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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1995
Page
10
Multiple notices report the deaths of Dora R. Bowler 93 of Cedar Rapids and Phoenix on December 21 1995 in Dysart Iowa. Services planned at Murdoch Linwood with burial in Center Point. The list also includes Dr Brent Gunselly 39 Cedar Rapids Medford Wis deaths December 20 1995 and several other local obituaries with arrangements pending or announced.
Jenny Lee Korns aged two, daughter of Charlie Korns and Laurie Adams, died Thursday afternoon December 21, 1995 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center Des Moines after a sudden illness. Arrangements are pending at Nevenhoven Funeral Home Brooklyn.
Agnes Kirkpatrick of 620 Seventh Ave. Coralville died December 21 1995 at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after a lingering illness. Services were held at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Iowa City with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. She is survived by husband Robert two daughters Pauline and Kathleen a son Kent four sisters and three brothers.
John E. Jack Warner 55 of 429 Upland Ave died Friday December 22 1995 in Mercy Hospital from complications of open heart surgery. Ments are pending at George L Gay Funeral Home.
Ella B. Simonson 94 formerly of Rolfe died Friday morning December 22 1995 at Delaware County Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday at St Pauls Lutheran Church Rolfe burial Clinton Garfield Cemetery Rolfe friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. Monday Powers Funeral Home Rolfe and after 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church Arrangements with Leonard Muller Funeral Home Manchester Survivors include daughter Carol Carlson Manchester and two sons Roger Rolfe and Lauren Newton.
Lynda Gericke Martin 46 of Decorah and formerly of Postville died Friday December 22 1995 at home after a sudden illness. Services 2 p.m. Sunday at St Paul Lutheran Postville with Rev. Charles Miller. Burial Postville Cemetery. Visitation after 2 p.m. today at Schutte Funeral Home Postville. Survived by mother Fern Kephart Monticello and sister Laurel Ohloff Postville.
The service for Essie R. Hay will be held at 10 a.m. today at Brush Chapel with burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be given to Hospice of Mercy.
Lionel L. Page 39 of 1956 Bever Ave SE was charged with second degree attempted burglary third degree burglary and interfering with an official act after police say he broke into a Cedar Rapids building then leaped from a fire escape when discovered He remained in Linn County Jail on 16900 bond.
Residents clash with City Council as Thomas pushes street closure plans prompting a public hearing on January 3. Neighbors claim insufficient notice amid a year of prior opposition, while Stoltenberg doubts the flyer strategy and calls for accountability from Thomas. Incoming Mayor Clancey may help mediate.
Renowned NBC News reporter Tom Pettit died at age 64 from complications after surgery to repair a ruptured aorta. He covered major events from the Eisenhower era to Clinton, winning three Emmys and a Peabody, and was famed for live eyewitness reporting in Dallas during Kennedy’s assassination. He is survived by his wife Patricia and four children.
The Iowa Court of Appeals denied Ketelsen’s appeal of his first degree murder conviction for the 1993 shooting death of Gregory Goodyear in Cedar Rapids. The panel found sufficient evidence to support the verdict and rejected claims of improper Miranda warnings, witness testimony limits, direct acquittal, and juror misconduct.
The Iowa Court of Appeals overturned Michael Klatt’s vehicular homicide conviction for a 1993 crash on U.S. 61 near Muscatine. It ruled no reckless driving evidence existed and noted Klatt attempted to pass in a no pass zone with a clear path and no high speed. The decision also addressed other rulings on a Burlington officer suspension and a murder conviction, upholding a different murder verdict based on existing evidence.
The article describes families who receive support for clothes and gifts to brighten Christmas. Colleen and others express joy as recipients smile, and Corcoran siblings Mitch, Mike, and John from Marion and Cedar Rapids share their ages. Jan Jacoby notes gifts uplift two children still at home.
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