Obituary notices from Cedar Rapids area deaths 1983
A Cedar Rapids Gazette obituary page lists multiple deaths including Don McElhinney 71 of Cedar Rapids, Alice Chalupsky 77, William Sprosten 59, Ruth Ahrens 63, Garnet Ramsey 83, Virginia Gibson 1:30 p.m. services, Verna Griffin, Henry Dvorak 58, Garnet Ramsey details, and numerous service times, burial sites, and memorials across Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns. It notes survivors, service locations, visitation times, and memorial funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibson
Virginia
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Charles Moore
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
American Heart Association
Seventh Ave
Marion
Griffin
Verna
Jeanette
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Doug Benedict
Squaw Creek Baptist Church
Elmer A. Linkenback
Calvary Baptist Church
Cedar Memorial Park
American Cancer Society
10Th St
Cedar Rapids
Henry A. Dvorak
First Ave
Iowa City
Belle Plaine
U.S. Navy
Alice Eggerling
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Dvorak
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus
Hanford
Teahen Funeral Home
Lincoln FDR Washington top U.S. presidents in historians survey
Historians rate Lincoln Roosevelt and Washington as the top leaders with Jefferson and others in the near great tier. Nixon and Harding land among the failures with Grant and Buchanan nearby. The survey of 970 respondents notes overall above average leadership and highlights traits of good character and integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Fdr
Washington
U.S
State College
Richard Nixon
America
Robert Murray
Pennsylvania State University
U.S. History
Murray
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin Roosevelt
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Andrew Jackson
Harry Truman
Warren Harding
Ulysses
Grant
Andrew Johnson
James Buchanan
Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
John Kennedy
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Two Cedar Rapids Men Charged With Stealing Wheels
Two Cedar Rapids men were charged with second degree burglary after allegedly stealing tires and wheels from the PTL Shop gas station in Sigourney. Joe A. Ladely and Herbert A. Seickert were arrested by Sigourney police. $1,000 bond set. merchandise valued at $140 recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Cedar Rapids
Keokuk County
Joe A. Ladely
Second Ave. SE
Herbert A. Seickert
34Th St. SE
PTL
Births and incidents listed in vital statistics roundup
The notice lists multiple births from Mercy and St. Luke's on Feb. 19 and Feb. 20 with parents in Swisher, Weber, McMenimen, Schrock, Debrower, Lerch, Mathias, Holladay, Buck, and Anderson. It also records a series of emergency calls and medical emergencies across locations including 112 33rd Ave SW, Tomahawk Trail SE, First Ave NW, Old River Road, REA Dam SW, Rockford Road SW, and a nearby address on 1641 B Ave NE for short periods Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Mark Weber
14Th St. SE
Jean
Dennis McMenimen
Forest Drive SE
Vickie
Orval Schrock
Central City
Kathleen
Daniel Debrower
Oak St
Hiawatha
Marianne
Louis Lerch
Springville
Joann
Robert Mathias
Johnson Ave. NW
Lana
Norm Holladay
12Th St
Pamela
Michael Buck
London
Melanie
Doug Anderson
Green Briar Lane
33Rd Ave
Tomahawk Trail
First Ave
Old River Road
Rea Dam
Rockford Road
B Ave
Libyan airliner hijacked lands in Malta
A Libyan Arab Airways Boeing 727 with 160 aboard was hijacked and forced to land at Luca International Airport in Valletta Malta. Maltese authorities refused to confirm the hijack and said no negotiations would occur until passengers are freed. Police sealed the airport area as lights were turned off and roads were closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valletta
Malta
Libyan Arab Airways
Mediterranean
England
London Broadcasting Co
Luca International Airport
Davenport man charged with murder in detective’s drowning
Marine Corps deserter Zachery Justin Beard, 24, of Davenport Iowa, is charged with first degree murder in the May 1981 drowning of Jacksonville Detective Dennis Dinota. Beard was turned in by police after being located by Marines and held without bond pending arraignment in North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
N.C
Marine Corps
Davenport
Iowa
Roger Halbert
Zachery Justin Beard
Camp Lejeune
Onslow County
North Carolina
Dennis Dinota
Beard
Scott County Sheriff's Department
William T. Whitehead
New River
Halbert
Manchester man dies from gunshot wound at university hospital
Benjamin C. Philippson age 18 of Manchester died at University of Iowa Hospitals Iowa City from a personal safety related gunshot wound to the head. Decorah police were called to a southeast Decorah residence at 12:05 a.m. Saturday to investigate the shooting. He was taken to Delaware County Memorial Hospital then airlifted by helicopter to U of I Hospitals. Funeral service information is on this page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Ahrens
Marengo
Ruth Magill
Atlantic
Iowa
Atlantic High School
Torkio College
Torkio
University of Iowa
George H. Ahrens
Sand Point
Idaho
Iowa Valley School District
Iowa Valley School Board
Marengo Golf Club
Red Cross North
Suzanne Jones
Worthington
Ohio
Tom Magill
Dorothy Turnbull
Chiang Mi
Thailand
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Myron Maltz
Williamsburg
Marengo Cemetery
Hoover-Valentine Funeral Home
Cancer Fund
Special Olympics
Red Cross
Garnet L. Ramsey
Upland Drive
Mercy Hospital
Magnolia
Ill
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
J. Sterling Morton High School
Cicero
Coe College
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Coe
PawPaw, II
Oregon
Mooseheart
Whitewater State Teachers College
Whitewater
Wis
Clyde
Garnet Ramsey
Clyde Methodist Church
Lloyd E. Brockmeyer
St. Paul’s United
Seventh Ave
Marion
Coe College Endowment Fund
First Ave
Turner Chapel East
Genevieve June Fillgraf
Thompson Drive
St. Luke’s Hospital
Oxford Junction
Charles A. Fillgraf
Spencer
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
John Elliott
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Salvation Army
Ludwig Louis Gregor
First St. SW
Western
Helen Brosi
Vinton
Gregor
Wilson Foods
Lodge Cedar 7
Western Fraternal Life Association
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
George B. McDill
Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church
Czech National Cemetery
Funeral Home
New Delhi
India
Assam
Nelli
Bangladesh
Shekhar Gupta
Indian Express
Manchester
Benjamin C. Philippson
Iowa City
Decorah
Delaware County Sheriff's Department
Philippson
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
U of I
Funeral Service
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Mon
Don McElhinney
Superior
Neb
Clista Millspaugh
Kahoka
Morning Sun
McElhinney
CeMar Acres
CeMar
Music Box Society
Presbyterian Church
Sandra Adams
Don
Paul
Robert
Morrison
Hal DeGood
Des Moines
Robert Patterson
Ault
Colo
Jay A. Miller
Marion First United Presbyterian Church
Alice Helen Chalupsky
32Nd St
Crestview Acres
Alice Shanda
Weeping Water
Vining High School
Vining
Paul W. Chalupsky
Reinbeck
la Porte
Chalupsky
Lodge Horymir
Traer
Damska Matice Skolska
Eagles Club
Helen M. Valenta
Horseshoe Bend
Ark
Paul Allen
Clayton W
Clair M. Chalup
Madrid
Merle F. Chalup
Midland
Mich
Elmer Shanda
Janeba- Kuba Funeral Home
Paul Hasel
Salem Eub Church
Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association Inc
Michigan Ave
William Herman Sprosten
Lisbon
Veterans Hospital
Mount Vernon
Ruth Ann Rubel
Sproston
U.S. Army Air Force
Galen
Maxine Mikulecky
Independence
Edward J. Dunn
St. John’s Catholic Church
White's
Church Cemetery
Keota
James Norbert Flander
Reedsburg
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Powell's
Benjamin C
Chuck” Philippson II
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Bohnenkamp- Vernon's
Oelwein
R.W
Dick” Connor
Hintz's
Lynn L. Steggall
Brant Kern
Grandview Cemetery
Fayette
West Liberty
Arthur O’haver
Snider’s
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Orpha Pantel
West Liberty United Methodist Church
Snider's
Cettie G. Boland
First United Presbyterian Church
Uhlmann’s
Order of the Eastern Star
Oak Hill Cemetery
Gupta
Gauhati
United News of India
Indira Gandhi
Mrs. Gandhi
East Pakistan
Calcutta
United News of India Agency
Harding
C.R
Carol and
Mark Callahan
Swisher
St. Luke’s
John E. Lapes
3Rd Avenue S.E
Sicily
Tripoli
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