Deaths from Cedar Rapids Gazette February 11 1983
Naomi Blessing 77 of Cedar Rapids formerly Lisbon died after a long illness. Jekabs Janislavietis 75 Cedar Rapids died at St. Luke’s Hospital after a brief illness. Janete Weeser Wold 63 Fargo cedar rapids resident died at Mercy Hospital after a long illness. Wayne Smith 54 Hiawatha died at St Luke’s after a long illness. Megan Burns infant Cedar Rapids died at St Luke’s. Clifford Dwyer 66 Oakdale Cedar Rapids died at Veterans Hospital. Hattie McDowell 71 Marion died at St Luke’s after a short illness. Florence Leiter 83 Cedar Rapids died at Americana Healthcare Center. C J Odean 18 Springville died at home in a self-inflicted death. Funeral details and survivors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi May Blessing
17Th St. NE
Lisbon
Americana Healthcare Center
Jekabs K. Janislavietis
Idaho St. SE
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Latvia
Elza Zalais
Iowa National Mutual Insurance Co
Coe College
Lutheran Church
Anna Janislavietis
Dagnia Kletnieks
North Babylon
N.Y
Turner Chapel East
Lloyd Brockmeyer
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
United Cerebral Palsy
Eighth St
Janete E. Weeser Wold
Park Terrace Drive
Fargo
N.D
Mercy Hospital
Ladysmith
Wis
Walter L. Wold
Decorah
Carole L. Fossen
Wayne Leo Smith
Robins Road
Hiawatha
Palo
Bonnie F. Mentzer
Wilson Foods
Buffalo United Methodist Church
Steve
Wapello
Robert
Casper
Wyo
Linwood Cemetery
Hanford Post 5
American Legion
Megan Angelique Burns
LaVern
Donna Burns
Sixth St
Amanda
Barton
Robert Burns
Donald Williams
Vinton
Charles H. Pickerill
North Park
Calif
Velma Williams
Maude Holsinger
Teahen Funeral
Clarence Haven
Mary White
Bethany Congregational Church
Palo Cemetery
Clifford Edward Dwyer
Oakdale
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
University of Iowa Hospitals
Dennis J
John F
Catherine DayWitt
Mary G. Bucklin
Teahen Funeral Home
Robert Hirsch
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Parnell
Hattie E. Tichy McDowell
14Th St
Marion
Wilmer McDowell
Jerry
Lumir
Mary Tichy
Murdoch’s
Louis J. Trzil
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Florence E. Leiter
Eastern Ave
Americana
Leiter
Ford
Ind
Northwestern University
Evanston
Ill
Franklin, Grant, Wilson
Washington
First Baptist Church of
Rochester
C.J. Odean
Route 2
Springville
Linn County
Honolulu
Patrick Air Force Base High School
Florida
Carl Odean
Robert C
Gidget Soukup
Eldridge
Iowa
Tina Odean
Obituaries Notice of Local Residents Passing
Services pending for Grace I. Delana 89 of Pineview Drive NE who died at home. Everett B. Hamilton 81 formerly of Cedar Rapids died in Elberton Georgia after sudden illness. Emma Karal 86 of Colonial Manor Amana died at care center. Richard F. Short 61 of Dartmouth Street SW died at Mercy Hospital after a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace I. Delana
Pineview Drive
Turner Chapel East
Everett B. Hamilton
Cedar Rapids
Elberton
Emma Karal
Colonial Manor
Amana
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Richard F. Short
Dartmouth St
Mercy Hospital
Obituary notices list local deaths and services in Iowa towns
Iowa death notices for Belle Plaine Calmar Garwin Elberon La Porte City Manchester Oelwein Oelwein Waukon West Union list names ages service times and burial sites. Each entry notes church wake or rosary details and burial locations with funeral home references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Plaine
Michael F. Macek
Hrabak’s
Oak Hill Cemetery
Calmar
Miles Bunnell
Trinity Lutheran Church
French’s
Calmar City Cemetery
Garwin
Purvis Mason
Overton’s
Peter J. Youngblut
St. Mary of Mount Carmel Catholic Church
Eagle Center
Oppold’s
Waterloo
Manchester
Emma Manson Westerfeld
Clear Lake
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Delaware
Bohnenkamp- Vernon
Oelwein
Bessie A. King
Brant-Kern’s
Woodlawn
Mary A. Pearl
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Woodlawn Cemetery
Waukon
Charlie L. Lanning
Dorchester
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Martin’s
Mount Olivet
West Union
Miriam Raatz
Zion Lutheran Church
Burnham Wood’s
West Union Cemetery
Memorial services and burials across several Iowa locations
Memorial services were held or announced today for Bartosh Carol Delbert Smyth Edward A Brehm and Graci Tasha Rose and Paul Schumann Ray. Burial services followed at Linwood Evergreen Rest Haven and Hudson area cemeteries with memorial funds or contributions to cancer society and local churches noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartosh
Carol
Brosh Chapel
Herbert Rogers
Linwood Cemetery
Smyth
Delbert
James DeSmith
American Cancer Society
10Th St
Brehm
Edward A
Evergreen Cemetery
Vinton
Robert Butler
Wesley United Methodist Church of
Vinton American Legion
Beatty-Bearle-Murdoch
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Drive
Graci
Tasha Rose
Janeba- Kuba Funeral Home
Charles Moore
Hudson
Iowa
Ray
Paul Schumann
First Presbyterian Church
Calvin DeVries
Joseph McCabe
Coe College
Theodore G. Lilley
Rest Haven Cemetery
Edinburg
Ind
Turner Chapel
Fifth St
First Ave
Prudential agent agrees to revoke license in cash value raid case
Marion insurer Glenn A. Grawe agreed to the revocation of his insurance license in Des Moines after a hearing. He cooperates with the Iowa Insurance Department's probe of other Prudential agents and faces potential theft charges linked to misappropriated policy cash values and commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Daubermier
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Marion Insurance
Glenn A. Grawe
Iowa Insurance Department
Prudential Insurance Co
Prudential
Cedar Rapids
Grawe
Denise Horner
James Drive
Marion
Insurance Department
Edward Hanselmann
Jim Doyne
Tv- 9
Kcrg-Tv
Enyart
Hanselmann
The
Gazette
Doyne
Kenneth L. Billick
James W. Platt
Horner
Two charged with extorting money from paper carrier
Edward J. Bohren 18 and a 16-year-old boy were charged with extortion after allegedly threatening a Gazette carrier and collecting 200 over five months. Investigators say the carrier paid from his own pocket to avoid confrontation. Bohren and the juvenile also face a January third degree theft count for reportedly stealing a police radar detector from Cy Christenson’s car on January 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nile
Edward J. Bohren
Fruitland Blvd
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Bohren
Cy Christenson
21St St. NW
Former Cedar Rapids man killed in Texas crash
James Ament, 24, formerly of Cedar Rapids, was killed in a one car crash near Irving Texas at 12 30 a m. He worked as a construction worker in the Dallas area and was alone in the car when it lost control and struck a concrete bridge head on. He died of head injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Cedar Rapids
Irving
James A. Ament
John Ament
Jacelyn Drive
Ament
Spillville woman killed in two car crash near Postville
Georgina Andera, 53, of Spillville died in a head on collision on Highways 52 18 about a mile south of Postville. Alan Krambeer, 17, of Postville, was driving northbound and crossed the center line. He was charged with failure to yield half the roadway after being treated and released from Postville Community Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postville
Georgina Andera
Spillville
Iowa State Patrol
Andera
Alan Krambeer
Krambeer
Postville Community Memorial Hospital
Sign Language Classes Start Eight-Week Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Association of the Deaf begins an eight week sign language course for beginners and advanced students on Tuesday. Classes run 7 to 9 p.m. at the Witwer Senior Center 305 Second Ave SE with $20 for adults $10 for under 16 and books at $6.25. No pre registration required. For more information call 393 3502.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Police find owner of shotgun used in Waterloo death
Police identified the previous owner of a shotgun used to kill Assistant Black Hawk County defender Al Davidson in Waterloo on January 9. Authorities declined to release further details or name the owner, while a $5,000 reward for information leading to Davidson's killer remains in effect. Davidson, 41, was shot in the face as he stepped from his car outside a downtown apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Davidson
Vital Statistics and City Incident Notices
Birth notices list a series of February additions including a son born to Norma and David Berry in Des Moines and several other couples in various locations with addresses. Also noted are grandparents and regional details. Emergency call log entries follow with timestamps and brief incident descriptions across multiple streets in the area, including medical emergencies, alarms, and a downed wire.
Somalia mobilizes forces for Ogaden clash with Ethiopia
Five years ago Somalia declared full mobilization and ordered regular troops into the Ogaden to battle Ethiopia, signaling a major escalation in the border conflict between the two nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somalia
Ethiopia
Ogaden
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Lyle Jones
Arvada
Colo
Chester White
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Gary Hunstad
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
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J.M. Flansburg
C.R
Norma
David Berry
10Th St. SW
Patricia
Danny Meixner
Fourth Ave
St. Luke’s
Robert Sebetka
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Kimberly
Duane Tucker
Strawberry Point
Vicki Kay
Gary Hruby
Emmons St
Mary Hilleshiem
Ava Denise
Russell Owens
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Albany
Lynnette
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Virgil Boynton
McGowan Blvd
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Lincoln Heights Drive
Patty
Eric Borseth
Clark Oster
Birchwood Drive
Lyle Borseth
Ridgeway
Richard L. Hoffner
Sally A. Larson
Randy J. Montelius
Kathy J. Downey
Richard D. Coulbourn Jr
Cynthia K. Mehl
Cletus E. Hess
Julia M. Lund
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