Deaths in Linn County include several Cedar Rapids figures
Obituaries run for Benjamin Zumwalt 87 of Union Missouri formerly Cedar Rapids with services in Turner Chapel West and burial at Mount Clark. Lumir Kosina 69 Cedar Rapids, a FMC veteran, dies of cancer with services at Janeba Kuba Funeral Home. Bertha Carroll 97 Cedar Rapids area dies. services pending. Sophie Zatechka 93 Cedar Rapids area dies. graveside in Linwood Cemetery. Multiple other local deaths listed with survivors, services and burial locations across Cedar Rapids, Marion and nearby towns.
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Benjamin D. Zumwalt
Union
Cedar Rapids
Washington, Mo
Bloomfield
Naomi Loesbe
Manchester
Zumwalt
Wilson Foods
First Assembly of God Church
American Legion
Hanford Post
Wilson Retirees Club
Infantry
Gordon
Solon
Philip
Marjorie Revers
Turner Chapel West
Alec Rowlands
Hanford Post 5
Mount Clark Cemetery
Central City
Lumir S
Mickey” Kosina
19Th St
St. Luke’s Hospital
Helen Burks
Kahoka
Kosina
FMC
388Th
VFW
UAW
Bertha M. Carroll
Heritage Acres
Mercy Hospital
Fairfield
Neb
J.F. Phelps
Y. Carroll
Durward Phelps
Hebron
Carpenter-Breland Funeral Home
McCook, Neb
Turner Chapel East
Jewell Beranek
Willow Gardens
Marion
New Richland
Minn
Harry Beranek
Marie Barrigar
Stella Jessen
Chris Wangen
Albert Lea
Sam Wangen
Ashland
Ore
Graceland Cemetery
First Lutheran Church
Fountain Street
Brush Chapel
Obituaries reveal many deaths in Eastern Iowa region
Multiple residents across Iowa towns die in hospitals and care facilities with services planned in Monona Postville Decorah and surrounding communities. Notable names include Esther Odell Lillian Horn J Lee McCall Osie Nading Harry Carpenter Esther Palas Elizabeth Clubb Anna Hertges Helen Buegel Frances Kuehl Henry Rees Louis Leath and Louis Leath Jr. Services for many set for Saturday with call hours and burial details at local churches and cemeteries. Local memorials and church burials planned in Luana Postville Decorah and surrounding areas.
Wheatland Woman Jeanette Petersen Dies at 72
Jeanette Petersen 72 of Wheatland died Wednesday at University Hospitals Iowa City. Survived by husband William a daughter Mrs. Donald Leavens Clinton a son Don Wheatland a sister Lois Hanssen Davenport two brothers Frank Knoche Grand Mound John Roger Knoche Wheatland Services 11 a m Saturday St Pauls United Church of Christ burial in church cemetery Friends may call 3 to 8 p m today Chapmans Wheatland
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Marvin J. Conner
Bolivar
Cedar Rapids
San Bernardino
Calif
Mr. Conner
Penny Hines
Tama
Meeks Lumber Co
Heather
Holly
John Conner
Barbara Showalter
Lynda Conner
Margaret Ann Conner
John
James
Russell Shaffer
Buffalo
Mary Cragg
Cadett
Wis
Kuba Funeral Home
Charles Mehaffey
Asbury United Methodist Church
Baker Cemetery
Oscar Ray Harlan
Fourth Ave
St. Luke’s Hospital
Marion
LaPlant-Choate
American Legion
Bertha L. Harlan
Murdoch Chapel
Dick Watkins
First United Methodist Church of
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Sixth St
MW. Payseur
E. Elizabeth
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Eugene Hancock
Linwood Cemetery
Dubuque
P.O. Box
Beatty-Bearle-Murdoch Funeral Home
Snell
Joseph D
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Alfred Brosius
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Seneca
Teahen Funeral Home
Spielman
Ray H
Turner Chapel
Edwin Simon
First Baptist Church
Church of the Brethren
Cedar Memorial Park
Hospice of Mercy
10Th St
Vikdal
C. Elmer
Lillian Horn
Mercy Hospital
Gene
Iowa City
Donna Hora
Clutier
Ann Klina
Emma Hadacek
Fellmer’s
Keystone
Oneida
Harry Carpenter
Manchester Hospital
Charlotte
Helen Hutchinson
Central City
A.J
Fawcett’s
Campton Cemetery
Esther M. Palas
Good Samaritan Center
Duaine
Luana
Jerald
Farmersburg
D’elda Erickson
Postville
Elmer
Herbert Leath
Monona
Nora Haberichter
Louis Leath
St. Paul Lutheran Church
St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery
Schultz’s
Ralph
Adams
Minn
Donald
Decorah
Dorothy Barnes
Cresco
Gladys Wolfe
Nick
Berkeley Springs
W.va
Gregory
Waterloo
Clarence
Mayme Klee
Hilda Sundry
Rochester
Florence Hawkins
Catherine Gerleman
Ossian
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Church Cemetery
Schmitz’s
Funeral Home
Jeanette Petersen
University Hospitals
William
Donald Leavens
Clinton
Don
Wheatland
Lois Hanssen
Davenport
Frank Knoche
Grand Mound
John Roger Knoche
St. Paul’s United Church of Christ
Church
Chapman’s
Ex-monk Scheidler speaks on anti abortion crusade at Iowa campus
Nun calls Joseph Scheidler a prophet as he lectures at the University of Iowa about closing clinics and expanding sidewalk counseling. He argues life is sacred and rejects violence while planning a spring conference to boost anti abortion activity. Campus security logs minimal trouble amid protests and counterpoints from NOW.
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Johnson County
Iowa City
Sacred Heart Convent
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Scheidler
Scheidler
University of Iowa
Iowans For Life
Students Right To Life Group
Emma Goldman Clinic For Women
U of
Lucy Frein
Appleton
Wis
Sandy Klever
Mary Wyckoff
National Organization For Women
NOW
Wyckoff
Chris Josbaker
Vital Statistics Delivers Feb Babies Across Communities
Mercy reports births for Roxanne Tapken and Keith Tapken Anamosa a son on Feb 20 Yvonne Barker Palo a daughter on Feb 21 St Luke’s notes Mary Newman 1741 B Ave NE a son Billie Jo Snider Vinton a daughter Karla Mull Mechanicsville a son Sandra Alberts 608 First St SW a daughter Christine Trokosh 416 31st St SE a son Jan Bahnsen Anamosa a son Lisa Larson Monticello twin daughters Deanna Freeman 1826 Garry Ave NW a son Karen Spoden Marion a daughter and other families announced through Feb 21.
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ST. Luke's
Mary
John Newman
B Ave. NE
Billie Jo
Dale Snider
Vinton
Karla Mull
Mechanicsville
Sandra
Jon Alberts
First St. SW
Christine
Craig Trokosh
31St St. SE
Jan
Laverne Bahnsen
Anamosa
Lisa
Gary Larson
Monticello
Deanna
Bill Freeman
Garry Ave
Karen Sue
Joseph Spoden
Valleyview Dr
Marion
Out of Town Births Noted in Minnesota Colorado and Iowa
A record of births in multiple states lists a daughter born Feb 19 to An nette and Mark Johnson in Shoreview Minnesota with grandparents Richard and Joyce Johnson. Patti and Scott Benesh in Loveland Colorado welcome a daughter born Feb 19 with grandparents JoAnn and Charles Benesh. Susan and Scott Switzer of Maquoketa Iowa welcome a son born Feb 21 with grandparents Donavon and Connie Switzer and Anne Dostal.
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Shoreview
Minn
Annette
Mark Johnson
Richard and
Joyce Johnson
Johnson Ave
Loveland
Colo
Patti
Scott Benesh
JoAnn
Charles Benesh
Ninth St. SW
Dubuque
Susan
Scott Switzer
Maquoketa
Donavon
Connie Switzer
40Th St
Anne Dostal
Knox St
Former Cedar Rapids man killed in Missouri ruled justifiable
In Bolivar Missouri officials ruled the death of Marvin J. Conner 20 as justifiable homicide. Conner was killed by former employer Richard Abril owner of a metal siding business during a Monday night confrontation over tools. Abril claimed Conner advanced toward him prompting the fatal shot. No charges are expected. Conner had moved from Cedar Rapids to Bolivar last October.
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Bolivar
Cedar Rapids
Marvin J. Conner
Richard Abril
Conner
Abril
Springfield
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How to address a legislator in Des Moines Iowa
Guidance on addressing a letter to a Iowa senator or representative in the Legislature at Des Moines. Includes format for the official statehouse address and proper naming conventions for a formal salutation.
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American Cancer Society
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Esther) Odell
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