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Tragedy Hits Cedar Rapids Area Family With Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Four Bruns Augspurger family members connected to a farm near the Missouri border were affected by a carbon monoxide incident. La Verne Bruns died earlier, while Sharon Bruns and Jim Augspurger survived injuries and a teenage daughter remains in hospital. Garth Lloyd, husband of Sharon’s daughter Joni, helped rescue others before falling ill. his toddler daughter also treated for an asthma attack triggered by the gas. distintas Community and local officials described the family as deeply involved in school and church activities. A heat exchanger fault in a 20 year old furnace is cited as the CO source. Funeral plans and memorials were announced with services in Iowa and Missouri.
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Agnes Brown
Landover
St. Luke’s Hospital
James Augspurger
James Allen Augspurger
Dallas
University Medical Center
Columbia
Memphis
Garth Allen Lloyd
Roswell
Lloyd
Sharon
Bruns Augspurger
Joni
Lloyds
Augspurger
Keosauqua
Iowa
Scotland County
Ginny Brackett
Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Bruns
Paul Scheidt
Concordia Lutheran Church
Johnson Ave
la Verne Bruns
Keystone
College Community School
Prairie High School
Prairie
Ken Stiene
Stiene
Sharon Bruns
la Verne
Scheidt
van Buren County
Jim Augspurger
Missouri-Iowa