Obituaries Chronicle Multiple Cedar Rapids Area Deaths
A string of obituaries from Cedar Rapids area notes of long illness and sudden death. The bereaved include Bernice B. Strief 85, living at 200 Clive Drive SW Cedar Rapids. Lester J. Hall 75 of Central City. Clarence D Housman 80 of Clinton Township. Mry Derby Gerdes 78 formerly of 950 mei Road NE. Iowa City-Louis Burke 82. James A. Miller 53 Oelwein. Frieda Brunscheen 80 Wyoming. Minnie Sackville 94 Iowa City. and others with burial details and service times across Cedar Memorial Chapel Turner Chapel West East and local cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice B. Strief
Clive Drive
Cedar Rapids
Edgewood Manor
Bowen
Iowa
Frank Strief
Kenneth R. Whipple
Genevieve L. McEown
Cleo Grisham
Irma Sanders
Elsie Wilson
Lester J. Hall
Central City
Paris
Mildred Coleman
Hall
Wilson and Co
Darrel Coleman
Betty Sproston
Lisbon
Clarence Dewey Housman
Clinton Township
Elsie M. Gerber
Marengo
Loretta Tharp
Turner Chapel West
Spring Grove Cemetery
Mry
Derby Gerdes
Road NE
Marion
Toddville
Gerdes
Church of the Brethren
Robins
Iowa City
Louis Burke
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus
Donohue Lensing
Hintz's
Monticello
F. Gene Huggins
Hopkinton United Methodist Church
Goettsch
Jesse M. Moore
Eighth St. NW
Gladys Sigmund
Moore
Penick and
Ford
Gertrude Demory
Della Moore
Elkader
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Louis J. Trzil
Turner Chapel East
Van Manen named to Developmental Disabilities Council
Gov. Robert Ray named Marion J. Van Manen to the revised Developmental Disabilities Council. Van Manen, a deaf ministry volunteer, serves on the Advisory Committee to the Iowa School for the Deaf and belongs to the Iowa Conference of Hearing Impaired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion J. van Manen
10Th Ave
Robert Ray
Developmental Disabilities Council
van Manen
Iowa School For the Deaf
Iowa Conference of Hearing Impaired
IDOT Calls for Major Amtrak Cuts in Iowa Service
Iowa Department of Transportation urged drastic Amtrak reductions nationwide with focus on Northeast and West Coast corridors. It backed eliminating Chicago to Los Angeles routes affecting Iowa and redirected funds to bus or freight rail, noting potential $117 million annual savings if the route is dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Congress
Amtrak
Fort Madison
West Coast
IDOT
Los Angeles
Massacre of Seven Catholics by Black Guerrillas near Salisbury
On this date in 1977 a group of black guerrillas killed seven white Roman Catholic missionaries at a mission near Salisbury Rhodesia, marking a deadly act in the country during its conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Rhodesia
The 60 Minutes Success Story Parade Preview
A Parade Sunday section highlights a feature on 60 Minutes success story with reference to a Sunday display. The item previews how the program achieved prominence and interest for readers.
New Yorker 18 hires cab. two escapees from prison found
David Shelton Ross, an 18 year old from New York, drove two women from Alderson to Lewisburg about 19 miles before they escaped. He said they asked for help at Hospitality House after the escape and were in a hurry to reach the bus station before 9 40. A second driver said he was paid seven dollars in quarters and tipped 75 cents, all in quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Shelton Ross
Alderson
Lewisburg
Ross
White Sulphur Springs
Moore escape ends in capture at White Sulphur Springs
Two female inmates, Ms. Moore and Ms. Martino, eluded capture after an escape from the 195 acre prison complex. Guards spotted Moore at 7 15 p.m. and alerted police. both were found after 9 20 p.m. near the outer gate. Moore, serving a life term for attempting to assassinate Ford in 1975, faced parole in 1985. Martino was jailed for conspiracy in a government reservation murder plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sulphur Springs
Ms. Moore
Ford
San Francisco
Ms. Martino
Fort Bragg
N.C
Fevurly
Public hearings on IE shutdown and lead brick mystery
The Commerce Commission held hearings on the Iowa Electric shutdown as questions arise over how five lead bricks found near a repair site entered the pipe and how they will be removed. NRC security statements clash with Iowa Electric claims about videotaping protesters at the Palo plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Electric
The
Commerce Commission
Maret
Iowa City
Free Environment Inc
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Palo
Water board reviews five capital projects for next year
Marion Water Department trustees heard about five capital improvements including two replacement lines on Third and Seventh streets and three expansion mains to Blairs Ferry Road East Post Road and South 22nd Street. No priorities set and costs pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Water Department
Water Board of Trustees
Dave Kalkwarf
Third Street
10Th
Central Avenues
Seventh Street
Ninth
10Th Avenues
Blairs Ferry Road
East Post Road
South 22Nd Street
Kalkwarf
Jake Fairley
31St Street
Senate OKs rehiring judges in Iowa senior program
Iowa Senate approves a senior judge program to reuse retired judges for up to 13 weeks annually to ease crowded dockets. The plan, 37 to 10, directs retired judges to work where the Iowa Supreme Court assigns them, without pay, while their pensions rise with active-judge pay raises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa Senate
John Nystrom
R-Boone
House
Iowa Supreme Court
Fischer in fair condition after shooting during traffic stop
Cedar Rapids officer Mark Fischer remained in fair condition in the Mercy Hospital ICU after being wounded Sunday night while issuing a citation. Ferdinand K. Vick, 44, is jailed on charges of assault with intent to murder and weapons possession with bond set, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for Feb. 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Fischer
Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
Fischer
Ferdinand K. Vick
16Th St. NE
Linn County
Kenneth Washburn
19Th Street
Vick
Mayor halts liquor sales in Godthaab after factories report worker abstention
In Godthaab Greenland Mayor Peter Thaarup Hoegh ordered a two week liquor sale ban after a fish factory reported 250 of its 300 workers were absent from work. The factory claimed drunkenness wasted about $200000 in vacation funds due this month.
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Leila LeMont
Yorktown
Ill
LeVerna Greear
Raymond Derby
Minnie Derby
Gene Barry
Vinton
Shiloh
Chester C. McLain
18Th St. SE
South English
Ronald
Coral Bensch
Bessie Stotts
Marvel Page
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
William Harnish
Cedar Memorial Park
Virgil c. Soukup
Springville
St. Luke’s Hospital
Morley
Bernice Benishek
American Legion Post
Jones
Linn
Verlin Heeren
Donald Coonrod
Jay Miller
First Presbyterian Church of
Funeral
Hudson
Albert
Bert
Murdoch Chapel
Center Point
Sheridan
Charlotte Mallett
Ray Post
American Legion
Walker Cemetery
Swanson
Lorna
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Theodore J. Eichelberg
Lockwood
Rose C
St. Ludmila’s Catholic Church
Edward J. Roling
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Beatty-Bearle-Murdoch Chapel
Father Roling
Ellis
Ronald E
Edwin Simon
First Baptist Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
American Cancer Society
Diana Kisling
Linn County Psychiatric Unit
United Way
Third Ave
Linn County Mental Health Association
Cupid's Choice
Valentine Heart
Pierson’s Florists
Adv
Kirkwood Community College
Linn Hall
State Transportation Agency
Cedar Memorial
Funeral Home — Cemetery
John. E. Lapes
Third Avenue S.E
West Virginia
Davis Hall
FBI
Lynette Alice
Squeaky” Fromme
Charles Manson
Regional Nuclear Regulatory Commission
James Kepler
NRC
Kepler
Horace Webb
Webb
the Gazette
Bob Dow
Water Board
the Water Board
Palo Energy
Senate OK
Peck’s Flower Shop
Center Point Road
Awellen Florist
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