Independence deaths mark end of year in Iowa region
Eldora M. Lewis 91 of Independence died December 10 2002 after a long illness at East Towne Manor. Memorial service at 11 a.m. December 13 at Reiff Funeral Home with burial in Mount Hope Cemetery later. Also Naomi Megonigle 77 of Independence died December 11 2002 at St Luke’s Cedar Rapids after a short illness. private memorial service planned with Reiff Funeral Home. Survivors include Lewis three daughters six grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. Megonigle daughter Betty Kortenkamp and four sisters. five grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Eldora M. Lewis
East Towne Manor
Reiff Funeral Home
Independence
Mount Hope Cemetery
Joanne Nelson
Anaheim
Calif
Jean Pari
Riverside
Cailif
Lorene Shonka
Naomi Megonigle
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Reiff
Obituary for Effie H Thompson of Monona
Effie Henrietta Thompson 93 of Monona died December 10 2002 after a brief illness at Good Samaritan Center Postville Services Saturday 11 a m at St Paul Lutheran Monona burial Monona City Cemetery visitation Friday 10 to 11 a m care center 3 to 7 p m Leonard Funeral Home Monona and 10 a m to service time Saturday Survivors include four children Virgil Mary Lou Thompson Roger Bonnie Thompson Karen Allen Severn Richard Barbara Thompson 13 grandchildren 29 great grandchildren five great great grandchildren and brother in law Dale Thompson Farmersburg
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Effie Henrietta Thompson
Monona
Good Samaritan Center
Postville
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Allen Bidne
Monona City
Leonard Funeral Home
Obituary: Linda Sue Schaefer 1949 202? Williamsburg
Linda Sue Schaefer 53 died after an extended illness. Celebration of Life 10 30 a m Friday at St Mary Catholic Church Williamsburg officiated by Rev Susan Leblanc. Burial First Lutheran Cemetery north of Conroy. Visitation 2 to 8 p m today at Uhlmann Powell Funeral Home Williamsburg. She taught music, worked at Landmark Restaurant, edited MPC News papers, and directed choirs in Rockwell Conroy Williamsburg and Norway. Survived by husband Gene, children Brad and Becca, mother Marian Campbell, brothers David Brian Douglas. Memorials to a college scholarship fund for a music student. Online condolences at powellfuneralhomes com.
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Linda Sue Schaefer
St. Mary Catholic Church
Williamsburg
Susan LeBlanc
First Lutheran
Conroy
Uhlmann-Powell Funeral Home
Rockwell
Iowa
Raymond Arthur
Marian Verna Petersen Campbell
Linda
Rockwell Community High School
Wartburg College
Waverly
Lincoln Community School
Stanwood
L. Eugene Schaefer
Clarence
Landmark Restaurant
MPC
Iowa County
St. Peter Lutheran Church
First Lutheran Church
Trinity Lutheran Church
Norway
St. Paul United Methodist Church
Cedar Rapids
Emmaus
Gene
Brad Schaefer
Darcy
Becca Schaefer
Iowa City
Marian Campbell
David Campbell
Jill
Pleasant Hill
Brian Campbell
Clear Lake
Douglas Campbell
Maureen
Fort Wayne
Ind
Raymond
Powellfuneralhomes
Death notice for Larry Gudenkauf in Wyoming Iowa
Larry Gudenkauf 48 of Wyoming died December 10 2002 after a cancer battle. Visitation 4 to 8 pm at Kramer Funeral Home Monticello with services 10 am Friday Rev Tim Miller officiating Burial Oakwood Cemetery Monticello. He was born October 4 1954 in Iowa and survived by a son Travis fiancee Jody Jamison a daughter Tracy fiance Sheldon Graham two grandchildren two step grandchildren mother Mary Gudenkauf four brothers two sisters a brother in law and many nieces and nephews A Larry Gudenkauf Memorial Fund established.
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Larry D. Gudenhauf
Wyoming
Kramer Funeral Home
Monticello
Tim Miller
Oakwood Cemetery
Larry
Iowa
Monticello High School
Lou Somerville Trucking Co
Travis Gudenkauf
Jody Jamison
Tracy Gudenkauf
Sheldon Graham
Madeline
K'Tia Gudenkauf
Destiny
Sheldon
Graham
Mary Gudenkauf
Paul
Diane) Gudenkauf
Jesup
Garry
Susan) Gudenkauf
Jim
Charlotte) Gudenkauf
Rick
Cindi
Gudenkauf
Vicki Hudgins
Beth Gudenkauf
Onslow
Ronald Feltes
Carl Gudenkauf Jr
Jacoi
Larry Gudenkauf
Lucille Lekin 83 Tama dies after short illness
Lucille O. Lekin of Tama dies December 10 2002 at Marshalltown Medical Center after a short illness. Services Friday at 10:30 a.m. at Harrison Kruse Phillips with the Rev Ron Arends. burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Born March 15 1919 in rural Vining she and Lyle Lekin farmed near Haven Chelsea and Tama. Survived by daughter Patty and son Danny four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Memorial fund established.
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Lucille O. Lekin
Tama
Marshalltown Medical & Surgical Center
Harrison-Kruse-Phillips
Ron Arends
Oak Hill Cemetery
Lucille
Vining
Joseph and
Julia Prusha Hlavacek
Chelsea High School
Lyle Lekin
Cedar Rapids
Parnell
Chelsea
Haven
Lyle
Frank Hlavacek
Patty
Bernie) Thiessen
Danny
Connie) Lekin
Edith Michael
Toledo
Ruth
Edgar) Whitsell
Jeff
Corey Thiessen
Jason
Justin Lekin
Jacob
Joshua
Jaydee Thiessen
Taylor Lekin
Olin Howard W. Cruise 86 Dies After Brief Illness
Howard W. Cruise of Olin, aged 86, died December 11 2002 at St Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids after a brief illness. Arrangements are pending at Hayden Funeral Home Olin with visitation 5 to 8 p.m. Friday.
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Howard W. Cruise
Olin
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Hayden Funeral Home
Deaths of Esther Kolsrud and Dean Wade
Esther A. Kolsrud 93 of Waterville died December 10 2002 after a brief illness at Good Samaritan Center Services set for December 13 at West Paint Creek Synod Lutheran Church Burial in church cemetery Friends may call today at Martin Funeral Home Waukon Survivors include daughter Joyce Snitker of Postville Dean R Wade 83 of Mission Texas formerly Wellman died December 11 2002 in Comfort House McAllen Texas Memorial services pending at Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service Wellman
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Esther A. Kolsrud
Good Samaritan Center
West Paint Creek
Dean R. Wade
Mission
Texas
Wellman
Comfort House
McAllen
Powell Funeral Home
Death notices and obituaries policy and submission details
The Gazette accepts death notices and obituaries with a deadline of 7 p.m. daily. Submissions may be made during listed hours and photos of the deceased are published without charge if they meet Gazette style. Additional information costs 35 cents per word.
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Daily Notebook Schedule and Local Notices
A dense listing covers Cedar Rapids Linn County meetings and public hearings at City Hall Mercy Medical Center and other venues. It notes events from city council budgets to health advisory committees plus a RiverRun Czech Village hearing and several school board meetings. It also lists clinics, recycling sites, lottery results, and a drunken driving arrest for Armando Arias.
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Cedar Rapids
City Hall
Cedar County Board of Supervisors
Tipton
Manchester
Airport
Guttenberg School Board
van Home
Maquoketa
Onslow
Cedar Rapids Free Medical Clinic
Jane Boyd Community House
14Th Ave
Linn County Public Health
13Th St
Births and notices fill The Gazette column
The Gazette lists birth announcements for Cedar Rapids and Iowa City readers who complete forms at Cedar Rapids or Iowa City offices. Also included are crime reports, stolen items, and local incident notes with times and values, plus dissolutions and emergency calls.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Third Ave
Iowa City
E. Market St
Gazette
Inauguration Theme for Second Vilsack Pederson Term
Iowa officials unveil a low key inauguration for January 17 to launch Gov Vilsack and Lt Gov Pederson's second term. The theme Strong Families Secure Futures emphasizes education economic development and health care. A poster contest for the 2003 inauguration was announced with participation invited from second through fourth grade students.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Vilsack-Pederson
Sally Pederson
Capitol View
Tom Vilsack
Pederson
Terrace Hill
Inauguration Schedule for Des Moines January 17
Public events include 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. swearing in at Drake Knapp Center 26th Street Forest Avenue 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. open houses at Capitol Terrace Hill and Ola Babcock Miller Building. 8 p.m. to midnight Inaugural Ball at Polk County Convention Complex Tickets 25 dollars.
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Des Moines
Drake University
Knapp Center
26Th Street
Forest Avenue
State Capitol
Terrace Hill
Iowa
Ola Babcock Miller
Polk County
Vilsack Pederson
Tipton animal control dispute sparks council clash
In Tipton a failed dead cat pickup and a heated special meeting pit City Council member Shirley Kepford against Police Chief Roger Hakeman. The council later supported Hakeman while Pam Jones of Friends of the Animals proposed a city contract to assume animal control by March.
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Coffespuruci
Tipton
Shirley Kepford
Roger Hakeman
Kepford
Hakeman
Don Young
Dick Schrad
Roberta Parker
Des Moines
Young
Parker
Schrad
MAHP House Tour Scheduled in Cedar Rapids
MidAmerica Housing Partnership leads Saturday tours of rental units including Osa ka and Brown apartments starting 11 30 a m at 3351 Square D Dr SW. A sale homes tour runs 1 30 to 3 30 p m featuring five houses with 400 to 500 dollars monthly payments no down payment. Pricing refreshments applications transportation provided. Call 365 6247 for signup.
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Cedar Rapids
MidAmerica Housing Partnership
MAHP
Square D
Dr. SW
Osaka
Brown
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Rex England
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Bradley E. Gearheart
Verna L. Pettit
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Clarise M. Musel
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Christopher J. Weaver
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