Deaths in Cedar Rapids area and beyond February 1995
Obituary notices list Leland Peters Fry 69 of Cedar Rapids died Feb 5 1995 at Mercy Medical Center from multiple sclerosis with services at First Lutheran Church and burial at Cedar Memorial Park. Other deaths include Barbara Ann McKinney Hayes, Kenneth L Noggle, Grace Edith Prestidge, Hattie J Svee, Robert Byers, Cecil A Pete Ray with service details and survivor lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Ann McKinney Hayes
Lincoln, Minn
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel East
Rites Held For Roxie F Finley of Clarinda
Roxie F Finley 97 of Crestview Acres Nursing Home died February 5 1995 after illness in Clarinda. Services 10:30 am Wednesday Walker Merrick Funeral Home Clarinda burial Clarinda Cemetery. Survived by son Ralph Henderson Nevada and daughters Ruth Duran Cedar Rapids and Thelma Eckas Evans Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxie F. Finley
Crestview Acres Nursing Home
Clarinda
Walker-Merrick Funeral Home
Clarinda Cemetery
Ralph
Henderson
Nev
Ruth Duran
Cedar Rapids
Thelma Eckas
Evans, Colo
Floyd A. Kirby obituary notices in Maquoketa
Floyd A. Kirby 80 died Sunday Feb 5 1995 in St. Louis University Hospital after a sudden illness. Services 1:30 pm Wednesday at Salem Lutheran Church Andrew burial Andrew Cemetery. Friends may call 6 to 8 tonight at Carson Son Funeral Home Maquoketa. Survivors include son Charles Des Moines daughter Julie Robinson Little Rock Ark and sister Meredith Mohlenhoff Andrew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth L
Third St. NW
Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home
David Young
Hope Lutheran Church
Linwood Cemetery
Lloyd
Cedar Rapids
Norman
Independence
Doris Noggle
Anita Coughenour
Dusty
Shawn Coughenour
Alexis
McKensie
Leon Noggle
Beth
Lynn
Lois
April
Corrine
Helen Broxey
Elkport
John and
Blanche Mariette Noggle
Hubbard Ice
Kenneth
NRA
Cecil A
Pete’’ Ray
St. John Lutheran Church
Scott Meyer
Taylorsville Cemetery
Arlington
Jamison-Schmitz Funeral
Douglas
Cecilia Wisek
Hiawatha
Denise Takes
Josephine Bahe
Dorothy McAllister
Oelwein
Wilma Brink
Elkader
Clair
Ralph
Arlington Ambulance Service
Floyd A. Kirby
St. Louis University Hospital
Salem Lutheran Church
Andrew
Carson & Son Funeral Home
Maquoketa
Charles
Des Moines
Julie Robinson
Little Rock
Ark
Meredith Mohlenhoff
Obituaries for Hoffman Hunter Soukup in Iowa City area
Three death notices from Iowa City area: David W. Hoffman aged 31 of 1958 Broadway Street died Feb 4 1995 of kidney failure. Paul C. Hunter aged 91 of 527 Mahaska Court died Feb 2 1995 at Mercy Hospital. services held Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Augusta Soukup aged 92 formerly of Iowa City died Feb 3 1995 in Tulsa Oklahoma with graveside services planned in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul C. Hunter
Mahaska Ct
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Kuntz
Benjamin Hunter
George L. Gay
Margaret Nichols
Fresno
Calif
Richard
Afton
Okla
Margaret Clemons
Champaign
Ill
John
Richardson
Texas
Marie E. Smith 88 dies after brief illness in Iowa City
Marie E. Smith aged 88 died February 6 1995 at University Hospitals Iowa City after a brief illness. Services set for February 9 at St Marys Church Oxford with burial at Oxford Cemetery. Survivors include daughters Arlene Miller Ruby Potter sons Hubert Leo Dean and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was born August 12 1906 in Johnson County and married Lewis L Smith in 1933. She was a homemaker and St Marys parish member. Proceeds from the funeral go to the Super Sixties Club of Oxford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie J. Svee
Sue Lane NW
Living Center West
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Karl Glovik
Czech National Cemetery
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home West
Dorothy Dailey
June Farmer
Stephen “Dick” Svec
Cedar Rapids
Hattie
Frank and
Stella Slezak Sindelar
St. Wenceslaus Catholic School
Stephen Milo Svec
Iowa City
Marie E. Smith
University Hospitals
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Joseph Sparks
Oxford Cemetery
George L. Gay
Oxford Chapel
Arlene
Arthur) Miller
Ruby
Carson) Potter
Oxford
Hubert
Coventry
R.I
Leo
Williamsburg
Margaret
William) Willhauer
Dorothy
Dale) Steckly
Genevieve
Dale) Liddicoat
Hollywood
Fla
Edna Draker
Amana
Frank
Eugene Stockman
Edward Stockman
Tipton
Marie
Johnson County
Harry Stockman
Mary Ahern
Cosgrove Consolidated Schools
Lewis Lawrence Smith
West Liberty
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Super Sixties Club
Seniors Resist Cutting Meals In Forum On Federal Budget
About 150 seniors gathered at Witwer Senior Center to oppose trimming federally funded senior meals. They urged keeping nutrition programs intact as House committees weigh converting them into state-administered block grants and means-tested aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Sauerberg Gazette
Congress
America
Witwer Senior Center
Second Ave
House
Tom Miskimen
Forum Panel
Heritage Area Agency On Aging
Iowa
Susan Fokken
Kcrg-Tv
Channel 9
Miskimen
Heritage Agency
John Brandt
Linn County Human Resources Management
Brian Fagan
Leach
Four year graduation push eyed by Iowa Regents
Iowa Board of Regents member Tom Collins urges focus on four year graduation saying current rates show only 19 percent at Iowa State finish in four years and 55 percent in five. Proposals include incentives like a 5 percent tuition rebate to reward on time graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AMES
Iowa
Iowa Board of Regents
Tom Collins
Collins
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State University
University leaders fail to secure capital funding
Iowa university presidents from Iowa, Iowa State, and Northern Iowa urged lawmakers for 54.9 million in capital appropriations for 1996 but Gov Branstad offered under 5 million. Democrats on the panel tied extra funding to his tax cut plan and warned against pay-as-you-go bonding for building upgrades. Senator Kibbie noted dreams of funding all needs with cash are unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rod Boshart
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
State Board of Regents
Terry Branstad
Iowa
Iowa State
Northern Iowa
Branstad
Jack Kibbie
D-Emmetsburg
James Lee Donald Tipton dies after brief illness
James Lee Donald Tipton, 387, of Clinton, died Sunday February 5 1995 in Clinton Retirement Village after a brief illness. Funeral services 10 a m Wednesday at Fry Funeral Home with the Rev Dave Nolte officiating. Graveside service 2 30 p m Wednesday at Smith Cemetery rural Birmingham. Survived by three sons Harley Marion Harry Bennett and Dale Cedar Rapids a daughter Evelyn Mueller Cypress Texas and a sister Marjorie Bailey Mount Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lee Donald
Clinton
Fry Funeral Home
Dave Nolte
Smith Cemetery
Birmingham
Harley
Marion
Harry
Bennett and
Dale
Cedar Rapids
Evelyn Mueller
Cypress
Texas
Marjorie Bailey
Mount Pleasant
Obituary for Armina M Maeder 103 Williamsburg
Armina M Maeder aged 103 died Sunday February 5 1995 at Colonial Manor Amana from age related illness. Funeral services set for 1 30 p m Wednesday at Uhlmann Powell Funeral Home with visitation today 2 to 8 p m. Rev Phill Andreasen to officiate. Burial at Marengo Cemetery. Survived by daughters Helen Nidey Williamsburg and Margaret Baack Oxford plus nine grandchildren fourteen great grandchildren four great great grandchildren and son in law Walter Baack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armina M. Maeder
Colonial Manor
Amana
Uhlmann-Powell Funeral Home
Phill Andreasen
Marengo Cemetery
Helen Nidey
Williamsburg
Margaret Baack
Oxford
Walter Baack
Dorothy Merveaux service at Cedar Memorial Chapel
Dorothy Merveaux dies honored in a 3 p.m. service at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories with viewing after 2 p.m. The Rev Gary Nims will officiate and burial will be at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Memorial donations go to Hospice of Mercy. A memorial fund is established for John D Stillions funeral rites at Cedar Memorial Funeral Home at 10 a.m. with burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy M. Merveaux
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
Gary Nims
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Hospice of Mercy
John D
Jack” Stillions
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Phil Gibbs
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Marion
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the Gazette
Gasoline spill cleanup drags on at Janesville Kwik Star
Officials warn the underground gasoline spill at the Kwik Star in Janesville could take months to finish. Crews pump tainted groundwater from 15 to 35 foot wells, disconnect pumps to prevent explosions, and monitor recovery and re injection goals while cause remains under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janesville
Kwik Star
Geary Eibey
Eibey
Morning Sun man killed in crash near Mount Union
Kenneth Coberly sixty nine died after his pickup failed to stop at a T intersection and crashed in a field near Mount Union. His wife Garnet Sue Coberly sixty eight remains in critical condition at University Hospitals in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Sun
Mount Union
Kenneth Coberly
Coberly
Garnet Sue Coberly
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Linn District Court Schedules Guilty Pleas in Misdemeanors
Stan L Hopkins pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily injury after a July 18 1994 Bever Avenue incident. He was fined 250 dollars and jailed 10 days with five days credit. Aaron L Doolin admitted to domestic assault and received 250 fine and 42 days jail with 1 day served and 40 days suspended plus probation. Copyright 1994 Linn District Court records note probation revocation for Margie Rampot on drunken driving and 500 fine with 48 hours jail credit. Joey V Ralls probation revocation led to 30 days jail. Raymond D Holmes pleaded guilty to domestic assault and received 250 fine and five days jail with five days credit. Daniel J Sisco pleaded guilty to two counts of assault and received 30 days jail. Shawn Youngbear pleaded guilty to amended charge of assault with 250 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn District Court
Stan L. Hopkins
15Th St. SE
Bever Avenue
16Th Street SE
Hopkins
Aaron L. Doolin
G Ave. NW
Tracey
12Th St. SE
Margie A. Rompot
First Ave
Joey V. Ralls
10Th Ave. SE
Ralls
Raymond D. Holmes
Fifth Ave. SW
Trina Sturgeon
Metro High School
Holmes
Daniel J. Sisco
Palo
Geri Clancy
17Th St. SE
Sisco
Shawn Youngbear
Camburn Court SE
Gary Neubauer
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Leland Peters Fry
28Th St
Dr. SE
Mercy Medical Center
First Lutheran Church
Tom Fogle
Cedar Valley Bible Church
Randy Scheil
Cedar Hills
Lee
Meredith Publishing Co
Rockwell-Collins
National Contract Management Association
National Association of Cost Accountants
Phi Theta Pi Fraternity
Grace Edith Prestidge
Vancouver
Wash
Layne
Battle Ground
Elim
Brush Prairie
Walter
Robert
Daniel
Seymour
Wis
Nancy Prestidge
Peggy Price
Hampton, Va
Viola Hall
Harken Heights
Emily Lind
Fall River
Mass
Anamosa
Robert Byers
Goettsch
David W. Hoffman
Broadway St
Callahan Funeral Home
St. John’s Cemetery
Rose Dahms
Michael
Ecuador
South America
Augusta Soukup
Tulsa
Memory Gardens
Donohue
Funeral Home
Moore
Eastlawn Chapel
Bob
Regent
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