Deaths and funeral notices from Cedar Rapids area
Notices announce deaths and services across Iowa places including Davenport Cedar Rapids Postville Dysart and Kalona. Obituaries name Leane E Bundy 53 and Mary Tubbs 85 among others with service times at Chapel of Memories Brush Chapel Teahen Funeral Home and St Patrick s Church. Burial sites include Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Forest Cemetery Czech National Cemetery and Postville Public plots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leane E. Martens Bundy
Eighth Ave
Savanna, Ill
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Willard G. Bundy
Savanna, IN
Acme Greeting Card Company
Eagles
Vincent L. Bundy
Penny Bundy
Carl
Roland
Erwin Martens
Arnold Martens
Azusa
Calif
Betty Hepner
Melvin Norton
Huntington Beach
Chapel of Memories
Lloyd E. Brockmeyer
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Linn County Cancer Society
Salisbury
Donald A
Edwin J. Simon
First Baptist Church
Midwest Garden of Memories
Waterloo
Hersom
Rex T
Teahen
David Polk
First Christian Church
Burial Forest Cemetery
Oskaloosa
Hilton
Donald J
St. Jude’s Catholic Church
Eugene Kutsch
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Teply
Joe
Brush Chapel
William Harriss
Greek National Cemetery
Mary Tubbs
Edgar Tubbs
Mary Snenicka
Martin Laughlin
Czech National Cemetery
Dysart
Mary Helen Hadachek
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Overton’s
Mary Bittinger
King’s Daughters
Rebekah
White’s. West Liberty
Edna May Gregory
Snider’s
Keota
Ora Smith
Powell’s. Clermont
Robert M. Hangartner
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Postville
Visitation
Schutte’s
Helmer Lyngaas
East Clermont Lutheran Church
Schutte’s. Toledo
John
Mary) Rayman
Henderson’s. Decorah
Harold Spillman
Olson- Fjelstul
S. Independence
Wilbur Ghere
Mason-Howe
S. Kalona
Ray Bontrager
George L. Gay
Linn County approves delays for courthouse front yard walk
The Linn County Board of Supervisors extended deadlines for the courthouse front yard project to January 15 for site work and plant materials plus April 15 for final grading and sodding. Construction began after an October 11 contract with Leo Marion Concrete Construction Co., with weather and cold conditions delaying progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Front Yard
Leo Marion Concrete Construction Co
Herman Thompson
Thompson
Fire Mishap Burns Cedar Rapids Man While Refueling
Jeffrey McClun aged 27 of 4420 Bowling St. SW Cedar Rapids was critically burned in a freak car fire after gasoline spilled while refueling. He lit a cigarette, clothes ignited, and he exited from the passenger side as bystanders watched. off duty firefighter Gary Koza aided with ice and snow to douse flames. He suffered extensive burns on hands arms legs and face and was treated at University Hospitals Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Jeffrey McClun
Bowling St
University Hospitals
Iowa City
McClun
Gary Koza
Koza
12Th Avenue SE
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids Cable Plan Moves Toward Regulation Panel
Mayor Don Canney announced an ad hoc cable television committee could be appointed by week’s end to review an ordinance regulating cable ops. The plan includes sending the ordinance to a Washington firm for review before City Council adoption and FCC franchise approval, with first subscribers possible within a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Canney
Canney
Cox Cablevision
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Henry Harris
Cedar Rapids
Olin man and son in law die after domestic quarrel
An Olin man Marion Sweet aged 41 and his son in law Steven Lee Hass aged 23 died in a 1:45 a.m. shooting following a domestic quarrel in the Olin apartment of Cheryl Hass. Authorities say Hass shot Sweet then self inflicted a shotgun wound. BCI agents will await autopsies in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olin
Marion Sweet
Steven Lee Hass
Sweet
Hass
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Jones County
John Bailey
Cheryl Hass
Steve
Cheryl
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Darwin Chapman
BCI
Grace Cathedral Dean Stanley Rodgers Dies at 49
The Very Rev. Stanley Rodgers, dean of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco for two years, died Sunday at age 49. His death marks a sudden loss for the church community and the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Stanley Rodgers
Grace Cathedral
Israeli Delegates Arrive in Cairo for Peace Talks
Israeli delegation led by Eliahu Ben Elissar arrives in Cairo aboard an El Al jetliner marked Salaam Shalom as Cy rus Vance seeks to shape Egypt Israel talks. U N and U S representatives follow, with Sadat hosting at the Mena House near the Great Pyramid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Israel
U.N
el al
Eliahu Ben-Elissar
Tel Aviv
Cyrus Vance
Damascus
Hafez Assad
Vance
Beirut
Middle East
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Hussein
Khaled
Syria
Ed al
Shou
Said Hamza
Mena House
Great Pyramid of
Cheops
Anwar Sadat
Geneva
Meir Rosenne
Foreign Ministry
Providence College Dormitory Fire Claims Several Lives
A blaze at Aquinas Hall, a four story dormitory at Providence College operated by the Dominican Fathers, killed several coeds and trapped others on the top floor. Fire officials cited lack of sprinklers and exits, with one corner of the top floor burning as investigators pinpointed a closet where a hair dryer was used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Dominican Fathers
John Colusardo
Garrison
N.Y
Leo Trambakis
Providence Public Safety
Roger
Thomas Peterson
Providence College
Aloysius Begley
Aquinas Hall
Lights Proposed to Improve Foggy Waconia Avenue Safety
Traffic Engineer Mel Meyer told the City Council that Corn Sweeteners will install three 400-watt high pressure sodium lights at 20 feet along Waconia Avenue SW. The plant’s water ponds create dense steam in cold, windless conditions causing near zero visibility and multiple rear-end crashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waconia Avenue
Mel Meyer
Corn Sweeteners Company
Meyer
Waconia
Snow removal complaints heard by Linn County supervisors
Linn Supervisor Chairman Jean Oxley said snow removal on county roads last week was generally good but directed County Engineer Bill Harrington to address several complaints. Richard Yates of rural Palo reported roads were blocked by drifts, buses not running, and delays despite some clearing. A traffic crash left James S. Corey with a neck injury. Thomas Bjornsen was cited. Drifts reached 14 feet. emergency work slowed normal clearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Jean Oxley
Bill Harrington
Richard Yates
Palo
Cedar Rapids
James S. Corey
Lewellen Drive
St. Luke’s Hospital
Corey
Thomas A. Bjornsen
Johnson Ave
Bjornsen
20Th Avenue
12Th Street
Linn-Mar
Marion
Oxley
Harrington
Yates
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iowa
C.R. Man
C.R
Rev. Rodgers
U.S
Avraham Tamir
A. Esmat Abdel Meguid
United Nations
Abdel Akher
Alfred Atherton
Near East
Amman
Atherton
Michael Sterner
George Sherman
Kurt Waldheim
Ensio Siilasvuo
Finland
Ismailia
Suez Canal
Lyndon Johnson
Diaz Ordaz
Mexico
Rio Grande
Dial
John. E. Lapes
Third Avenue S.E
Pooewellen
Florist
4 Seasons Florist
Mt. Vernon Rd
Advertiser
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!