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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 2011
Page
10
Obituaries list several Iowa residents with ages and funeral homes. Notable entries include Omer Forde aged 92, Lucille Sacquirie 87, Grace Taylor 83, Clyde Parker 87, Donald Hoeger 73, Charles Gahring 87, Donald Haines 93. Funeral homes across surrounding towns provided services.
Charles Robert Mehaffey born in Cedar Rapids Iowa on June 29 1930 died January 29 2011 in Dripping Springs Texas He was a pastor devoted husband father grandfather and great grandfather known for justice advocacy The note ends with a memorial service to be held in Cedar Rapids and a guest book link Duane Arthur Rich 72 Cedar Rapids Jan 29 2011 services February 4 in Ethel Missouri Loretta M Owens 80 Marion died January 30 2011 funeral February 4 Cedar Rapids area survivors and memorials NRA Cancer Society mentioned Burial Oak Shade Cemetery Marion Iowa
Obituaries list multiple local deaths with funeral details and memorials. Thomas Blanchard 63 of Iowa City died January 28 2011 with services February 5 at Lensing Funeral Home. Also Dr Christian E Schrock died January 29 with service February 5 at Zion Lutheran Church Iowa City. Edwin C Plesek 3s died January 30 at St Luke s Hospital Cedar Rapids with services February 3 at St Joseph s Catholic Church Chelsea. Terry L Ray 56 of Lisbon died January 28 with services February 3 at Morgan Funeral and Cremation Choices Mount Vernon. Memorials directed to Mercy Hospital Foundation and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Obituaries are available online with options to email to friends or relatives view today’s services and search a historical obituary database at the Gazette site.
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The notices report the deaths of Phil Airy of Shellsburg and Bob Dittmar of Vinton with funeral details, burial plans, and surviving family. Airy, born 1948 in Cedar Rapids, farmed and worked for Kenworth, with memorials directed to hospice and Shellsburg volunteers. Dittmar, born 1931 in Dubuque, worked at Perfex and other Cedar Rapids firms, with private services planned and condolences via the Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home site.
Fayette County supervisors vote 3-0 to freeze salaries for elected officials for 2011-12. The compensation board had urged small raises for the auditor, recorder and treasurer and Board of Supervisors while proposing higher bumps for the sheriff and county attorney. Sheriff Marty Fisher noted salaries dominate his budget as board leaders cited budget constraints and reserve levels.
Clayton County Board of Supervisors approved a 2 percent raise for next fiscal year after rejecting a 3 percent recommendation from the compensation board. The chairman’s stipend will rise from 250 to 500 dollars. Budget hearing is March 2, starting July 1.
A Waterloo woman Sandra Jo Nash, 57, died in a house fire at 2861 Logan Ave reported around 4 a.m. Monday. Neighbors alerted residents. two others Glenn Jackson, 50, with serious injuries and Cheryl Roach, 49, with minor injuries were taken to University of Iowa Hospitals. Autopsy planned. cause under investigation.
A Des Moines store is broken into by a burglar using a bocce ball as a hammer or thrown through glass. Kathleen Powell heard a loud noise early Monday in a back freezer area and saw a masked intruder reach toward the register before fleeing after she yelled. Footprints led police to a nearby apartment, with no arrests reported.
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