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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1994

Page

8

Deaths in Linn County and nearby include Mildred Spilman

Mildred A. Spilman 73 of 1106 Isth St SW died Feb 26 1994 at Mercy Medical Center after a brief illness. Services are 2 PM Tuesday Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home burial Linwood Cemetery. Survivors include two sons Jerry Cedar Rapids Don Rockville MD a daughter Julie Hagerman Cedar Rapids a brother Richard Garvey Minneapolis a sister Helen Fritz Mason City five grandchildren and several others. Gerald Bouquet 76 of 3342 Oakland Rd NE died Feb 26 1994 at St Luke's Hospital after a long illness. Services 10 AM Tuesday Turner Chapel West burial Palo Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters Deanna Bedford Crestview FL and Diane Bouquet Jenwood two stepdaughters June Wells Cedar Rapids Marilyn Sonnemann Lannon WI and a sister Viola McQuerry Cedar Rapids. Also surviving is a grandson Jason Tyler Bedford Crestview two stepgrandchildren and one stepgreat-grandchild. Gerald born April 28 1917 Hills married Gladys Langguth Sept 4 1948 Davenport. He worked at Hack Bros and Meals on Wheels and served in the Army Air Corps in World War II. Memorials to American Cancer Society.

Mildred A. Spilman Isth St Mercy Medical Center Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home Linwood Cemetery Jerry Cedar Rapids Don Rockville Julie Hagerman Richard Garvey Gerald A. Bouquet Oakland Rd St. Luke’s Hospital Turner Chapel West Palo Cemetery Deanna Blackford Crestview Fla Diane Bouquet Jenwood June Wells Cedar Pids Marilyn Sonnemann Lannon Wis Viola McQuerry Jason Tyler Blackford Gerald Hills Gladys Langguth Raymond A. Viksten S. Mount Vernon Dr First Presbyterian Church Tom Brown Oakland Cemetery George L. Gay Funeral Home Esther Kevin Scott Viksten Galena Ill Karen Rae Hurt Steve Iowa City Amelia Hurt Ragna Viksten Sioux City Donald T. LeRoy Arcadia Calif Raymond Arvid Ragna Osheim Viksten Esther Swenka Household Financial Corp Dairy Queen Sycamore Mall Hospice

Obituaries and Funeral Arrangements Noted

Death notices list Justin Eli Turner service at 1 30 p m today in Cedar Rapids with burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery and arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home Marion Robert Swick and Evelyn B Thompson are awaiting arrangements at Murdoch-Linwood and Turner Chapel East respectively The Gazette outlines obituary submission and per word fees for additional survivors and services

Justin Eli Turner Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Cedar Rapids Cedar Memorial Park Murdoch Funeral Home Marion

Deaths in Iowa Oxford and Anamosa areas

Louise M. Klenk 97 of Oxford and Cedar Rapids died Feb 26 1994 at Colonial Manor Middle Amana after a lengthy illness. Services Tuesday 10:30 a.m. Oxford United Methodist Church with O E S service at 7 p.m. Burial Oxford Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters nine grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Matthew E. Boots 386 died Feb 26 1994 at Anamosa Community Hospital after a lengthy illness. Services Wednesday 1:30 p.m. Goettsch Funeral Home Anamosa. Burial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Cedar Rapids. Survivors include daughter Mary Jean Tease and sister Bernice First plus two grandchildren. He was a retired butter maker and power house engineer at the Iowa State Men's Reformatory.

Louise M. Klenk Oxford Cedar Rapids Colonial Manor Middle Amana Oxford United Methodist Church Harry Imlay Oxford Cemetery George L. Gay Ellyce Shepherd Norfolk Anna Marie Lowry Marion Don Gene Klenk Amana Louise Jacob Anna Christen Benzinger Earl L. Klenk The Rebekahs Jolly 60S Ambrose Agnes Paron Order of Eastern Star Matthew E. Boots Anamosa Community Hospital Goettsch Anamosa Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Mary Jean Tease Jamestown R.I Bernice Velma Matthew Iowa State Men’s Reformatory

Death notices for Alexander Wagner and Dorothy Vansant

Alexander Louis Wagner aged 3 of Cascade died Feb 26 1994 in Mercy South Hospital Fairfield after a sudden illness. Services Feb 28 at St Martin Catholic Cascade burial church cemetery calling after 10 am at Reiff Funeral Home. Memorial fund established. Dorothy Vansant aged 80 died Feb 26 1994 in Mercy Hospital Iowa City after lengthy illness. Arrangements pending at George L Gay Funeral Home Iowa City.

Alexander Louis Wagner Dennis Leann Seibold-Wagner Mercy South Hospital Fairfield Ohio St. Martin’s Catholic Church Cascade Church Reiff Funeral Home George McGovern Victor Rollinger Dorothy E. Vansant Mercy Hospital Iowa City George L. Gay Funeral Home

Obituary notices for Kramer Clark Viksten and others

Several obituaries appear for February 1994 including Mathilda Tillie Kramer of Dyersville who died after a long illness and Beatrice Clark of Fayette who passed away at 81. Also noted is Carl Gleason of Edgewood and Raymond Viksten of Iowa City with funeral plans and surviving family details.

Obituary notices for Jeffery Kelly Cloud families in Iowa

Three obituaries appear from Iowa: Helen D. Jeffery 77 of Lost Nation died Feb 26 in Maquoketa after illness with services set 11 a.m. Tuesday at Oxford Junction United Methodist Church. Margaret Kelly 78 dies Feb 23 in Morton Illinois with a 10:30 a.m. funeral Mass Tuesday at Montezuma Watts Funeral Home and burial in Ewart Pleasant Township Cemetery. Liege Cloud 82 dies Feb 27 in Solon Care Center with arrangements pending at George L. Gay Funeral Home Iowa City.

Margaret Kelly Morton, Ill Watts Funeral Montezuma Pleasant Township Ewart Richard Sunnyvale Calif Donald Woodbridge Dennis David York Liege Cloud Solon Care Center George L. Gay Iowa City

Kehoe Loren C. Kehoe obituary in Cedar Rapids

Loren C. Kehoe age 82 died Saturday February 26 1994 at St Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids after a short illness. Services will be held 10 a m Tuesday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Castle Grove with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p m today at Goettsch Funeral Home Monticello where a parish vigil service begins at 4.

Mathilda Tillie’ Kramer Oak Crest Manor Dyersville St. Francis Xavier Basilica Church Kramer Funeral Home Louis Kramer Loren C. Kehoe St. Luke’s Hospital Cedar Rapids Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Castle Grove Goettsch Funeral Home Monticello

Montezuma Woman Dies After Sudden Illness

Montezuma Niesse Griffin, 78, died Sunday morning February 27, 1994 at her home after a sudden illness. Services are 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Watts Funeral Home in Montezuma with calling hours Tuesday evening and the family greeting friends, and burial will be at Jackson Township Cemetery in Montezuma.

Niesse Griffin Watts Funeral Home Montezuma Jackson Township

Laura Monticello Gas 87 Dies After Short Illness

Laura Gas 87 of Monticello died Sunday February 27 1994 at a senior home after a short illness. Services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church rural Monticello. Burial Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday Goettsch Funeral Home Monticello. Survivors include husband Morris a sister Irene Wittengle Cedar Rapids and two brothers Clarence and Albert Johnson Monticello. Memorials to Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church.

Laura Gas Monticello Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church Oakwood Cemetery Goettsch Funeral Home Morris Irene Wittengle Cedar Rapids Clarence Johnson Albert Johnson

Rickardsville Teen Dies From Car Crash Injuries

Shawn R. Schmitt, 15, died Friday evening February 25 1994 at University Hospitals Iowa City from injuries in an automobile crash near Rickardsville. Arrangements are pending at Reiff Funeral Home Farley with visitation 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Shawn R. Schmitt University Hospitals Iowa City Rickardsville Reiff Funeral Home Farley

Millard J Lundt 85 Dies After Long Illness

TOLEDO Millard J Lundt 85 died Sunday Feb 27 1994 in Bethesda Care Center Toledo after a long illness. Services 10:30 am Wednesday Henderson Overton Funeral Home with visitation 2 to 8 pm Tuesday. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery Toledo. Survivors include daughter Midge Koster Toledo brother Paul Gladbrook and sisters Alice Martin Vinton Frances Epperly Corydon.

Millard J. Lundt Bethesda Care Center Toledo Henderson-Overton Funeral Home Woodlawn Cemetery Midge Koster Paul Gladbrook Alice Martin Vinton Frances Epperly Corydon

Legislators seek Ipsco tax deal to spur Iowa steel mill

Iowa Senate debates a package worth up to 73 million dollars in state and local tax incentives to lure Ipsco Inc. to a 360 million dollar steel mill in Muscatine County. Branstad presses for quick action, hoping to avert a stalled 100 day session.

Rod Boshart Des Moines Bureau DES Moines Terry Branstad Iowa Ipsco Inc Senate Ipsco Wally Horn Cedar Rapids White House Jim Lind R-Waterloo Robert Dvorsky Coralville Mary Lou Freeman Storm Lake Richard Myers Iowa City Dvorsky James Riordan D-Waukee Branstad Administration Muscatine County PMX Industries Inc North Star Steel Branstad M&e

Cole reflects on hurdles for Black women at Black History Month talk

Iowa City keynote by Johnetta Cole, first African American woman president of Spelman College, cites progress and continuing barriers for Black Americans. She notes a third of Black America remains poor and urges ongoing study of Black history and culture to understand America.

News Con Wop Ims Iowa City Johnetta Cole Spelman College Points of Light Foundation U of I Memorial Union For Black History Month Cole America Essence Black Enterprise Magazines Carter Woodson

Cedar Rapids vision tests scheduled at multiple schools

Grant Wood Area Education Agency will conduct vision screenings in the Cedar Rapids district at Nixon Jackson Taylor Pierce Johnson Franklin Washington Pierce Kenwood and LaSalle schools from March 7 to March 29. Call GWAEA at 399-6821 for details.

Cedar Rapids Grant Wood Area Education Agency Nixon Jackson Taylor and Pierce Johnson Franklin Middle Washington High School Pierce Kenwood LaSalle High School GWAEA

Linn budget airs at first public hearing

Linn County supervisors plan the first of two hearings on the 1995 budget at 7 30 p m in the administrative office building board room 930 First St SW. The budget increases public safety by 796000 funded partly for two more assistant county attorneys an extra sheriff's deputy and a new communications operator while dipping into cash reserves.

Lynn M. Tefft Cazette Linn County Supervisors First St Sheriff's Department Anoth Iowa Jean Oxley

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Linn County Manly Dan Nellie Garvey Mildred Donald N. Spilman Fort Lauderdale St. Patrick's Catholic Church Davenport Hack Bros Army Air Corps American Cancer Society Robert Swick Sixth Ave Veterans Affairs Medical Center Evelyn B. Thompson Bealer Ct Turner Chapel East the Gazette Earl and Marie Wagner Louis Betty Seibold Ella McGovern Dubuque Laura Rollinger Conesville Edgewood Carl Gleason Leonard- Vernon Funeral Home Fayette Beatrice C. Clark Wesleyan Church John Miller Grandview Cemetery Becker-Milnes Funeral Home Charles Abilene Texas Carol Lewis Cold Spring, Minn Theo Belfy Quad Cities Bob Coggan Ron Hopkinton Erin Mesch Karla Kehoe Helen D. Jeffery Toronto Jackson County Maquoketa United Methodist Church Oxford Junction Shelly Nordine Massillon Hayden Funeral Home Lost Nation Jim Orstad Indianapolis Jane Kinney Sharon Lazare Judy O’grady Oaklawn Gaylord Jeffery Kenneth Jeffery Wyoming Blanche Taylor Villisca Estaline King Atlantic Marla Gregory Darlene Benson Ruth Hinman New Sharon John North Liberty Social Services Linn County Auditor Gazette Ira Tory Brecht Shane Douglas Birkey Birkey Celeste Hussli Twin Pine Dr Japan Mount Vernon Cornell College Gayle Luck Maxwell Colef Library Linn
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