Deaths in Linn County and nearby areas reflect long service
Betty Keller 68 of Cedar Rapids died after a long illness in St Luke Hospital. Born in Atlanta Georgia in 1920 she worked for Coe College Killians Keller Office Supplies Linn County Juvenile Probation and Handicapped Systems and had three children and six grandchildren. Robert Gustafson 78 of Marshalltown Iowa Veterans Home died of cardio respiratory failure he served in WWII and worked as an electrician for Lockheed. Twin infants Ron and Rob Stearns died shortly after birth at St Luke's Hospital. Jane Brodine 79 formerly of Cedar Rapids died of cancer in Saxtons River Vermont. Other notices include services and arrangements for Hazel Lint Mary Pokorney Clara Rankinen Mark Leinart and J Lorrene Schwab with burial or memorial details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth L
Betty’’ Keller
First Ave
St. Luke's Hospital
Atlanta
George Keller
Nashua
Cedar Rapids Business College
Keller
Coe College
Killian’s and
Keller Office Supplies
Linn County Juvenile Probation and Handicapped Systems
Kristin Pridey
Cedar Rapids
Kathy Kaul
Colorado Springs
Colo
Bruce
Denver
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Central City
Souris
N.C
Vera Stone
Gustafson
Army Air Corps
Lockheed Aircraft
California
American Legion
Gary Richards
United Church of Christ
Oak Hill Cemetery
Pursel-Davis Funeral Home
Marshalltown
Sigourney teen dies after December highway crash
Patrick Carey 16 died Thursday at University Hospitals Iowa City after a Dec 23 auto accident on Highway 92. He was a Sigourney High School sophomore. Survivors include parents Larry and Jackie, three sisters Amy Holly Jenny, a brother Shawn, and grandmother Thelma Bean, all of Sigourney. Services 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Marys Church, burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Rosary 7:30 p.m. in church. casket closed. Memorial fund established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postville
Lucille
Marc
Plymouth
Janelle Driscoll
Cedar Rapids
Alice Parry
Preston
First Presbyterian Church
Mason City
Memorial Park Cemetery
Patterson-James
American Heart Association
Patrick Carey
Iowa City
Sigourney High School
Larry
Jackie Carey
Amy
Holly
Jenny
Shawn
Thelma Bean
Sigourney
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Pleasant Grove
Holm’s
13 S&Ls Sold in Texas and Illinois Under Tax Break Drive
Federal regulators completed 13 more insolvent S&L sales in Texas and Illinois as a year end tax deadline loomed. Taiwan investors bought eight Texas branches for 37.5 million, forming Pacific Southwest Savings Bank F.S.B. with 566.2 million in government aid. Centex Corp. bought four Texas thrifts for 26.5 million, becoming Texas Trust Savings Bank F.S.B. American Savings Bank of Springfield, Ill., was sold to Citizens Federal Bank of Miami for 187.9 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
Illinois
S&ls
Taiwan
California
Texas S&ls
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Pacific USA Holdings Corp
Pacific Southwest Savings Bank F.S.B
Corpus Christi
Bank Board
M. Danny Wall
Texas Thrifts
Centex Corp
Dallas
Texas Trust Savings Bank F.S.B
Centex
S&l
Citizens Federal Bank of Miami
American’s
Citizens Federal
Former care center administrator indicted for theft
Estherville Iowa AP Emmet County grand jury indicted Kathy Lappegard former administrator of the Emmet County Care Facility on charges of first degree theft for embezzling more than 5000 dollars. She served 1980 through its year closure and was released on 11500 dollar bond with arraignment set for January 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Emmet County
Rich Meyer
Kathy Lappegard
Wallingford
Lappegard
Vital Statistics Notices From Mercy and St. Luke's
Dec. 28 to Dec. 29 birth notices list couples in Mercy and St. Luke's communities with newborns. Families include Nadia Watthem and Robert Watthem. Julie Fahnle. Denise Freemyer. Lisa Jensen. Linda Kobusch. Deborah Meadows. Debora Strunk. Kimberly Husmann. Dan Johnson. Andrea Roher. Sandra Lange. and Patrick Lange. Locations include 1715 29th St NW, 260 Alma Dr NW, Ladora, and Marion among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy
Nadia
Robert Watthem
29Th St. NW
Julie
Pete Fahnle
Alma Dr. NW
ST. Luke’s
Denise
David Freemyer
Ladora
Lisa
Keith Jensen
C Ave. NE
Linda
Douglas Kobusch
27Th St. NW
Deborah Meadows
Seventh St. SW
Debora
Gay Strunk
McGowan Blvd
Marion
Kimberly
Everett Husmann
Clarence
Nancy
Dan Johnson
Belle
Geurts and Lynch Obtain Cedar Rapids Marriage Licenses
Steven T. Geurts and Barbara J. Lynch, both residents of Cedar Rapids, obtained marriage licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steven T. Geurts and
Barbara J. Lynch
Cedar Rapids
Degree Days Report Summary for Dec 28
Degree days data show total 2549 through Dec 28 and 2413 for another measure. Percent of normal year stands at 39 percent with a total normal year of 6547. Compiled by Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DRC
OG Femur
E. Eee
Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Co
Illinois Lotto: $20 Million Jackpot Drawn
Springfield Illinois numbers drawn Thursday for the Lotto game show winning numbers 6 54 and a jackpot of $20 million. The Illinois Lottery reports the result as the Thursday drawing outcome with no further detail on prizes beyond the listed jackpot.
Two Die In Separate Iowa Road Crashes
An 18 year old Ogden woman Meredith Lynn Sturtz died after losing control on icy old U S Highway 30 near Boone. In a separate incident Sioux City bicyclist Lawrence George Patterson 47 was killed when struck by a sun blinded pickup driven by Howard H Stilwell 74. No charges expected against Stilwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden
Boone
Meredith Lynn Sturtz
State Patrol
U.S. Highway 30
Sioux City
Lawrence George Patterson
Transit Avenue
Howard H. Stilwell
Fire destroys garage at Delhi home
A garage at Mary Lou McGee's Lake Delhi home in the Freddy's Beach area burned about 7 p.m. Wednesday. Delhi firefighters saved the house but a car and other belongings were lost. The blaze is thought to have started from a faulty electrical cord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delhi
Mary Lou McGee
Freddy’s Beach
Lake Delhi
Thief Attacks Cash Register at Steve's Super Valu
A black male in his mid 20s, about six feet tall and 250 pounds, enraged when a clerk slammed the drawer, tipped the register onto the floor near the front door and fled through an alley with an undetermined amount of cash. He wore a purple sweatshirt and black pants. Police continue the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Steve’s
Franklin
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Linn County
Robert L. Gustafson
Iowa Veterans Home
Ron Michael Stearns
Robert Ray Stearns
Cheryl Farnsworth
Mark Stearns
Johnson Ave
St. Luke’s Hospital
Matthew Stearns
Bob
Carole Farnsworth
Mildred Stearns
Helen Harris
Turner Chapel East
Phillip Schmitt
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Jane Moore Brodine
Saxton’s River, Vt
Don Brodine
Grinnell College
Rubey Morelli
Ferrara
Italy
Sara Meyers
Brookline
Mass
Hazel M. Lint
Baxter-Martinson
Harold
Sehlink
First Baptist Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Mary Callen Pokorney
National Cemetery
Baton Rouge
Clara Rankinen
All Saints Catholic Church
David Wheeler
Stewart Funeral Home
Mark R. Leinart
Fairplay
Lisbon
Turner Chapel West
J. Lorrene Schwab
25Th St. NE
Iowa
Chelsea
Louis Riha
Chelsea-Vining Area
Keystone Care Center
Frances Valenta
Hrabak’s
Rural Vining
Dyersville
Sylvester J. Hoeger
Kramer’s
Grinnell
Lucida Carlton
Mayflower
Mason City Community College
Smith’s
Woodlawn
Toledo
Ray Myers
Grinnell General Hospital
Paul
Rockford
Grinnell First Baptist Church
Hazelwood Cemetery
Smith’s. Memorial Fund
Keystone
Charles A. Parizek
Americana
Norma
Gary
Clutter
Charlotte Holst
Faye Nolan
van Horne
Gary Franzenburg
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Jim Franzenburg
Lake Elsinore
Calif
Helen Musel
Holy Trinity
Vining
Phillips
Manchester
Diane Kay Carter
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Good Neighbor Home
Guy
Honolulu
Melia
Erika
Sarah-Jo
Donald Ketelsen
Clinton
Darrell Ketelsen
Doris Scovel
Arla Ketelsen
United Methodist Church
Oakland Cemetery
Vernon’s
Daniel D. Davis
St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital
Mr. Davis
Gibbs-Cook
Mason
Ridgeway
Leonard Anderson
Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital
Decorah
Myrtle Berge
Orleans Lutheran Church
Strawberry Point
Esther Astell
Strawberry Point Lutheran Home
Roberson’s
Tama
Carl Woodworth
Sunny Hill
Marshalltown Medical and Surgical Center
Maxine Miller
Ramona Kuyrkendall
San Antonio
Evelyn Border
Belle Plaine
Lu Allen
Roger
Largo
Loren
Washburn
Ronald
Sherman
Kenneth
Wichita
Kan
Edith Bellinger
la Porte City
Harrison’s
TRAER
Ernest Halupnik
Covenant Medical Center
Winifred
Tom
Memphis
Tenn
Dan
Kathy Flack
Delores Halupnik
Blanche Glee
Eleanor Koch
Reinbeck
Marcella Kostlan
Buckingham
Marion Samo
Grundy Center
Wellman
Roy T. Canott
Parkview Manor
Maplecrest Farms
Neely
Jerry
Riverside
LeRoy
Cora Jane Falk
St. Louis
Powell’s
Wellman Cemetery
Wellman Senior Citizens Center
Charter Savings and Loan of
Keystone Savings and Loan of
Lampasas
Bayview Federal Savings Association of
First Federal Savings and Loan of
Luling
Independence Savings and Loan of
Gonzales
Yoakum Federal Savings and Loan of
Yoakum
Union Savings Association of
Sequin Savings Association of
Sequin
Burnet Savings and Loan of
Burnet
Lee Savings Association of
Giddings
Ranchers Savings Association of
Johnson City
Peoples Savings and Loan of
Llano
American Savings Bank of
Springfield, Ill
Illinois Lottery
The
Associated Press
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue S.E
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