas
Viterbo University
la Crosse
Wis
Bill Graf
St. Casimir Catholic Church
Minn
National Resource Center For
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Bill
St. Thomas More Church
RCIA
Regina
Cile
Mom
James Graf
Stephensville
Daniel
Cherriaine) Graf
Kapolei
Oahu
Hawaii
Tamatane
Tristan
Joseph Graf
Kathleen Graf
Bernice
Carol Bongers
Jim Weiss
Westlake
Ohio
Patricia
Bob) Tschumper
Lensing Funeral and Cremation Service
Lensingfuneral.com
Memorial notices for Graf Amert and Wagner in Iowa City
Nancy Marie Graf 60 of Iowa City died December 7 2008 from injuries in a Winneshiek County car crash. A funeral Mass will be held December 12 at St Thomas More Church burial at St Joseph Cemetery. Also memorial service for Kay Amert emeritus professor set for December 13 at the University of Iowa Becker Building with a reception in Adler Building. Marjorie E Wagner 97 formerly of Walden Place died December 8 2008 in Amana arrangements with Gay Ciha Funeral in Iowa City.
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Kay Amert
University of Iowa
Becker Communication Studies
Adler Journalism and Mass Communication
Marjorie E. Wagner
Walden Place
Iowa City
Colonial Manor
Amana
Gay & Ciha
Lowa City
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Colesburg Woman Marguerite Brown Dies at 93
Marguerite Lucile Brown 93 of Colesburg died Tuesday December 9 2008 at Guttenberg Care Center Guttenberg. Arrangements are pending with Leonard Mueller Funeral Home Edgewood.
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Marguerite Lucile Brown
Colesburg
Guttenberg Care Center
Guttenberg
Leonard Muller
Edgewood
Keystone Woman Eileen Root Dies After Illness
Eileen Root 78 of Keystone died Tuesday morning December 9 2008 at Keystone Nursing and Care Center after an extended illness. Services handled by Phillips Funeral Home in Keystone.
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Eileen Root
Keystone
Keystone Nursing and Care Center
Phillips Funeral Home
Epworth Woman Joni McDermott, 49, dies after illness
Joni M. McDermott, 49, formerly of Epworth and Epworth now of Manchester, died at Mercy Medical Center Dubuque in 2008 after a sudden illness. Arrangements are pending at Reiff Funeral Home Epworth with calling hours 2 to 8 p.m. Friday for friends and family.
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Joni M. McDermott
Manchester
Epworth
Mercy Medical Center
Dubuque
Reiff Funeral Home
Obituary notices for Gary D. Morgan Kathy Benson and William Husted
Gary D. Morgan 67 of Davenport died December 1 2008 at the Iowa Veterans Home Marshalltown after a long illness A private memorial service is planned December 13 at Lensing Oak Hill Coralville burial in Oxford Cemetery Memorials may be directed to the Gary D Morgan Memorial Fund Kathy Benson 63 of Riverside died December 8 2008 at home Funeral services are December 12 10 30 a m at Holm Funeral Home Sigourney Burial Garrett Cemetery near Delta Survivors include children and relatives William Husted memorial services January not provided Cedar Memorial Park Chapel Cedar Rapids with cremation arrangements by The Cremation Society of Eastern Central Western Iowa
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Gary D. Morgan
W. 32Nd St
Davenport
Oxford
Iowa Veterans Home
Marshalltown
Gary
Lensing
Oak Hill
Holiday Rd
Coralville
Kathy Benson
Riverside
Holm Funeral Home
Sigourney
Garrett Cemetery
Delta
Lisa Pfeiffer
Iowa City
Michelle Kemp
Bill Kleinmeyer
West Branch
Alli Jacoby
Kansas City
Terry Benson
Cathy Jo Redlinger
Leatrice Benson
Dean
Dave Benson
George Benson
Richland
Shirley Burnett
Centerview
Lori Taghon
Cathy Tolly
Oskaloosa
Becky Netten
Keota
Dan Abell
Randy Abell
Eagleview
William Husted
Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories
Cedar Rapids
Tom Felts
Parkers Grove Baptist Church
Iowa
Sigourney Obituaries: Sandra Cage and Eleanor Shifflett
Sandra Cage 64 of Sigourney died Dec 5 2008 at home after a sudden illness. Funeral services 1 p.m. today at Holm Funeral Home Sigourney burial Garrett Cemetery near Delta. Survivors include husband Ray four sons and two daughters. Eleanor Shifflett 97 of Sigourney died Dec 7 2008 at Manor House Care Center after an extended illness. Services 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Holm Funeral Home Sigourney burial Sorden Cemetery near Webster. Survivors include son Dean and two daughters Marian Yates and Colleen Wilkerson.
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Sandra Cage
Sigourney
Holm Funeral Home
Garrett
Delta
Eleanor Shifflett
Manor House Care Center
Sorden Cemetery
Webster
Dean of
Marian Yates
Colleen Wilkerson
North English
Sisson Jeanne Marie 58 of Strawberry Point dies in crash
Jeanne Marie Sisson 58 of Strawberry Point died Monday December 8 2008 from a car accident at University Hospitals Iowa City Memorial services 3 p.m. Thursday Emanuel Lutheran Church with Rev Jason Cooper officiating Visitation one hour before services at the church She is survived by her son Michael daughter Shane Jayne Rolfe and daughter Linda Frank Jr Dinatalli both of Strawberry Point seven grandchildren and two sisters Kathryn Rhinehart of Ferguson Iona Newton of Bishop Calif Online condolences may be left at Roberson Funeral Chapel site.
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Jeanne Marie Sisson
Strawberry Point
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Emanuel Lutheran Church
Jason Cooper
Michael
Shane
Jayne) Rolfe
Melinda
Frank Jr
Powell 98 dies in Oregon. Troy Mills service pending
Oma D. Powell age 98 of Troy Mills died Saturday December 6 2008 in Salem Oregon Arrangements are pending at Murdoch Funeral Home Cremation Center in Marion Iowa
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Oma D. Powell
Troy Mills
Salem
Ore
Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center
Marion
Iowa earns high score on health disaster response
The Gazette notes Iowa scored eight of 10 in Trust for America’s Health disaster readiness report, ahead of the national median of seven. Iowa excelled in rapid medication dispensing and electronic disease surveillance, but scored lower on Medical Reserve Corps readiness and food safety detection.
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Iowa
Trust For America’s Health
Medical Reserve Corps
Iowa Department of Public Health
UI researchers link protein folding to fatty liver damage
University of Iowa researchers led by Thomas Rutkowski and colleagues at Michigan Medical School find that disrupted protein folding causes fat to accumulate in mice livers. The study links cellular stress to abnormal fat metabolism and may guide new treatments for fatty liver disease.
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Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Thomas Rutkowski
University of Michigan Medical School
Rutkowski
Developmental Cell
National Institutes of Health
Wheatland Woman Christine Eserhaut 91 Dies at Home
Christine B. Eserhaut of Wheatland died at age 91 on December 9 2008 at her home. Arrangements are pending with Fry Funeral Home in Tipton.
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Christine B. Eserhaut
Wheatland
Fry Funeral Home
Tipton
Marian Hansen 93 obituary from Janesville area
Marian E. Hansen nee Rabyer 93 died December 5 2008 at home surrounded by family. Funeral service 11 a m Thursday at Whitcomb Lynch Albrecht Funeral Home Janesville with visitation earlier. additional visitation today at Bersek Verbeck West Allis. Interment Plymouth Cemetery. She was mother grandmother and great grandmother to several Rambo Engel Lazarczyk and Novak relatives. Born September 14 1915 she worked for J P Cullen and Son Collins Radio and Kelley s Inc. She married Warren Rambo in 1942 and Charles W Hansen in 1965.
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Marian E. Hansen
Rabyer
Whitcomb-Lynch-Albrecht
N. Jackson St
Janesville
Wis
Bersek-Verbick
Lincoln Ave
West Allis
Plymouth Cemetery
Keith
Marilyn) Rambo
Marion
Craig
Deborah) Rambo
Waukesha
Renee Rambo
Phoenix
Mark
Janeen) Rambo
Las Vegas
Joseph Rambo
Cedar Rapids
Amy
Ben) Engel
Ely
Rebecca
Steven) Lazarczyk
Zachary
Elizabeth Rambo
Amanda
Jesse Rambo
Alexandria Novak
Teagan Tri
Isebella Engel
Noel Koch
Dorothy
Roger) Meier
Verona
Barbara
John) Lawrence
Dorothy May Waite
Erma Stapleton
Marian
la Prairie Township
John E
Lillian
Nee van Hise) Rabger
Janesville Business College
J.P. Cullen and Son
Warren Rambo
Collins Radio and
Kelley's Inc
Charles W. Hansen
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Fire & Ice winners announced at Cedar Rapids parade
Cedar Rapids hosted the Holiday DeLight Parade as part of the Fire & Ice Festival. Walking Unit winners were Cedar Rapids Education Association first, Grant Wood All-City Drum Corps second, Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa third. Decorated Vehicle winners were Neighborhood Transportation Service first, ITC Midwest second, Isle of Iowa Parrothead Club third.
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Three men plead guilty in fatal Council Bluffs beating case
In Council Bluffs a third man pleaded guilty to attempted murder and willful injury after a homeless man was fatally attacked. Charles Armstrong was already convicted of second degree murder and Hubert Garrett faces sentencing later this month. Foster received 35 years.
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