Cedar Rapids Obituaries and Death Notices December 2001
Wilma M Lutzelman 86 Pensacola formerly Cedar Rapids born Fremont Nebraska June 15 1915 attended Midland College Northwestern University taught before marriage to Robert Lutzelman. Survived by Catherine McMahon Richard Lutzelman and others. Funeral Mass at St Paul Catholic Church Pensacola. Memorials to American Liver Foundation. Charles O Malley McGonagle 65 Peoria Illinois died Dec 22. Graveside Mount Calvary Cemetery. Judy Kay Tompkins Teahen Funeral Home services Dec 28. Jean Brown Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Glenn E Johnson 76 Cedar Rapids died Dec 24. John J Vaughn 95 Heritage Nursing died Dec 25. Arrangements Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Cedar Rapids News notices posted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma M. Lutzelman
Pensacola
Fla
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Lutzelman
Catherine
David J. McMahon
Richard and
Grata Lutzelman
Plano
Texas
Jon Lutzelman
Robert
Davis Scherling
Timothy
Emily McMahon
Durham
Jean Brown
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Brenda Peconge
Teahen Funeral Home
John J. Vaughn
Heritage Nursing & Rehab Center
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Obituary of Lynn R. Lemmons 69 Cedar Rapids
Lynn R. Lemmons 69 of 327 Pebble Lane died December 23 2001 at home after a long illness in Cedar Rapids. Services 10 a.m. Friday at St Pius X Catholic Church Cedar Rapids with burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Cedar Memorial Funeral Home with a rosary at 430 p.m. and vigil at 700 p.m. Military rites will follow. Survivors include wife Jan four daughters Wendy Walters Sarah Pitts Bonnie Titsworth Tammy Holt and two sons Larry and Marty plus 12 grandchildren. He was born April 30 1932 in Tipton Oklahoma to Ernest and Mary Lemmons. He served in the Navy and Air Force during Korea and Vietnam as a cryptologist and worked for the National Security Agency. He co owned the Super 8 Motel in Urbana and was a member of St Pius X Catholic Church. Contributions to Hospice of Mercy Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn R. Lemmons
Pebble Lane
St. Pius X Catholic Church
Cedar Rapids
Donald Klein
Cedar Memorial Park
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Jan
Wendy Walters
Pleasant Hill
Sarah Pitts
San Antonio
Texas
Bonnie Titsworth
Fort Riley
Kan
Tammy Holt
Kansas City
Larry
Marty
Amarillo
Gale
Robert
Lynn
Tipton
Okla
Ernest
Mary
Newman) Lemmons
Janet Gremm
U.S. Navy
Air Force
National Security Agency
Lemmons
Urbana
Hospice of Mercy
Mercy Medical Center
Dorothy Snow 82 dies after sudden illness in Manchester Iowa
Dorothy L. Snow 82 died Monday December 24 2001 at Regional Medical Center Manchester after a sudden illness. Services 11 a.m. Friday at The Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints Manchester with Elder Gary Johnson officiating. Friends may call 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Bohnenkamp Murdoch Funeral Home Manchester and one hour before services at the church. Burial Cox Cemetery Urbana. Survived by Betsy Talcott Granite City IL Billie Wyckoff Opelika AL Betty Kuehl Auburndale FL Bobbie Schuster Delhi along with brother Ben Otten Dubuque two half brothers Jack Otten Tipton Tom Otten Wyoming a half sister Janet Dell Troy MO two stepsisters Barbara Twitty Muscatine Phyllis Williams Lisbon and step brother Bill Sanford Hannibal MO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy L. Snow
Regional Medical Center
Manchester
Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints
N. Franklin St
Gary Johnson
Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral
Cox Cemetery
Urbana
Betsy ‘Talcott
Granite City, Ill
Billie Wyckoff
Opelika
Ala
Betty Kuehl
Auburndale
Fla
Bobbie Schuster
Delhi
Ben Otten
Dubuque
Jack Otten
Tipton
Tom Otten
Wyoming
Janet Dell
Troy
Barbara Twitty
Muscatine
Phyllis Williams
Lisbon
Bill Sanford
Hannibal, Mo
Anamosa native Donald A. Walter dies in Los Angeles
Donald A. Walter, 78, of Los Angeles, formerly Anamosa, died of cancer Saturday December 22, 2001 at home. A 1942 Anamosa High School and 1948 Iowa University graduate, he moved to Los Angeles in 1949 and worked as a social worker for Los Angeles County. Survived by sisters Shirley Walmutt and Jean Ann Stancel and many nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald A. Walter
Los Angeles
Anamosa
Don
Anamosa High
University of Iowa
Los Angeles County
Shirley
Jim) Walmutt
Prairieburg
Jean Ann
Leo) Stancel
Marion
Dyersville Woman Joan Cummings Dies After Illness
Joan S. Cummings, 85, died Tuesday in Oak Crest Manor after a long illness. Arrangements are pending at Reiff Funeral Home in Dyersville with calling hours from 2 to 9 p.m. Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan S. Cummings
Oak Crest Manor
Reiff Funeral Home
Dyersville
Verl Slip Howell dies at 79 in Jackson County
Verl Slip Howell age 79 died Monday December 24 2001 at Jackson County Public Hospital arrangements are pending at Carson and Son Funeral and Cremation Services Maquoketa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verl
Howell
Jackson County Public Hospital
Carson & Son Funeral
Maquoketa
Two Obituaries Share Final Farewells in Iowa City Area
Vera E Hurr 90 formerly of 320 S Dubuque St died Monday December 24 2001 after an extended illness in Riverbend Care Center Muscatine graveside services 11 am Thursday Memory Gardens Cemetery arrangements with Leasing Funeral Cremation Service Iowa City Survivors include five sons Donald Hobart Ind Earl Dale Katona Harold Jr Ronald Florida Jim La Salle Ill a daughter Shirley two sisters and three brothers William Bill J Kelly 86 of 1108 Sunset St died Tuesday morning December 25 2001 in University Hospitals following a lengthy illness arrangements pending at Lensing Funeral Cremation Service Iowa City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera E. Hurr
S. Dubuque St
Riverbend
Muscatine
Memory Gardens
Iowa City
Donald
Hobart
Ind
Earl Dale
Katona
Harold Jr
Ronald
Florida
Jim
la Salle
Ill
Shirley
William “Bill” J. Kelly
Sunset St
University Hospitals
Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service
Local Obituaries and Notices List by Towns Iowa
An indexed collection of names for individuals in various Iowa towns including Anamosa Cedar Rapids Delhi Dyersville Hiawatha Iowa City Kalona Maquoketa Oelwein Postville Solon Tiffin West Union and Worthington with listed relatives and residents such as Donald A Walter Jean Brown Glenn E Johnson Wilma Lutzerman Charles O Malley Judith Tompkins John Vaughn Dorothy Snow Lynn Lemmons Vera Hurt Bill Kelly Agnes Swartzendruber Slip Howell Dean Merrill Helen Osboe Lucille Anderson Winifred Ham Thomas Bigelow Helen Drewes Freda Greif and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Donald A. Walter
Cedar Rapids
Jean Brown
Glenn E. Johnson
Wilma M. Lutzerman
Charles O'Malley McGonagle
Judith
Judy
Kay Tompkins
John J. Vaughn
Delhi
Dorothy L. Snow
Dyersville
Joan S. Cummings
Hiawatha
Lynn R. Lemmons
Iowa City
Vera E. Hurt
William ‘Bill
J. Kelly Kalona
Agnes E. Swartzendruber
Maquoreta — Ver
Slip
Howell Oelwein
Dean N. Merrill
Helen M. Osboe
Postville
Lucille Anderson
Solon
Winifred E. Ham
Tiffin
Thomas Bigelow
West Union
Helen Drewes
Worthington
Freda Greif
Winifred E. Ham Services Planned in Solon
Winifred E. Ham services set for 1 p.m. Friday at Brush Funeral Home Solon with Rev. Francis Lenoch officiating. Friends may call 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery and a memorial fund is established in her name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred E. Ham
Brush Funeral Home
Solon
Francis Lenoch
Oakland Cemetery
Agnes Swartzendruber of Lone Tree dies at 82
Agnes E Swartzendruber 82 of Lone Tree formerly of rural Kalona died Tuesday December 25 2001 in the Lone Tree Care Center after a short illness Services 10 am Friday Peterseim Funeral Chapel Kalona Burial Frytown Cemetery Frytown Friends may call 4 to 8 pm Thursday at the funeral home the family will be present She was the wife of Eldon and mother of Jim Nancy Margaret Robert McGrumphry Mary Larry Tahan Daniel Shetler seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes E. Swartzendruber
Lone Tree
Kalona
Peterseim Funeral Chapel
Frytown
Eldon
Lone Tree Care Center
Jim
Nancy
Margaret
Robert McGrumphry
Mary
Larry Tahan
Iowa City
Daniel Shetler
Ridgeway
Wash
Obituaries: Merrill and Osboe Die in Iowa Happens
Oelwein resident Dean N Merrill 93 died December 24 2001 in Grandview Health Care Center after a short illness. Funeral arrangements are private at Jamison Schmitz Funeral Home Oelwein with burial at Oak Lawn Cemetery. Survivors include wife Evelyn and daughter Carol Clark of Waterloo. Helen M Osboe 83 died December 25 2001 in Covenant Medical Center Waterloo after a sudden illness. Arrangements are pending at Jamison Schmitz Funeral Home Oelwein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean N. Merrill
Grandview
Jamison-Schmitz Funeral
Oelwein
Woodlawn
Evelyn
Carol Clark
Waterloo
Helen M. Osboe
Covenant Medical Center
Jamison- Schmitz Funeral Home
Postville Woman Lucille Anderson 83 Dies After Brief Illness
Lucille Anderson 83 formerly of Castalia died Monday afternoon December 24 2001 at Good Samaritan Center after a brief illness. Services set for 11 a.m. Friday at Community Presbyterian Church Postville with Rev Gary Catterson. burial in Pleasant View Cemetery Castalia. Visitation 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Schutte Funeral Home Postville and one hour before services. Survived by daughter Sharon Grant Snitker of Waukon and son Frank Wickham of New Hampton, six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Anderson
Castalia
Good Samaritan Center
Community Presbyterian Church
Postville
Gary Catterson
Pleasant View Cemetery
Schutte Funeral Home
Sharon
Grant) Snitker
Waukon
Frank
Phyllis) Wickham
New Hampton
Thomas Bigelow Dies After Illness at 45
Thomas Bigelow 45 died Tuesday December 25 2001 at the Iowa City Rehabilitation and Care Center after a long illness. Arrangements are pending at Lensing Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Bigelow
Iowa City
Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service
West Union Woman Helen Drewes Dies at 91
Helen Drewes of West Union died at Good Samaritan Home at age 91. Arrangements are pending at Burnham Wood Funeral Home in West Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Drewes
Good Samaritan Home
Burnham Wood Funeral Home
West Union
Worthington Freda Greif dies at 84 in Dubuque
Freda Greif Worthington 84 of Dubuque formerly Worthington died Monday December 24 2001 at Sunnycrest Manor Dubuque Arrangements are pending at Kremer Funeral Home Dyersville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freda Greif
Dubuque
Worthington
Sunnycrest Manor
Kramer Funeral Home
Dyersville
In Memory of Jack L Gallagher Poem Memorial
In memory of Jack L Gallagher born 9 3 1940 died 12 26 2000 a loving tribute notes God took you to rest and that parts of us went with you The blue lights shine brightly on your tree and we miss you daily in this garden of memories
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack L. Gallagher
In Memory Ads Guidelines and Rates
A guide for memorial notices noting submissions by 4 p m on weekdays with publication date requested. Rates include 35 cents per word and photos at 10 dollars each. for inquiries call 398 8221.
Death Notices and Obituaries Guidelines
The Gazette publishes death notices and obituaries with required timing and style. Submissions due by 7 p.m. daily. arrangements, immediate survivors, and a photo appear as news items. expanded material billed at 35 cents per word.
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The
Gazette
Deadline reminders for community notices and call numbers
Public notices require written submissions with a daytime phone number. Camp Tanager and Church page ask for noon deadlines, Home Real Estate requires 5 p.m. two Fridays before Sunday, Government meetings by noon Friday, Sundays Accent 5 p.m. two Fridays before, Reunions by noon Thursday before Sunday. space permits for other lists. Call 398 8320 or 398 8386 or 398 8311 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette Cashier
Call
Vinton Seeks to Restore Historic Rail Freight Building
In Vinton, an abandoned 1876 wood freight house along Eighth Avenue, once part of the Burlington Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway, survives as the town’s lone remaining wooden freight structure. Historian Scott Hansen notes its rarity, its later Rock Island use, and unclear post-1970s purpose, with grease pencil messages inside hinting at past railroad workers or hoboes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Meyer
Vinton
Eighth Avenue
Burlington Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway
Scott Hansen
Rails (Rail and Industrial Lineage Society
Hansen
Rock Island Railroad
Freight house project faces relocation hurdles in Benton County
Alberta Reifenstahl, president of the Benton County Historical Society, invites discussion at (319) 472-4325. The group notes an 1880 date on the inscription and a $60,000 1995 grant to move and restore the freight house, but land near the depot and a $12,000 match hinder progress while grant funds remain available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta Reifenstahl
Benton County Historical Society
Reifenstahl
Davenport mayor returns to police duties after stint as chief
Davenport mayor Phil Yerington resigns after four years and returns to police work as a lieutenant. He undergoes 60 hours of refresher training on report writing shooting and technology while reevaluating his career. Charlie Brooke will become mayor in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Phil Yerington
Yerington
Charlie Brooke
Joseph Allbaugh
Federal Emergency Manage
Ment
Allbaugh
John Gardner
Quad-City Development Group
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Mount Calvary Cemetery
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Stewart Funeral Home
Charles
Peoria
Leo
Louise Cook McGonagle
Chuck
St. Luke's Hospital
Jerry Doellinger
Linwood Cemetery
40Th St. NE
St. Luke’s Hospital
James A Devine
CPC
Cedar Memorial
Turner
Vvingston
Mear
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