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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 2002
Page
4
Obituaries note the December 18 2002 deaths of Robert Birkicht Vernon Kluth and Chris Milner in Cedar Rapids. Details cover services burial survivors and memorial contributions with church and funeral home references.
Thomas F McMillen Sr 82 of Hiawatha Care Center dies Dec 18 2002 after a long illness. Funeral 1 pm Sat Murdoch Linwood Cedar Rapids Rev Richard Ernst burial Cedar Memorial Park. Adelaide Sediacek Mass 9 am Sat St Ludmila Church burial St Johns Cemetery. Memorials to Kingston Hill or donor’s choice.
Listed Iowa city residents and possible officials include Cedar Rapids R Robert Birkicht Vermon Kiuth Thomas McMillen Chris Milner Adelaide Sedlacek Cynthia Tucker Shaffer Shiney J Strauss Elmer Vavricek Coralville Victor Clausen Harold Nelson Delmar Harold Gisel Owa City Dean Carson Keota Wanda Sailor Manchester Ronald Timmeman Marengo Esther Hatter Mabel Ward Postville Warren Barker Quasqueton Freda Crawford Raymond Williams Tipton Enys Kautz West Union Irene Ruroden Williamsburg Ethel Flanagan Wyoming Clayton Snyder.
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Cynthia Tucker Shaffer died December 14 2002 after a long battle with melanoma at her home. Services were held at Fort Myer Memorial Chapel Arlington VA and a memorial at Cedar Memorial Cedar Rapids. Survived by husband Gordon Shaffer Springfield VA parents Robert and Marilyn Tucker Cedar Rapids brother Daniel Tucker sister Colleen Tucker and nieces Cary and Maggie Tucker. Memorials to Hospice of Northern Virginia or Cedar Valley Humane Society.
Harold L. Gisel 75 died after a lingering illness at Jackson County Public Hospital Maquoketa. Services set for 11 a.m. Saturday at Carson & Son Funeral and Cremation Services Maquoketa with Pastor Dawn Phares of Delmar United Methodist Church officiating. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery Delmar. Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Survivors include his wife Fidna a son Steven of Maquoketa and a sister Marjorie Nissen of Bellevue.
Warren H Barker 88 of Waukon formerly of Postville died Thursday morning December 19 2002 at Good Samaritan Center Waukon after a brief illness. Arrangements are pending at Schutte Funeral and Cremation Service Postville.
Dean E. Carson, 60, died Thursday December 19 2002 at University Hospitals after a brain hemorrhage. Services set for 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Gay and Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service. Private burial to follow. Friends may call 4 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. Full obituary to appear in Saturday’s paper.
Victor Lee Clausen 65 of Coralville died December 19 2002 after an extended illness. Services at Barker Funeral Home West Branch with burial at Memory Gardens Cemetery Iowa City. Harold Joseph Nelson born January 1 1915 Sioux City died December 14 2002 Mercy Iowa City after a short illness. Survivors include children grandchildren and great grandchildren. Arrangements by Leasing Funeral Cremation Service Iowa City.
Wanda Lee Sailor 78 died at Maplewood Manor after a brief illness. Graveside services 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Keota Cemetery led by Rev. Melinda Chambers. Friends may call 4 to 7 p.m. today at Powell Funeral Home Keota. Survivors include three daughters Paula Bell Tana Stephens Cheryl Van Duyn a son Loren Sailor a sister Betty Castle and two brothers Frank Stanley Williams all from listed areas.
Ronald Martin Timmerman 61 of Evansdale and Manchester died Dec 17 2002 after a long illness at Parkvein Nursing Home Waterloo Memorial services are 230 pm today at Bohnenkamp Murdoch Funeral Home Manchester Cremains to be scattered in California later He is survived by his mother Vivian Cornwell two sons Steven Timmerman Clovis California and Daniel Martinez Kingford Heights Indiana two daughters Roxanne Vick Clovis California and Sheila Timmerman Fresno California a brother Robert Timmerman Manchester and three sisters Charlene Beatty Shellsburg Shirley Cole Strawberry Point and Donna Fierstine Manchester.
Esther Margaret Hatter Wilson, 96, of Dallas Texas formerly of Marengo died Dec 16 2002 after a brief illness in Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Services 10 AM Saturday at Kloster Funeral Home Marengo Burial Millersburg Cemetery Visitation 6 8 PM Friday Order of Eastern Star service 8 PM Memorials to Marengo Public Library or First Presbyterian Church Marengo Survivors include two daughters Mary Louise Davis Suwanee GA and Madeline Hatter Sanders Dallas TX two granddaughters Angela Easterday Trafalgar IN Diane Shihady Suwanee GA and a great grandson Mark A Shihady Born Feb 10 1906 Deep River daughter of Frank and Mary Goebel Wilson Married Ward R Hatter Feb 12 1926 Deep River He died Jan 28 1978 She moved to Dallas April 1994 to be near her daughter She was an artist and active in church PEO and Eastern Star Care shown in obituary.
Mabel M. Ward, 92, died Wednesday evening in Marengo Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. Arrangements are pending at Kloster Funeral Home.
Fearing the death of Tipton Enys F. Kautz at age 96 occurred Thursday at Cedar Manor Nursing Home 2002. Arrangements are pending at Fry Funeral Home.
Irene Ruroden 80 died after a brief illness Saturday at Palmer Lutheran Health Center. TheRev David Grant officiated at Zi on Lutheran Church. Burial will be in West Union Cemetery. Friends may call 4 to 8 p.m. at Burnham Wood. Survived by brother Kenneth Halverson of West Union.
A memorial message from Julie and family notes a year since Mark Stephen Parrott birth December 20 2001 and death December 20 2002. It expresses enduring love and joy from wife Jenny Jason and Adam plus extended family.
Ethel Jene Flanagan 85 died Thursday December 19 2002 at Williamsburg Care Center after a brief illness. Arrangements are pending at Uhlmann Powell Funeral Home.
Freda Crawford 89 died December 18 2002 in West Village Care Center Independence after a short illness Services 11 a m Saturday Union Church Quasqueton Burial Quasqueton Cemetery calling 3 to 8 p m today at Reiff Funeral Home Quasqueton and after 9 a m Saturday at the church Survivors include four sons Richard Marion Norman Robbins Dennis and Bradley Quasqueton a brother Bruce Heiserman Mount Home AR nine grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren Raymond D Williams Sr 49 died December 18 2002 in University Hospitals Iowa City from injuries in a motor vehicle accident Memorial services 2 p m Monday Reiff Funeral Home Independence friends may call after 1 p m Joyce three sons Raymond Jr Independence Chris and Jeffrey Quasqueton four daughters Kelly Jensen Cedar Rapids Stacy Henderson Texas Roberta Williams Dillon SC Jennifer Williams Quasqueton two step sons Joshua Blume Oelwein Jeremiah Blume Cedar Rapids a stepdaughter Elizabeth Strempke Oelwein father Richard Williams Coggon mother Lila Rose Williams Vinton two brothers Randy Williams Coggan and Roland Williams
Services for Clayton Stick Snyder were set for 10 30 a m Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church in Wyoming. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p m today at Hayden Funeral Home.
Community paid notice outlines submission rules for obituaries including deadlines, publication date, and costs. It lists word pricing at 35 cents per word, photos at ten dollars each, and a contact number 398 8221 for questions.
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