Longtime Cedar Rapids residents die in month span
Obituaries record deaths of Lysle Gray Potter 88 of 1224 13th St NW and Paul B. Stephan, former Cedar Rapids resident, in El Paso Texas. Also memorial notices for Dolores Kremenak 58 of Dubuque, Charles L. Wagner 54 of Ludwigsburg West Germany, William M. Suits 75 of 616 C Ave NW, Clemence L. Frederick 89 of 2715 Bever Ave SE, and Jeannette Olson 72 of 1357 Hinkley Ave NW. Services set in Cedar Rapids and nearby cities with burial and memorial plans noted.
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Paul B. Stephan
Cedar Rapids
el Paso
Texas
Morris Sanford Co
Joseph
Leo
Elmo
Sun City
Ariz
Mary Hartman
Charles L. Wagner
Ludwigsburg
West Germany
Stuttgart
Iowa County
Roosevelt High School
U.S. Navy
University of Iowa
Welton and
DeWitt
Germany
Jutta Maria Jurna
Basil
Switzerland
Angela
Dallas
Martina Mays
Roseville
Minn
Ellena
William K. Wagner
Ann Gengler
Tucson
Arnz
American Cancer Society
10Th St. SE
Memorial services and funerals in Cedar Rapids families
Memorial services are planned at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories for Clifford E Warren and Leah Westrom Graf with inurnment at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Interments will follow military rites or priestly rites. Visitation today and tomorrow precedes services. memorials are directed to local associations and colleges.
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Warren
Clifford E
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
John Woods
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Hanford American Legion Post
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
American Cancer Society
10Th St. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Graf
Leah Westrom
Cedar Memorial Chapel
William Rigg
Cedar Memorial Park
Leah Westrom Graf
Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood Blvd
All Saints Catholic Church
29Th St. SE
East Iowa Deaths: Letha Smith and Lynn Fulton
Letha M. Smith 89 died Monday at Cedar Rapids Care Center with services pending at Goettsch's. Anna Mae Landsgard 66 of rural Elgin died Sunday night at Community Memorial Hospital Postville after long illness. Surviving husband Emery son Thomas and five Mork siblings. Lynn L. Fulton 88 retired farmer died Monday at East Towne Manor Independ ence. Surviving Bertha four daughters twin brother Lena 15 grandchildren 23 great grandchildren. Services for Fulton set at White's Rowley Cemetery burial follows with immediate family to call after 7 p.m. the night before. Memorials to American Cancer Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letha M. Smith
Cedar Rapids
Goettsch’s
Anna Mae Landsgard
Elgin
Community Memorial Hospital
Postville
Lynn L. Fulton
East Towne Manor
Independence
Bertha
Verna Nielsen
Frieda Loeb
LaPorte City
Maurine Nelson
Lakeland
Fla
Maxine Walton
Waterloo
Lena
Aitkin, Minn
Obituary notices bulk up Iowa City region death notices
Iowa City area mourns Marcus Johnson 86 of Waukon retired farmer survived by four brothers and two sisters. services Thursday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church with burial at Faegre Prairie Cemetery. Visitation Wednesday at Hanson’s. John H. Eden 69 Monticello retired bulk milk hauler died Monday. wife and two daughters survive. service Wednesday at St. John's Lutheran Church burial in church cemetery. Visitation after 10 a.m. today at Goettsch's. Ralph H. Hecht Jr. 77 of Godfrey Illinois former Hawkeye riverboat engineer died Sunday night. wife Myrtle and several family members survive. services Wednesday Hawkeye United Methodist Church. burial Hawkeye Cemetery. Hazel A. Yokum 74 of Iowa City died Sunday after lengthy illness. private graveside Wednesday at Oakland Cemetery. memorials Johnson County Cancer Society. Marianne Lybarger 91 former Newhall Osage resident died Sunday in Vinton nursing home. services Wednesday at Champion's in Osage with visitation after 3 p.m. Burial Osage Cemetery.
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Dolores Kremenak
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Marion, Ill
St. Anthony’s Church
Catholic Order of Foresters
Aldrich “al
Charlotte Gockel
Davenport
Lucinda Kruse
Garber
Colleen Terry
Orlando, Fla
Felix Simkavitz Sr
Clemence L. Frederick
Bever Ave
Linn County
Vinton
Fred F. Frederick
Gerald Frederick
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Leroy E. Bauman
Kenwood Park United Methodist Church
Marcus Johnson
Good Samaritan Center
Waukon
Leonard
Hjalmer
Norris
Selmer
Lansing
Louella Gilbertson
Gladys Isili
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Faegre Prairie
Hanson’s
John H. Eden
John McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Henrietta
Ernest Wojahn
Minneapolis
Stephen Stalken
Arthur Elsasser
San Bernardino
Calif
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Goettsch’s
Ralph H. Hecht Jr
Godfrey, Ir
Hawkeye
Alton, Il
Myrtle
Nat Lane
Indiantown
Fla
Bea Owens
Alton
Hawkeye United Methodist Church
Hazel A. Yokum
E. Davenport St
Science Hill
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Dale Yokum
Renetta Webster
Oakland Cemetery
Johnson County Cancer Society
Beckman-Callahan’s
Marianne Lybarger
Newhall
Osage
Lee
Marion
Miriam Snare
Sun City
Ariz
Champion’s
Osage Cemetery
Obituaries: Boyer Trainor and Viatou in Iowa notices
Vern H. Boyer, 91, retired farmer and cream hauler, dies after a long illness. Survived by children in Iowa. services at First Baptist Church West Union and burial at West Union Cemetery. Genevieve M. Trainor, 83, Cedar Rapids former Ryan waitress, dies. services at St John’s Coggon and burial Calvary Cemetery. Verna Viatou, 97, Virginia Gay Annex retiree, dies. no immediate survivors. services at Campbell Russell's and Evergreen Cemetery burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genevieve M. Trainor
Cedar Rapids
Ryan
Northbrook Manor
St. John’s Catholic Church
Coggon
Calvary Cemetery
Vernon’s
Manchester
Verna Viatou
Virginia Gay Annex
Campbell- Russell’s
Evergreen Cemetery
Insurers ordered to pay 3.9 million to injured teen passenger
Los Angeles Superior Court jurors ruled Transamerica Insurance must pay 3.9 million to Roland Winkler, paralyzed after Leif Garrett's Porsche plunged from a freeway embankment. The verdict reduced damages for Winkler's contributory fault by 8 percent and added 15,000 in punitive damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Times Service
Los Angeles
Winkler
Edward Steinbrecher
Steve Freeburg
Transamerica Insurance Co
Garrett
Vital Statistics Birth Notices and Related Details
Dec 31 announcements list several births including Brenda and Randy Lockwood in Hiawatha. Susan and Don Von Behren in Anamosa. Lynn Bly in Anamosa. Carol Hennings in Anamosa. Tami Domer in Anamosa. Also births at White Bear Lake and Minneapolis with parental names and grandparents. Several Cedar Rapids and Center Point pairs listed as married or expectant. A medical emergency occurred at 2711 Mount Vernon Road SE at 4:01 p.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan
Don von Behren
Anamosa
Lynn
Steven Bly
Oakland Road
Carol
James Hennings
Rushmore Drive
Tami
Owen Domer
Mount Vernon Road
New Year Deadline Notices For Gazette Submissions
The Gazette staff will reopen at 4 p.m. today due to the New Year holiday. Obituaries and other items for Wednesday morning’s Gazette may be delivered to the newsroom or called in to the city desk at 398-8313 after 4 p.m. Deadline for information is 9 p.m.
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Gazette
City Desk
Legion Hall Burns at Paulina New Year Dance
A New Year’s Eve dance sponsored by the American Legion in Paulina Iowa was canceled after the Legion building burned down. Fire officials said the hall was a total loss and the fire started near a water heater. Nearby departments aided firefighting efforts. Paulina lies in northwestern Iowa.
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Paulina, Iowa
Paulina
American Legion
The
Legion
Iowa
Iowa House Speaker predicts September October special session
Des Moines AP reports that House Speaker Don Avenson says Iowa will hold a September and October special session to respond to likely $42 billion federal budget cuts and a modified flat tax. He warns regular session timing won’t allow reaction to federal actions. He anticipates Medicaid changes will raise state costs and urges a quicker state budget response.
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Des Moines
House
Don Avenson
Doelwein
Avenson
Reagan
Associated Press
Congress
Evacuation After Ethylene Oxide Spill Near North Little Rock
A tank car leak in a railroad yard prompted a precautionary evacuation of between 2,500 and 3,000 residents from a 3 square mile area. Rain reduced explosion risk, with no injuries reported. Union Carbide gas was contained within 150 feet, as officials from Missouri Pacific and Union Carbide coordinated response. Evacuation remained in effect until early Tuesday morning.
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North Little Rock
Ark
Tim Hogan
Missouri Pacific Railroad
St. Louis
Ray Briggler
State Office of Emergency Services
Union Carbide Corp
Charleston
W.va
Taft
Walter Fussner
Missouri Pacific
Winneshiek Board Signs Phase II CDBG Contract
The Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors signed a three year contract with the Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission in Postville for Phase II of a Community Development Block Grant. The grant totals $350,000 annually for water and sewer extensions in the Freeport area and includes compliance assistance with federal requirements.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors
Upper Explorers and Regional Planning Commission
Postville
Freeport
Upper Explorerland
Office of Planning and Programming
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13Th St
Meth-Wick Manor
Tama County
Earl H. Potter
Tennessee
Iowa-Illinois Gas Co
Trinity United Methodist Church
el Kabir Shrine
United Methodist Woman’s Society
Jack C
San Francisco
Robert E
Monterey Park
Turner Chapel East
Nancy E. Schultz
Turner Chapel
Trinity United Methodist Church Memorial Fund
Third Avenue
Fifth Street
William M. Suits
C Ave
Mercy Hospital
New Underwood
S.C
Lee B. Rucker
Chicago
Penick and Ford
Palo
Judie Kennedy
Teahen
John Hemann
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Baker Cemetery
Jeannette Olson
Hinkley Ave
Emden
Edd P. Olson
Webster City
Thompson
Miller
Edward
Jerry
Grovetown
Col
James
Honolulu
Joe
Emery
Thomas
Robert Mork
McGregor
Millard Mork
Pahrump, Nev
Otto Mork
Mellien Mork
Enoch Mork
Marion Lutheran Church
Gunder
Muehlethaler’s
Becker-Milnes
White’s
Rowley Cemetery
Oelwein
Vern H. Boyer
Elgin-West Union Area
Grandview Nursing Center
Alice Boyer
Eva Reeder
Ruth Knoll
New Hampton
Cresco
Mary Cherry
Springfield
Ill
First Baptist Church
West Union
West Union Cemetery
Philip M. Saeta
Steinbrecher
Freeburg
Transamerica
Mary Jane
David Mueller
J Ave
Brenda
Randy Lockwood
E. Clark Sr
Hiawatha
Karen
Donald Cook
St. Luke’s
White Bear Lake
Deborah
Craig Darling
Paul Darling
Cottage Grove Ave
Linda
Ted Rich
Charles Burger
N St. SW
Mark A. Steinberg
Sandra K. Whited
Lon E. Scriven
Rebecca S. Waddington
Nabil J. Al-Khatib
d’Juana L. Strickel
John A. Claes
Julie A. Lockett
Bruce E. Stolba
Kristine J. Cheney
Dale W. Buck
JoAnn M. Buck
Center Point
Legion Building
Paulina Burns
IRS
Union Carbide
Charles W. Redding
Railroad
A.W. Winn
Winn
Springfield, Ill
Winneshiek Board
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
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