Deaths in Linn County and surrounding area
Multiple obituaries from Linn County with survivors and service details. Eugene R Kaiden, 58, of Lisbon formerly Walford, dies after short illness at VA Hospital Iowa City. service at Holy Trinity Walford. Ruth M Barron, 87, Cedar Rapids area, dies Mercy Hospital. memorials to American Heart Association. Lillian P Bren, 87, former Cedar Rapids resident, dies in Columbus Ohio. memorials and services noted. Raymon W Warner, 68, Marshalltown area veteran, dies at VA Des Moines. services in Cedar Rapids area. Additional notices include Bessie Huft, 74, Marion area. Patten Rollo J and Murdoch Funeral Home arrangements and memorials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Richard Kaiden
Main St
Lisbon
Walford
Veterans Administration Hospital
Iowa City
Chicago
St Mary's College
Corpus Christi
Texas
Farmers Savings Bank of
Lisbon Bank and Trust
Holy Trinity Catholic Church of
Pekomy Post
American Legion
Fairfax
Raymon W. Warner
Veterans Home
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Springfield
Ill
Warner
Memer
Odland
Gladys D
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
William Harnish
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Patten
Rollo J
United Methodist Church
Viola
Keith Hamilton
Murdoch Funeral Home
Marion
Death notices in Eastern Iowa claim multiple residents
John J. Melloy 64 of rural Bernard dies at Mercy Hospital Dubuque. Surviving sons Jim Dan Jerry. daughters Jane Homan Rochester Mn and Betty Otting Cascade. nine grandchildren. services Tuesday Sacred Heart Filmore. Also John J Sadler 50 Cascade fire chief dies Dubuque. survivors include wife Gertrude four sons David Donald Dennis Duane. daughters Janet Decker Waterloo Joyce Refer Cedar Rapids Joann Bevan Victor Diane Donna. services Tuesday Cascade St Martins. Alfred J Hillebrand 74 Dyersville dies Mercy Health Center Dubuque. wife Valeria son John Dyersville. daughters Lori Cedar Rapids Tammy Waid. eight grandchildren. services Tuesday Basilica St Francis Xavier. Ruth Doty 83 Dysart dies St Francis Waterloo. son Jack Fordice Dysart. services Tuesday Overton Funeral Home. Norman O Hoyme 70 Cresco dies Cresco Care Center. wife Kathryn two sons Charles Santa Ana Nordean Decorah. daughter Louise Ellingson Waukon. eight grandchildren. services Wednesday Washington Prairie Lutheran Church. Helen E Dutton 66 Manchester dies Delaware Memorial County Hospital. survived by sisters Elizabeth Passmore Zelda Balluff Irene Haars Arleta Svaldi. services Tuesday First Lutheran Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Mary Barron
First Ave
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
William J. Barron
Willim J. Jr
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel East
John P. Woods
Westminster Prebyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Mausoleum
Lillian Pudil Bren
Columbus
Ohio
B.C. Bren
Bren
Hayes
van Buren
Wayne E
San Rafael
Calif
Donald J
John J. Melloy
Bernard
St. Joseph’s
Mercy
Dubuque
Jim
Dan
Jerry
Jane Homan
Rochester
Minn
Betty Otting
Cascade
Robert
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Filmore
Devaney-Reiff Funeral Home
John J. Sadler
Harrison St. NW
Laurene Sadler
Charles
Clifford
Carol McGowan
Hiawatha
St. Martin’s Catholic Church
Church
Devaney-Reiff
Alfred J. Hillebrand
Dyersville
Mercy Health Center
Valeria
John
Lori Hillebrand
Tammy Waid
Germaine Felten
New Vienna
Marcella Plein
Epworth
Marian Sternhagen
Holland
Iowa
Clarence
Worthington
Basilica of
Ruth Doty
St. Francis Hospital
Waterloo
Jack Fordice
Dysart
Ralph Heckroth
Janesville
Marie Bader
Overton Funeral Home
Norman O. Hoyme
Cresco
Kathryn
Santa Ana
Nordean
Decorah
Louise Ellingson
Waukon
Chris
Esther Hegg
Signa Allen
Washington Prairie Lutheran Church
Helen E. Dutton
Manchester
Delaware Memorial County Hospital
Elizabeth Passmore
Zelda Balluff
Rockford, Ill
Irene Haars
Center Point
Arleta Svaldi
First Lutheran Church
Oakland Cemetery
Shelly Funeral Home
Obituaries from Maquoketa area noted residents' deaths
Albert O. Schreiber 75 of 621 Kimball Rd died Saturday at Lantern Park Care Center after a long illness. Born July 21 1909 in Wellsburg he married Helen Zeithamel in 1929. WWII veteran and former presser turned Al's Rug Service owner retiring 1977. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday Beckman-Callahan Funeral Home with Canon Robert Holzhammer. Military and graveside rites planned. Survived by wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert O. Schreiber
Kimball Rd
Lantern Park
Wellsburg
Helen M. Zeithamel
Glenco
Ill
Brown’s Cleaners
New Process Cleaners
Al’s
Roy L. Chopek
American Legion
VFW
Beckman-Callahan Funeral Home
Robert Holzhammer
Monticello Man Richard Ireland Dies After Vehicle Collision
Richard Ireland 26 of Monticello died Saturday from injuries after being struck by a car. Survivors include his father Gilbert of Cedar Rapids and mother Bernita Gray of Monticello, plus siblings and step-siblings in Iowa and New Jersey. Services at St Matthew’s Lutheran Church with burial in Oakwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Ireland
Gilbert
Cedar Rapids
Bernita Gray
Monticello
Robert
Brad
Hoboken
N.J
Cathy Bossard
Julie Ireland
Joyce Westphal
Wyoming
Iowa
Beverly Hanna
Anamosa
Wanda Wilson
Hopkinton
Sheri Hartfield
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Goettsch’s
Egypt urges U.S. to host direct peace talks
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt urged the Reagan administration to invite Israel and a Jordanian Palestinian delegation to begin direct peace talks. He offered to host such a meeting in Cairo or attend one anywhere agreeable to all sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
U.S
New York Times
Cairo
Hosni Mubarak
Reagan Administration
Israel
United States
Mubarak
Bucharest
Romania
Shimon Peres
Peres
Mideast
King Hussein
Jordan
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Actor narrator Scourby dies at 71 in Boston
Alexander Scourby, famed for Victory At Sea and hosting Live From The Met radio broadcasts, died in Boston after a sudden illness at 71. The Newtown, Connecticut native acted in films with Glenn Ford and switched to TV in the 1950s, renowned as a narrator for landmark documentaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Times
Alexander Scourby
Boston
Scourby
Metropolitan Opera
Met
Newtown
Conn
National Public Radio
Glenn Ford
Trinidad
Columbia
Playhouse 90
Circle Theater
Studio One
U.N.C.L.E
Christ
Variety
Two Ely teens arrested after high speed Cedar Rapids chase
A 17 year old male charged with drunken driving and related offenses plus a 15 year old male charged with possession of alcohol as a minor, after a chase that reached speeds over 90 mph from Cedar Rapids toward Johnson County. They were later released to relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Cedar Rapids
Sixth Street
50Th Avenue Court
U.S. Highway 218
Johnson County
Swisher
Cat may face euthanasia after rabies check in Marion
A grey male cat, found in a Marion garage rafters on Friday after scratching an 11-year-old boy on February 11, awaits rabies test results. Health officials will decide whether to destroy or adopt the animal, which appears healthy and well fed but has a concerning scratch history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Linn County Health Department
Linn County Humane Society Shelter
Pat Hubbard
Hubbard
Michael Wright
Valleyview Dr
Pedestrian Dies After Highway 151 Collision
Monticello resident Richard Farrell Ireland, 26, died after being struck on the north end of a Monticello highway bridge by a car driven by 56 year old Harry D. Hanken. The Iowa State Patrol said Ireland was in the traveled lane at about 6 45 p m. He died en route to John McDonald Hospital. No charges were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Richard Farrell Ireland
John McDonald
U.S. Highway 151
Harry D. Hanken
Iowa State Patrol
Ireland
Woman dies of gunshot wound in rural Iowa
Roberta Kies, 29, died at University Hospitals in Iowa City from a gunshot wound. A Benton County sheriff spokeswoman labeled the wound as personal safety related. The incident occurred Saturday in Shellsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Kies
Shellsburg
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Tory
Teahen Funeral Home
Cedar Rapids
Benton County
Decorah hosts 36th Dorian Band Festival March 3–4
More than 350 high school musicians from Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin and North Dakota will perform in the 36th annual Dorian Band Festival at Luther College with public concerts at 7 p.m. March 3 and 7:30 p.m. March 4 in the Center for Faith and Life. Eastern Iowa participants include Anamosa Bennett South Winneshiek Cedar Rapids Kennedy Clarence Lowden Crestwood Decorah Guttenberg Independence Turkey Valley Jesup Key Linn-Mar Mar-Mac Amana New Hampton Oelwein Starmont Tipton North Tama Tripoli North Fayette Midland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Luther College
Center For Faith and Life
Eastern Iowa
Anamosa
Bennett
South Winneshiek
Calmar
Cedar Rapids
Kennedy
Clarence Lowden
Crestwood
Cresco
Guttenberg
Independence
Turkey Valley
Jackson Junction
Jesup
Key of
Lansing
Linn- Mar
Marion
Mar-Mac
McGregor
Amana
Middle Amana
New Hampton
Oelwein
Starmont
Strawberry Point
Tipton
North Tama
Traer
Tripoli
North Fayette
West Union
Midland
Wyoming
Daughters and Sons Reported in Vital Statistics and Local Incidents
Vital statistics note births at Mercy and St. Luke's on Feb 23 and 24 with several families listed including Conley Erceg Wasta Hansen Burrell and Ditch Schwarm. Also recorded are medical emergencies and a sprinkler pipe leak on Feb 23 24 and 25 at multiple addresses in NE SE Marion Center Point Lake Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy
Diane
Michael Conley
H Ave. NE
Donna
Timothy Erceg
30Th St. Ct
ST. Luke’s
Carmen
John Wasta
36Th St. SE
James Hansen
A Ave
Marion
Connie
Ryan Burrell
Center Point
Rebecca
Kenneth Ditch
First Ave
Meadowbrook Dr
32Nd St
Also Mentioned on This Page
Linn County
Maria
Jeffrey
Kevin
Douglas
Shawn
P. George Kaiden
Lillian Kaiden
Garden Grove
Woodland Hills
Ed Wharton
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Phillip E. Schmitt
St. John’s Cemetery
American Heart Association
Seventh Ave
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Edward Sturgeon
Deane Sturgeon
First Baptist Church
Church of the Brethren
Jim Simon
Bessie Huft
Fifth St. NW
Fifth Avenue
Murdoch
The
Legion
Maquoketa
Tama
Lucele Pocklington
Bethesda
Toledo
Jessie Gross
Spokane
Wash
Doris Berry
Apache Junction
Ariz
Harrison Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
Harrison’s
Rex H. Hainstock
Lois Laschansky
Stanwood
Phyllis Campbell
William
Delmar
Carson Funeral Home
Buckhorn
Funeral Home
Volga
Hilbert Dice
Mission
Mildred
Emmetsburg
Karen Bachman
Sheets and Son Funeral
Tipton Masonic Cemetery
Merlin V. Nading
Palmer Memorial Hospital
Leonard Witt
Alice L. Haehlen
Northgate Manor
Mary Lou Gregory
John Haehlen
Ruth McWilliams
California
Martin Funeral Chapel
Scourby Cies
Lebanon
Charlse
Richard Schwarm
Lake Mills
John E. Lapes
3Rd Avenue
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