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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 12, 1985

Page

10

Lifelong Center Point resident Lorraine Lanning dies at 83

Lorraine A. Lanning 83 of Center Point died Friday at St. Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids after a long illness. Born September 28 1901 in Oasis Iowa she married Ernest Lanning in 1919. Services Monday Greens Grove Community Church burial Dunkard Cemetery. Memorial fund planned.

Lorraine A. Lanning Center Point Toddville St. Luke’s Hospital Cedar Rapids Oasis Iowa Ernest Lanning Greens Grove Community Church Greens Grove C.W. Keil Dunkard Cemetery Midway Murdoch Chapel George L. Teachout Seventh Ave Elgin Esther Abneg Philippines Teachout Nuzum Volkswagen Vergie V. Rodesta Eighth St Marion Crestview Acres United Methodist Church of Saundra Platz Phoenix Ariz Cedar Memorial Cemetery Baxter Memorial Chapel Fairbank Mr. Halbleib Heritage Acres Tenney Edith E. Davidson United Methodist Church Mount Vernon J.A. Leatherman R. Thomas Stewart Ottumwa Charles T. Rinkel Jr First United Methodist Church First St. West Morgan Funeral Home Theiss Cordelia Trinity Lutheran Trinity Lutheran Church By the Rev. Ronald Pfluger of Bethany Lutheran Church Linwood Cemetery Turner Chapel Trinity Lutheran Church First Ave Marian A. Cowen 18Th St Granby Belle Plaine Willard Bill” Cowen WHO Radio Des Moines Roux Company Judy Storm Edna Stoner Russell’s Oakhill Cemetery

Died This Week Gladys Guthridge and Laurena Ream

Gladys Guthridge aged 83 of 1823 B Ave NE died at home. Services are pending at Cedar Memorial Funeral Home. Laurena Ream aged 69 of 433 J Ave NW died Friday at St. Luke's Hospital after a short illness. Services are pending at Brosh Chapel.

Gladys Guthridge B Ave Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Laurena Ream J Ave St. Luke’s Hospital Brosh Chapel

East Iowa Obituary Notices Report

Obituaries for Ronald Leytem Edna Newlin Marian Cowen Lambr Macku and Irma Haugen list ages, residences and death details. Services are pending at Goettsch's Anamosa for Leytem and Newlin. multiple area funeral arrangements follow with burial sites and family survivors.

Mourners Remember Five Decades at Martin Marietta Worker

Ernest Fabert 71 died after a long illness at University Hospitals Iowa City. He spent over 40 years in the concrete materials division of Martin Marietta and is survived by wife Edith, seven sons, five daughters, a brother, three sisters, 15 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Services set for Monday at Tuecke-Allyn's Guttenberg with burial in Guttenberg City Cemetery.

Grace Mary Carrier Guttenberg Lyle Robert Center Point Vione Brooks Strawberry Point Garnet Guinand Milwaukee Wis Vivien Landry Cedar Rapids Marion Fredrick Green Rock Ill Evalyn Franks Central City St. John’s Lutheran Church Burial City Cemetery Tuecke-Allyn’s Ernest “Boydie William Fabert University Hospitals Iowa City Martin Marietta Edith Boyd Seward, Ill Egan, Ill Gene Independence Gary Ronald Hot Springs Ark Duwayne Farmersburg Ricky National Iowa Faye Fabert Clayton Jacqueline Fabert Kansas City Zelda Wright St. Olaf Debra Morrison Rockford, Ill Velva Beisker Monona Louis Rockford Bernice Schwartz Rosie Peters Rockford, Il Lucille Knospe Garnaville Guttenberg City Cemetery Herman Carl Martens Ernest Manchester Hilda Schuchmann Shelly’s Fairview Cemetery Earlville

Alice Shetler 81 Dies After Short Illness in West Branch

Alice Jane Shetler aged 81 died Friday at Crestview Care Center West Branch after a brief illness. Survived by son Louis West Liberty three grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Services at 2 p m Monday at Snider's with calling hours Sunday afternoon and Eastern Star services at 7 30 p m Sunday. Burial Oak Ridge Cemetery.

Alice Jane Shetler Crestview Care Center West Branch Louis West Liberty Snider’s Eastern Star Oak Ridge Cemetery

Rath Packing workers push multi million reorganization plan

A Rath Packing Co mass meeting is set for Sunday at East High School to raise 3 to 4 million dollars for a reorganization that would replace President Lyle Taylor and seek a 30 million line of credit. The plan envisions 1,200 to 1,500 workers in hog processing, a new management team, and a base wage of 7.24 dollars per hour, with a targeted return to profitability through creditor confidence and a renewed labor agreement.

Lavern Patrie Patrie Bath J.C. Walker Taylor Columbus Junction Rath International United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 46 L.R. Letney Letney Rath Employees Credit Union

Eleven candidates remain in race for Cedar Rapids police chief

Eleven of twelve eligible applicants, including three Cedar Rapids officers, met the Friday deadline. Tests January 22 to 25 will cover administrative ability and psychology, funded by the city at over $10,000.

Cedar Rapids David Schram Evanston Ill Cedar Rapids Civil Service Commission Raymond Baker Baker James Barnes William Byrne Gary Hinzman International Association of Chiefs of Police St Luke’s Mercy Public Safety Floyd Bergen

Industrial accident at Moore Business Farms injures worker

Joseph Pratt, 48, a maintenance mechanic at Moore Business Farms Inc., is in serious condition at Mercy Hospital after an empty metal tank fell on him as he assisted a forklift operator with a rack collapse. The tank stored carbon dope used in carbon paper production. Pratt sustained a likely leg fracture.

Gazette Johnson County Bureau Iowa City Mercy Hospital Moore Business Farms Inc S. Riverside Dr Joseph Pratt Lukirk St Richard Debrie Pratt Debrie

Fire damages Van Horne Lanes bowling alley

A cigarette left in a garbage can caused a fire that destroyed a portion of the Van Horne Lanes on Main Street. The rear of the eight lane alley and its attic suffered damage while the rest of the building had smoke damage. Courtland Butterfield, owner for four months, could not estimate losses or reopening. the blaze was reported at 12 30 a.m. by Curt Osborn, a bartender and firefighter across the street. The fire was put out in about 20 minutes with mutual aid from Keystone and Newhall fire departments.

van Horne van Horne Lanes Courtland Butterfield Main Street Curt Osborn Osborn Mike Lyons Keystone Newhall

Premature Death Report Corrected in Kansas Crash

AP corrected a Thursday report that Council Bluffs truck driver Richard Wayman died in a Kansas crash. Wayman, 36, remained in stable condition Friday at WaKeeney hospital after his tractor-trailer collided head on with another vehicle on icy Interstate 70 near Ellis. The other driver died in the crash.

Associated Press Council Bluffs Kansas Richard Wayman WaKeeney, Kan Ellis

Vital Statistics and Emergency Reports Summary

Birth notices list multiple families including Shawna and Scott Romito in Minneapolis area, Rhonda Knight in Northeast, Cora and Terry Torrey, Patricia and Dallas Bayles with twins, and others with addresses. Charlotte and Worthington births noted. Medical emergencies cited with times and locations across St. Paul area streets, plus a fuel leak incident and a recreational fire.

Cora Terry Torrey First Ave Patricia Dallas Bayles Soutter Ave Mary Ronald Hammerberg Westwood Drive Jill Sylvester Isham Drive Marion Denise Leonard Ohlhauser 16Th St

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METRO George L. Jr Rosalie Ann Ayers Mountain View Calif Susan N. Jones Anna Teachout Melvin Leavenworth Kan James Leland Appleton Elizabeth Eck Tulsa Oklo June Levins Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories Lloyd E. Brockmeyer St. Paul’s United Methodist Church Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery American Heart Association Sophia L. Yanecek Atkins Elmer Yanecek Vinton Yanecek Fairfax Ox Yoke Inn Amana Hy-Vee Food Pokomy Post American Legion Auxiliary Howard Utley Merle Odland Victor Bertha Coleman Margaret Langton Stewart Funeral Home John Elliott Fairfax Cemetery Anamosa Ronald Leytem San Antonio Texas San Marcos Goettsch’s Edna Newlin Anamosa Community Hospital Blairstown Lambr Charles Macku Luzerne Betty Charles Jeff Randy Jean Brenda International Cemetery Irma V. Haugen Brown St Beverly Manor Riverside Maynard Haugen Mercy Hospital School of Nursing University of Iowa Student Health Services Domn Karen Greenleaf Walter Beranek St. Louis Ireene Beranek George L. Gay’s Dale Batchelor Riverside Cemetery American Lung Association Elwin W. Sargent Solon William Vosdingh Brosh’s Minnie Schmidt Sunrise Hill Traer McAninch-Fremming’s Illinois Springfield, Ill John E. Lapes 3Rd Ave Shawna Scott Romito Heath St. NW Rhonda Knight 15Th St. NE St. Luke’s Worthington Minn Carol Hans Carlson Virginia Crissinger Falcon Drive Charlotte N.C Sharon John Jacobs John Jacobs III Buchanan Drive John A. Benson Patricia M. Osterhaus Springville Patty Kay John Randall Hunter Tracy Kay Terry Allan McNeal Marilyn Melva Donald Leroy Owens Judy L James H. Carson Christina M Robert D. Thomas 29Th St Park Towne Place Brentwood Circle 24Th Street Johnson Avenue Zika Ave Ellis Boulevard Center Pt. Rd
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