Death notices and obituaries roll across Cedar Rapids area
A long list of deaths and funeral notices from Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns includes Mabel Ethel Nightingale 79 of Cedar Rapids. Billie Joan Elmore 50 of Hiawatha died in a car wreck. Shirley Mae Pavlicek 39 Cedar Rapids police officer died after illness. Other obituaries cover Donald T. Lenz Arlee G W Blank Fred John Yuva Arlie DeWolt Laura Spragg Charles Hunzelman Robert Thomas Helen Brooks Vada Weber Velda Anderson Jonathan Thurmer Myrtle Woolridge Raymond Batcheller and more with service details and burial sites across Iowa communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley
Earl DeWolt
Brant-Kerns Funeral Home
Oelwein
Stanley Cemetery
Hazleton
Laura Spragg
Trinity United Methodist Church
Conroy
Charles H. Hunzelman
Trinity Lutheran Church
Uhlmann’s
Williamsburg
Dundee
Robert J. Thomas
Shelly’s
Manchester
Greenwood Cemetery
Masonville
Independence
Helen Brooks
Mason-Hawe’s
Myrtle G. Woolridge
Madison Lutheran Church
Church Cemetery
Steine Funeral Home
Maquoketa
Raymond Batcheller
Oxford Juntion
Baldwin
Carson’s Funeral
Funeral Home
Monmouth Cemetery
Monmouth
Obituary notices for McGrew and Taylor with services listed
Graveside services for Robert E. McGrew are set for 2 30 p m Monday at Czech National Cemetery with Rev George B McDill and Crescent Lodge 25 AF AM conducting. John D Jr Taylor will have a 10 30 a m Monday service at Chapel of Memories with Rev William Harnish. burial follows there. Funeral home Janeba Kuba is in charge. friends may call Turner East until 9 p m today. Casket will not be opened during services. Donations to Camp Courage are welcome. Willis and Morris McGrew are named as brothers, from Springville and Brookings Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Ethel Nightingale
32Nd St. NE
Los Angeles
Calif
Herman E. Nightingale
Cedar Rapids
Oelwein
John Mullan
Mechanicsville
James Cook
George Kane
el Cajon
Ralph E. Kane
Katherine Thein
Elkader
Jacqueline Moser
Guttenberg
Richard Nightingale
Dale Nightingale
Douglas Nightingale
Marion
Lucretia Vogel
Holton
Kan
Chapel of Memories
Frederick Keil
Calvary Baptist Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Billie Joan Elmore
Northwood Drive
Hiawatha
Airport Road
George Elmore
Toddville
Gary Williams
Deborah Elmore
Michael
Kerry
John
Shirley Fear
Gulfport
Fla
George Wilcox
Russell McArtor
Gaylord Sacora
Fairbanks
Ala
Gerald Sacora
Denny Sacora
Keith
Robert Sacora
Toddville Free Methodist Church
Donald L. Brail
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Janeba-Kuba
Free Methodist Church
Donald T. Lenz
Mount Vernon
Iowa City
Solon
Farm Bureau
Una Walsh
Morse
Bernice Frederick
Donald Dean Lenz
William A. Lenz
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Gerald Thomas
Boulder
Colo
Donald Brown
Des Moines
Michael Schoenfelder
Bettendorf
Harry Hicks
San Jose
Curtis Trae
Baxter Chapel
Camp Good Health
Camp Courage
McGrew
Robert E
Czech National Cemetery
George B. McDill
Crescent Lodge 25
AF & AM
Willis
Springville
Morris
Brookings
Oregon
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Taylor
John D. Jr
William Harnish
Turner East
Three Arrests Reported By Cedar Rapids Police
Cedar Rapids police announced three arrests on Saturday including an arson charge and two theft counts. Larry D. Franks, 20, was arrested Friday for arson linked to a vacant house fire on Feb. 4. Frayne A. Wiskus, 29, was arrested on a first degree theft warrant for insufficient fund checks around $7,000 issued in January. Ronald J. Cox, 42, was arrested Saturday afternoon for second degree theft tied to a $1,629.45 embezzlement from Clark Oil Co. reported Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Larry D. Franks
16Th Ave
15Th Ave
Frayne A. Wiskus
Edgewood
Wiskus
Delaware County
Ronald J. Cox
Fourth St
Cox
Clark Oil Co
Owens Oil Station Robbery Reports Gunpoint Hold Up
An armed robber entered Owens Oil Station at 232 16th Ave SW shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday and demanded cash from attendant Ricky Lyle 18 of 1710 Eighth Ave SE. The suspect a black male in his 20s fled on foot toward 16th Avenue and a later lineup failed to identify the man. Lyle said the experience scared him and he handed over an amount described as 25 to 50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owens Oil Station
16Th Ave
Ricky Lyle
Eighth Ave
Lyle
16Th Avenue
Vietnam massing invasion force on Cambodia border
UPI reports based on satellite and intelligence sources that Vietnam has gathered near 200000 troops along the Vietnam Cambodia frontier. Observers say at least ten infantry divisions are ready, with additional units on the Laos border, backing armor artillery and logistics. The move could be an invasion or defensive stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
Vietnam
Cambodia
U.S
Laos
Hanoi
Saigon
Train Collision Kills Dozens at Argentine Crossing
A speeding passenger train plowed into a heavy truck at a northern Argentina crossing in San Pedro, leaving 53 dead and 120 injured, with rescue teams still probing crushed cars. The truck driver reportedly ignored warning signals.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Santa Fe
San Pereya
Gen. Daniel James Jr. dies at 58 in Colorado Springs
Gen Daniel Chappie James Jr the nations first black four star general died at 2 a m in Air Force Academy Hospital Colorado Springs He retired Feb 1 for health reasons after heading NORAD He had suffered a mild heart attack in Sept 1977 and was an outpatient at Andrews AFB An Academy spokesman noted his prior service and Defense Secretary Harold Brown called him a fine officer and man
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AIR Force Academy
Colo
UPI
Daniel “Chappie" James Jr
James
Colorado Springs
American Trucking Association
North American Air Defense Command
NORAD
Academy
Malcolm Grow
Andrews Air Force Base
Pentagon
Washington
Defense
Harold Brown
Springfield
Ind
Harry Truman
Wind and weather and local notices from a midwestern town
Wind direction and speed at 10 p.m. WNW at 10 mph. Sunrise Sunday 6 45 sunset 5 54. Year ago today high 31 low 30 no precipitation. Extended forecast partly cloudy and cold highs in 20s lows 0 to 10. Feb 25 Jessie Wright Blairs town son. Feb 24 James L Wright Marion daughter. Feb 25 Stephen Stillions Marion son. At Eagan Minn Robert Gene Jarnagin son Feb 21. Grandparents Ohlen Rose Haven Home Marengo and Carter Blairstown. 8 p.m. Friday child choking Hawkeye Downs 7 38 a.m. Saturday fuel spill 5549 Sixth St SW 1 03 p.m. Saturday short in light ballast 4444 First Ave NE 1 40 p.m. Saturday probable electric fault upholstery 825 30th St NE 5 23 p.m. Saturday assist area ambulance 5019 Harber Ave NW.
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Eagan
Minn
Robert Gene Jarnagin
George Ohlen
Rose Haven
Marengo
Milt Carter
Sherman St
Hawkeye Downs
Sixth St
First Ave
30Th St
Harber Ave
Cedar Rapids Gazette Notices and Subscription Rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette, established 1883, published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE, Cedar Rapids IA 52406, lists subscription pricing by carrier and mail. No mail subscriptions in areas with Gazette carrier service. AP retains exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Gazette
Associated Press
Officials decline comment on alleged murder attempt
Theda Burr, 4004 Richmond Rd NE, is missing from public view as authorities pursue a case against her husband Eldon Burr, 53, charged with trying to kill her. He appeared in Linn District Court on a $50,000 bond with a March 6 next hearing. The charge relates to long term poisoning by candy laced with poison, possibly since 1975. Neighbors and doctors offered few details while officials cited cooperation from the candy maker, medical personnel, and the BCI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theda Burr
Richmond Road
Eldon F. Burr
Linn District Court
Linn County
Burr
Toddville
Prisoner exchange eyed in Helsinki accords talks
Negotiations among Chile, East Germany, Israel, and the United States could free 32 Soviet dissidents described as prisoners of Zion including Anatoly Shcharansky and Edward Kuznetsov. Also planned are up to a dozen Chilean communists and Robert Glenn Thompson of Bay Shore New York. The swap follows the 1976 Bukovsky Corvalan exchange arranged by Wolfgang Vogel.
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Chile
East Germany
Israel
United States
Anatoly Shcharansky
Edward Kuznetsov
Andrei Sakharov
Salvador Allende
Robert Glenn Thompson
Bay Shore
N.Y
Russia
Mozambique
Thompson
U.S
Soviet Union
Vladimir Bukovsky
Luis Corvalan Lepe
Zurich
Corvalan
Moscow
Bukovsky
Vladimir
City briefs and meetings in Cedar Rapids area
City briefs note Rotary and Kiwanis noon talks at the Roosevelt Royale Hotel. Cedar Rapids School Board holds a 4 p.m. work session and 7:30 p.m. regular session at Harding Junior High. A burglary on Fourth Ave SE reports $540 in valuables stolen from Molly Neuhaus residence. Also listed are upcoming speaks by Ted Johnson and more local advertisements.
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Cedar Rapids Community School
Educational Service Center
Second Ave
Harding Junior High School
Golf St
Molly Neuhaus
Fourth Ave
Derailed Tanker Explosion Kills Seven in Downtown Fire
A derailed propane tanker exploded, killing seven and injuring more than 50 as a residential area had been evacuated. Firefighters and the National Guard responded with hoses and precautionary measures, while two more victims died later in hospitals.
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Tennessee National Guard Adj
Carl Wallace
Newspaper advertising guides selling people ethically
The text argues that newspaper advertising is a tool to promote both sales and people effectively. It emphasizes clear messaging, ethical practice, and readers’ trust as keys to successful outreach.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shirley Mae Pavlicek
Johnson
Swisher
Pavlicek
Policeman’s Protective Association
Iowa Policeman's State Association
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
St. Jude’s Catholic Church
Lynn Marie Pavlicek
Alan Michael Pavlicek
Arlee G.W. Blank
Buchanan County
Quasqueton
Irene Courtney Ford
Iowa Falls
American Legion
Independence Lions Club
William
Arlen) Blank
Fred John Yuva
Sixth Ave
Phoenix
Ariz
Donald Yuva
Denver-Chicago Truck Co
Eagles Club
Robert Yura
Pat Ralston
Betty Olson
Covina
Lydia Scannell
John Yura
Turner Chapel West
Owens Station
Gen. James
Gen
Daniel
Chappie' James Jr
Jessie Wright
C Ave
Randall Heitman
Blairstown
St. Luke's
James L. Wright
35Th St
Robert L. Nieland
Stephen Stillions
29Th St
C.R. Weather
Novak Monument CO
14Th Ave
Stewart Funeral Home
First Ave. N.E
William J. Stewart
James F. Stewart
General News
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Sun
BCI Laboratories
James Barnes
BCI
Kiwanis
Larry Bush
YMCA
Roosevelt Royale Hotel
Rotary Club of
Julian B. Garrett
Atty. General's Office
Canopus
Ted Johnson
Elks Club
Jim Beams
14Th Street
14Th Avenue
Shepherd’s Furniture & Antique Auctions
Adv
CURE
Citizens United For Responsible Energy
People Unitarian Church
Third Ave
Peg
29Th St. NE
1St Ave
John E. Lopes
3Rd Ave
Avenue Floral & Botanicals
16Th Avenue S
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