Deaths listed for Cedar Rapids area mourners
Obituary notices for John W. Davis and Luise Blaul among others detail ages, birthplaces, spouses, survivors, and service arrangements in Cedar Rapids and surrounding communities. Funeral homes Cedar Memorial Turner Chapel East West and Roberson's conduct services and memorials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner Chapel West
Dooley
Mary Jane
Ottumwa
Iowa
Turner Chapel East
Dvorak
Mary H
St. Ludmila’s Catholic Church
Clarence Frana
St. John’s Cemetery
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Oliphant
Nolan
Mike
Troy Mills Christian Church
Tim Johnson
Troy Mills
Murdoch Funeral Home
Walker
Emergency shelter opened at Cedar Rapids school during winter weather
The Grant Wood American Red Cross opened an emergency shelter at Hayes School in Cedar Rapids Sunday for stranded motorists and residents with heating problems. Disaster director Tim Burke said the shelter, able to house up to 200, had only five visitors by 9 p.m. A pair from Madison, Wis., en route from Idaho, and a student from Prairie du Chien, were among those seeking warmth and meals. Local police directed others to the shelter, where hot soup and coffee, along with cots and blankets, were provided. The university helicopter at the Iowa City hospital was also in Cedar Rapids for refueling but grounded by weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Davis
16Th Ave
Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
Genevieve Shaffer
Cheyenne
Wyo
Wilson Foods
Eagles Lodge
Divis
Elmer
Marion
Bronia Harford
Joan Rocarek
Joseph Divis
Anna Mahnke
Libbie Callaghan
Martha Seiler
Agnes Warren
San Diego
Calif
Hattie Levi
Bettendorf
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
American Heart Association
7Th Ave
Iowa
Grant Wood American Red Cross
Hayes School
Tim Burke
Red Cross Disaster Services
Red Cross
Burke
Earl Lagerquist
Springville
University of Iowa Hospitals
Rusk
Keystone
Greg Serbousek
Eighth Ave
Apt. 1
Serbousek
Marshalltown
Truck Haven
Williams
Bremer County
Independence
Iowa Disaster Services
Jack Crandall
Disaster Services
Iowa Highway Patrol
Waterloo
Crandall
Vatican Pope Calls For Calm Amid Polish Martial Law Tensions
The pontiff urged restraint as martial law in Poland continued with reports of calls being censored and possible interruption for state security. Archbishop Glemp met Gen. Jaruzelski, the talks their first since martial law began. Polish media noted intentions to normalize life while confirming detentions, including many held outside in freezing weather. Reports to the West estimate over 50,000 rounded up, and NATO ministers faced pressure for sanctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jozef Glemp
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Poland
Polish ministers Haig meet to press end of martial law
Polish and Soviet Union officials and Haig gathered Monday to finalize a declaration calling for an end to martial law and the release of political prisoners. The plan also seeks renewed negotiations with Solidarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
Poland
Haig
Oasis shelter aids stranded drivers after storm in Keystone
Motorists trapped by the blizzard found refuge at a Keystone gas station with 35 staying the night. Cedar Rapids resident Rick Eastridge praised the friendly locals while Wright closed the station after 10 30 am, thanking staff who kept people safe.
Wisconsin families share dinner after holiday detour
Christie Wallace reports a Cedar Rapids couple and a Madison pair meet by chance when both travel plans collide by a winter storm. The Knapps offer shelter in their Cedar Rapids apartment and warn of frozen pipes as the O’Connors seek a warm, safe route home from California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig Knapps
Cedar Rapids
David O
Knapps
C St. S
Craig
J.D. Oelke
Vickers
First St. NW
David O’connor
Knapp
O’connors
David O'Connor
Mary
David
Eastern Iowa Battered by Snow Strands Travel and Closes Roads
Cedar Rapids and surrounding counties faced heavy drifting snow with many roads reduced to one lane or closed. I-80 remained passable at night but other highways including 151 150 and 13 were shut. Disaster services opened in Des Moines as hundreds of travelers waited in shelters and weather improved forecasted for today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell C. Jefferis
35Th St
St. Luke’s Hospital
Henry County
Ind
Vivian Pickering
Spiceland
Jefferis
Chicago
John Phillip Sousa
Lovely Lane United Methodist Church
Janet Jo Tompkins
Irving
Texas
Dorris Hart
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Laurence Garrett
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Sioner
Wayne Murdock
Grader
Sanders
Murdock
Soukup
Iowa
Iowa State Patrol
Des Moines
Rick Darrow
Linn-Mar
Marion Independent
College Community
Metropolitan Parochial
Kirkwood Community College
Washington County
Mount Vernon
Anamosa
I-80
Allamakee County
Waukon Fire Destroys Barn North Of Town
A barn owned by Gary Ward about six miles north of Waukon burned Saturday night. Fire Chief Phil Stone said a milk house heater likely started the blaze. About 3,000 bales of hay were destroyed with no injuries as firefighters fought the fire from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Gary Ward
Phil Stone
Births Recorded at Mercy St Luke s and Local Hospitals
Vital Statistics lists births on January 10 at Mercy and St Luke s. Tina and Carrol Chrystal Coggan welcomed a daughter while Lisa and Tiedeman were joined by a son at 3425 Hemlock Place NE. Kim and Ed Fuller in Lisbon had a daughter and Connie Cullen at 217 14th St NE welcomed a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tina
Carrol Chrystal
Coggan
Lisa
Tiedeman
Hemlock Place
Kim
Ed Fuller
Lisbon
Connie Cullen
14Th St. NE
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Louise Blaul
Thompson Drive
Louise B. Halpin
13Th St
Meth Wick Manor
Louise B. Latimer
James L. Halpin
Eugene H. Hancock
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Friends
Mercy Hospital Endowment Fund
10Th St. SE
Joseph C
Joe” Rawson
Toddville
Covington
Ferne L. Mason
Iowa City
Linn County
Orlie J
Carl O
Julie Butterfield
Lori Louise Rawson
Leslie E
Lee R
Marion, Ill
H. Dale
Cortez
Colo
Virgil A
Lillian Coonrod
Spring Grove
Turner Chapel
Colesburg
Russell
Jack” Schenke
United Methodist Church
Zion Cemetery
Appleton-Vernon Funeral Home
Edgewood
Hazleton
Maisie King
Hazleton Presbyterian Church
Hazleton Cemetery
Brant Kern
S. Holbrook
Joe Gaffey Sr
Washington
Holbrook
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
Uhlmann’s
Williamsburg
Hopkinton
Eva M. Turnis
Immaculate Conception
Sand Springs
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Monticello
Devaney-Reiff
Manchester
Marcella B. Burnsmann
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Visitation
Quasqueton
Strawberry Point
Henry Anton
Roberson's
Strawberry Point Cemetery
C.R. School
Jesse Story
Sherry
Madison
Wis
Idaho
Joe Atterberg
Prairie du Chien
NATO
Oasis
Cedar
Wright
Wisconsin
Christie Wallace
Gazette
Denver
Interstate 380
Vicker’s Station
Craig Knapp
Buchanan County
Dubuque County
Fayette County
Spencer
Fort Dodge
Lamont
Tim Greiner
Greiner
St. Luke’s
Red Senn Peppers
John E. Lopes
3Rd Avenue S.E
Pierson
East
Center Pt. Rd
Ellis Boulevard
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