Deaths Parade Through Cedar Rapids Area Obituaries
Obituary notices list James Leo Cooper 72 of Cedar Rapids, former National Oats president, and Richard E. Swehla 63 Calmar businessman among others. Details include birthplaces, spouses, children, and funeral arrangements across several Iowa communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Leo Cooper
Thompson Drive
Cedar Rapids
Tucson
Ariz
Catherine Reid
Cooper
National Oats Co
National Oats
Liggett and Myers Company Inc
Chamber of Commerce
Hoover School
Herbert Hoover
Peoples Church
Cedar Rapids Grain Service
Guaranty Bank and
Coe College
Cedar Rapids Country Club
University of Iowa
Lee van de Velde
Philadelphia
John R
Indianapolis
Ind
William Pyott
Turner Chapel East
Stephen B. Snyder
Turner Crematory
Friends of the
Richard E. Swehla
la Crosse
Wis
Mr. Swehla
Spillville
Swehla Construction Co
Swehla
Pauline
Harvey
Dubuque
Kenneth Kramme
Vinton
Joseph
Clara
Leonard Halvorson
Decorah
Joseph Pavlovec
Calmar
Russell Rocksvold
St. Aloysius Catholic Church
French’s
Clare Marie Hahn
Alburnett
Victor
W. Dean Hahn
Nashua
University of Iowa School of Nursing
Edith A. Stroud
Leota Kreutz
Davenport
Lawrence Refer
Glendale
Calif
McAninch- Fremming
David F. Larsen
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Milwaukee II reorganization plan faces ICC approval
Notices to employees describe planned Milwaukee II restructuring with possible liquidation, ongoing operation of select trackage to Sabula Marquette Sheldon Calmar Austin and Manila Slater routes, and bids to buy lines. Cedar Rapids service may end after Friday. Crandic seeks ICC order to run Cedar Rapids Amana stretch. Crandic offers to purchase Sixth Street NE to Amana segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ottumwa
Kansas City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Milwaukee
Rock Island
Sabula
Marquette
Sheldon
Calmar
Austin
Scribben
C.D. Woods
Crandie
Cedar Rapids
Crandic
ICC
Woods
Sixth Street NE
Amana
Illnois Central Gulf
Sixth Street
Marion
Louisa
Des Moines Physicians to Report Reye's Syndrome Cases
Iowa lawmakers move to require physicians to report Reye's Syndrome incidents. Rep. Robert Bina argues heightened awareness and low controversy, believing passage hinges on a House debate. Reye's is a serious child illness linked to influenza and chicken pox with no known cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Reye
Human ‘Resources ‘Committee
State
House of Representatives
Robert Bina
Davenport
Bina
Iowa City Raises Bus Fare to 35 Cents
Iowa City City Council voted to raise bus fares from 25 to 35 cents effective April 1. A proposed 10 cent per thousand property tax levy for mass transit failed 4-3. The fare increase aims to boost revenue for a struggling transit system with rising costs and cuts in state and federal aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Council de
Neal Berlin
U S Ambassador Held in Colombia at Embassy in Bogota
UPI reports the U S ambassador to Colombia Diego Ascencio and other diplomats were seized and held inside the Dominican embassy in Bogota during a national day reception. State Department spokesman David Passage said the ambassador was believed inside the Dominican mission. Armed gunmen seized the building, triggering a security crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
U.S
Colombia
Bogota
State Department
David Passage
Diego Ascencio
Weather report details historic cold and temperate extremes
A weather summary notes high 34 and low 10 a year ago with no precipitation. It forecasts mixed conditions including a chance of snow Friday and colder temperatures. Highlights include record lows in the northeast and a Pacific coast frontal system bringing rain and flood warnings in Washington, plus snowfall in the Great Lakes region and Florida cold snaps with new date records in Apalachicola and Daytona Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington State
Pacific Coast
Hoquiam
Wash
Ayate
Astoria
Ore
Omak
Fort Lewis
Great Lakes
Upper Michigan
Lake Superior
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Houghton Lake
Sault Ste. Marie
Marquette
Florida
Apalachicola
Daytona Beach
Fla
Eureka
Calif
Anchorage
Sohn Rverscranns
Houston
Sere
Washington
UPI
Kansas
Essesens
Lansing
Dam
Ssseeseser
McGregor
Ewe Ol
Gutten
Dubuque
Caesenseeserenes OO
Daven Rt
Er¢Roveves
Keithsbourg
Neem Ene
Keokuk
Seres
Clinton
Densseseeseseenees Bedey Alling
CGR
Births and marriages listed with local names and addresses
Vital Statistics reports multiple births on February 26 including a son for Martha and Dan Andrews at 283 Lewellen Drive NW and a daughter for Rhonda and Garfield Dahl Jr. at 404 26th St. SE among others. Also lists marriage licenses for several couples and a series of emergency and service calls with times and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy
Martha
Dan Andrews
Lewellen Drive
Rhonda
Garfield Dahl Jr
26Th St. SE
Kathleen
Walter Hopker
13Th St. NW
Debora
Phillip Rasmussen
22Nd Ave
Kimberly
Terry Overhulser
Fourth Ave
Lavonne
Raymond Danenhauer
Cedar Rapids
Sandra
Carter and Reagan lead as New Hampshire returns shine
In New Hampshire Carter wins the Democratic primary with 49 percent, Kennedy 38, Brown 10. On the Republican side Reagan secures 50 percent, Bush 23, Baker 13, Anderson 10. Carter and Reagan gain delegates while several rivals trail, signaling a pivotal phase in the race through March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reagan
Bush
Carter
Kennedy
Minnesota
Walter Mondale
New Hampshire
Iowa
Puerto Rico
Edmund G. Brown Jr
California
Howard Baker
Tennessee
John Anderson
Philip Crane
Illinois
John Connally
Texas
Bob Dole
Kansas
Brown
Baker
Anderson
Crane
Connally
Dole
Gerald Ford
Maine
Massachusetts
Vermont
Wisconsin
John Sears
Sears
William
Old schoolhouse fire damages rural Lafay ette area
A wooden one room schoolhouse near Lafayette between Alburnett and Center Point burned Tuesday afternoon. Linn County Deputies and Alburnett firefighters arrived just after 4 p.m. and found the structure with a partially collapsed roof though walls stood. Firefighters extinguished the blaze before the building was leveled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Alburnett
Center Point
Linn
the Gazette
Also Mentioned on This Page
James L. Cooper
William E. Butcher
Eighth St
England
Kepner Funeral Home
Osceola
Neb
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Vondracek
Godfrey
Brush Chapel
Glenn Hunt
Czech National Cemetery
Kidder
Frank Paula
Seventh St. SW
Turner Chapel West
Jodie C. Rains
Westminster
B. Hrabella
Lockheed Corp
Lockheed
Steven
Jodie
Barney
Silvis
Ill
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Cerritos
Frances Ann Koshoshek Manak
John A. Manak
Johnson Ave
Dloho Milov
Czechoslovakia
United States
Mr. Manak
Chicago
Sokolice
Renata
Sokolice Memorial Fund
Dysart
Florence Nelson
United Methodist Church
Overton’ S
Dysart Cemetery
Elberon
Marie Cepelak
Hrabak
Mechanicsville
Emma E. Weber
Horner
Best
Weather Report
C.R. Weather
Palm Springs
Coralville Lake
Adevete
Central
Eave Joaneane
Basmapck
Sesse
Serne
Chica BO
Cincinnati
Detroit
National Weather Service
Eattli
Los
Meli
Denver
Dallas
Ston
ORK
St. Luke's
Jerry. Martin
Anamosa
Sun Imn
William Shelton
North Liberty
Jerrie R. Yuva
O Ave. NW
Craig L. Albers
Keystone
Susan E. Kelley
Carlton Alexander
Joyce Lyn Barnswell
Linda L
Kenneth R. Kolek
Raymond L
Linda K. Bergman
Constance Joanne
Harold Andrew Lathrop
Lois L
Richard Tjarks, Patricia Ann and
Jimmy Lee van Deusen
Seventh St
First Avenue
10Th Street
D Ave
Third Street
16Th Avenue
First Ave
Casey
Securities and Exchange Commission
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Linn Health
John. E. Lapes
Third Avenue
S.E
Pierson’s Flowershop & Teenhouses Inc
Ellis Blvd
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