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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1984
Page
18
Multiple local obituaries record the deaths of Marie E. Schimberg 76 of 190 Cottage Grove Ave SE and George E. Schweitzer 78 of St. Paul Minnesota area Cedar Rapids area deaths with funeral details. Also listed are notices for Frank J. Pospishil 81 Robert W. Vanous Sr. 66 and others with service times and burial locations in Cedar Rapids Mount Vernon Monticello and surrounding area. Memorials are proposed for hospitals libraries and churches.
Clarence Wells 78 died Sunday at home after a long illness with services pending at Goettsch's Anamosa. Iva Smith 98 died Sunday at John McDonald Hospital Monticello after a long illness. Raymond L. Starks 28 died Sunday in a snowmobile accident near Manchester. he owned Ray's Jay Mart in Manchester and Central City Drugs in Central City. services 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. John's Catholic Delhi with burial in the church cemetery. callers may visit after 4 p.m. today at Goettsch's Monticello where a Scripture service is planned Tuesday. Lloyd E. Amundson 74, retired carpenter, died Sunday at Guttenberg Care Center. services pending at Witt Funeral Home Elkader.
Victor Valght 69 died Saturday afternoon at Marshalltown Area Community Hospital. Survived by wife Mildred two daughters Sharon Stringer Carrollton Texas and Deanna Krupp Phoenix Arizona a brother Charles Wilbur Neb three sisters and four grandchildren. Services 1 30 p m Tuesday Overton Funeral Home Garwin burial Garwin Cemetery. Friends may call today afternoon at funeral home. He was born January 22 1943 in Iowa City and married Alice Piper September 8 1961 in Iowa City. He worked as custodian at Westlawn dormitory UI. Survivors include one son Allen Dean Iowa City one daughter Rhonda Miller Iowa City mother Mary Dawn Iowa City one brother Michael Iowa City two sisters Cathy Dowling Decatur Illinois and Pauline Iowa City. Services 2 p m Tuesday Beckman Callahan Funeral Home Iowa City burial Memory Garden Cemetery. Friends may call today afternoon at funeral home. A general memorial fund is established.
Frances E Mahowald 78 died Saturday evening at Guttenberg Municipal Hospital. Survivors include her husband John Jack and three daughters. Services 1 pm Tuesday at St Marys Catholic Church burial Mount Olivet. Wake at Tuecke Allyn 2 to 9 pm with service 7 30 pm tonight. Gwen Lahey 92 dies Monticello Senior Home services pending. Dennis Brecht 40 of 415 Western Hills dies.
Stanwood Glen E. Zerbe, 67, died Sunday at Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids after a brief illness. Survived by one niece. Services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Sheets and Son with burial at Rose Hill Cemetery Mechanicsville. Friends may call 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home with a Masonic service at 7:30 p.m. A memorial fund is established.
Keith D. Genkinger 75 a former Washington resident died at his Phoenix Arizona home after an apparent heart attack. Survived by son David of Phoenix brother Don of Sparks sisters Helen Anderson Phoenix Gladys Stuart Rock Island Ill Ruth Frost Rock Island Ill and two grandsons. Services 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Jones funeral home with visitation 7 to 8:30 this evening burial Elm Grove Cemetery.
Washington reports the National Weather Service failed to predict the extreme Arctic cold that swept the nation in December and January. Medium range forecasts fared better though still underestimated temperatures, with some areas hitting record lows well beyond expectations.
Snow fell across most of Eastern Iowa through Sunday morning with totals ranging from 1 to 7 inches. Decorah escaped the snowfall while Cedar Rapids saw up to 4 inches, Iowa City and Dubuque reported 3 inches, Atlantic and Oskaloosa logged 7 inches, and Des Moines reported 4.14 inches? Highs reached the upper 20s to mid 30s with easing winds as snow moved out.
The AP notes December temperatures set records in many cities from the Rockies to the Plains and Texas. Amarillo and San Antonio logged their coldest month, while Colorado Springs and Denver tied or near-record lows. Heavy snowfall also hit Colorado Springs and Pocatello.
John B. Lovlein 38 of Brooklyn Park Minnesota ran out of fuel and forced his Piper Tomahawk to crash land on Wesley Behn’s farm west of Preston Jackson County Iowa. He was uninjured though the plane suffered damaged landing gear and bent propeller. Behn noted the pilot missed a nearby landing strip and his off course path created the damage.
Mercy births toward Jan 1 include Debora and Douglas Vanney Solon a boy Tammy and Terry Cloester 1317 Hinkley Ave NW a girl Janet and Jeffrey Happel Center Point a daughter Patricia and Jeff Sperry 400 Lindale Marion a son Barbara and Randy Jons Central City a daughter Teresa and Michael Hood 1332 A Ave NE a daughter Karen and Craig Batchelor Center Point a daughter Lisa and Ronald Clark 1547 Washington Ave SE a son Bonnie and John Goodwin Lisbon a daughter At Melbourne Fla To Jack and Kim Cirkl a daughter born Dec 20 Grandparents Mr and Mrs Andrew Cirkl Robins At St Paul Minn To Charles and Diane Hayner a son born Dec 29 Grandparents Charles L Hayner and Mrs and Mrs L W Haerther 3106 Allegany Drive NE 8 21 p m Saturday Investigate odor 1220 Fifth Ave SE 9 04 p m Saturday Assist ambulance 449 Carter St NW 10 25 p m Saturday Medical emergency 1217 16th Ave SW 4 10 a m Sunday Medical emergency 1331 21st Ave SW 10 14 a m Sunday Medical emergency 2080 Eastern Blvd SE 10 42 a m Sunday Smoke odor 371 Eighth Ave SW 11 44 a m Sunday Lint in dryer 3858 Trailridge Road SE 12 11 p m Sunday Medical emergency 2734 Dalewood Ave SE 12 36 p m Sunday Defective thermostat 534 Forest Drive SE 2 41 p m Sunday Defective washer motor 351 28th St NW 3 48 p m Sunday Medical emergency 3015 Tamara Drive SW
A rural Delhi man, Raymond Starks, died when his snowmobile struck an unattended parked car on a gravel road southeast of Manchester at 2 30 a m. The stationary car owned by Craig Allen Fairbanks was in the northbound lane with no lights. Starks was pronounced dead at Delaware County Hospital in Manchester. Investigating agencies filed charges against Fairbanks for parking without parking lights.
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