Deaths in Cedar Rapids and nearby communities
Obituary notices list Pearl M. Santee Lancaster, 80, Cedar Rapids, with church ties and survivors, and Glen E. Harris, 49, Ely, a veteran and Legion post commander. Additional memorials note Lavern Shaffer, Ernst Wulliner, Virginia Hotz, Scott Hall, Ruth Woods, Elmer Howarth, Dorothy Rutledge, Larry Hartson, Everette Hoyle Jr., Gretchen Mentzer, Vernon Robinson Jr., Hazel Snell, and others with services, burial sites, and memorial funds across Iowa locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murdoch Chapel
Marion
Dick Watkins
First United Methodist Church
Green Cemetery
Morley
Hall
Scott W
Brush Chapel
James DeSmith
Linwood Cemetery
Woods
Ruth M
Turner Chapel East
B.L. Brown
Noelridge Park Christian Church
Green Glade Cemetery
Farmington
Howarth
Elmer
Allen S. van Cleve
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Rose Hill Cemetery
Mechanicsville
VFW
B Ave
Iowa panel approves 4.65 million for education programs
Iowa Legislature subcommittee on education approves 4.65 million for supplemental educational programs in fiscal 1983. It rejects a 14 million request for faculty salary increases at the state universities and signals unlikely support for a new University of Iowa law building bonding. The panel proposes a 900 thousand increase to the tuition grant and a 5.7 million transportation appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Sullivan
Lazette
Des Moines
Joint Appropriations
Statehouse National Fund- Newsing
State Board of Regents
Clarence Carney
Sioux City
University of Iowa
Carney
House of Representatives
Robert Ray
Iowa
College of Medicine
U of I
Vital Statistics Births and Related Notices
Vital statistics announce multiple birth notices from Feb 8 to Feb 10 in Iowa including Theresa and David Presto Lisbon a son Diane and Randy Stodola 2747 Bever Ave SE a daughter and several other couples listing residences and newborns. grandparents named with additional related names and extended family members. Police and emergency logs follow with times and locations including alarms medical emergencies and a fault at a Cedar Rapids area store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theresa
David Presto
Lisbon
Diane
Randy Stodola
Bever Ave
Davenport worker dies after plant doorway incident
Davenport AP reports 26 year old John S. Seivert died from internal injuries after being squeezed between a doorway and a dump truck at a Davenport waste water treatment plant. He died at a local hospital following surgery and complications. Thomas Edison is mentioned as born in 1847.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
John S. Seivert
Seivert
Safe handling of frozen canned goods
The guide explains that frozen canned foods remain safe if the seal is intact and there is no liquid leakage. Check for bulging can ends and broken jar seals after thawing, since freezing expands contents and can cause damage.
Illinois man drowns in motel pool
Iowa City police report no foul play in the death of Clarence E. Jackson 30 of Zion Illinois who was found in the Highlander Inn pool at about 3 22 a m by night clerk Chris Erickson. Jackson worked for Westinghouse Information Services and had been staying at the Highlander since December 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Illinois
Highlander Inn
Paul Sueppel
Clarence E. Jackson
Zion
Ill
Chris Erickson
Randy King
Jackson
Westinghouse Information Services
Highlander
Highway 1
Patrick Irelan
Westinghouse
Independence man dies from personal safety related gun wounds
Michael R. Stone, 31, of Independence, died from a personal safety related gunshot wound after being reported missing. His funeral is set for Saturday at St. John's Catholic Church with services at Mason Funeral Home Friday. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Winthrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl M. Santee
11Th St. NE
Mercy Hospital
Pearl M. Cline
Prairieburg
James Santee
Marion
Knox Presbyterian Church
Gold Star
Robert
Cedar Rapids
Hazel McNabb
Floyd Conroy
Linwood Cemetery
Teahen Funeral
Hollywood Blvd
Ernst F. Wulliner
Third Ave
Eldna
Germany
United States
Postville
Penick & Ford
Norma Kiefer
Sandra Wallner
Ronald
Donald
James
Central City
LeeRoy
Clinton
Dale Brainard
William
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
David Young
Hope Lutheran Church
Czech National Cemetery
Hanford Post 5
American Legion
Vernon Lewis Robinson Jr
Bertram
St. Luke’s Hospital
San Diego
Calif
Washington High School
All Saints Catholic Church
Vernon Robinson
Rick Harover
Mary
Ginnie
Vinton
Cheri
Bessie Robinson
Edward Drakos
Edmund J. Becker
Campbell Cemetery
Baxter Memorial Chapel
Clutter
Frank Kolpek
Hand’s
Clutier
Oneida
Decorah
Vivian Brickner
United Methodist Church
Steine’s
Lutheran Cemetery
Independence
Herman Price
White's
Mount Hope Cemetery
Iowa City
Theodore A. Hunter
First United Methodist Church
Oakland Cemetery
Donohue-Lensing’s
Lion’s Eye Bank Fund
Marengo
Mary V. Willis
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Hoover-Valentine’s
Calvary Cemetery
Ossian — Leonard Wagner
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Schmitz
St. Francis Cemetery
Strawberry Point
Walter Kingsland
Roberson’s
Strawberry Point Cemetery
Michael R. Stone
Independence Police Department
Stone
St. John’s Catholic Church
Mason Funeral Home
Fairview Cemetery
Winthrop
Lincoln and Washington Birth Day Holiday Closings
Cedar Rapids and Linn County offices observe Lincoln and Washington birthdays with closures on Friday and Monday. Libraries open Friday and closed Monday. landfills open both days except county landfill closed Friday and Monday. federal court open Friday, closed Monday. Post Office open Friday with mail delivery, Monday holiday with no deliveries and lobby closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Federal Court
Johnson Avenue NW
Amanas to Study Land Use Policies
Amana Preservation Foundation will form committees to study land-use policies including zoning and incorporation options for the Amana Colonies. A recent community meeting yielded 87 percent support for a formal study, following an Iowa Supreme Court ruling accusing the Amana Society of unlawful control of business uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanas
Middle Amana
Amana
Amana Preservation Foundation
Tom Burgher
Iowa Supreme Court
Amana Society of the Colonies
The
Preservation Foundation
Missing Iowa man safe in San Diego
Thomas Conner 31 of Sergeant Bluffs, sought since January 29 after a Des Moines convention disappearance, turned up alive in San Diego California. Police traced him when he used a credit card to rent a car and matched his description. His family had feared foul play and followed clues from a psychic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
San Diego
Des Moines
UPI
Thomas Conner
Sergeant Bluffs
Calif
Conner
Iowa Public Service
Sioux City
Sam
Nile Hethershaw
Tom Conner
Hethershaw
California
Youth held in burglaries in Cedar Rapids
A 17-year-old northwest Cedar Rapids boy was arrested at 10 15 p m Wednesday and charged with two counts of burglary after witnesses saw him breaking into parked cars on 27th Street NW. He was caught after a second break in and found with a jacket coveralls beer cans and a flashlight. taken to the juvenile detention center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
27Th Street
Clarifications Correct Feb. 18 Singers at Lindale Mall
The Gazette corrects an error stating that singers from Nixon Elementary School will perform at Lindale Mall at 1 30 p m on February 18. The mall business office and the school system news release both gave the wrong date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon Elementary
Lindale Mall
The
Gazette
Cedar Rapids Gazette publication details and rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 announces its daily and Sunday publication at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription options include Carrier 1.65 per week and Mail Morning Editions and Sunday seven issues 8.054 weeks 85.80 52 weeks with varying rates by region, noting no mail subscriptions in areas served by Gazette carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
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Glen E. Harris
Ely
Cutler
Ohio
Gloria Nading
van Dyke
Auto Restoration
St. Quentin
Victor
Glenda Berns
Rockford
Vicki
Sarah
Brent
Steven
New Jersey
Hazel Singer
Helen Tabler
Gale
Canton
Witt Funeral Home
Elkader
Gene A. Becker
Peace United Church
Lavern Shaffer
Hallmark
Mount Vernon
Troy Mills
Collins Radio
Methodist Church
Leon
Martelle
Earl
Tom
Robins
Paul
Norma Gericke
Walker
Patricia Grimm
Betty Koster
Nellie Mae Edwards
Phoenix
Ariz
Turner Chapel West
Salvation Army Community Center
1000
C Ave
Dorothy Sarset Rutledge
Columbia
Boone Hospital Center
Dorothy Sarset
West Union
Paul Rutledge
Bill Rutledge
Fairfield
North Canton
Parker Funeral Chapel
Memorial Park Cemetery
Larry Dale Hartson
Fort Worth
Texas
Moline
Hartson
Richard and
Marcella Hartson
Arlington
Patrick
Leland
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Jacqueline
Rhonda Dunek
Edna Hartson
Elsie Williamson
American Heart Fund
Everette W. Hoyle Jr
Shawnee
Kan
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas
University of Missouri- Kansas City School of Pharmacy
Debra Frances Hoyle
Ronald S
Everette W. Hoyle Sr
Key Largo, Fla
Rose Quigley
Burial High Prairie Cemetery
Altoona
Gretchen J. Mentzer
First United Presbyterian Church
Kappa Delta Sorority
Jay A. Miller
Oak Shade
Hazel K. Snell
Concord
Mass
Emerson Elementary School
Marion Independent School
Edward M. Snell
Snell
H.W. Norman
Albany
J. Kirk Snell
Waynesboro
John E. Snell
Needham, Mass
Lovel Hadwen
Albany, Ga
Anamosa
Jean Waite
Goettsch’s
St. Luke's
Virginia
Kenneth DeMarce
Judy Trygstad
Thomas Stravers
Merry
Bob Allison
Brandon Ave
Hiawatha
Linda
Mitchell Zapata
West Amana
Barbara
Cheyenne Lerch
Debra
Steve Woolstrchill
16Th Ave
Patty
William Hoyt
Ankeny
Swisher
Michael C. Knefley
Nancy L. Hauge
Dike K. Augustine
Teresa J. Smith
Vincent E. Fuller
Marlene K. Ratcliff
Donald E. Richards Jr
Halimat Salehoglu
Joseph M. Khalid
Rosa S.S. Simbro
Vernon E. Escher
Shawn M. Gibson
Scott L. Swore
Casper
Wyo
Renee M. Drexler
Robert A. Squires
Toddville
Julie A
John Gilbert
Rebecca Lynn Hanlon
Sharon K
Thomas K. Vizal
Jacqueline F
Raymond M. Schulte
Carolyn Sue
George Darryl Hodgins
Council St
40Th St
15Th Ave
First Ave
Fifth St
Third Street
11Th Avenue
R.M. Perkins
Scott County
Thomas Alva Edison
John E. Lapes
Ave. S.E
Dial
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