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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 2007
Page
9
The Cedar Rapids area obituary notices report the deaths of Clayton Black Jr. 68, of 245 Bernita Dr NW, and Mary A. Church 83, formerly of Linn County, with services and burial details. Additional notices cover John Havlicek, Winifred Margaret Wagner Hoffman, Arnold Arnie Jacobs, and related tributes, survivors, and memorials.
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Ronald W. Prior of Estherville died December 25 2007 at Ruthven Care Center at age 92. Funeral services were held and burial followed at Cedar Memorial Park Cedar Rapids with officiants Pastor Doug Burton and Pastor Bill Wineke. He served in WWII Navy and lived in Cedar Rapids before moving to Estherville in 1946 where he ran Prior Welding and served on city council and as interim mayor. He was survived by children Scott and Rowene, eight grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Funeral home Henry Olson officiated. Online condolences at henryolsonfuneral.com.
Mary Ella King 83 of West Ridge Care Center Cedar Rapids died Monday December 94 2007 after a brief illness Private memorial services with interment in Linwood Cemetery Survivors include sisters Jean King Cedar Rapids Barbara Orton Marion niece Lisa Dan Gorbatjuk Marion great nephew William Gorbatjuk and great niece Emma Gorbatjuk her parents and a brother Harry E King Born June 23 1924 in Cedar Rapids to Harry I and Ruth Clement King she was a secretary for Rockwell Collins Radio retiring in 1979 Memorials may be made to Cedar Valley Humane Society Cedar Rapids IA Hospice of Mercy and West Ridge Care Center staff are thanked by the family
Marion Newell L. Crow Sr. services set for 1 pm Friday at Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories with burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Esther A. Drago memorial services 3 pm Saturday at Peoples Church Unitarian Universalist. Katherine J. Whittemore, 78, of Wyoming formerly of Marion died Dec. 24 2007 at St Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Services 11 am Friday at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Center Marion. Memorials to St Luke's Foundation. Family will greet friends one hour before services.
Catherine F. Work 81 of 916 Kirkwood Ave Iowa City died Dec 23 2007 at home. Mass at St Patrick Church burial Memory Gardens. Visitation Dec 26 4 to 7 p.m. Lensing Funeral. Memorials to St Patrick Church or Iowa City Hospice. Shirley L Grassfield 70 Anamosa died Dec 25 2007 at Jones County Medical Center. Services Dec 28 10 a.m. Goettsch Funeral Home Morley burial Green Center Cemetery Morley. Janet Brown 81 West Union died Dec 24 2007 at Palmer Lutheran Health Center. Arrangements pending Burnham-Wood Funeral Home West Union.
Multiple local obituaries for December 2007 list Ardyce M. Steege 72 of Independence Douglas M. Mathis 69 of Independence Elizabeth A. Raymond 87 of La Porte City who died within days of each other. Services and funeral arrangements are noted with memorials and burial at Mount Hope Cemetery Sacred Heart Church West View Cemetery and other area sites. Survivors include spouses children siblings and grandchildren with notes on locations and funeral home arrangements through Reiff Funeral Home and La Porte City Funeral Service.
Obituary index lists recent deaths across Iowa with names and towns including Shirley Grassfield Belle Plaine Ethel Mussman Cedar Rapids Clayton Black Jr Mary A Church John Havlicek Winifred Wagner Hoffman Arnold Jacobs Mary Ella King Ronald Prior Ashley Pins Douglas Mathis Ardyce Steege Catherine Work Elizabeth Raymond Eric Gray Charles Hirsch Newell Crow Esther Drago Katherine Whittemore Jim Miller Bernice Stender Dan Buckley Becky Wilken Jacobs Doris Whitaker Dorothy Frese Terry White Sandra Simoons Kenneth Ferns Tommy Young Loretta Walton Olaf Craft Terry Dulin Roseanne Rogers Kathryn Bures Janet Brown Thomas Bordenaro and others in communities such as Anamosa Belle Plaine Cedar Rapids Independence Iowa City Lisbon Luzerne Marion Martelle McGregor North Liberty Oelwein Oxford South Amana Springville Thornburg Traer Troy Mills Vinton Walker West Union and more.
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Ethel Mussman 80 of Belle Plaine died December 26 2007 at Highland Ridge Care Center Williamsburg after an extended illness. Ashley A Pins 23 daughter of Gerald and Julie Pins Farley died December 26 2007 from injuries in an accident on JFK Road Dubuque. Arrangements pending at Phillips Funeral Home Vinton and Reiff Funeral Home Farley.
Bernice Stender aged 92 of Mc Gregor died Tuesday December 25 2007 in Madrid Iowa after a brief illness. Services set for 10 am Monday December 31 at St Marys Catholic Church McGregor with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call 3 to 6 pm Sunday at Thornburg Hanson Funeral Home McGregor. She is survived by two daughters Mae Thuli of Darlington Wisconsin and Roberta Runnenberg of Madrid and two sons Jerry of Van Nuys California and Gene of San Clemente California.
Thomas Bordenaro 75 died December 24 2007 at Greene County Medical Center Jefferson Iowa Mass of Christian Burial 1030 am Saturday at St Joseph Church Jefferson with burial in St Joseph Cemetery Visitation after 9 am Friday Hastings Funeral Home Jefferson family present 6 to 830 pm Public vigil service 630 pm Survivors include wife Marilyn Jefferson daughters Mary Fielder and David Cedar Rapids Joanne Klein and Wayne Gillette Julia Levin and Ira El Cerrito son Tom and Tami Carroll Iowa
The Gazette publishes death notices and obituaries with a daily 6 p.m. submission deadline. Submissions may include immediate survivors and a photo at no charge if they conform to Gazette style. additional information is billed at 40 cents per word.
Memorial services for Sandra Lee Simoons held at 11 a.m. today at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Marion conducted by Rev. Del Bear.
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