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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 2002
Page
12
Multiple obituaries detail deaths in 2002 including Peter Richard Aschoff 52 of Oxford Mississippi formerly of Cedar Rapids who taught anthropology and wrote on blues. Myron E Lohrer 86 of Cedar Rapids area. Ralph J Coffman 76 of The Meth W ick Community. Edith Camella Reed Boyles. and Robert Bobby Wayne Stalkfleet with service details, memorials, and survivor lists.
Catherine M. Taylor 79 died Sunday February 17 2002 in Elkader Care Center after a long illness. Services 1:30 p.m. Wednesday United Methodist Church Volga with Rev Carroll Robinson burial Hillcrest Cemetery Volga later date. Calling times 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday Leonard Funeral Home Elkader and after 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the church. Survivors include husband Tom daughter Joyce McClintock Volga two sons Howard Volga Jackie Des Moines and sister La Vila Harnack Postville.
Cedar Rapids Peter Richard Aschoff Edith Camella Reed Boyles Ralph J. Coffman Myron E. Lehrer Edgewood Betty Elaine Markhan Iowa City Gilbert Wayne Frite Kalona J Paul Yoder Lamont Bernard Helms Marion Dorthy L Cook Stalkfleet Martelle Viola Jaeger Millersburg Michael David Jensen Straka North English Patrick L Kukuzke Olin Charlene Taylor Velma Wright Postville Viola R Hellum Sigourney Richard Moore Volga Catherine M Taylor Washington Evelyn Florence Klopfenstein West Branch Marian Imhoff.
Dorothy L Cook 57 of 265 Lortz Drive Marion died February 16 2002 at Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids after a cancer battle. Services set 10 AM Tuesday at St Matthew s Catholic Church Cedar Rapids with burial at Cedar Memorial Park. Visitation 4 8 PM today with 5 PM wake. She worked as a cook at Mercy Medical Center and was a member of St Matthew s and Parents Without Partners. Memorial fund established.
Michael David Jensen Straka died February 9 2002 in University Hospitals Iowa City from respiratory complications. Graveside service 10:30 a.m. today Millersburg Cemetery Millersburg officiated by Rev. Mary McAtee. Arrangements with Powell Funeral Home North English. Luncheon at Millersburg United Methodist Church. Memorial fund established. Survivors include paternal grandparent Ivy Straka Blairstown maternal grandparents Rick and Marsha Jensen Cedar Rapids Susanna and Roger Stouder Fort Madison and others.
Gilbert Wayne Frits 82 of 118 Glenn Dr. Iowa City died February 17 2002 at Crestview Nursing Center West Branch after a brief illness. Services 1030 a m Saturday First Christian Church burial Memory Gardens Cemetery visitation 5 to 7 p m Friday Gay & Ciha Funeral. Memorials to First Christian. He was born April 8 1919 in rural Wellman to Charles R and Georgia E Whetsine Frits. He taught high school and served as administrator in several Iowa communities before co owning Blackman Decorators in Iowa City until 1990. He is survived by his wife Anna two sons Robert and Donald and extended family. Preceded in death by parents and a sister.
Betty Elaine Markham 77 died Feb 15 2002 at Edgewood Convalescent Home after a long illness. Services set 10 am Tuesday at St Peter Lutheran Lamont Rev Roger McKinstry. burial Taylorsville Cemetery Arlington. Visitation 4 to 8 pm today at Roberson Funeral Home Strawberry Point. Survived by sons Lynn Clinton Kevin Strawberry Point and three granddaughters and a grandson.
Kalona J Paul Yoder 90 died Sunday February 17 2002 at Pleasant View Home after a brief illness. Services 10 a m Wednesday at Kalona Mennonite Church by Pastor Scott Swartzendruber and Pastor Mick Murray. Burial East Union Mennonite Cemetery rural Kalona. Friends may call all day Tuesday at Petersheim Funeral Home Kalona with family present 2 to 4 p m and 6 to 8 p m. He is survived by Velma a son Lowell of Stryker Ohio and a daughter Carol Hochstedler of Kalona.
Lamont Bernard Helms aged 88 died Sunday February 17 2002 at Edgewood Convalescent Center after a lengthy illness. Arrangements are pending at Fawcett Funeral Home Lamont.
Evelyn Florence Klopfenstein, 86, died Sunday Feb 17 2002 after a sudden illness at Halcyon House. Services at 10 a.m. Wednesday at United Methodist Church conducted by Rev. Mark Young and Rev. Ed Philgreen. Burial at Elm Grove Cemetery. Visitation after 9 a.m. Tuesday at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington with family present 7 to 8:30 p.m. Survived by son Kent of Clive and brother Bernard Payne of Washington.
Martelle Viola Vi B Jaeger 86 died Feb 16 2002 at Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa after a brief illness. Services 11 am Wednesday Goettsch Funeral Home Anamosa with Rev Larry Wegener. Burial Norwich Cemetery Martelle. Visitation 4 to 8 pm Tuesday at the funeral home. Survived by three sons William Schaeffer Philadelphia Ben Wyoming and Wil bert Jaeger Sierra Vista two daughters Shirley Ferguson Mechanicsville and Sandy Farrington Tucson a sister Alice Engelbart Anamosa and a brother Ernest Redmond Eldridge.
Patrick L. Kukuzke 50 of North English died Friday evening February 15 2002 in Williamsburg Private family services were held Wednesday at Kloster Funeral Home Marengo Burial will be at a later date in St Bernard Cemetery Stewartville Minnesota He was born April 27 1951 in Stewartville Minnesota son of Carl and Alta Cray Kukuzke served in the U S Army in Vietnam He married Elise Andresen June 17 1975 in Nashua Iowa They lived in North English and he worked as a carpet installer for Randy Carpets of Iowa City The couple moved to Williamsburg Elise his mother and six grandchildren survive He was preceded in death by his father
Charlene Taylor 76 died at home after a short illness. Arrangements are pending at Hayden Funeral Home Olin with calling hours 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Velma Wright services 11 a.m. today at Hayden Funeral Home Olin.
Viola R. Hellum, 90, died after a brief illness at the Good Samaritan Center. Arrangements are pending at Schutte Funeral Home in Postville.
Richard Moore 78 died Sunday February 17 2002 in Sigourney Care Center after an extended illness. Holm Funeral Home Sigourney is handling arrangements.
Charles E Schumacher 75 of Dubuque died Saturday February 16 2002 at Ennoble Manor Dubuque surrounded by his children. Services 11 am Tuesday at Holy Ghost Catholic Church with burial in Mount Calvary Cemetery and military rites by American Legion Post 6. Visitation 3 to 8 pm today at Egelhof Siegert Casper Westview Funeral Home with wake service at 3 pm. He served in World War II and retired from Georgia Pacific in 1988 after 37 years. A memorial fund is established with thanks to Hospice of Dubuque staff.
Memorial notice outlines submission process for obituaries including writing deadline 4 p m weekdays publication date request forms price per word and picture fee contact number 398 8221 included for inquiries
The Gazette lists death notices and obituaries submission hours and deadlines with a 7 p.m. daily cutoff. It notes that notices with arrangements and survivors appear as news items, while extra biographical material and eulogies cost 35 cents per word. Contact 398-8221 for guidelines.
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Marian Imhoff 67 died Saturday February 16 2002 at her West Branch home after a short illness. Family memorial services planned Tuesday at Barker Funeral Home West Branch. Surviving are husband Roger two daughters Robin Cooper Spencer and Jeannie Hoye Coralville two sons Jeffrey Inkom Idaho and Matthew Cedar Rapids two brothers Fred Kearney Owatonna Minnesota and Norman Kearney Rockaway Beach Missouri.
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