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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 2002
Page
21
Mary Haigh 61 of Monticello died February 11 2002 after a cancer battle at home with family present Funeral services at Sacred Heart Church Monticello interment Hopkinson Cemetery Visitation at Goettsch Monticello. Louise Willms 94 died February 11 2002 at St Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids Funeral 11 am Friday St John's Lutheran Monticello burial church cemetery Visitation Goettsch Funeral Home Monticello.
Allen Harold Bower of Mountain Home Arkansas formerly of Vinton died February 10 2002 after a sudden illness Graveside services are planned for February 13 at Evergreen Cemetery Vinton with Pastor Larry Rodgers Visitation is February 12 at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel Vinton He was born June 17 1935 in Vinton married Janice Randall in 1955 and worked 31 percent years as a John Deere set up man in Waterloo He was a Korean War US Marine veteran and lived in Waterloo before moving to Mountain Home in 1989 He belonged to BPOE Lodge 1714 and Allen White American Legion Post 52 in Mountain Home He is survived by his wife a son Kip Bower and wife Cindy of Newport Richey Florida two grandsons Forest Allen Bower of Clearwater Florida and Matt Bower of Deltona Florida a granddaughter Kim Bower of Deltona three great granddaughters and three sisters Beverly Houston Barbara Schmerhorne and Bonita Johnson Memorials may go to the Allen Bower Memorial Fund c o Elks Lodge Mountain Home Arkansas A memorial service will be held February 20 at the Elks Lodge in Mountain Home at 630 PM Kirby Boaz Funeral Home arranging the service
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Agnes A. Collman died February 10 2002 in Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids after a brief illness. Memorial services will be held February 14 at St Pauls Lutheran Church Anamosa with inurnment at Wilcox Cemetery Viola. She was born March 3 1925 in Monticello daughter of Adolph and Emma Bohlken. She married Louis Collman May 25 1943 at St Pauls Lutheran Anamosa and worked at Rockwell Collins 1961 1981. Survived by daughter Sue Smith Stone City son Ken Collman Scottsdale sister Ellen Hanken Monticello two grandchildren and son-in-law Don Connelly Stone City. Her husband Louis died in 1991 and daughter Catherine Connelly died in 2001. Infant son four brothers and a sister also listed.
Margaret Johanna Schmidt 90 died Sunday Feb 10 2002 at Williamsburg Care Center after a brief illness. Service 10 am Wednesday at St Paul Lutheran Williamsburg with Rev Carl Cloeter. Burial at St John Cemetery near Homestead. Visitation 3 to 7 pm today at Uhlmann Powell Funeral Home Williamsburg. Survived by sisters Ida Lemley Lloyd Wellman Alma Stohlmann Margaret Stohlmann Omaha nine nieces 11 nephews and other family.
St Luke's Hospital will donate 20 LIFEPAK 500 automated external defibrillators through the Heart Safe Community program to Linn County sites including the Linn County Sheriff's Department Witwer Senior Center U S Cellular Center Paramount Theatre and Cedar Rapids Ice Arena. The devices guide lay users with voice prompts and video, cost about 2300 each, and aim to improve survival in cardiac arrest.
A weekend traffic stop led to felony drug and firearms charges for a Cedar Rapids couple. Lane A. Rigler, 61, and Doris Rigler, 56, were arrested after marijuana was found and a search of their home uncovered more drugs, paraphernalia, and 25 firearms. Authorities also linked them to a methamphetamine operation at Rigler Leather and Ceramics in Belle Plaine. They faced multiple charges and were released after court appearances.
Gladys Talcott Rife, believed to be Iowa’s oldest person to earn a Ph D in American studies, died at 87 in Minnesota after a long illness. A former Mount Vernon High School history teacher, she also wrote rural columns and helped establish Cedar Rapids History Center galleries. Services pending.
A dense list of local government and committee meetings across Cedar Rapids, Linn County, and surrounding towns. Includes city council sessions, planning and historic commissions, and county boards with times from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. plus facility tours and public safety notes.
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