Deaths and funeral notices from Cedar Rapids area
Obituary notices list Lillian Catherine Seeman aged 62 of 920 Blairs Ferry Road NE Cedar Rapids and Bessie Healey aged 81 of Millersburg with details of survivors, service times, and burial plans. Additional listings cover numerous local deaths with funeral home arrangements and memorial funds noted.
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Lillian Catherine Seeman
Blairs Ferry Road
Cedar Rapids
Lillian Kohl
Walphl C. Seeman
St. Luke’s
Elston Ashpole
Winfield, Ill
Charles Hampshire
Jerry Brooks
Lafayette
David
Marion
Donald
Lisbon
Dean
William
Anchorage
Alaska
Douglas W. Kohl
Hampton
Murdoch Chapel
Clifton W. Ellerbeck
Kenwood Park United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Bessie Healey
Millersburg
John Burke Healey
Winton Dunn
Belva Humphrey
Dewey Montross
Earl Montross
United Methodist Church
Renginald Merrill
Phillip Ewaldsen
Powell Funeral Home
North English
Calmar
Celestine Klimesh
St. Aloysius Church
French Funeral Home
Vining
Janis T. Kubu
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Mason-Hand’s
Tama
Holy Trinity
Monticello
Floyd W. Cass
Gottsch’s. Visitation
Winthrop
Bridget Burns
St. Patrick’s Church
Church Cemetery
Visitation
Fawcett’s
Dysart
Theodore R. Criswell
Campbell-Russell Funeral Home
Vinton
Evergreen Cemetery
American Legion
Garrison American Legion Post
Dyersville
Mary A. Klocker
Medford
Ore
Basilica of St. Francis Xavier
Kramer
Fourteen Charged With Drunk Driving in Weekend Arrests
Fourteen individuals were charged with drunk driving Friday night and Saturday. Names include Robert Jones of Hiawatha and Loyal Fish of Minneapolis area, with multiple arrests in Hiawatha and surrounding streets and one resisting an officer, plus a 10 year-ago note about Johnson era tourism tax proposal.
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Robert Jones
Hiawatha
Eighth Avenue
Donald Hodge
Tenth St
Marion
First Avenue
33Rd Street
William Berzinski
Seminole Ave
F Avenue
18Th St
Loyal Fish
First Ave. NW
E Avenue
Fifth Street NW
Stabbing in Parking Lot Near Czech Inn
Carl Witt, 25, of Coralville, hurt in a stabbing in a parking lot at 6416th Avenue SW near the Czech Inn. He was treated at St Luke's Hospital in good condition after an early morning argument with a knife wielder who fled the scene. Witt walked to police then rode to the hospital.
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Center Point
Collins Roads
Dennis Bone
12Th Ave
16Th Avenue
18Th Street
Willis George Dirks
35Th St
Marion
Steven Richard Peyton
Schaeffer Drive
Allview Drive
Carl Witt
Coralville
St. Luke’s Hospital
Czech Inn
Witt
St. Luke’s
Luther Trent Re-elected NAACP Leader Heads Local Action Board
Luther Trent, 1125 Ninth St. SE, re-elected president of the Hawkeye Area Community Action Program board. Emery Rhodes named vice president, Bob Smith re-elected secretary, and Faye Peters elected treasurer. Ed Hudson appointed to the board by Linn supervisors. Named clients' representatives include Randall, Carstens, Blackford, Finch, Duffey, Carter, Roling, Schoonover Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Trent
Ninth St. SE
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Hawkeye Area
Emery Rhodes
Johnson County
Handicapped Citizens Association
Bob Smith
Benton County
Faye Peters
Iowa
Ed Hudson
Linn Supervisors
Jeanne Randall
Mary Carstens
Mildred Blackford
Lorraine Finch
Linn County
Lindy Duffey
Mary Alice Carter
Della Rose Roling
Jones County
Cathy Schoonover Davis
Fire probes into cause of Cedar Rapids blaze at Evans home
Cedar Rapids fire investigators search for origin after a Saturday fire at 115 15th Ave SE. Larry Franks of 931 16th Ave SE was treated for smoke inhalation and minor burns. He helped flag down a police officer as flames erupted near a door. Arson is not ruled out. Damage included ceiling and doorway with smoke throughout.
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Cedar Rapids
Bob Evans
15Th Ave
Mercy Hospital
Larry Franks
16Th Ave
Evans House
Franks
Evans
Vital statistics and weather notes from Cedar Rapids area
The bulletin lists February weather figures including high and low temperatures, precipitation, humidity, barometer, and NW wind at 25 mph. It forecast occasional snow and warmer swings into the mid‑20s to mid‑30s through mid‑week. It notes births at St Luke's and Mercy hospitals and reports a police investigation at 115 15th Ave SE with an incident at Eighth Street and 11th Avenue SE.
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15Th Ave
Eighth Street
11Th Avenue SE
Becky McVay to Receive Treatment in Stockholm
Becky McVay 8 of Iowa will travel with her mother to Stockholm February 14 for gamma radiation therapy at Karolinska Hospital to treat brain arteriovenous malformations. The cost is funded by donations and organizations including El Kahir Shrine Temple Transport Fund and several churches and clubs. A rummage sale February 18 at Ellis YMCA will raise proceeds for Becky's care.
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Becky McVay
Taylor School
Becky
John Bridgeford
First Ave
Stockholm
Chicago
O'Hare
Sweden
Karolinska
Kazem Fathie
Cedar Rapids
Gary McVay
el Kahir Shrine Temple
Bertroche Campaign Attacks Clark on Liberal Voting
Iowa Republican Bertroche accuses incumbent Sen. Clark of liberal voting that harms farmers workers and business people. He argues higher taxes and more regulation would follow if Clark and Democrats push union reform and control. Bertroche plans to campaign on a tractor and hot air balloon, detailing his background and GOP leadership in Warren County.
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Portant
Iowa
Washington
Bertrode
Clark
Carter
Iowa Farm Bureau
Carter and Clark
Ottumwa
U.S. Army
Europe
Bertroche
Bertroche and Hagen
Warren County
GOP
Dixie Martz
Joe Jr
Luther College
Decorah
Michael
Drake University
Patrick
Bertrade
Richard Turner
Marston firing spurs calls for Bell resignation
Brock accuses Attorney General Bell of politicizing the Justice Department in the Marston affair while activist Dick Gregory also demands Bell step down. Gregory plans a White House protest to press the resignation demand, saying the episode echoes Nixon era unethical politics.
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United States
Brock
Marston
Bell
Justice Department
Dick Gregory
America
Gregory
White House
Foreign student killed in Coralville traffic accident
Police identified Mustataq Ali 38 a University of Iowa graduate student from Lahore Pakistan as the victim. Ali and a friend were walking along Highway 6 when he was struck by a pickup driven by Robert W Vesely 28 of rural Oxford Friday night.
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Coralville
University of Iowa
Pakistan
Mustataq Ali
Lahore
Ali
Robert W. Vesely
Oxford
Prairie Elementary-Kindergarten Round-Up Set for Feb 17
Prairie Elementary School hosts Kindergarten Round-Up on February 17 with A through J students at 9am and K through Z at 1pm. Parents needing registration materials may call 848-4121 ext 222 or 223.
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Prairie Elementary
Prairie Elementary School
Classified want ad section details for ages up to sixteen
The notice advertises opportunities in today’s classified section for boys and girls from one day old to sixteen years. It directs readers to the classified pages for full details and contacts.
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Ollie E. Coffman
Brethern
South English
Paul A. Coffman
Edith Seeley
White’s
Matthew Drilling
J Ave
Raymond G. Geinzer
West Liberty
Michael J. Murray
L St
12Th Avenue
Third Street
Kent J. Cumblad
Stoney Brook Lane
Robert M. Carlson
Mount Vernon
Thomas T. Chaffee
27Th St
William Dvorak
President Johnson
Western Hemisphere
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Federal
U.S. Supreme Court
Stewart Funeral Home
First Ave. N.E
William J. Stewart
James F. Stewart
C.R. Weather
THE
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
U.S
Gazette
Associated Press
St. Luke's
James K. Kepler
Mechanicsville
Mercy
Donald Smith
Central City
Ken Sullivan
Lifestyle
Senate
Joe Bertroche
Ames Poe
Atlantic
Wees
Belmond
Eneee
Cedar Fallls
Davenport One
Enn Nneennene
Denison Pennenee En Eeeenenee
Des Moines
Fairfield Pee Eter Eeeenennene
Seeeneneeneenee
Fort Dodge Maquoketa
Novak Monument CO
14Th Ave
C.R. News
Teamsters
J St. SW
Christians — Club
Kenneth Techau
Central Ymca
Grand Ole Opry
Music City
U.S.A. D.J
AllCar
MoPar
Second Avenue
7Th Street
Stamp Club
Peoples Bank
Third Ave
Mike Stallman
Roosevelt Royale
Sertoma Club
Lancer Lanes
Jim McPartland
Indian Creek Country Club
John E. Lopes
3Rd Ave
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