Death notices from Linn County and surrounding areas
Florence B Balik 84 of 2204 Johnson Ave NW died at Mercy Medical Center after a brief illness. Services Monday at Murdoch Linwood Chapel with burial at St Johns Cemetery. Laura A Newberry 88 died at Crestview Acres Marion after a long illness. Services Sunday at Uhlmann Powell Williamsburg burial Community Cemetery Millersburg. Ross E Butters 82 died at St Luke's Hospital after a long illness. Services Monday Teahen Funeral Home burial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Leo C Allen 57 formerly of Marion died in San Angelo Texas after a sudden illness. Dorothy Ellen Brown 75 of Lake City died in Stewart Memorial Hospital Lake City. Jerrold DeWitt Adams 74 of Humboldt Kansas died in St Francis Hospital Wichita after a lingering illness. Funeral details and arrangements listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence B. Sediacek Balik
Johnson Ave
Mercy
Murdoch-Linwood
Clarence Frana
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Laura A. Newberry
Crestview Acres
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Williamsburg
North English
LaVerne
Wendell
Marlene Garringer
Springville
Sandra Day
Esther
Uhlmann-Powell Funeral Home
Ross Edwin Butters
D Ave
St. Luke’s Hospital
Jackson County
Mary Wadden
Davenport
Butters
Globe Machinery
Evelyn Ebel
Maxine Moore
Bernice Moore
Emily Hines
Newhall
Dorothy Mullins
Anamosa
Geraldine Laney
Toddville
Jean Tatrow
Clinton
Rudolph
Apple Valley
Calif
Stanley
Central City
Teahen Funeral Home
John Hemann
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Leo C. Allen
San Angelo
Texas
Hampton
Carol Stimson
Allen
Navy Air Corps
International Business Machines
Lee
Moor Park
Linda Miller
Grapevine
Loretta
Johnsons Funeral Home
Murdoch Funeral Home
Dorothy Ellen Brown
Lake City
Stewart Memorial Hospital
Dixon, Ill
Bernard Brown
Brown
Universal Engineering
Diane Batz
Vetter
Gertrude Childers
Virginia Muchmore
Dunnelon
Fla
Cedar Memorial Park
Huffman Memorial Chapel
Jerrold DeWitt Adams
Humboldt
Kan
St. Francis Hospital
Wichita
Rhea Chapin
Enid
Oklo
J.P. Stevens
Guliston
Adams
First Christian Church
Southeast Shavers Barbershop
Jerrold Jr
West Palm Beach
Cheryl Picken
Atlanta
JoAnn Linduff
Tulsa
Okla
Funeral Service for Emma A. Robertson
Emma A. Robertson funeral is at 2 p.m. today in Murdoch Chapel Marion officiated by Rev. Richard Lehmann. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery with friends invited to call from 12:30 p.m. to service time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma A. Robertson
Murdoch Chapel
Marion
Richard Lehmann
Cedar Memorial Park
Arrangements Pending for Two Cedar Rapids Dwellers
Lorella M. Gladwin aged 51 of Jane Missouri and William H. Toll aged 61 of San Antonio Texas, both former Cedar Rapids residents, died recently after illnesses. Cedar Memorial Funeral Home reports arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorella M. Gladwin
Jane, Mo
Cedar Rapids
Oak Hill Hospital
Joplin
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
William H. Toll
San Antonio
Texas
Southwest
Texas Methodist Hospital
Elaine Gates 61 dies in St. Joseph’s Hospital
Elaine Gates 61 of New Hampton died of an apparent heart attack Wednesday evening at St. Joseph’s Hospital New Hampton. Survived by son John and daughter Lisa Fry both of Cedar Rapids. Services 10 30 am today at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church New Hampton burial in St. Mary’s Cemetery New Hampton. Friends may call until service time at Larkin Martin Funeral Home New Hampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elaine Gates
New Hampton
St. Joseph’s Hospital
John
Lisa Fry
Cedar Rapids
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Larkin- Martin Funeral
Clarence “Buzzer” Orr
Maquoketa
Merle
Onslow
Maxine Brady
Baldwin
Hayden’s
Wyoming
Wyoming Cemetery
Terry J. Morrow
Ottawa
Ill
Cedar County
Lisa
Jeffiner
Jason
Shaun
Shirley
Storm Lake
Kevin Rice
Omaha
Neb
Gene Luckow
Ned
Michael
First United Church of Christ
Tipton Masonic Cemetery
Sheets & Son's
Deaths and services in Eastern Iowa notices
Multiple obituaries from Eastern Iowa list Delores Tapken 55 Anamosa Harvey Tapken six grandchildren and siblings. Merle Thompson 75 Grinnell a cook with Saga Foods and three grandchildren. Alice Peterson 83 Cresco LeRoy and Spring Valley connections with eight grandchildren. Emma Luensmann 93 Dubuque. Thomas Ayres 73 Iowa City University of Iowa emeritus professor of music. Ivan Schroeder 78 Iowa City general laborer with no survivors. Clarence Orr 97 Maquoketa long career electrician. Terry Morrow 35 plane crash near Ottawa Illinois with wife daughter and sons and funeral details.
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Alice Peterson
Howard County Hospital
Alvin
Calvin
Cresco
Norman
Whispering Pines
N.C
Gary
Spring Valley
Minn
Elizabeth Cahoon
LeRoy
Ind
Debra Skogheim
Rochester
Sam Reis
Saratoga
Oliver Reis
Lime Springs
Clara Watros
First Lutheran Church
Fremont Lutheran Cemetery
Bradley-Lindstrom's
Court orders Danish Book World closed after appeal denied
Linn County Judge Conmey issued a permanent injunction ordering the Cedar Rapids adult entertainment store to terminate all operations at 1601 Sixth St. SW. The appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court was denied, and Cedar Rapids officials plan further court action to enforce the closure.
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Stecom
Danish Book World
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Larry Conmey
Sixth St
Dave Webster
Linn County Sheriff's Department
Conmey
Iowa Supreme Court
District Court
Iowa Court of Appeals
David McGuire
Supreme Court
McGuire
Linn District Court
Robinson
Kenyan police fire on protesters in Kisumu amid upheaval
Kenyan police opened fire on crowds in Kisumu wounding at least two as demonstrations surged over the death of Foreign Minister Robert John Ouko. Rioting and clashes erupted in Nairobi and Kisumu with accusations of a government cover up amid Moi era tensions.
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Washington Post
Kisumu
Kenya
Robert John Ouko
Lake Victoria
Nairobi
Tom Mboya
Mboya
Ouko
Daniel Arap Moi
Hod Fuller 82 dies at Williamsburg Care Center
Ladore Clayton Hod Fuller retired barber and farmer dies at 82 in Williamsburg Care Center after diabetes complications. Survived by son Rollin Cedar Rapids and daughter Phoebe Carlson Des Moines, sister Edna Talbot State Center, brothers Harley and Leon Ladora, three grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Services Monday 1 p.m. at McAninch-Fremming Victor with calling hours Sunday noon to 5 p.m. and family greeting 3 to 5 p.m. Burial Ladora Cemetery Ladora. Memorials to Marengo Memorial Hospital Marengo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton R. ‘‘Hod” Fuller
Williamsburg
Rollin
Cedar Rapids
Phoebe Carlson
Des Moines
Edna Talbot
State Center
Harley
Leon
Ladora
McAninch-Fremming’s
Victor
Marengo Memorial Hospital
Marengo
Vital Statistics Birth Announcements
Mercy Hospital reports Brenda and John Buzynski of 3205 Seventh St Marion welcomed a son on February 22. Carol Kean of 2043 Brookland Dr NE followed with a son on February 23. St Luke's Center Junction records a son for Kristy Oberbreckling on February 22. Joni and Ronnie Craig of Mount Vernon welcomed a son on February 23. Debra and Michael Denbeste of 287 Monmouth St SW announce a daughter, Annie and George Marvel of 1117 Pawnee Dr NW a daughter, Pamela and Frank Unertl of 2712 Morningdove Lane NE a daughter, Janette and Lee Vega of 530 Cobban Ct SE a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy
Brenda
John Buzynski
Seventh St
Marion
Carol
Tim Kean
Brookland Dr. NE
ST. Luke's
Kristy Oberbreckling
Center Junction
Joni
Ronnie Craig
Mount Vernon
Debra
Michael Denbeste
Monmouth St. SW
Annie
George Marvel
Pawnee Dr. NW
Pamela
Frank Unertl
Morningdove Lane
Janette
Lee Vega
Cobban Ct. SE
Degree Days Report Shows 75 Percent of Normal
February 22 figures from Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Co. prove degree days total 4852 through Feb 22 and 4864 for the year. The percent of normal is 75 and the total normal year is 6495.
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Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Co
Illinois Lottery winning numbers and jackpot
The Daily Game numbers are 2 5 5. Pick Four draws 4 8 9 4. Little Lotto numbers 1 2 5 18 29. The 6 of 54 Jackpot stands at $52 million.
Cedar Rapids man charged after stabbing wife during argument
Thomas Mart, 30, of 926 16th Ave SE, is charged with willful injury after stabbing Veronica Mart in the chest with a steak knife during a Friday morning argument at their home. He remains jailed on an $11,500 bond as police recover two knives and investigate the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Mart
16Th Ave
Veronica
Mercy Medical Center
Gas leak closes Port of Los Angeles at Terminal Island
The Port of Los Angeles was shut to cargo and passenger ships after a one ton canister aboard the Ever Group released trifluoropene gas. Evacuation plans hovered as Coast Guard probes tested gas concentrations and considered towing the freighter out to unload at sea. Earlier, 27 non essential personnel were evacuated from Terminal Island prison facilities and about half of the Coast Guard crew at Reservation Point were moved to safety.
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Coast Guard
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
Ever Group
U.S. Coast Guard
Terminal Island
Federal Penitentiary
Reservation Point
Also Mentioned on This Page
Linn County
DeWitt Cemetery
Kunkel Funeral Chapel
Iowa
Grinnell
Delores P. Tapken
Harvey
Kevin
Keith
Kyle
Velda Brokens
Monticello
Juanita Mysak
Donna Joslin
Tucson
Ariz
Virgil Rickels
David Rickels
Rex Rickels
Roger
Olin
Darrell
Palo
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
Riverside Cemetery
Goettsch’s
Merle O. Thompson
Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Saga Foods
Senior Citizens Center
Dean
Joe
Milwaukee
Alma Roe
Gladys Eddy
Council Bluffs
Kenneth Hatfield
Libertyville
Smith’s
Hazlewood Cemetery
First Baptist Church of
Farley
Emma C. Luensmann
St. Joseph’s Anit-Mercy Health Center
Dubuque
Reiff's
Iowa City
Thomas A. Ayres
Third Ave
University of Iowa School of Music
Mercy Hospital
Ridgewood
N.J
Ruby Taylor
Joetown
U of I
Maurice, Wellman
Duluth
University of Florida
Western Kentucky University
Ayres
U of I School of Music
Duluth, Minn
Miami
Tri-Cities
National Association of College
Music Educators National Conference
Phi Beta Kappa
Pi Kappa Lambda
Iowa Bandmasters Association
American Federation of Musicians
The
Galpin Society
First United Methodist Church
Boy Scouts of America
Rotary International
Thomas III
David
Coralville
Nancy Ayres Dooley
Oklahoma City
Marilyn Humphrey
Collegeville
Penn
Ivan H. Schroeder
University Hospitals
Carson's
Andrew Jackson County Cemetery
Andrew
Tipton
Dick Hogan
Gary Robinson
Illinois Lottery
C.R. Man
Sonnel
Veronica Mart
John E. Lopes
3Rd Ave. S.E
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