Deaths in Linn County Kept Local Legacy Alive
Obituaries from Linn County list Frank P. Lewis 79 of Cedar Rapids with ties to Star Fixture Co and Cedar Rapids Food Market plus Marlin B. Cox 70 a longtime Cedar Rapids employee and Lions Club leader. Also noted are Ralph W. Drake 70 and Mary Zumer 90 among others with services pending or announced. Private and public memorials and church rites are scheduled across Cedar Rapids Springville and Marion. Memorials suggested to Mercy Hospital Foundation and Iowa Lions Eye Bank.
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Frank P. Lewis
First Ave
Mercy Hospital
Woodbine
Iowa
Leona L. Scott
Martello
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Lewis
Star Fixture Co
John Blauls Co
Winthrop
Salem
Ohio
Lewis
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Retired Men’s Golfing Association
Jane Waddington
Winifred Ketchum
Freeport
Texas
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Lloyd E. Brockmeyer
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Mercy Hospital Foundation
10Th St
Marlin B. Cox
Ellis Blvd
St. Luke’s Hospital
Lost Nation
Gail Ruebel
McGregor
Cox
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Noon Lions Club
Elmcrest
Cedar View Country Club
Jessie Cox
Marion
Arda Mae Caldwell
Turner Chapel East
Iowa Lions Eye Bank
Cornea Center
Department of Ophthalmology
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Iowa City
Ralph W. Drake
Fifth Ave
Turner Chapel West
Marguerite B. Hammond
Heritage Acres
Mary Zumer
Maple Lawn Home
Obituaries: Dinan Sharpless Stepanek Heitshusen
Obituary notices recount the deaths of Robert E. Dinan 70 farmer died at Central Community Hospital Elkader services at St Josephs Elkader Tessie Sharpless 89 died at Cedar Manor Tipton Graveside Thursday Tipton Masonic Cemetery Marie A Stepanek 90 died Toledo Care Center survivors include two sons three daughters and many grandchildren services at St Patricks Tama visitation Mason Hands Elmer W Heitshusen 78 former Williamsburg businessman died Mission Hospital Texas services pending at Uhlmanns
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Rose Sterk
Maquoketa Care Center
John
Bernard
Lost Nation
Walter
Wyoming
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Holy Trinity Cemetery
Baldwin
Haylock-O’hara-Kedley’s
Maquoketa
Austin R. Boyle
Des Moines
Finley Hospital
Dubuque
Cascade
Clara Boyle
Rita Kirsch
Mountain Home
Ark
Orlan
Cacade
St. Martin’s Catholic Church
Church
Devaney-Reiff's
Knights of Columbus
Lester Frey
Ossian
Madeline
Darrell
Mike
Decorah
Loren
Hiawatha
Shirley Ramsey
Cedar Rapids
Dorothy Ellickson
Lavonne Kupka
Cresco
Alice Fjelstul
Ridgeway
Decorah Lutheran Church
Russell Cemetery
Raymond M. Crane
Earlville
Brownsville Medical Center
Brownsville
Texas
Martha
Leonard
Robert
Springville
Edwin
St. Louis
Delores Perry
Delhi
Geraldine C. Smith
Liberty
Kan
Nell C. Moore
Good Neighbor
Manchester
Wichita
Kans
Blanche Cooley
Verla Richardson
Shelly’s
Fairview Cemetery
Cedar Falls
Grandview Care Center
Oelwein
Maynard-area
Marjorie
Betty Boies
Ryan
Joyce Ries
Waterloo
Patricia Topping
Janice Schrader
Fairmont
Minn
Nancy Hammond
Elkader
Baltimore
Kerns-Jamison Funeral Home
Maynard
Long Grove
Joe J. Garvin
Fifth St
Coralville
Oxford
Beverly Manor
Iowa City
Johnson County
Irene M. Organ
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Phyllis Frazer
Loveland
Colo
Esther Maxey
Joyce Wray
Barbara Hain
Norma Jett
Betty DeJong
New Sharon
Donna Wagner
Edward
Champaign
Ill
Larry
Gene
Oakdale
St. Mary’s Church
James Lawrence
Mount Calvary Cemetery
George L. Gay
Oxford Chapel
Robert E
Bob” Dinan
Central Community Hospital
L’dean
Jean Hopfer
Clinton
Helen Simms
Rawlins
Wyo
Ruth Meyer
Garnaville
Margaret Whittle
Mary Kenneally
Charlotte Leonhart
Littleport
Catherine Dinan
Eileen Hickey
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Leonard Witt
Tessie Sharpless
Cedar Manor Nursing Home
Tipton
Tipton Masonic Cemetery
Sheets and Son Funeral Home
Marie A. Stepanek
Toledo
Charles J
Grinnell
John F
Evelyn Wiese
Tama
Mary Frances Vagrt
Agnes Lawson
Dundee
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
St. Wenceslaus
Visitation
Mason- Hand’s
Elmer W. Heitshusen
Williamsburg
Mission Hospital
Mission
Standard Oil
Uhlmann’s
Pride in heritage urged by Tony Brown at Coe College
Tony Brown spoke solo at Sinclair Auditorium for Black History Month, urging African Americans to embrace culture and history to achieve economic power and social equality. He said unity through dialogue with whites and pride in heritage can overcome racism and lead to broad societal gains.
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Tony Brown
Brown
Sinclair Auditorium
Coe College
Howard University
School of Communications
Washington, D.C
America
Africa
the Gazette
Coe College Hosts Black History Month Events Theme
Coe College marks Black History Month with events centered on Black History Lost, Stolen or Strayed. A 1968 CBS Black America Series film narrated by Bill Cosby screens Thursday at 7 p.m. in Hickok Hall Room 105, tracing omissions in textbooks and African contributions to Western culture.
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Coe College
CBS
Hickok Hall
Bill Cosby
Hollywood
Night Mother at Hancher Audito rium drama grips Iowa City crowd
Iowa City sees a taut staging of Marsha Norman’s night, Mother featuring Phyllis Somerville and Mercedes McCambridge as mother and daughter. The two deliver believably layered performances in a Pulitzer Prize winning tragedy about a daughter planning suicide and a mother clinging to hope and routine.
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Iowa City
Hancher Auditorium
Iowa
Phyllis Somerville
Marsha Norman
Somerville
University of Northern Iowa
Mercedes McCambridge
Thelma Cates
McCambridge
Thelma
Jesse
Mama
Norman
Senate OKs freedom to speed bill in Iowa
Iowa Senate passed a bill to ease penalties for speeding 10 mph or less after Lt. Gov. Robert Anderson broke a 25 25 tie on an amendment. Sponsor Hutchins supported eventual House restoration of original language to exempt minor speeding from records. Drake argued the measure would encourage speeding and threaten license suspensions.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Robert Anderson
Anderson
Bill Hutchins
Audubon
Hutchins
House
Senate
Richard Drake
R-Muscatine
Drake
Iowa
Mercy and St Luke's Birth Announcements
Feb 5 to Feb 3 births reported for families including Heetland, Smith, Twait, Standley and others in Newhall Marion Wilton Monticello Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas. Emergency and incident calls logged from 5:57 p.m. Monday to 4:55 p.m. Tuesday at local addresses.
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ST. Luke's
Cheryl Smith
Third Ave
Marion
Janet
Timothy Twait
Wilton
Victoria
Ralph Standley
Monticello
Patty
Dennis Goeders
Knollshire Road
Diane
Lester Davis
12Th Ave
Sandra
Eddie Carey
Thelma
Rick Minnier
Western Drive
Second St
Park Ave
Third Avenue
First Street
Out of Town Births Reported in Iowa City and Park Ridge
At Iowa City to Kathy and Jeff Steffen a son born January 27. Grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Don Steffen and Mr. and Mrs. John Krall. At Park Ridge Illinois to Mary and Scott Malcolm a daughter born February 4. Grandparents Carol Malcolm and Mr. and Mrs. John Walters.
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Iowa City
Kathy
Jeff Steffen
Don Steffen
First Ave
John Krall
21St Ave
Park Ridge
Ill
Mary
Scott Malcolm
Carol Malcolm
35Th St
John Walters
Red Fox Road
Marriage Licenses for John R. Jennings and Gloria J.
John R. Jennings and Gloria J. obtained a marriage license as recorded in the public notices. The filing appears in a local notices column with other license issuances for the period.
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John R. Jennings and
Gloria J
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