Deaths hit Linn County in several obituaries
Helen E. Tate 86 of 1705 11th Ave SW Cedar Rapids died after a sudden illness at St Luke's Hospital. Survived by three daughters a son seventeen grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. Laurena M Nagel 70 of 2401 Franklin Ave NE Cedar Rapids died after a long illness. Gladys Bell Wright 68 formerly of Cedar Rapids died in Estes Park Colorado after a long illness. Chester L Coon 74 Mount Vernon died at Mercy Hospital after a brief illness. Grace E Grimm 79 Marion died after a sudden illness. Services and burial details listed for each at local churches chapels and cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen E. Tate
11Th Ave
St. Luke’s Hospital
Des Moines
Harry Tate
Chicago
Patricia Werning
Luzerne
Nadine Thompson
Fairfax
Harry E, Jr
Marion
Mabel Seibert
Pontiac, Mich
Betty Rezin
Warrens
Wis
Isabel Morris
Lebanon
Ore
Joseph Jubb
Gold Hill
Robert Jubb
White City
Trinity Lutheran Church
Ronald Pfluger
Bethany Lutheran Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Turner Chapel
Laurena M. Nagel
Franklin Ave
West Branch
Lloyd F. Nagel
Manchester
Cedar Rapids
Nagel
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Barbara Kemp
Joan Chadima
Sandra Kemp
Mount Prospect, Ill
Judy Winterowd
Springville
Francis Slach
Cedar
Chester L. ‘Chet’ Coon
Mount Vernon
Mercy Hospital
Hale
Iowa
Edna Aikman
Emporia
Kaw
Coon
Chuck
Conoco
Sun Newspaper
Memorial services and funerals listed for Cedar Rapids area
Multiple memorial services and funerals scheduled today and tomorrow across Cedar Rapids and nearby towns. Services include Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories in Cedar Rapids, Turner Chapel West in Marion, Murdoch Chapel in Central City, and Montour Cemetery, with burials at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery and other local cemeteries. Arrangements by Cedar Memorial Funeral Home and related churches provide call times, inurnment details, and memorial fund information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Matilda S
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Mike Gibbs
Marion Grace Baptist Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Drake
Ralph W
Turner Chapel West
Frank H. Schultz
Trinity United Methodist Church
Oak Shade
Marion
Hammond
Marguerite Belle
Robert E. Bromley
First Christian Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Third Ave
Cedar Rapids
Eastern Iowa death notices list Mahoney Cosco Rose Adkins Kruse Blaker
Obituaries from Arlington Fayette and surrounding towns report Maurice F. Mahoney 71 died at Allen Memorial Hospital. Nora E. Cosco 74 died in Beverly Manor. Anne Z Rose 95, longtime UI language instructor, died after brief illness. Roy Adkins 82 died of circulatory illness. Mamie Kruse 84 died at Crestview Nursing Home. George C. Blaker 85, retired farmer, died at Edgewood Convalescent. Services and burial details listed for each. multiple survivors and call times noted.
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Maurice F. Mahoney
Arlington
Fayette
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Timothy
Hazleton
Hugh
Wadena
Brant-Kerns-Jamison’s
Oelwein
Hazleton Cemetery
George C. Blaker
Edgewood
Laura
Irene von Talge
Beulah Tinkey
Colesburg
Carole Clark
Huntington Beach
Calif
Gusta Tomkins
Dorothy Fensterman
Maudie Eggiman
Monticello
Don Blaker
Cedar Falls
Monticello Obituaries Chronicle Briefs Of Local Deaths
Verna French 93 died after brief illness at Monticello Senior Home. Survived by daughter Mae Wilson son Paul and several grandchildren. Services 1 30 p m Saturday at Goettsch s burial Wyoming Cemetery. Melvin Houge 93 died at St Luke s Cedar Rapids after short illness. Survived by sister Esther Folway. Dolores Ward 51 died of cancer at Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids. Survived by husband two sons two daughters and extended family. Services 2 p m Saturday at McAninch Fremings burial Ohio Cemetery Ladora memorials Perrine Cancer Center. Clifford Lyle Geiger 57 died in Sacramento after long illness. Survived by five sons Lorraine Thomas and other relatives. Services 10 a m today East Lawn Funeral Home Sacramento. Lloyd W Hill 88 died at McLean County Nursing Home Normal Ill. Survived by daughter Arlene Tone and sister Sadie Estes. Services 10 a m Saturday Stewart Memorial United Methodist Church Dysart Cemetery. Memorials to church or Alzheimer's Foundation.
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10Th St
Cedar Rapids
The
American Cancer Society
Gladys Bell Wright
Estes Park
Colo
Palo
Opdyke
Ill
Walter “Web” Wright
Margret Mendoza
Alfred Frantz
Ina Wiener
Montour
Methodist
Walter Wright
Irene Krenz
Washta
Iowa
Morgan Funeral Home
Gary Burnett
Mount Vernon Cemetery
Nora E. Cosco
Beverly Manor Care Center
Chicago
Belle Plaine
Zelma Faust
Hrabak’s
Oakhill Cemetery
Roy Adkins
Searsboro
Grinnell General Hospital
Viola
Charles
Russell
Scarsboro
Donald
Grand City
Richard
Adel
Bruce
Cedar Falls
Jane Moffitt
Austin
Texas
Geraldine Beyer
Marion Elliott
Grinnell
Lloyd
Paso Robles
Calif
Mima Guthrie
Culver City
Smith’s
West Liberty Cemetery
Verna French
Monticello
Mae Wilson
Buck Creek
Paul
Ojai
Goettsch’s
Wyoming Cemetery
Melvin Houge
St. Luke’s Hospital
Badger
Norway
Esther Folway
Dolores Ward
Mercy Hospital
Amana Refrigeration
Keith
Darrell
Brian
Victor
Cindy Gryp
Brenda Rohrer
Montezuma
Elmo
Ruth Shipp
Oskaloosa
Bob Shepherd
Conrad
Tom Shipp
Dorothy Williams
Ottumwa
Lloyd W. Hill
Dysart
Vinton
McLean County
Normal
Arlene Tone
Lexington
Sadie Estes
Indiannapolis
Ind
Stewart Memorial United Methodist Church
Dysart Cemetery
Campbell- Russell’s
Church
Alzheimer’s Foundation
Bloomington- Normal
E. Lincoln
Bloomington
III
Mystery cash at Ransom Middle shocks Pensacola officials
Deputies recovered nearly $19,000 from Ransom Middle School students including $16,450 buried in a yellow pitcher. A 14-year-old led officers to the pitcher claiming the money came from a family member, with IRS notified and no owner yet identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Sheriff's
Bill Lewis
Don Parker
Sheriff's Department
IRS
Internal Revenue Service
Lewis
Iowa House Approves Five Year School Plan Measure
The House passed a bill directing state education officials to prepare a five year education plan. DPI estimates the survey will cost 119000 dollars with no new funding requested. Two staffers will be assigned to draft the study. The measure passed 78 to 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
House
Terry Branstad
Invune
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
DPI
Shoultz
Barbara Olk Named Superintendent at Mitchellville Prison
DES MOINES AP Barbara D Olk appointed superintendent of the Mitchellville women s reformatory replacing Susan Hunter who left December 15 for a National Institute of Corrections post in Washington D C Olk previously deputy superintendent at the Clarinda 130 bed medium security men s reformatory since September 1982 will begin February 22 The Iowa Correctional Institute for Women has capacity for 100 inmates Olk is a 1974 graduate of the University of Northern Iowa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Barbara D. Olk
Mitchellville
Susan Hunter
Hunter
National Institute of Corrections
Washington, D.C
Olk
Clarinda
Iowa Correctional Institue
The
University of Northern Iowa
Feds sue state and firm over asbestos rule breach
The federal government sues Iowa and Steger-Heiderscheit Construction in Cedar Rapids federal court for allegedly violating EPA rules on friable asbestos during demolition of the former A Y McDonald Manufacturing plant in Dubuque. The suit seeks injunctions and daily penalties up to 25000 for each violation since March 14, 1984.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feds
State
State of
Iowa
Dubuque
Iowa Department of Transportation
David M. Steger
Lyle Heiderscheit
Steger-Heiderscheit Construction
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Environmental Protection Agency
A.Y. McDonald Manufacturing Co
Mercy and St. Luke's Births and Local Emergencies
Mercy records Janet and Charles Schmidt welcoming a son at 122914 Second St SW on Feb 7. St Luke's lists multiple births including Lisa Hanson and Thomas Hanson at 449 Pirate Cove Hiawatha, Robyn Hodgins, Emmett Hodgins at 5921 Ridgeview Dr SW, and twins for Nancy Grant and Gregory Grant at 639 35th St NE. A string of local incidents follows including a smoke bomb, alarm malfunction, a gas-?ered under investigation, medical emergencies, a chimney fire, and multiple morning medical calls on Feb 7 and Feb 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy
Janet
Charles Schmidt
Second St
ST. Luke’s
Lisa
Thomas Hanson
Pirate Cove
Hiawatha
Robyn
Emmett Hodgins
Ridgeview Drive
Nancy
Gregory Grant
35Th St. NE
F Ave
A Ave
Collins Road
Maureen Drive
Lawndale Drive
10Th St
Cedar Rapids and Marion Residents Named in List
The notice lists Cedar Rapids residents Robert F. Thornton Sandra L. Hall Rolland C. Towell Florence E. Cloudy Earl D. Boyle Iona C. Gardner and Marion Cedar Rapids LaPorte City residents Richard F. Crowell Mary E. Weber Thomas G. Zimmer Marilyn L. Fairbanks as connected to the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Thornton
Sandra L. Hall
Rolland C. Towell
Florence E. Cloudy
Earl D. Boyle
Iona C. Gardner
Cedar Rapids
Richard F. Crowell
Mary E. Weber
Marion
Thomas G. Zimmer
Marilyn L. Fairbanks
LaPorte City
Iowa
Notices of Dissolutions Named Couples
Dissolutions listed for Peggy Lee and Gary Marvin Pechota Lynn Marie and Thomas Edward O Connor Sherie Ann and Joseph V Thompson Patricia J and Richard O Ellis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy Lee
Gary Marvin Pechota
Lynn Marie
Thomas Edward O'Connor
Sherie Ann
Joseph V. Thompson
Patricia J
Richard O. Ellis
Elmer Heitshusen longtime Williamsburg businessman dies in Texas
Elmer W. Heitshusen, 78, former Williamsburg Standard Oil Station operator, died in Mission Texas after a sudden illness. Survived by wife Eleanor of Mission, son Garth of Houston, two grandchildren, brother Richard of Orange California, and sister Martha Bircher of Anaheim California. Services at 2 p.m. Saturday at Uhlmann's, burial Marengo Cemetery. Memorial fund established.
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Elmer W. Heitshusen
Williamsburg
Mission
Texas
Standard Oil
Eleanor
Garth
Houston
Richard
Orange
Calif
Martha Bircher
Anaheim
Uhlmann’s
Marengo Cemetery
Out of Town Births From Des Moines Rochester and Iowa City
A Des Moines couple Karin and Joe Johnson welcomed a son Jan 31 with grandparents Dave and Joyce Sandberg Peggy Fisher and Joe and Betty Johnson. In Rochester NY Gail and David Nasternak welcomed a son Jan 30 with grandmother Lucille Rank. In Iowa City Mary and Marvin Klahn Jr welcomed a son Feb 4 with grandparents Marvin Klahn Sr and his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Karin
Joe Johnson
Dave
Joyce Sandberg
Forest Drive
Gary
Peggy Fisher
First Ave
Joe
Betty Johnson
Oak Valley Drive
Rochester
N.Y
Gail
David Nasternak
Lucille A. Rank
30Th St. NW
Iowa City
Mary
Marvin Klahn Jr
Marvin Klahn Sr
Ninth Ave
C R group urges end of equipment tax
Cedar Rapids business leaders met with House Speaker Donald Avenson to press repeal of Iowa 4 percent sales tax on machinery and equipment. They argue removal would help Iowa land General Motors Saturn plant with about 6,000 jobs, while leaders say Branstad's tax cut plan is not feasible and alternatives are needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Jack B. Evans
Cedar Rapids Area
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Linn County
Grace E. Grimm
Center Point Road
Stewart Funeral Home
Mikota
Edith A
Carolyn A. Myers
First Lutheran Church
Nielsen
Eldeva M
Murdoch Chapel
Central City
Ron Benfer
Starr
Irene
Neil Townsend
D Ave
Washburn
Gladys E
Douglas Peters
United Methodist Church of
Charles Mehaffey
Czech National Cemetery
Frances Feiereisen
Bennett
Colesburg United Methodist Church
Burial Zion Cemetery
Vernon's
Anne Z. Rose
Otto St
St. Gall
Switzerland
Sudhindra Bose
United States
University of Iowa
Norway Cemetery
Brosh’s
Mamie Kruse
Crestview Nursing Home
Sheet and Son’s
Davenport Memorial Park Cemetery
Clifford Lyle Geiger
Sacramento
Earl
David
Gilbert
Pasco
Wash
Scott
Germany
Lorraine Thomas
Clifford Sr
Terry
Larry
Jeff
Donald Manley
Lyla
East Lawn Funeral Home
Donald Shoultz
D-Waterloo
Senate
Apache Trail
Daniels St
Vidiai
C.R
Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
Eam
Springfield, Ill
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue S.E
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