Death notices for J Willard Shrader and others in Cedar Rapids area
Obituaries summarize J Willard Shrader age 83, long Cedar Rapids resident, and other deaths across Iowa including Lynn Batchelder 86 in Phoenix, Ronald Seebach 34 near Shellsburg, Harold Quaas 60 formerly of Linn County, John Craft 90, Bernice Hamel 76, Thelma Matejka 74, Max Davis 69, Mary Tinkle 103, and numerous service details, burial plans, and memorials.
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J. Willard Shrader
19Th St
Cedar Rapids
Belle Plaine
Cedar Rapids Fifth Avenue
Keota
Isabel P. Nesley
Moline
Ill
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
el Kahir Shrine
Mount Hermon Lodge
Bettie
James W
Mableton
Robert A
Dallas
Texas
Ruth Fordyce
Zearing
Iowa
Turner Chapel East
Lloyd E. Brockmeyer
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
American Cancer Society
10Th St
Lynn Lewis Batchelder
Springville
Phoenix
Ariz
Langworthy
Eastern Star No. 5
Willie Mae
Max
Torrence
Calif
Evelyn Ruffin
Marvin
Salt Lake City
Frances Taylor
Alburnett
Green Acres Mortuary Chapel
Scottsdale
Green Acres Memorial Gardens
John L. Craft
First St. SW
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Bernice Hamel
Chandler St. SW
Thelma Matejka
Johnson Ave. NW
St. Luke’s Hospital
Turner Chapel West
Henry Berkheimer
Russell’s
Oakhill Cemetery
Cascade
Raymond Bisenius
St. Martin’s Church
Devaney-Reiff’s
Church Cemetery
Marie Margaret Brady
St. Patrick’s Church
Garryowen
Devaney-Reiff
Tiffin
Manchester
Mabel L. Smith
Shelly’s
Oelwein
Frederick Klapperich
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Brant-Kerns
Woodlawn
Sumner
Lula F. Hof
United Methodist Church
Friends
Becker-Milnes
Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens
Cedar Falls
Tipton
Glenn Willie Eaton
United Church of Christ
Sheets and Son’s
Tipton Masonic Cemetery
Waukon
Reuben Henry
Chariton
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Martin’s
Annie Jacobson
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Waterville Lutheran Cemetery
Tainted underwear linked to skin inflammations in Michigan
Five boys under ten suffered painful skin inflammation after wearing contaminated Fruit of the Loom underwear sold in Grand Rapids. Health officials identified bis tributyl tin oxide and tetrabutyl stannane in samples, with 200 to 300 pairs potentially unaccounted for. E & J Unclaimed Freight owner Bill Folkertsma discarded stock after complaints. health officials urged returns and medical checks.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Michigan
Pat Allen
Kent County Health Department
State Department of Public Health
Ms. Allen
Bill Folkertsma
Jumper sticker offered by National Society to Prevent Blindness
The National Society to Prevent Blindness advertises a yellow vinyl jumper sticker showing a car jump start procedure. It can be kept in the glove box or under the hood and ordered for 25 cents with a self addressed stamped envelope to the New York address provided.
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National Society To Prevent
National Society To
Madison Ave
New York
N.Y
Vital Statistics Briefs From Local Area Births
Vital statistics list multiple births including Jan 3 at 1610 Seventh Ave SE a son for Joan and James Hale and Jan 1 at 718 Fourth Ave SE a son for Kathey Richmond. Also notes daughters for Melody Beck and Patricia Callan and a Jan 2 son for Tammy and Douglas Wilson with grandparent details. Fire and alarm events follow with chimney fire and sprinkler and medical emergencies noted.
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Joan
James Hale
Seventh Ave
Melody
John Beck
Sixth St
Marion
Patricia
Edward Callan
Crestridge Ave
Kathey Richmond
Fourth Ave
Rhonda Lynn Bekerts
21St Ave
Kelly Sue Roberts
Monticello
Karen Sue Shelton
Fifth Ave
O Ave
Johnson Ave
16Th St. NE
20Th St. NW
EPA to hire private lawyers for Gorsuch contempt case
The EPA plans two outside lawyers from Ropes and Gray to advise on constitutional and procedural issues against Gorsuch. Costs estimated at 65 000 to 70 000 will be funded from general contracts. Justice Department will continue to represent Gorsuch, with limited expected impact from outside counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post Service
Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
Anne Gorsuch
House
EPA
Justice Department
Gorsuch
Boston
Ropes and Gray
Department
Congress
Reagan
Rep
Elliott Levitas
Turkish suspect questioned in pope plot money flow
Italian Judge Ilario Martella traveled to Munich to question Turkish resident Atalai Saral about alleged West German funds for The Gray Wolves tied to the May 1981 papal assassination attempt. The probe also involves Musar Cedar Celebi, linked to cash provision for Mehmet Ali Agca.
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Munich
West Germany
UPI
John Paul II
Rome
Ilario Martella
Atalai Saral
The
Gray Wolves
Saral
Bekir Celenk
Trakian- Gmbh
Martella
Justice Department
Peter Metzger
Musar
Cedar Celebi
Mehmet Ali Agca
Agca
Italy
Celebi
Frankfurt
Hans-Martin Eckert
Palma de Mallorca
Omar Ai
Hamburg
Turkey
Inmate critically injured after hanging attempt in Wapello jail
Ottumwa youth George Duane Jacobs, 18, was found attempting to hang himself from cell bars with socks at about 3 a.m. in the Wapello County Jail. He was revived after CPR and taken to Ottumwa Hospital where his condition remained critical. Jacobs faced second degree burglary charges with no trial date set. This marks the jail’s second such incident after John Whennen's 1970 death and a prior suspension of two jailers.
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Gazette Wire Services
Ottumwa
George Duane Jacobs
Wapello County
Sheriff's Department
Jacobs
Dan Wasco
Jacob
Wapello
John Whennen
Harold Gipson
Robert Morgan
Whennen
Miller and Johnson sworn in to start Iowa terms
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller was sworn in to begin his second four year term in a brief Iowa Supreme Court ceremony. He vowed to fill a leadership vacuum after Gov. Ray's upcoming retirement. Iowa State Auditor Richard Johnson also took office for his first elected term as Branstad and Anderson prepare to be sworn in January 14.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Tom Miller
Iowa Supreme Court
Miller
Robert Ray
Richard Johnson
Lloyd R. Smith
Smith
Benton open house set at new Van Horne high school
Open houses for Benton Community Junior Senior High School in Van Horne will be held over the next two Sundays January 9 and January 16 from 1 to 4 p.m. The new building has been in use since the start of the current term and replaces the old Van Horne structure and other district facilities.
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Hamilton
Clara
Turner Chapel
William B. Harnish
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Ressler
Eleanor A
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Steve Park
Springville United Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Park
van Horne
Benton Community
Gunshot Fatality in Shellsburg Man
Ronald Seebach, 34, of rural Shellsburg, died from a personal safety related gunshot wound early Monday. Benton County Deputy Medical Examiner Dr. Charles Weideman termed the death an apparent self-inflicted act. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Virginia Gay Hospital in Vinton. No further details were released by the Benton County Sheriff's Department. In 1919, Herbert Hoover was chosen as director-general for postwar relief for European nations.
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Ronald J. Seebach
Shellsburg
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton
Cedar Rapids
Anna M. Evens
Langhurst Motors
Marion
Kristen
Carl
Patricia Gartland
Mesa, Ariz
Wilma Leaming
Des Moines
Murdoch Chapel
Center Point
James Sorensen
West Prairie Cemetery
Alburnett
Ronald Seebach
Benton County
Charles Weideman
Seebach
Sheriff's Department
Central City Motorist Charged with DUI at Rural Intersection
Merle E. Pillard, 45, of Central City was arrested and charged with drunk driving at 9:35 p.m. Sunday in Linn County at the intersection of County Road E-16 and Silvers Corner. He also faced a charge of improper tail lights.
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Merle E. Pillard
Central City
Linn County
Silvers Corner
Thought for today quote by George Bernard Shaw
The note presents a Shaw quotation on convalescence, suggesting value in recovery. It identifies Shaw as an Irish born playwright with life dates 1856 to 1950. The item frames the thought as a brief reflective line.
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George Bernard Shaw
Tauke reintroduces bill to require Social Security taxes
Rep. Tom Tauke of Iowa reintroduced a bill to require all U S senators representatives and the vice president to pay Social Security taxes. He says the move would augment confidence in the Social Security system and in Congress. Currently members of Congress are covered by a civil service retirement system.
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Washington
Tom Tauke
Iowa
U.S
Tauke
Congress
2Nd District
Sibley boy dies in tractor accident
Jerry Kent Johnson, 12, of Sibley Iowa died when he slipped from a moving tractor and was run over by a rear wheel. He was working at the Jerry Van Beek farm near Sibley around 10 15 a m authorities said in far northwest Iowa.
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Sibley
Iowa
Jerry Kent Johnson
Johnson
Jerry van Beek
The Gazette Publication Details and Postal Information
The Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Second Class postage paid at Cedar Rapids. Subscription rates by carrier 1.95 per week and by mail 9.20 for 4 weeks 95.00 for 52 weeks. AP exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches. USPS 095680.
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the Gazette
The
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Law
U.S
Associated Press
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Harold C. Quaas
Torrance
Carr-Griff Recreational Vehicle Co
Church of the Brethren
Robins
Howard
Kenneth
Lowell Knauss
Max E. Davis
Willow Gardens
Onslow
Edithe Mae Pinch
Iowa Manufacturing
Ray Davis
Don Davis
Robert Pinch
LaMirada
Jeanette Morris
Olathe
Kan
Louis Stone
Mojave
Ida Beckner
Rapid City
S.D
Robert Elkin
Mary Tinkle
Eighth Ave
Mercy Hospital
Victor
Ernest Tinkle
Maquoketa
Lloyd L
Joliet, Ill
Lillian Modica
Richton Park
III
Maurine
Rogene
Lloyd Brockmeyer
Grand Rapids
Folkertsma
Health Department
David Wade
Wade
County Health Department
St. Luke’s
Fairfield
Ala
Jim Grooms
Don Grooms
Aspen Lane
Gerald L. Farland
Sherri L. Mack
Edward E. Lathrop
Debra G. Walker
Allen D. Brown
Hiawatha
Eden E. Dorsey
Tammy
Douglas Wilson
Maurice Wilson
Village Court NW
Executive Branch
Pope
Harold Hinkel
Ottumwa Hospital
Hinkel
Terry Branstad
Robert Anderson
Branstad and
Anderson
Herbert Hoover
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
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