Deaths and funeral notices from Cedar Rapids area
Obituaries list Herman J Bean 56 of Marion with WWII veteran status and family survivors including four sons and three daughters. Also memorials for Nellie Israel Scheer 81 and Virginia Frame Boxwell 58 with multiple children and grandchildren. Records cover numerous services from Turner Chapel locations and Cedar Memorial venues, detailing burial sites, military rites, and memorial funds.
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Herman Jay
Curly’’ Bean
Blairs Ferry Road
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Florence E. Gage
Santa Fe
N.M
Bean
Blahnik Construction Co
Teamsters
American Quarter Horse Association
Labor’s Union
Labor’s Union No. 43
Eagles Club
Gary J
Alexandria
Ronald W
Houston
Texas
Craig R
Hiawatha
Robert L
Mary A. Crumes
Barbara E. Hladek
Jeri L. Ceynar
Sandra Wells
Kentucky
Judy Fare
West Liberty
Merlin
Turner Chapel
William B. Harnish
Linwood Cemetery
Hanford Post No. 5
The
American Legion
Nellie Lillian Israel Scheer
Henry C. Scheer
19Th St
Onslow
Scheer
Fred R. Israel
Prattville
Ala
Ella Wall
Frank J
Henry G. Matejka
Turner Chapel West
Richard L. Thompson
Trinity Lutheran Church
Fairfield Cemetery
Fairfield
March of Dimes
Aalborg
Donald E
John S. Tanner
Immanuel Baptist Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Estes
Edith
Turner Chapel East
Robert A. Durach
Eben Israel Cemetery
Temple Judah Trust Fund
Virginia Frame Boxwell
30Th St
Loren Boxwell
Church of the Brethren
Catherine Hensch
Golde Frame
Fredricka
Perrine Center
Mercy Hospital
Verda M. Swick
Thomas Swick
Toddville
Carman
Ill
Swick
American Legion Auxiliary
Blairstown
Ladies Aid Society
Free Methodist Church
Francis Benest
Margaret Hartson
Vernon
West Point
Robert
Edna Sampson
Biloxi
Miss
Donald Brail
Toddville Free Methodist Church
Burial Mound Cemetery
Watkins
Linn County approves Vanguard bid for countywide reappraisal
The Linn County Conference Board approved Vanguard Appraisals Inc. of Cedar Rapids to reappraise all property outside Cedar Rapids for 1983 84 at 368 500. The bid covers all nonagricultural land. Vanguard had the only complete proposal and has also contracted to reappraise Cedar Rapids. The board also approved a budget of 265 544 for the assessor’s office.
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Linn County Conference Board
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Vanguard Appraisals Inc
Vanguard
Forrest Holveck
Holveck
County Board of Supervisors
Conference
Readings-Frederick Busch reads at Coe College Hickok Hall
Acting director Frederick Busch of the Writer's Workshop at the University of Iowa will give public readings of his fiction Thursday at 7 30 p m in Hickok Hall room 105 Coe College The session is free Also includes brief notices of local events and ads such as a burglary at 5200 Broadlawn Drive SE and merchandise listings.
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Frederick Busch
Writer’s Workshop
University of Iowa
Hickok Hall
Coe College
Children Cause School Fire At Kirkwood Center
Two children were involved in a brief fire at Lincoln Learning Center on 18th Avenue and Ninth Street SW. Fire spread only to a basement closet before Kirkwood Community College staff used an extinguisher. Smoke and heat damaged the adjacent room while fire prevention officials investigated.
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Lincoln Learning Center
Kirkwood Community College
18Th Avenue
Ninth Street
Fire Department
Kirkwood
Cedar Rapids to license first massage parlors under new ordinance
Public Safety Commissioner Floyd Bergen said two to three massage licenses may be issued next week after applicants meet 1000 hour education requirements, with one applicant near 2000 hours. A portion of the ordinance is challenged in Linn District Court and enforcement remains focused on outcall massages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Public Safety
Floyd Bergen
Bergen
Linn
Gareth Clift
Eaton ruling possible today in Iowa City case
The Iowa Civil Rights Commission investigation into Linda Eaton a firefighter who was suspended twice for breastfeeding during a duty break may be presented to the city council today in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Linda Eaton
Iowa City City Council
Eaton
Randall recommendation sparks Grievance Commission review
The commission details a long dispute over Randall named sole beneficiary and executor of the Myers estate. It cites private hearings, alleged forged deeds, and prior suits by Marie Jensen and Morningstar, concluding the case concerns conduct rather than a will contest and noting no prejudice from a Gazette story.
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Randall
Myer
Morningstar
Myers
Marie Jensen
Linn County
Committee On Professional Ethics and Conduct
Iowa Bar Association
Commission
Randall, Myers and Myers Farms Inc
Cedar Rapids
Jensen
Supreme Court
Chicago Snow Drives Byrne to Likely Mayoral Victory
Jane Byrne surged in Chicago politics after a brutal winter that froze streets and chilled leadership. Her wins in wards across the city and a populist appeal against Bilandic, amid heavy snows and record lows, signal a historic bid for mayor if she succeeds in April.
Jury Still Seeks Verdict in Schrier Case
Jurors in Polk County continue weighing evidence in the murder and sexual abuse trial of Richard Schrier. The Des Moines man pleads innocent claiming the child was injured by a motorcycle. Testimony spanned three days as Judge Luther Glanton gave 45 pages of instructions.
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Council Bluffs
UPI
Richard Schrier
Des Moines
Polk County District Court
Luther Glanton
Rural leaders rehabilitation urged by party paper
The Chinese Communist Party newspaper urged rapid rehabilitation of rural party leaders wronged in past purges. The Peking People’s Daily reported many rural leaders were persecuted during the Cultural Revolution and that agricultural production suffered as a result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Chinese Communist Party
Hsinhua
Peking People’s Daily
Oil Prices Rise Amid Iranian Cutoff Divisions
Three strong nations face a coalition of smaller producers that have pushed prices up 5 to 10 percent. Oman raises crude by about 7 percent retroactive to Feb 15. The Soviet Union lifts prices by 1.41 a barrel. Standard Oil limits Amoco shipments. Mobile cuts crude deliveries 9 percent due to uncertain supply outlook.
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Oman
OPEC
Saudi Arabia
Soviet Union
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Amoco
Mobile
Bad checks rise trend worries businesses says Metro Check head
AP report from Cincinnati quotes Metro Check Inc. president Lester Wells saying bounced checks are less embarrassing now. He notes 1 percent failure rate three years ago rising to 1.7 percent last year among checks his company approved, indicating greater risk for accepting businesses.
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Cincinnati
Lester Wells
Metro Check Inc
Judge refuses Browning bond reduction in Linn Court
Edgar Lee Browning, 26, remains jailed with a $20,000 bond after a Jan 24 shooting attempt from a passing car. Edgar Gibson, 25, also faces charges, with trial set for March 26. Gibson’s parole violation and license charges are included. Mourners include Ernest L. Gibson, Willie B. Love, and other victims of related L and H Lounge shootings.
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Edgar Lee Browning
Linn
Browning
Linn County
12Th St. SE
Edgar Gibson
C St
Troy Perkins
Gibson
Linn District Court
Ernest L. Gibson
38Th St. SE
William E. Gibson
North Towne Lane
L and H
William Gibson
Ernest Gibson
Mercy Hospital
Willie B. Love
J Ave
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Sivers
Homer Lewis
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Glenn Hunt
Eden United Church of Christ
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Hruska
Lillian V
Stephen B. Snider
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Czech National Cemetery
Snider
Alice E
Joseph E. Plotz
Norway
Amana
Iowa
Toledo
Emil “Mike” Uchytil
Henderson’s
Waukon
John E. McCormick
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Hanover
Visitation
Rosary
Hanson’s. Strawberry Point
Harry William Fry
United Methodist Church
Roberson’s
Lawrence
Vera) Cayler
Washington Prairie Lutheran Church
Decorah
St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
Monona
Schultz’s
Ed Doerring
Schultz’s. Marquette
John F. Loetz
McGregor
Thornburg’s
County
St. Joseph’s Church Hall
Baumhoefener Nursery
Johnson Ave
Broadlawn Drive
Howard E. Cohen
Cisco
Jerry and
Kay
Nixon
de Gaulle
Grievance Commission
Supreme Court of Iowa
Randall-Myers
Gilbert Morningstar
Gazette
Greviance Commission
Tle
Byrne
Muny Light
Kansas City
Bruce Watkins
Richard Berkley
Charles Wheeler
Berkley
Wheeler
Joel Pelofsky
Schrier
Auto Mart
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
Joan B. Turner & Son
Turner
Bast
Turner's West
First Ave
Brush Chapel
Truman
Senate
Selon
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