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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1994
Page
8
Obituary notices for Ruby C. Young 83 of Cedar Rapids and Jiff a Cedar Rapids resident with multiple survivors and service details. Also listed are George H Agnes Norma L Johnson Maxiene J Weable John N Moses Anna J Wilson and other memorials with birth dates and burial locations.
Lucy Bartosh 96 of Ely and Alta Sawyer 81 of Willow Gardens Care Center died February 20 1994. Arrangements are pending at Brosh Funeral Home Solon and Murdoch Funeral Home Marion. The Gazette outlines obituary submission guidelines and rates.
Michael D. Folkers 48 died February 20, 1994 at home with Goettsch Funeral Home Anamosa handling arrangements. Arlene Burns 89 formerly of Arlington died February 19 1994 in Loveland Colorado after a long illness with Jamison Schmitz Funeral Home Arlington handling arrangements. Services for Burns set for 11 am Tuesday at Jones Funeral Home Washington with burial Cottonwood Cemetery Wayland. Survivors include Lester Burns and three daughters plus a son.
Melvin E. Bartachek aged 73 died at his Belle Plaine home after a sudden illness on Saturday February 19 1994. Services set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at First Congregational United Church of Christ with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Visitation after 2 p.m. today at Hrabak Funeral Home and after 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Survived by wife Dolores a son Gary and wife Pam of Cedar Rapids a sister Evelyn Langlas of Thousand Oaks California and three grandchildren Annette Foster Brad and wife of Fort Collins Teri Essy and husband Jason of Ames and Darin Bartachek of Parkersburg.
Several obituaries list Ernest William Mitchell 79 formerly of Brooklyn died February 20 1994 at Mayflower Health Care Center Grinnell cancer services 1 30 p m Wednesday Smith Funeral Home Grinnell burial Westfield Cemetery Poweshiek County survivors include wife Evelyn son Jack of Wirinsboro Louisiana two daughters Mary Lou Dodge Nashua New Hampshire and Carol Butcher Durham North Carolina brothers Wallace Fairfield California and Cecil Brooklyn Also Edith C Nicola 73 died February 19 1994 in Washington County Hospital Wash Kenneth Casey 45 former resident died February 18 1994 in Knoxville burial St Josephs Cemetery military rites survivors include son Michael Iowa City daughter Kelly Sacramento brothers James Iowa City Carl Atlantic three grandchildren Barbara Jane Dasher 74 died February 20 1994 at daughter's home services later burial Oakland Cemetery Iowa City cremains George L Gay Funeral Home in charge survivors include daughter Nancy Williams Iowa City son Terry Nelson New Providence New Jersey brother John Swanson Venice Florida sister Ruth Wheeler California.
Multiple notices announce deaths in Feb 1994 across Kalona, Marengo, Ossian, Independence, and surrounding areas. Amelia Miller of Indianapolis formerly Kalona dies after brief illness. Dean Kimm, 68, dies of cancer in Cedar Rapids. Leona Kipp, 80, dies in Decorah after long illness. Sharon Cole, 48, dies in Cedar Rapids. Marcella M. Fackler, 70, dies at home. Emory Creager, 84, dies in Sumner. Frank Dolash, 85, dies in Marshalltown area. Burial and funeral details listed for each, with survivors named.
Mildred M Vodicka aged 85 died Sunday February 20 1994 at her home after a sudden illness in Kalona Iowa Services will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Kalona United Methodist Church with Reverends Chrisa Ferguson and Duane Anderson Burial will follow at Sharon Hill Cemetery Kalona Friends may visit after 1 p.m. today at Peterseim Funeral Home Kalona Survivors include two daughters Sheryl Frisby of Solon Beth Evanovich of Washington a brother Claude Preston of Kalona and a grandson Joshua Evanovich
Five Des Moines residents died in a head-on crash on Iowa Highway 330 near Melbourne. The victims were Donald Frueh 49 his wife Mary 46 their daughter Katrina 12 Phil Spencer 29 and Kathleen Rowley 23. Rowley died after airlift to Des Moines hospital.
The Gazette provides daily East Iowa updates focusing on local government, community events, education, and regional developments. Readers see reporting on city council actions, school board decisions, and notable local stories shaping the Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.
Community volunteer notices list multiple local needs from L.I.V. and United Way to Tanager Place and Crisis Center. Prospective volunteers can call listed numbers such as Velma 398-5372 or Marilyn 398-3574 for details on orientations, schedules, and opportunities including Meals on Wheels and maple syruping programs.
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