Deaths of Cedar Rapids area listed with services and burials
Obituaries list Violet Valliere and multiple others from Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns. Entries note ages birthplaces and surviving relatives, with service times at Turner Chapel East, Hoover Church, Quasqueton Union Church, and Cedar Memorial sites. Follow up details include burial locations Linwood Cedar Memorial and cemetery names and visiting hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet Eleanor Valliere
30Th St
Cedar Rapids
Valliere
Leo L. Valliere
Rock Island, Ill
Killian's and Younkers
Faith United Methodist Church
American Legion Auxiliary
Grace Hopkins
Henry G. Cowden
Marshalltown
Turner Chapel East
Max I. Hall
Vinton
Willard L. Wallis
Church of Christ
LaPorte City
Evergreen Cemetery
Phillips, Vinton
North East Iowa Christian Service
Bristow
Bessie J. Smith Beecher
Troy Mills
Joshua Tree
Calif
Kansas
Ulysses G
Jessie Woodruff Travis
Margaret Sauer
Ellington, Conn
Gladys Shirbroun
Lileth Taylor
Tolland
Mechanics to free hostages hinge on frozen assets fund plan
U.S. officials say $9.5 billion will be converted from frozen assets to aid in delivering funds to Iran after the hostages are released. Tehran radio notes parliament open session but gives no reason for summons. observers say formal acceptance of U.S. proposals is needed before release. State Department spokesman John Travtiner says both sides work hard and hope for a denouement to the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iran
U.S
Tehran
State Department
John Trattner
Diplomatic Moves in Algiers Amid Iran Hostage Crisis
Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher and his team left the U S Embassy in Algiers for the Foreign Ministry as crisis talks continued. Washington pressed Iran for a reply to proposals. the U S protested a Pravda article accusing the United States of using talks to justify intervention. The White House remained hopeful the crisis could be resolved before President Carter departs office, depending on Iran's response.
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Algiers
Warren Christopher
U.S
Washington
Tehran
White House
Carter
Iran
State Department
John Cannon
United States
Soviet Union
Pravda
House
Jody Powell
Communist Party
Edmund Muskie
Man Struck by Falling Limb in Iowa Woodcutting Accident
Vernon Hamen, 62, of Iowa City, was hospitalized with serious head injuries after a falling limb struck him while cutting firewood about noon Saturday one mile east of Homestead. He was treated at the scene, then transported by Life Guard Helicopter to University Hospitals Iowa City, remaining in surgery as of 8:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Iowa City
University Hospitals
Iowa County Sheriff's Department
Vernon Hamen
Route 1
Hamen
Homestead
Iowa Highway Patrol
Johnson County Ambulance
Life Guard
Cedar Rapids
Wartburg College receives donation from Kathryn Koob
Wartburg College in Waverly reports a donation to the Gerhard Ottersberg Scholarship Fund by Kathryn Koob, a 1962 Wartburg graduate. The amount was not disclosed and was forwarded through her sister Dale Zuch of Jesup. The college notes ongoing hostage crisis coverage and a vigil light on Old Main remains lit until Kathryn returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly School
Koob
Wartburg
Gerhard Ottersberg
Dale Zuch
Jesup
Ottersberg
Robert Vogel
Kathryn
Iran
Old Main
Kathyrn
Thought for today proverb about wishes and horses
An old English proverb states that if wishes were horses beggars would ride. It reflects on the gap between desires and reality and the value of taking practical action.
Snowfall Dusts Southwest with Cold Fronts and Travel Advisories
Snow stretched across New Mexico and southwest Texas with two inches in El Paso Roswell and Carlsbad. High pressure kept skies clear in the eastern U S while colder air moved into the Gulf Coast and southern Florida saw upper 40s. Extended outlook calls for fair skies Tuesday to Thursday with mid 30s highs and teens lows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Texas
Texas Coastal Plain
South Central Mountains
Southeastern Plains
el Paso
Roswell
Carlsbad
N.M
Gulf Coast
Florida
California
Washington
Great Lakes
New England
U.S
Dakotas
Births at St Luke's and Anamosa
At St Luke's a daughter named Jacqueline Vasquez was born to Tina Kay at 12:59 a.m. Saturday. In Anamosa Esther and James Benesh, Route 2 Cedar Rapids, welcome a daughter. Grandparents are Milo Benesh Route 2 Cedar Rapids and James Mitchell New Albia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tina Kay
4Th St. NW
Jacqueline Vasquez
5Th Ave. SE
Anamosa
Esther
James Benesh
Cedar Rapids
Milo Benesh
Route 2
James Mitchell
New Albia
Sixth St
AFSC official discusses Middle East war prospects in Cedar Rapids
In Section F James Fine the Mideast representative for the American Friends Service Committee visits Cedar Rapids to share views on war prospects in the Middle East and the Iranian crisis. The Gazette notes page references for related forms and weather charts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Fine
Mideast
American Friends Service Committee
Cedar Rapids
Middle East
Gazette
Center Point crash kills Linn County man
Thomas Pettit aged 21 of 1135 Hubbard Ave NE died Friday night when a van driven by Darryl E. Pettit 1222 First St NW skidded on county gravel Route 1 near Center Point. Thomas was thrown and crushed. Darryl suffered shoulder and hand injuries and was treated at St Luke's. The cousins were involved as authorities investigated the one vehicle accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Allen Pettit
Hubbard Ave
Cedar Rapids
Gerald C. Pettit
Ron
Dixon, Ill
Diana Willard
Sharon Tri
Springville
Carol Behrens
Nancy Palmer
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Herbert L. Rogers
First Church of the Nazarene
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Chapel of Memories
The
Diabetes Association
North Park Place
Thomas Pettit
Center Point
Pettit
Darryl E. Pettit
First St
Linn Sheriff's
Darryl Pettit
St. Luke's Hospital
St. Luke’s
Linn Sheriff's Department
Center Point Ambulance
Economic Forecast for 1981 Inflation and Oil Prices Rise
The Carter administration’s economic council projects higher consumer prices through 1982 with 9.5 percent inflation in 1982 and 12 percent for meat prices in 1981. Oil prices may average 40 dollars per barrel by October, unemployment hovering near 7.5 to 8 percent in 1981, then about 7.4 percent in 1982. The economy stays flat in early 1981 with possible slight declines and sluggish consumer spending due to inflation and higher Social Security taxes.
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Carter
Economic Council
U.S
Iowa City Man Charged With Attempted Murder After Shooting
Iowa City police say Bervan Bedwell, 44, was charged with attempted murder after a morning shooting. Russ Blakeslee, 45, of Coralville, is in critical condition at University Hospitals with a gunshot wound to the hand and chest. Bedwell was arrested at the scene following an argument at a northeast Iowa City home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Bervan Bedwell
Johnson County
Russ Blakeslee
Coralville
University Hospitals
Linda Barney
Blakeslee
Bedwell
Cedar Rapids police seek two armed robbery suspects
Cedar Rapids police hunted two young men after an armed robbery on the southwest side late Friday night. They were believed to be in the Waterloo area and were said to carry guns and knives. No victim name or theft amount was released.
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Cedar Rapids
Southwest Side
Waterloo
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Iowa
Farmersburg
George C. Radloff
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Schultz’s, Monona
Farmersburg-Wagner Cemetery
Independence
Mabel May Davis
White’s
Waterloo Cemetery
Quasqueton
Nelle Pearl Kress
Quasqueton Union Church
Mason-Harris
Urbana
LaMar Guernsey
Campbell-Russell Funeral Home
Vining
Frank P. Kratoska
Tama and
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Mollie B. Haish
Phillips
Wilton
William Mauer Jr
United Presbyterian Church
Gill-Lacock Funeral Home
Man
Wartburg College
Kathryn Koob
A! P
Novak Monument CO
14Th Ave
John E. Lopes
3Rd Ave
C.R. Weather
National New Service
San
Denver
Itocast
Miami
ISTON
Regent St
Rogers Road
Rockford Road
Edgewood Road
32Nd St
Gulfview Drive
C.R. Man
Pettits
Sheriff's Department
2Nd St
Cedar Park
16Th Avenue
C.R
Cary Grant
Joseph L. Hansen
Stewart Funeral Home
State of
First Avenue N.E
Stewart Duneral Home
First Avenue
John B. Turner
Masons
Funera Gpecianeta
K of C. Ks
John B. Turner & Son
Turner's
East
Turner
West Ave
West
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