Prominent Cedar Rapids Woman Mary Simmons Dies at 95
Mary Esther Simmons 95 of 141 Thompson Drive SE died Saturday after a short illness. Born May 7, 1888, she was a Stoneleigh Burnham and Smith College alumna active in civic groups and suffrage activism. Surviving sons include Haven E. Cedar Rapids and William W. Severna Park, with services at Turner Chapel East. Memorials to charity of donor's choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Esther Simmons
Thompson Drive
Cedar Rapids
Fifth Avenue
Mary Esther Ely
John S
Bessie S. Ely
Haven Y. Simmons
Cedar Rapids Art Association
Cedar Rapids Art Center
Cedar Rapids Symphony
Cedar Rapids Community Theatre
Haven E
William W
Severna Park
John A
Fairfax Station
John M. Ely
William B. Marquis
Waban
Mass
Turner Chapel East
Oak Hill Cemetery
Memorial services and funeral notices from Cedar Memorial and area churches
Memorial services are announced for Austin Robert R with inurnment at Mount Moriah Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Light Theodore R. receives 2 pm service at Morgan Funeral Home Lisbon with burial in Lisbon Cemetery. McKee Maxine L. funeral 2 pm today Center Point. burial Center Point Cemetery. Mouchka Ella R. service 10 am Tuesday Brush Chapel with burial Linwood Cemetery. Agnes E. Musel funeral 9 am today at St. Matthew's Catholic Church. burial St. Joseph's Chelsea. Fern e Herriott service 2 pm Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories. burial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Sutliff Benn T. service 11 am Tuesday Mount Vernon Cemetery. Yordy Richard D. service today Stewart Funeral Home. memorials to Perrine Cancer Center or Kenwood Park United Methodist Church. Survivors include wife Helen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Robert R
Crescent Masonic Lodge
Af&am
Lodge
Mount
Moriah
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Theodore R
Morgan Funeral Home
Lisbon
J.A. Leatherman
United Methodist Church
Mount Vernon
Lisbon Cemetery
Lisbon-Mount Vernon
First St. West
Mouchka
Ella R
Brush Chapel
Charles McHaffey
Asbury United Methodist Church
Linwood Cemetery
Musel
Agnes E
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
Frederick Fangmann
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Chelsea
Teahen Funeral Home
Sutliff
Benn T
Yordy
Richard D
Stewart Funeral Home
LeRoy Bauman
Kenwood Park United Methodist Church
Perrine Cancer Center
10Th St
Cedar Rapids
33Rd St
Helen
East Iowa Deaths Highlight Local Farmers and Residents
Obituary notices for Orville C. Lehman 71 of Brandon and two Amana area residents recount families, survivals, and church services. Lehman died of a heart attack at Virginia Gay Hospital Vinton with services set Thursday at Brandon United Methodist Church. Burial at Brandon Cemetery. Funeral arrangements by Campbell-Russell Funeral Home Vinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville C. Lehman
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton
Charlotte
Brandon
Richard
David
John
Independence
Marlene Brown
Nancy Prevatt
Bonita Springs
Fla
Ethel Roster
Waterloo
Brandon United Methodist Church
Brandon Cemetery
Campbell-Russell Funeral Home
Obituary notices for Nass Wurtzel Ehrle Johnson Oulman McAreavy
Jennie Nass 88 died at home Friday and is survived by a daughter and grandchildren with services 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Dysart United Methodist Church and burial in Dysart Cemetery. Vera Wurtzel 88 died Sunday at Windsor Care Center Cedar Falls with services pending. Alma Ehrle 79 winery owner died Saturday at Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids born Amana and married 1921. Mae Johnson 66 died Sunday at University of Iowa Hospitals with services 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Hopkinton United Methodist Church and burial Hopkinton Cemetery. Kathleen Oulman 66 died Sunday at Mercy Hospital Oelwein services pending. John B. McAreavy 83 former Parnell Oxford school superintendent died Sunday at Lantern Park Care Center Coralville services pending.
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Amana Tourism Council
Homestead
Lynda E. Miller
Lorraine M. Gethmann
Gladbrook
Iowa
Ernestine Kolb
Elsie Ehrmann
Amana
Dora Kraus
Cedar Rapids
Homestead Community Church
Homestead Cemetery
Hoover-Valentine Funeral Home
Marengo
Jennie Nass
Caroline Little
Lake Jackson
Texas
Dysart United Methodist Church
Dysart Cemetery
Overton Funeral Home
Dysart
Vera Wurtzel
Windsor Care Center
Cedar Falls
Alma C. Ehirle
Ehrle Brothers Winery
Mercy Hospital
Emil C. Ehrle
Amana Church Society
Homestead Welfare Club
Mae L. Johnson
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Ted
Pamela Beasley
Springville
David
United Methodist Church
Hopkinton
Hopington
Goettsch Funeral Home
Kathleen Oulman
Oelwein
Brant-Kerns Funeral Home
John B. McAreavy
Parnell
Oxford
Lantern Park
Coralville
George L. Gay
Oxford Chapel
Vital Statistics and Fire Calls Reported
Birth notices list several families with newborns at mixed Iowa locations including Mount Vernon and Belle Plaine. Fire and medical calls logged for Saturday and Sunday include mistaken alarms and multiple medical emergencies across neighborhoods. additional details list addresses and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carla
Steven Sokol
Belle Plaine
Center Point Road
Air Force officer faces discharge over videotape copies
Capt. Eugene Horvath, a navigator with 16 years of service, faces possible discharge for operating videotape centers overseas that copy copyrighted movies. The Air Force says the centers violate no law, while Horvath alleges a double standard. The case, ongoing before an administrative board, highlights copyright issues in a technological era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Calif
Eugene Horvath
Air Force
Horvath
U.S
Far East
Thomas Alison
Office of Legislative Liaison
Vic Fazio
Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
Patrick Clancy
U.S. Supreme Court
Pentagon
Johnny Whitaker
Japan
South Korea
Philippines
Congress
Supreme Court
U.S. Army
Navy
Motion Picture Association of America
Former Land O' Lakes workers doubt Schuyler plant reopening
Former Land O Lakes employees in Schuyler doubt the Spencer Beef Division will reopen despite the Oakland Iowa plant sale and union concessions. Company president Hofstad warned a decision would come in weeks, while Cargill's Excel interest and court ruling shape the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schuyler, Neb
Land O’ Lakes
Spencer Beef Division
Schuyler
Neb
Oakland
Iowa
Ralph Hofstad
Excel Corp
Wichita
Kaw
Excel
Schuy
Ler and Spencer
U.S. District Court
Monfort
Colorado
Cargill Corp
Cargill
Greg Lauser
Robert “Skip” Neiderdeppe
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 22
Adrian Tomek
Cuomo backs legalized sports betting to fund education
New York Governor Mario Cuomo plans a state supervised betting scheme modeled as a lottery. It would start with wagering on professional football basketball and baseball games, raise about 100 million dollars annually, and fund education programs. Players buy weekly cards listing 14 games with point spreads and must win all chosen games to claim prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.Y
New York Times Service
New York
Mario Cuomo
New York State Lottery Division
ConAgra seeks revenue bonds to finance Armour purchase
ConAgra Inc seeks up to 55.8 million in industrial revenue bonds to finance part of its 166 million acquisition of Armour Food Co. in 15 U.S. cities. Officials say bonds attract tax advantages, though critics question state involvement and future plant and worker retention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha, Neb
ConAgra Inc
Armour Food Co
Congress
U.S. Treasury
Congressional Budget Office
ConAgra
Federal Treasury
Armour Meatpacking
U.S
Mason City
Dixon
Calif
Armour
Dave Harris
Portland
Ore
Ed Leek
Kirkwood Offers Tuition-Free Adult High School Classes
Kirkwood Community College announces free adult high school completion courses across five Cedar Rapids and Marion sites this winter. The schedule includes Monday evening sessions at Kennedy High School Concordia Lutheran Church and Marion Public Library, a Tuesday class at Mount Zion Baptist Church, and a Wednesday class at Jane Boyd Community House, plus English for foreign-born learners on Monday and Wednesday mornings at the Lincoln Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Kirkwood Community College
Kennedy High School
Concordia Lutheran Church
Johnson Ave. NW
Marion Public Library
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Eighth Street
Jane Boyd
14Th Avenue
10Th Street SE
Kirkwood
Lincoln Center
Ninth Street
18Th Avenue SW
Prayers Placed in Bellevue Police File Over Slain Nebraska Boys
Bellevue officers maintain a file of prayers from the public for the families of two Sarpy County boys killed in separate stabbings. Danny Joe Eberle, 13, vanished Sept 14 and was found Sept 21. Christopher Walden, 12, disappeared Dec 2 and was found Dec 5. Investigators suspect a single killer and a sexual motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellevue
Neb
Sarpy County
Danny Joe Eberle
Christopher Walden
Papillion
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METRO
Caitlin Ann Brown
Lindsay
Dianne Brown
St. Luke’s Hospital
Edward Lietz
Max Brown
Edward Lietz Sr
Wyoming
Merle Kitzmiller
Keystone
Richard Jessen
First Lutheran Church
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Kenneth H. Carlton
H. Ave
Allamakee County
Frances Flickinger
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Hanford
Rodney
Centerville
Benny Howard
el Reno
Okla
Helen Brosh
Martin
Latrobe
Boyd
Gene
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Catherine L. Collins
Carlisle St
Lynhurst
Emmett A. Collins
Collins Radio Company
Eli E. Chastine
Bethel Ame Church
Barbara
James Axline
Lewellen Drive
Gayla
Michael Newmeister
Susan
Brian Kucera
Third St
Kathleen Klotz
First Ave
Apt. 5
St. Luke's
Kathryn and
Jeffrey
Nelson
25Th St
Kevin Oliver
Dunham Drive
Sara
Loras Huilman
H Ave
Randi
C. Richard Swarzentruber
Crescent St
Kim
Kirby White
Linda
William Barloon
34Th St
Terrie
Russ Furler
Blairstown
Julie
Michael Conley
K Ave
McKinley St
21St Ave
Oakland Road
E Ave
Nebraska
John E. Lopes
3Rd Avenue S.E
Pierson’s Flowershop and Greenhouse, Inc
Ellis Boulevard
Center Pt. Rd
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