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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 2000
Page
12
Multiple obituary notices list Elmer Leonhardt Mary E Klaner and family, John Gately, Helen Tate, Walter Fruendt, Benjamin Dietz Jr., Georgie Nesetril with service times, burial plans, and residences in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas. The entries note births, long illnesses, and fostering activity.
William G. Kane 82 of Davenport formerly Cedar Rapids died Dec 15 2000 after health problems cremation by Range Funeral Home Survivors include three children and several grandchildren He served with Rockwell Collins World War II Jeanne Stanton his wife preceded him Ethel M Martinson 383 died Dec 19 2000 services at First Lutheran Decorah burial Lutheran Cemetery Survivors include son Ronald Anchorage Alaska daughter Cheryl Correctionville William E Hughes Cedar Rapids died Dec 19 2000 private family services later Turner Chapel East Vivian Grinna 77 died Dec 21 2000 Services at Decorah Lutheran Church burial Lutheran Cemetery Survivors include husband Marlin two daughters and two sons
Edward F. Sebetka, 71, of Jesup died December 20 2000 at Allen Memorial Hospital Waterloo after a short illness. Services at St. Athanasius Jesup with burial in church cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. at White Funeral Home Jesup with rosary at 3 p.m. and vigil at 7 p.m. Survived by wife Leona three daughters Sandi Embrey Joyce Hamblin Pam Finley three sons Larry Jim Rick and sister Teresa Campbell.
Keota loses Anderson 32 of 1717 14th Ave SW and Robert LeRoy Tines 62 after lengthy illnesses. Anderson, bricklayer and Bricklayers Local 101 member, leaves companion Stacy Stewart, son Brandon, mother Katherine, brother Edward Jr. and grandmother Esther. Tines survived by five children and a brother. Services held in Keota with burial at Keota Cemetery. Memorial funds set for Anderson.
Ronald Lee Miller 53 died December 21 2000 at St Luke’s Hospital Cedar Rapids after a brief illness. services 1:30 pm Saturday Mechanicsville United Methodist Church with Rev Linda Stransky burial Rose Hill today 4 to 7 pm Morgan FuneralChoices Mount Vernon Chapel. He worked at Century Engineering Cedar Rapids and Lodexho Marriott at Cornell College Mount Vernon. He is survived by his mother Betty special friend William Weber brother Donald and wife Jean niece Tracy Sperry nephew Scott Miller great niece Joshua McPhail grandmother Verda Miller and other relatives. He was born April 16 1947 in Cedar Rapids to Betty Glover Miller and the late Francis Miller.
Clare Audrey Cushion 61 of Maynard died Wednesday evening December 20 2000 at Mercy Living Plus Oelwein after a lengthy cancer illness. Services 11 a.m. Saturday Jamison Schmitz Funeral Home Maynard with Rev John Kerr burial Long Grove Cemetery. Visitation 4 to 7 p m today and after 10 a m Saturday at the funeral home. She is survived by husband Les Cushion two daughters Melinda Teague of Randall and Marva Wood of Sumner a son Marvin Tyler of Maynard a stepson Leslie Cushion Jr of Fayette three stepdaughters Connie Dahlin LaCrescent Minn Linda Alderson Wadena and Pattie Cushion Maynard four sisters Mary Langerman Fayette Marge Buhr Marion Nancy Letzring LaFarge Wis Carol Wiltsey Boone and a brother Kenneth Cummings Elkader.
Lyle R Alcorn 58 of West Union died Sunday December 17 2000 in Gunderson Lutheran Hospital La Crosse Wisconsin after a sudden illness. Services set for 11 am Tuesday at United Methodist Church West Union with Rev Kay Roath. Friends may call 9 am to service time at church arrangements Becker Milnes Funeral Home Sumner. Survivors include wife Eileen three sons Dennis Steven Daniel his mother Ruth and four sisters.
Joseph Nichols 79 of Englewood Florida died December 20 2000 at home. He served 30 years in New Jersey law enforcement retiring as Maplewood detective and worked at First Jersey Bank later. Survived by wife Shirley two sons and six grandchildren. John Stauffer 83 of Wayland died December 20 2000. Services at St. James Catholic Church Washington and Beatty Funeral Home arrangements. Survivors include son Mark and brother Ervin.
A concise roll call lists residents by town including Cedar Rapids Colesburg Decorah Fayette Jesup Keota Maynard Mechanicsville Newhall and West Union with names such as Joseph Anderson Benjamin Dietz Jr Roland Ehrenberger Walter Fruendt John Gately William Hughes George Moser Vivian Grinna Ethel Martinson Harold Olrogge Edward Sebetka Clare Cushion Ronald Miller Merl Rinderknecht Lyle Alcor and Helen Tate.
George Duane Moser, 73, died Thursday December 21 2000 at Guttenberg Municipal Hospital after a sudden illness. Arrangements are pending at Leonard Funeral Home Edgewood.
Harold F. Oltrogge, 36, died Thursday morning in his Westgate home from heart complications. Services are set for 3 p.m. Saturday at St. Peter's Lutheran Church with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. tonight at Becker-Milnes Funeral Home in Sumner and one hour before Saturday's church services at Alberta of Oelwein. He is survived by two sons, Terry of Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, and Brad of Madison, Wisconsin, a daughter, Marcia Fisher of Monticello, and a sister, Lorene Schwengels of Orange, California.
Merl Rinderknecht 384 at Virginia Gay Hospital Vinton died after a sudden illness. Arrangements are pending at Phillips Funeral Home Keystone.
The Gazette lists submission hours and deadlines for death notices and obituaries. It notes accepted items include immediate survivors and a photo, with per word charges for additional material and second day notices. Contact 398-8221 for information.
Newly declassified reports reveal baratol a mixture of barium nitrate and TNT used at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant from 1947 to 1954 was burned on plant burn pads releasing vapors and waste. Officials say cleanup has stabilized most barium and reduced threat to soil and groundwater.
Loras College President Joachim Froehlich will become president of Our Lady of the Elms College in Chicopee Massachusetts in July succeeding Sister Kathleen Keating. Froehlich previously led St Anselm College in Manchester New Hampshire for a decade before joining Loras in 1994. The Elms, founded by the Sisters of St Joseph in 1928, became coeducational in 1997.
Waterloo AP A 38 year old Dysart man Tom Damro was welding when methane gas pockets ignited with a flash injuring him. He was taken to Covenant Medical Center in fair condition as the blast blew an aluminum hatch and door from its tracks. The plant remained operational according to Tim Shea.
Davenport City Council approved over 2 million dollars to help the Putnam Museum build a 14 million dollar IMAX theater with 270 seats. The project includes land purchase and a 250 space parking lot shared with Fejervary Park, and the Putnam must repay up to 20000 dollars annually for 15 years.</s>
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