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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 24, 1998

Page

8

Obituaries from Cedar Rapids area noted for Feb 1998 deaths

Bennett Bedell 78 of 708 Wilson Ave Dr SW died Feb 23 1998 after a brief illness at Heritage Nursing Rehab Center. Bernetta Harris 77 formerly of Wyoming IA died Feb 22 1998 at St Luke's Hospital with services at Gloria Dei Lutheran Cedar Rapids. Margaret Henschel 93 of Middle Amana formerly Cedar Rapids died Feb 22 1998 at Colonial Manor Care Center with graveside Feb 25 Fort Snelling Minneapolis. Curtis Hillbrunner II 69 Sun Lakes AZ formerly of Cedar Rapids died Feb 7 1998. memorial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Joyce MacNamara 69 resident of Iowa Masonic Home Bettendorf formerly Cedar Rapids died Feb 18 1998 with services Feb 20 1998.

Bennett Bedell Wilson Ave Heritage Nursing & Rehab Center Brush Chapel Margaret D. Henschel Middle Amana Cedar Rapids Colonial Manor Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis Karla McGray Kloster-Valentine Funeral Home Marengo Don Harman Violet Amana Phyllis Schlatter Los Angeles Allan Marvin Smylie Ruth Harman Margaret Dora Smylie Sam Jennie Janda Smylie Allan Henschel

Brooklyn man Robert DeWitte dies after cancer battle

Robert Lee DeWitte 65 died Sunday February 22 1998 at Veterans Affairs Medical Center Iowa City. Funeral services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Smith Funeral Home Victor with Rev Larry Osweiler of Church of the Nazarene Marengo officiating. Burial Harmony Cemetery Brooklyn with military rites. Survivors include wife Martha a son Jeffrey daughters Laurie Pulkra bek Linda DeHoedt a brother Bernard and sister Lorraine Martello.

Robert Lee DeWitte Veterans Affairs Medical Center Iowa City Smith Funeral Home Victor Larry Osweiler Church of the Nazarene Marengo Harmony Cemetery Brooklyn Martha Jeffrey Laurie Pulkrabek Mahomet Ill Linda DeHoedt Linnville Bernard Cedar Rapids Lorraine Martello Las Vegas

Obituaries Notice for Gardner Metcalf and Mitchell Families

Lila Gardner 85 of Kalona died February 22 1998 in Sarasota after a short illness. Funeral services at Kalona United Methodist Church February 28 with burial at Sharon Hill Cemetery. No immediate survivors. Conger Metcalf 33 of Boston died February 18 1998 of cancer. Memorial services in Boston and April at Coe College with burial in Cedar Rapids. No immediate survivors. Alex J. Mitchell 82 of Cedar Rapids died February 21 1998 after a long illness. Graveside services February 26 at St John Cemetery with no visitation. survivors include daughter Ann Michaels and friends. He was born February 21 1916 in Melrose Illinois and was a WWII Navy veteran.

Lila Gardner Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota Fla Kalona United Methodist Church Sharon Hill Cemetery Peterseim Funeral Home Kalona Rebekah Conger Allen Metcalf Boston Cedar Rapids Park Street Church Coe College J.S. Waterman and Sons Eastman Waring Cyrus Dora Marie Mitchell Metcalf Donald John Malcolm Grant Wood Marvin Cone Stone City Art Colony Alexandre Iacovleff Karl Zerbe Boston Museum of Fine Arts Boston Museum School Dexter School Brookline Mass Boston University School of Fine and Applied Arts United States Fogg Art Museum Phoenix Art Museum Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Conger Missions Committee Park Street Park St Metcalf First Ave Iowa Alex J. Mitchell 35Th St. Dr Living Center West St. John’s Cemetery Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Ann J. Michaels Phoenix Ariz Irene Gaffey Belle Plaine Ed Darling Alex Melrose, Ill Emily Borba Ada Gardner

Morris R. Atkins Rich 78 dies after short illness in Texas

Morris R. Atkins Rich 78 of Cedar Rapids died Feb 21 1998 in Mission Hospital Texas after a short illness. Services Thursday at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories with military rites. Burial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by wife Darlene two sons two daughters two sisters and two grandchildren. Born Aug 29 1919 in Little Falls N Y he worked 12 1 2 years as a foreman at Link Belt retired 1980. He served in the Coast Guard in World War II and led the Wally Byam Caravaners Club International in several leadership roles. Military rites by Hanford Post 5.

Curtis Lee Hillbrunner II Sun Lakes Ariz Cedar Rapids Cedar Memorial Park Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home Sylvia Curtis Lee III Minnesota Thomas Charles Ohio Eric Gregory Wyoming Gretchen Burr Colorado Montana State University Syracuse University University of Wyoming Big Horn Basin Jackson Hole Wyoming Speech and Hearing Association Association For Children With Learning Disabilities Council For Exceptional Children Casper-Midwest Classroom Teachers Association Wyoming Education Association Wyoming Association For Retarded Children American Vocational Association International Precision Teaching Committee ACBL C Bar V Ranch P.O. Box Wilson Wyo Morris R. Rich Mission Hospital Mission Texas Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Darlene Gladbrook Ronald Rich Little Falls N.Y David Miller Glenwood Deborah Miller Des Moines Vicki Eaton Alma Sodergren Catherine Rich Nathan Alan Miller Morris Mary Balbo Rich R. Darlene Symonds Lennox Link Belt Wally Byam Caravaners Club International Iowa American Legion Hanford Post 5 Coast Guard

Mary Ella Barber Dies at 72 in Iowa City

Mary Ella Barber 72 of 631 S Capitol St Iowa City died Monday February 23 1998 at Mercy Iowa City after a sudden illness Arrangements are pending at Leasing Funeral Service Cremation Iowa City

Mary Ella Barber S. Capitol St Mercy Iown City Lowg City

Terpstra longtime Cedar Rapids lawyer dies at 68

Harry R. Terpstra 68 of 2022 Walnut Ct SE Cedar Rapids died Sunday. A 1951 Notre Dame graduate and Georgetown Law School 1955 alumnus he founded Terpstra Terpstra and Epping and served as a U S Bankruptcy Panel Trustee. He is survived by wife Anita, two sons, two daughters, five grandchildren, and other relatives. A memorial fund is established.

Anita H. Raymond Tammy William Valerie Cedar Rapids Jean Terpstra Charles Mitch Columbus Ind Joyce Whitaker Robert Foster City Calif Leone Terpstra Fort Dodge Elaine Mayone Bryn Mawr William Strock Burlington Wis Harry Matthew Elizabeth Terpstra Sage Nicholas Mitch Marissa Whitaker John Terpstra Notre Dame Georgetown University Law School Anita Coen Nashville Tenn Terpstra, Terpstra and Epping Law Firm U.S Department of Justice

Memorial Notices for Fred R Leach and Mancil Mann

Fred R Leach 64 died Feb 23 1998 at VenDor Hospital Sycamore Illinois after an illness Arrangements pending Leonard Muller Funeral Home Manchester. Mann 86 formerly of Earl ville and Manchester died Feb 22 1998 at Edgewood Convalescent Home after an illness Services 10:30 am Thursday St Marys Catholic Church Manchester Rev Ralph Simington Burial St Francis Catholic Cemetery Dyersville Friends may call at Leonard Muller Funeral Home Manchester after 2 pm Wednesday Scripture service 4 rosary 7 pm and after 9 am Thursday at the church Survivors include two daughters Margaret Netzger Delaware Iona and Rita Mae Palmer Cedar Rapids two sons James and Norbert and a sister Helen Weber all of Dyersville

Joyce Marie MacNamara Iowa Bettendorf Cedar Rapids Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Brian McNamara Trinity United Methodist Church Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Florence Cherry Carl Tucson Ariz Rene Springer Littleton Colo Brett Cherry Phoenix Christina Collin Joyce Ralph J Cora I. Gustafson MacNamara Harry R. Terpstra Walnut Ct St. Luke’s Hospital All Saints Catholic Church Charles Lang William Coen Fred R. Leach VenDor Hospital Sycamore Ill Leonard Muller Manchester Margaret Netzger Delaware Iona Rita Mae Palmer James Norbert Helen Weber Dyersville Charlotte Frances River Grandview Sacred Heart Catholic Church Frederick Fangmann Woodlawn Hintz-Geilenfeld Oelwein Tom David Falls Church Janet Orlowski Sue Aubrey Waverly Agnes Splitt la Moure, N.D Germaine Ford Mesa Paul Gary Alan Ferryville Wis Carol O’hara Elk River Minn Diane Michael West Union Patricia Bretz Coggan Thomas Doyle Jr Hazleton Mark B. Smith Jr Jamison-Schmitz Kelly Harlin Corona Calif Renee Clifton Yucaipa Mark Harris Des Moines Paul Smith Clinton Helen Shell Rock Ronald Ozark Ark Victor Patrick Leonard Dysart Peggy Ehrke Marion Virginia Logan Joliet Deborah Luerkins Howard Albert Gookin Oakland Church Kenneth F. Wagner Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories Lloyd Brockmeyer St. Paul's United Methodist Church

Obituary notices for Marengo and Dyersville figures

Fred W. Bartz, 88, of Marengo and West Plains Mo died February 22 1998 after a long illness. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Lutheran Conroy burial Bishop Cemetery Marengo. Visitation 4 8 p.m. today at Kloster Valentine Funeral Home Marengo with a 7 p.m. Masonic service. Survived by wife Alma two daughters Dorothea Martin and Isabella Waldschmidt a sister Sylvia Meyer four grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Henrietta H. Becker 92 died February 20 1998 at St Marys Hospital. Visitation at Kramer Funeral Home Dyersville with rosary and Scripture service. Services February 23 at St Francis Xavier Basilica Dyersville burial St Boniface Cemetery New Vienna officiated by Rev. Ray Atwood. Numerous survivors listed with many grandchildren great grandchildren and siblings. Rose A Spofford 54 died February 22 1998 Mercy Health Center Dubuque. Services 10 30 a.m. Thursday St Francis Xavier Basilica. Rosary 7 30 p.m. Wednesday at Kramer. Survivors include husband John a son Mark two daughters Nancy and Stephanie and two sisters Mary Ellen MacDonald and Patricia Haupt.

Fred W. Bartz Marengo West Plaines Ozark Medical Center First Lutheran Church Conroy Nathan Tuff John Park Jr Bishop Cemetery Kloster- Valentine Funeral Home Henrietta H. Becker St. Mary’s Hospital Kramer Funeral Home Dyersville St. Francis Xavier Basilica St. Boniface New Vienna Marc White Alice Ament Catholic Daughters of America Mary Esther Rooney Dorothy Burlage Ann Boenish Jim Vorwald Chris Wessels Kevin Marty Dave Recker John Wright Mark Eike Pat Davidshofer Recker Granville Iowa Herman Elizabeth Meis Schilmoeller Leo Becker Dyersville Hospital CD of A Order of Martha Ethel Paul) Worwald Epworth Gladys Ernie) Wessels Doris Wayne) Wright Roselle, Ill Norma Ken) Eike Remsen Rose A. Spofford Mercy Health Center St. Joseph’s Dubuque Ed Petty John Mark McConnel Nancy Kesterson Columbus Ohio Stephanie Spofford Golden, Colo Mary Ellen MacDonald Patricia Haupt New Mexico

Fifties resident Flossie Miller dies after sudden illness

Flossie Miller 95 of Mechanicsville died Monday February 23 1998 in Mechanicsville Nursing Home after a sudden illness. Services 1030 a.m. Thursday Fry Funeral Home Tipton with viewing 330 to 630 p.m. Wednesday. Burial Rose Hill Cemetery Mechanicsville. Survived by daughter Evelyn Wethington of Tipton.

Flossie Miller Mechanicsville Fry Funeral Home Tipton Rose Hill Cemetery Evelyn Wethington

Obituaries and memorial notices from Mount Vernon and nearby

Lucile Sabine Keve 89 of Chicago formerly Mount Vernon died Feb 21 1998 after a short illness. Survivors include sister Kay Kraner Cedar Rapids and many nieces and nephews. Also noted are Charlotte Frances River 89, Germaine Ford 65, Mark B Smith Jr 64 and other obituaries with services and burial details listed for Oak Park Oelwein and Cedar Rapids area churches and funeral homes.

Lucile Sabine Keve Chicago Mount Vernon Kay Kraner Cedar Rapids Freeport Lucile YWCA Watertower Place Chicago Camera Club Ikabana Society

Charles J. Tatro Jr. 44 obituary in Anamosa Iowa

Charles J. Tatro Jr. age 44 died February 20 1998 at University Hospitals Iowa City due to diabetes complications. Memorial services 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Antioch Christian Church Marion Rev David Parker. Burial later. Goettsch Funeral Home Anamosa in charge. Survived by father Charles Sr. of Clinton a daughter Sandy Fleck Cedar Rapids four brothers Steven Gary both Hiawatha Terry Anamosa John Cedar Rapids and sister Elizabeth Goodwin Anamosa.

Charles J. Tatro Jr University Hospitals Iowa City Antioch Christian Church Marion David Parker Goettsch Funeral Home Anamosa Charles Sr Clinton Sandy Fleck Cedar Rapids Steven Gary Hiawatha Terry John Elizabeth Goodwin

Delhi man dies in Des Moines after illness

LeRoy Henderson a 37 year old former Delhi resident died Monday afternoon February 23 1998 at his daughter's Des Moines home after a lengthy illness Arrangements are pending at Clifton Funeral Home Kariville

Walter Bugenhagen Prairie Health Care Prairie du Chien Wis Schultz Monona LeRoy Henderson Delhi Des Moines Clifton Funeral Home Kariville

In Memory of William R. Grafton Birthday Remembrance

Memory note for William R. Grafton born February 24 1908 died February 11 1994. Family recalls the gifts of knowledge and the joy of knowing him. Today would have been his ninetyeth birthday and his loved ones express lasting love and remembrance.

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Bernetta J. Harris 15Th St Gloria Dei Lutheran Church Randy Kasch Wyoming Cemetery Hayden Funeral Home Dorothy Hampton Micheal Joyce Lucas Vinton Rebecca Harris Richard Hootman Raymond Harris Helen Timme Arnold, Mo Arthur Harris Sharon Bloomington Donald Harris Eva Hammond Davenport Betty Wurst Onslow Jay Bahnsen John Bahnsen Judie Thornton Vlascity Bernetta Laura Schumann Bahnsen Owatonna Thornton Jack Harris Heck Town Bernelta Rockwell Collins American Legion Wyoming Unit Atkins Luana Martha Catherine Nacht William R. Grafton FOX Eye Bentlee Birchansk
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