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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 2001
Page
10
A batch of Cedar Rapids area obituaries covers Stephanie Oldfather Adele Turnis Colleen Poggenpohl Vivien Landry Doris Eggers and Dua Van Quang. Details include birth and death dates, family survivors, funeral arrangements and memorial gifts to local churches or charities. Several services are noted in Cedar Memorial and local churches with varied visitation times.
Janet L Starr 62 of Living Center West Cedar Rapids died Feb 26 2001 after a short illness at Mercy Medical Center Funeral and memorial details list Cedar Christian Church services and Murdoch Lin wood Funeral Home arrangements Also noted are William Werden 63 of Maquoketa and Edna Bowersox 92 of Cedar Rapids who died Feb 26 2001 with arrangements pending Roberta Larson 96 died Feb 25 at Heritage Nursing Center Both obituaries mention family and prior residences and community ties
A structured index lists residents by city including Blairstown Berenice Mayhew and Kimm Mayhew, Brooklyn Robert Williams, Cedar Rapids Edna Bowersox and others, Center Point Wanda Dome, Colesburg Leland Woeste, Delhi Madonna Dalton, Fairfax Sharon Dunkin, Iowa City Elaine Shepherd Louis Terra, Marion George Mary, Montezuma Ruth Bradley, Postville Thelma Cowell, Washington Wayne Britsch, Waukon John Keefe.
Robert L Williams 83 of Brooklyn died Sunday February 25 2001 at Brook Haven Nursing Home from cancer complications. Services 2 p m Wednesday Nevenhaven Funeral Home Brooklyn with Dennis Smith officiating. Burial Brooklyn Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call 3 to 8 p m today with family 6 to 8 p m. Survived by brother Lloyd Clarksville Tenn and sisters Sylvia Van Ersvelde Brooklyn Eva Voelkel Marengo and Erma Boatman Plano Texas.
Ruth Bradley 81 died Sunday February 25 2001 at Friendship Manor Care Center Grinnell after a long illness There will be no services Burial at Memorial Garden Cemetery Dubuque Friends may call 7 to 9 p m Wednesday at Watts Funeral Home Montezuma Cremation will follow visitation Survivors include son Dan Cook Montezuma daughter Juanitta Bradley Canby Oregon brother Oscar Burgmeyer East Dubuque NL and sister Viola Jaeger Moody Texas
Louis V Terra 86 of 816 Eastmoor Dr died Feb 22 2001 at University Hospitals after a brief cancer illness Memorial services will be held in spring at St Marys Catholic Church Iowa City Arrangements by Leasing Funeral Cremation Service Iowa City Survivors include wife Mary son William of Lockport IL daughter Karen Iowa City and brother Martin Port St Lucie FL Elaine K Shepherd 75 of 606 Keokuk Ct died Feb 25 2001 at home after extended illness Services 10 am Saturday George L Gay Funeral Home and Crematorium Iowa City by Rev Nancy English Burial Oakland Friends may call 5 to 8 pm Friday at the funeral Survivors include six sons James A II Solon Ned Bettendorf Todd John Scott all of Iowa City Jeff of Houston
George John Mary 56 formerly of Marion Iowa died February 21 2001 after a sudden illness at Deaconess Glover Hospital Needham Massachusetts He was vice president of sales and marketing for International Equipment Co in Needham MA He served in the Navy aboard USS Boston during Vietnam War and earned an MBA from Babson College in 1973 He leaves wife Katherine three sons Bohuslav Mary Jr and others and a host of relatives Memorial services set for 2 pm Friday at Wellesley Congregational Church with a reception at Wellesley College Club Donations may go to Partners Neurodegenerative Disease Program Harvard Institutes of Medicine Boston.
Wanda Rae Domer 34 of Center Point died February 25 2001 at St Luke s Hospital Cedar Rapids after a short illness Graveside services 3 pm Wednesday Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Cedar Rapids with no visitation Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home Marion Survivors include daughter Jessica McNeal and husband Dale Cedar Rapids her parents husband Harold and sister Anna Lea Oxley She was born March 8 1916 in Center Point to Otto Jay and Bertha Knight Heverly and married Harold Gill Domer August 26 1934 in Cedar Rapids He died December 11 1996 She worked as bookkeeper at Heverly Hardware and Center Point High School and retired as a secretary in 1981 Memorial fund set at First Christian Church Center Point IA 52213.
Berenice D. Kimm Mayhew Kanke, 93, of Indianola formerly Blairstown, died Feb 22 2001 at Mercy Medical Center Des Moines from multiple organ failure. Services March 2 at Redeemer Lutheran Indianola. Cremated. burial later in Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Blairstown. Survived by four children, 10 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren, one great great grandchild. former teachers and pianist. Memorials to Indianola Public Library.
Leland N. Woeste aged 74 died Sunday evening February 25 2001 at St Luke s Hospital Cedar Rapids after a short illness. Arrangements are pending at Clifton Funeral Home Earlville with calling after 3 p m Wednesday.
Madonna G. Dalton 76 of Dubuque and formerly of Delhi died Sunday morning February 25 2001 at her home Arrangements are pending at Reiff Funeral Home Dyersville where friends may call from 3 to 9 PMID
Wayne Eldon Britsch 77 died Saturday morning February 24, 2001 at Washington County Hospital after a lengthy illness. No services are planned. Arrangements by Jones and Eden Funeral Home Washington. Beloved husband of Jerry of Brighton.
Thelma B. Cowell 92 died Sunday morning February 25 2001 at the Good Samaritan Center after a brief illness. Services set for 11 a.m. Thursday at Community Presbyterian Church in Postville with burial at Postville Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday 4 to 8 p.m. at Schutte Funeral Home. She leaves sons Jim Cowell, Donald Cowell and spouses, and daughter Ethel Ogdord plus Ruby Klein and 18 grandchildren 34 great grandchildren three great great grandsons a sister Lillian Stockton and a brother Harvey Powell.
Sharon Ann Dunkin 62 formerly of Fairfax died February 25 2001 at Heritage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Cedar Rapids after a long illness. Services 1030 a m Friday at St Patrick’s Catholic Church Fairfax with burial at St Patrick’s Cemetery Fairfax Visitation 4 to 7 p m Thursday Brush Chapel Cedar Rapids vigil at 630 p m She is survived by three daughters and their husbands two sons thirteen grandchildren two sisters two brothers and their wives and her parents She was born December 23 1938 in Norway Iowa married Donald Raim in 1956 had five children later married Rich Dunkin and lived in California before returning to Iowa She was a member of St Patrick’s Catholic Church Fairfax Memorials may be given in lieu of flowers.
John R. Keefe of Whitewater Wisconsin, formerly of Waukon, died Friday February 25 2001 in Lawrence Kansas after a sudden illness. Services set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at St Patrick Catholic Church Whitewater with burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery Waukon with military rites. Visitation 4 to 7 p.m. today at Olsen Funeral Home Whitewater and noon to 1 30 p.m. Thursday at Martin Funeral Home Waukon. Survived by Dorothy and four children Lori Jensen David Keefe Robert Keefe Leann Keefe and a brother William.
The Gazette posts death notices and obituaries with survivors, photos, and pending arrangements on this page. Submissions accepted 9 am–7 pm weekdays, 12:30–7 pm Saturdays, 4–7 pm Sundays and holidays, with a 7 pm daily deadline. Additional obituary material billed at 35 cents per word.
Southwest Iowa hospitals and pharmacies face a pharmacist shortage as nationwide vacancies grow. Merlyn Boege of Atlantic plans days off months ahead to cover absences while demand rises in nursing homes and industry. Hospitals report wage competitions and aging populations increasing prescriptions.
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