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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 06, 1985

Page

10

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

John R. Jennings and Gloria J

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Linn County Ernst Marcella C St. Isidore Catholic Church David Remy Greiner Joseph D St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church Louis J. Trzil St. John’s Cemetery Kuba Funeral Home Anamosa Edna A. Snyder Anamosa Community Hospital Goettsch’s Maude Rlclmond Halvorsen 9Th Ave George L St. Joseph’s Cemetery Clifton’s Louie A. Bark ST. Olaf Parade John Kenneth Galbraith By Vanessa Shelton Gazette Coe Jonathon Walton University of Iowa Linton Howard Martin Cultural Center Dorian Williams-Byrd Sinclair Gage Union Walter Fauntroy Theater Review Dee Ann Rexroat Mercy Rose Marie and Gaylon Heetland Newhall Joyce M. and Gary R. Grimm Nelia R. and Michael A. McCullough First St. SE 17Th St 29Th St First Avenue 29Th Street Springfield, Ill John E. Lapes
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