Deaths Fast ern Iowa Hughie Lekin Sr 72
Deaths from Cedar Rapids and Tupelo list Hughie B Lekin Sr 72 of 903 38th St SE Cedar Rapids died Dec 22 1997 after a long illness. Services were not planned. Burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by sons Hughie Jr and Bruce two sisters four grandchildren and wife Shirley Fields. Memorials to Hospice of Mercy.
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Hughie B. Lekin Sr
38Th St
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Hughie Jr
Springville
Bruce
Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth Carlson
Walker
Marguerite Havlicek
Obituaries for Esther Fahrney and James J. McCabe
Esther Fahrney 76 died Monday December 22 1997 at Montezuma Nursing and Rehabilitation Center arrangements with Watts Funeral Home Montezuma. James J McCabe 77 of 201 First Ave N died December 21 1997 at University Hospitals following complications of a heart attack services December 24 1997 St Marys Church Iowa City burial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Cedar Rapids vigil 7 pm at George L Gay Funeral Home Iowa City memorials to James J McCabe Memorial Fund. He was born March 16 1920 in St Joseph Missouri son of John F and Maude M White McCabe. He married Mary J Wagner July 24 1952 Cedar Rapids widowed, married Patricia Tudor May 31 1980 Iowa City. He was member of St Marys Catholic Church Quarterback Club Johnson County I Club Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association U of I Presidents Club and National Catholic Society of Foresters. He served in the Army and enjoyed gardening and outdoors. He wintered in Port Isabel Texas. He was preceded in death by two brothers Harold and Edward, a sister Sister Ann Marita McCabe. Survivors include siblings, stepdaughters, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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James J. McCabe
First Ave
University Hospitals
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Iowa City
Brian Shepley
William Reynolds
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Rapids
George L. Gay Funeral Home
St. Joseph
John F
Maude M. White McCabe
Williamsburg
Smith Motor Co
Rockwell-Collins
Mary J. Wagner
Mary
Jim
Patricia Tudor
Patricia Tudor-McCabe
Quarterback Club
Johnson County
I Club
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association
U of I
President’s Club and National Catholic Society of Foresters
Iowa Raptor Foundation
Wetlands
Iowa
Ducks Unlimited
Macbride Raptor Center
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
Iowa City Community Theatre
Port Isabel
Texas
Harold
Edward McCabe
Ann Marita McCabe
Glenn McCabe
Davenport
Margaret Louberto
Mike
Glendale
Ariz
Marietta Schamberger
Reinhold
Helen Jones
Conni Lynch
Dale
Tipton
Catherine Tudor-McCabe
Steve Atherton
Evelyn Alice
Eva
Glasgow Woods
Mercy Medical Center
Morgan Funeral Home
Mechanicsville
Rose Hill Cemetery
Neola
Harold Eiler
William ‘Bill
Virginia
Weldon
William Glasgow
Inez Glasgow Crock
Carol Ann Eiler
William
Alice Boyles Glasgow
Mechanicsville High School
Weldon Woods
Maple Knoll
Platner’s
Harmony Point
Iowa Soldier’s Home
American Legion Auxiliary
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Women
Friends Circle of Kings, Daughters & Sons
Lois Jean Samek obituary notices donation of body to Mayo Clinic
Lois Jean Samek 65 died of cancer December 22 1997 at Palmer Lutheran Health Center West Union Iowa Memorial services set for 2 pm Tuesday at St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church Rev Dale Rausch body donated to Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota Becker Milnes Funeral Home Fayette in charge Survivors include daughter Diane Williams Terre Haute Ind three sons Mark Garwin Michael Pittsburgh Matthew Seattle three brothers Lowell Langerman Fayette Art Langerman McConnellsville Ohio Phillip Langerman Fayette and two sisters Judy Gruetzmacher Oelwein Jo Ellen Langerman Preston
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Lois Jean Samek
Palmer Lutheran Health Center
West Union
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
Dale Rausch
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Becker-Milnes Funeral Home
Fayette
Diane Williams
Terre Haute
Ind
Mark
Garwin
Michael
Pittsburgh
Matthew
Seattle
Lowell Langerman
Art Langerman
McConnellsville
Ohio
Phillip Langerman
Judy Gruetzmacher
Oelwein
JoEllen Langerman
Preston
Marengo and Mechanicsville Obituaries list two local residents
Augusta E Disterhoff aged 85 died December 22 1997 in Rose Haven Nursing Home after a brief illness. Services at First Presbyterian Church Marengo with burial in Marengo Cemetery. Evelyn Alice Eva Glasgow Woods aged 95 died December 21 1997 in Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids from pneumonia complications. Services at Morgan Funeral Home Mechanicsville with burial Rose Hill Cemetery. Both include family survivors and memorials to local churches and funds.
Donohoe Services Today at St Marys Church
John R. Donohoe dies and services are held at 10 a.m. at St. Marys Catholic Church Mechanicsville. Burial follows at St. Briget’s Cemetery Nolan Settlement rural Solon. Arrangements by Chapmans Clarence.
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John R. Donohoe
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Mechanicsville
St. Bridget’s
Nolan Settlement
Solon
Chapman’s, Clarence
Service for Darrell D. Hartkemeyer at Cedar Memorial
Darrell D. Hartkemeyer funeral at 9 a.m. today in Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories with military rites by American Legion Hanford Post 5. Burial to follow at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call after 8:30 a.m. Memorial fund established.
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Darrell D. Hartkemeyer
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
American Legion
Hanford
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Earlville Woman Donna M. Parkin Dies at 88 in North Carolina
Donna M. Parkin 88, formerly of Manchester and Earlville, died Dec. 20 1997 in Wake Medical Center Raleigh after a sudden illness. Services Dec. 29 Congregational United Church of Christ Manchester. Burial Fairview Cemetery Earlville. Survived by two sons, six grandchildren, four great grandchildren, husband Lyle deceased, four brothers, one sister. Born Feb. 24 1909 in Greeley Iowa. She taught school after attending Iowa State Teachers College.
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Donna M. Parkin
Wellington Nursing Center
Knightdale
N.C
Manchester
Earlville
Wake Medical Center
Raleigh
Congregational United Church of Christ
Tom Bayler
Fairview Cemetery
Clifton Funeral Home
Robert
Wendell
Gary
Jayne
Lyle
Merl
Frank
Harold
Lewis Matthews
Marjorie Stoeffler
Donna
Greeley
Iowa
Mary Lewis Matthews
Greeley High School
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Lyle Parkin
North Carolina
Brecht, Anselma A. 80 dies in Dubuque care center
Anselma A. Brecht 80, formerly of Holy Cross, died Sunday December 21 1997 at Mercy Health Center St Joseph’s Unit Dubuque. Arrangements pending with Kramer Funeral Home Holy Cross.
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Anselma A. Brecht
Dubuque
Holy Cross
Mercy Health Center
St. Joseph's Unit
Kramer Funeral Home
Michael J. Hillman Obituary Noted in Tama County
Michael J. Hillman, 45, was found dead Thursday December 18, 1997 in Tama County by apparent self harm. Services and burial will be scheduled later at the Iowa Veterans Home Cemetery in Marshalltown. Henderson Overton Funeral Home of Toledo handles arrangements.
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Michael J. Hillman
Tama
Iowa Veterans Home Cemetery
Marshalltown
Henderson-Overton Funeral Home
Toledo
Death notice for Adelaide Christensen in Decorah area
Adelaide Christensen, 34, died Sunday in Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital Decorah after a short illness. Services at 11 a.m. Wednesday at French Balik Funeral Home Decorah burial in Lutheran Cemetery Calmar. Friends may call 4 to 6 p.m. today at the funeral home. Survived by husband Olaf and daughter Arlene Bush of Palos Heights Illinois.
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Adalaide Christensen
Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital
Decorah
French & Balik Funeral Home
Lutheran Cemetery
Calmar
Olaf
Arlene Bush
Palos Heights
IIL
Victor Elizabeth Antoinette Nowotny
Elizabeth Antoinette Nowotny stillborn December 21 1997 in Mercytown City. Graveside services at 11 am today at Victor Memorial Cemetery. Smith Funeral Home Victor handles arrangements. Survivors: Marty and Terri Nowotny, a sister Catherine and brothers Christopher Alexander and Andrew, all of Victor.
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Wotny
Marty
Terri Nowotny
Mercytown City
Victor Memorial Cemetery
Smith Funeral Home
Victor
Catherine
Christopher
Alexander
Andrew
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the Gazette
In Memory Of Guidelines Notice
Community notice outlining submission guidelines for in memory tributes including deadline 4 p m on weekdays. Rates listed: 35 cents per word and 10 dollars per photo plus contact number 398 8221 for questions.
Warnings on carbon monoxide poison risk before holiday travel
Experts urge car warming outside the garage to avoid CO poisoning described as a silent killer. Iowa State University extension official and others cite flu like symptoms, urge detectors, annual furnace checks, and prompt breath or blood testing if exposure is suspected.
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Greiner
Welke
Ex-school custodian regrets drug sales at Grant Wood Elementary
Glenalee Anderson, 46, pleaded guilty to selling cocaine and marijuana within 1000 feet of a school. Judge Patrick Grady sentenced her to 15 years for cocaine and 10 years for marijuana near the school, suspended, with three years of probation and 100 hours of community service. A separate cocaine count carried 10 years suspended, plus fines. marijuana charge carried 90 days in jail and a $250 fine.
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Gazette
Johnson County Bureau
Iowa City
Grant Wood
Anderson
Bay Ridge Dr
Patrick Grady
Grady
Iowa tax forms to arrive by mid January amid mailout
More than one million Iowa tax booklets and postcards will be mailed by the Iowa Department of Revenue and Finance. The notices target people who filed state income tax forms last year and did not change addresses. Five of six major party gubernatorial candidates will attend January forums in Iowa hosted by the Farm Bureau. the Cedar Rapids event is January 8 at Crowne Plaza Five Seasons Hotel with Joy Corning David Oman Paul Pate Mark McCormick and Tom Vilsack. Jim Lightfoot is the sixth Republican candidate. A California man died in a one car crash on icy Highway 183 near Crescent in Pottawattamie County. Michael Paul Chapman 38 of Mission Viejo was thrown from his vehicle. Gazette staff and wire reports.
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Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Cedar Rapids
Crowne Plaza
Five Seasons Hotel
Joy Corning
David Oman
Paul Pate
Mark McCormick
Tom Vilsack
Jim Ross Lightfoot
California
Pottawattamie County
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Den
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Lee Memorial Funeral Home Chapel
Verona
Dale Whitlock
Miriam
Shelly Encke
Lisbon
Dawn Rancourt
Poulsbo
Wash
Forrest den Linden
Beverly Eggert
Sioux City
S.D
Cherry McGuire
Olin
Cleo Russell
Tupelo
Neil Segebarth
Kristina Segebarth
Robert Encke
Tiffany VanderLinden
Leonard
Miriam Vander Linden
Bowling Green
ITT Engineering Co
Amory
VanderLinden
Tupelo-Lee County
Esther Fahrney
Montezuma Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Watts Funeral Home
Montezuma
Marengo
Augusta E. Disterhoff
Rose Haven
First Presbyterian Church
Randy Kittelson
Marengo Cemetery
Kloster-Valentine Funeral Home
Charleen
Keith
Becky
Drew
Sally
Joanne Rasmussen
Clark
West Des Moines
Marcia Noaker
Charles
Marion
Rosemary Robbins
Joe
Ankeny
Colette Schlak
Kenneth
Henry
Everett Schultz
Thelma Schultz
Stanwood
Monticello
Elizabeth Antoinette
Steve Groner
Groner
Duncan
Okla
Kevin Teale
Iowa Department of Public Health
Teale
Ohlman & Sons
B Ave
Mike Zinser
Fairfield
Ohlman & Sons Co
Quaker Oats
Glenalee Anderson
C.R
Kelly Springfield
Trail Boss II
Hawkeye Downs Rd
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