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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1997
Page
8
Multiple notices report deaths in Cedar Rapids and nearby towns for Mary Cecilia Baker Laura F Hutchins and Shirley Marie Johnson plus John J Gunka II and Mary Daggett. Services and burial details are listed with churches cemeteries funeral homes and survivors.
Emma B. Krug Atkins, 99, died December 27, 1997, at Vinton Lutheran Home after a sudden illness. Services at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Stephens Lutheran Church with Rev. Frederick Jobs. Burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call 3 to 7 p.m. today at the church. Phillips Funeral Home of Keystone handled arrangements. Survived by two sons Donald and Kenneth and their wives Ila Jean and Ann, seven grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren, plus many extended relatives. Memorials to St. Stephens Lutheran Church or Vinton Lutheran Home.
Donald M. Prazak 73 died Dec 26 1997 after a long illness in Belle Plaine. Graveside services at Oak Hill Cemetery led by Rev. David Weesner. cremation arranged by Hrabak Funeral Home. Survived by wife Dorothy two sons Donald and Charles and daughter Pam Yuk plus seven grandchildren and a great grandchild. Robert John Tippie 62 died Dec 24 1997 in Glen Burnie Maryland after a short illness. Services Dec 30 1997 at Hrabak Funeral Home with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery and military rites. wife Cheryl two brothers Henry B and Ernest A and an aunt Naomi Jopling also listed as survivors. Myra H. Windland 83 died Dec 27 1997 in Belle Plaine Nursing Center after a lengthy illness. Services Jan 2 1998 at Overton Family Funeral Home with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Rev. David Weesner to officiate. calling hours after 11 am Tuesday. Catherine and Ralph Windland listed among relatives.
Joyce Nims 58 of Lost Nation Iowa died Sunday December 28 1997 at home after a short illness. Arrangements are with Carson and Son Funeral Home Maquoketa Iowa for services pending.
Dorothy M Daniels Marengo will be buried at Koszta Cemetery after services at St Patrick’s Catholic Church at 10 30 a m Tuesday conducted by Rev Joseph Roost. Friends may call today from 4 to 8 p m at Kloster Valentine Funeral Home Marengo where a Scripture service begins at 7 p m. John Fugisang age 62 died Sunday December 28 1997 at home after an illness arrangements are pending with Kloster Valentine Funeral Home Marengo.
John J. Cleary of rural Victor died Sunday December 28 1997 at Grinnell Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are pending with Smith Funeral Home Victor.
Marjorie Elizabeth McDowell 85 longtime Dundee resident died December 27 1997 at Good Neighbor Home Manchester after a long illness. Services 10 am Tuesday at St John s Lutheran Church Dundee with Rev James Rushton. Burial Forestville Cemetery Dundee. She is survived by three daughters three sons two sisters five brothers 18 grandchildren 20 great grandchildren and many relatives. Born July 23 1912 in Colesburg to Wayne and Lucille Kauffman she married Ray L McDowell Sr in 1937 he died in 1986. She attended Lenox College and was a homemaker active in church and community activities. Memorials may be established in Marjorie s memory.
Julius L Joe DeKeyser 87 died Sunday December 28 1997 at his Edgewood Iowa home. Services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Trinity United Methodist Church with Rev Kent Newton. Burial Oakland Cemetery Manchester IA. Survived by Betty his wife two sons Jim and Bill DeKeyser and daughter JoAnn DeKeyser Bruns seven grandchildren five great grandchildren and siblings. Memorials to Hospice of Comfort or a charity of choice.
Glatha Wheatley 63 of Maquoketa died December 27 1997 after a lengthy illness at Jackson County Public Hospital Private graveside services were held Tuesday at Mount Hope Cemetery in Maquoketa Rev Gerald Gjerde officiated Friends could call at Carson and Son Funeral Home Maquoketa Glatha was born December 16 1934 in Maquoketa to Lyle Widel Sr and Rebecca Bruns Widel She married Arthur E Wheatley August 15 1952 in Bellevue She was a 1952 Maquoketa Community High School graduate and a lifelong homemaker She is survived by her husband a son A Dean Wheatley a daughter Dian Gansen a daughter Doreen Cribb a brother Dana Widel three sisters Neda Wagoner Nola Hinz Waive Bailey and two grandsons Dustin and Derek Wheatley plus her parents and several siblings in infancy.
Margaretha K Boldt 81 of Waterloo formerly Buck Creek rural Sumner died December 27 1997 after a lengthy illness at Allen Memorial Hospital Waterloo Funeral services 11 am Wednesday at St John Lutheran Buck Creek Buck Creek rural Sumner officiated by Rev Gerald Melby Burial in church cemetery Friends may call Becker Milnes Funeral Home Sumner or after 10 am Wednesday at the church Survivors include husband Walter a daughter Carol Korte of Waterloo two brothers Les Buhr of Waverly Albert Buhr of Waterloo and three sisters Ella Buhr of West Union Elsie Buhr of Oelwein and Viola Bierman of Waverly
Darlene Rose Bright of Atkins and later Van Horne died at home from cancer on Sunday December 28 1997 at age 67. Funeral services are set for 10 30 a m Tuesday at Overton Family Funeral Home Vinton with visitation today from 3 to 7 p m. Cremation followed. She was married to Calvin Sam Bright on August 7 1955 in Denver Colorado and leaves children Terry Deb Carl Angie Leslie Dennis and many relatives including 14 grandchildren and a great grandson. She was born July 13 1930 in Walker Iowa and worked for Wilson Meat Packing Co in Cedar Rapids before returning to Iowa.
Mary A. Griffin 88 died Sunday December 28 1997 at Parkview Manor Wellman after a brief day. She was a member of St Marys Catholic Church Williamsburg. Burial followed at St Michaels Cemetery Holbrook. Friends may call today noon to 4 p.m. at Uhlmann Powell Funeral Home Williamsburg with a 4 p.m. prayer service. No immediate survivors.
Tommy B. Ryan 89 died Dec 27 1997 in Waterloo from complications of a broken hip. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday at United Methodist Church with burial at Oakland Cemetery. Friends may call 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Roberson Funeral Home. Survivors: nieces and nephews. Jeffrey L. Sullivan 32 died Dec 27 1997 at home. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday with burial at Campton Cemetery Lamont. Call 2 to 8 p.m. today at Roberson Funeral Home. Survivors include parents Dean and Virginia, sister Deb Paris, and brothers Dean, John, Jim. Also sister-in-law Tom Paris and sisters-in-law Becky and Marla.
Glenn Butch Powers 66 died Friday December 26 1997 at home after a sudden illness. Services 11 am Tuesday Hayden Funeral Home Wyoming with access after 9 am. Burial Wyoming Cemetery with military honors. Survivors include daughters Karen Payne Oskaloosa Kathy Mull Marion, son Keith Powers Pomeroy, sisters Barbara Northrup Truth or Consequences NM and Phyllis Wilken Monticello, brothers Darrel Denver CO and Dean Manchester.
Dennis Allen Renters funeral services set for 9 a.m. today at Cedar Memorial Chapel with entombment at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery and a Police Honor Guard. Memorials suggested to Camp Courageous of Iowa or Linn County Humane Society. Mary Aretha Shimek Happel to be buried after 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Linwood Cemetery following a 4 to 8 p.m. visitation at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home.
Death notices and obituaries may be submitted at The Gazette during specified hours. Immediate survivors and a photo are published as a news item. Additional material including survivors and activities is charged at 35 cents per word with contact guidance.
In memory of Nolan Duncan born September 2, 1961 died December 29, 1996. We love and miss you. Grandpa and Grandma Transberry Karen and family.
Community reminder for obituary notices outlining submission times by 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and including pricing at 35 cents per word and pictures at 10 dollars each. Contact number 398 8221 for inquiries and publication date specification.
Governor Carlson backs a $14 million plan to place the USS Des Moines at a new state park in Duluth harbor. State agencies push a 280 page Navy release request and a self supporting park proposal while city officials weigh land sale and legislative funding risks. Open houses and a Duluth authority vote precede a state decision.
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