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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1988
Page
8
The notice lists Nancy Files Knudsen of Yukon Oklahoma formerly Cedar Rapids killed in a Friday traffic accident in Oklahoma City. It also records deaths of Emil Pidima Carleton Campbell Walter Fry Lenora Hodgdon Eugene Lane Vermillion Mumm James Rissmiller Kenneth Bunker Albie Jones George Lehman Frank Shaw Georgia Warren and others with funeral details and family survivors.
Niles D. Buck Day, 69, former newspaper owner and civic leader of Prairie du Chien Wisconsin, died of cancer January 5 at home. Survived by daughter Laraine Boardman of Cedar Rapids. Services and burial held January 9 in Prairie du Chien.
Obituary notices list Romauld M. Cavanaugh and Agnes Kapucian among others, detailing survivors relatives and service arrangements. The record covers multiple rural locations in Iowa including Grinnell Oelwein and Montezuma, with funeral home details and memorial funds noted.
Sigourney resident Musettea Epperly 82 died in University Hospitals Iowa City. Survived by three children, six grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Services 2 PM Wednesday Sigourney Christian Church burial Springfield Cemetery What Cheer. Memorials to church. Judy Ann Storjohann 41 of rural Strawberry Point died Sunday at Delaware County Memorial Hospital Manchester after sudden illness. Survives husband Nick daughter Tracy Stanger of Edgewood parents Fred and Dorothy Stanger Davenport three brothers and two sisters. Services 11 AM Wednesday Hope Lutheran Church Littleport burial Union Cemetery Littleport. Laurence Dutch Henkle 77 died Monday in Virginia Gay Hospital Annex after long illness. Oil and service station businessman. Services tentatively Thursday Presbyterian Church. Friends may call 2 PM Wednesday Campbell-Russell's. Milroy Kaufman 70 died Monday night Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids after extended illness. Arrangements pending Phillips'.
NAACP executive director Benjamin Hooks spoke at Luther College on Martin Luther King Day, warning of ongoing racism from Forsyth County to Howard Beach and criticizing Reagan policy. He cited strides like 1 million Black college students and 295 Black mayors, led chants of We Shall Overcome, and noted King’s enduring dream amid national tributes and related events.
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega warned in Ciudad Dario that U.S. congressional approval of new contra aid would force Sandinista action to defend sovereignty. He followed by releasing seven opposition leaders and promising civil liberties restoration amid ongoing talks with regional presidents on a Central American peace plan.
Mercy welcomes a son for Jan 18 couple Joan and Scott Wagner of 4444 Greenfield St NE St Luke's notes a Jan 16 birth for Carol and John Depaepe of 312 Red Fox Rd SE plus a Jan 17 birth for Darla and Cory Conway of Van Horne a son Karlene Hathaway 1328 First St SW reports a son Vanessa and Bruce Norris 450 Hilltop Dr SW a daughter Diana Teel 854 First Ave NE a son Jan 18 Marilyn and Lyle Anderson Springville a daughter Amanda Crock 153 15th St Marion a son Kimberly and Richard Mason Shellsburg a daughter Lori and James Wilcoxson 3000 J St SW a daughter
Winning numbers announced for the daily game and pick four. Lotto Jackpot stands at 4 million dollars while Lotto 7 holds a 10 million dollar jackpot.
Soviet media report an Aeroflot Tupolev-154 missed the Krasnovodsk runway and split in two during landing. Eleven people died and 12 were injured. weather was clear and visibility good. Turkmenia premier to head the investigation.
An eight year old Omaha boy, Joseph McFadden, died from head injuries after a collision with an all terrain vehicle while skiing at Mount Crescent Hills near Crescent Iowa. The incident happened about 8 p.m. Friday as he neared the foot of the main slope. A National Ski Patrol volunteer driving the three wheel vehicle tried to avoid him.
Nancy Files Knudsen 46, a former Cedar Rapids resident now of Yukon Oklahoma, was killed in a rural Oklahoma City area crash Friday night. Police say her car had pulled aside on a hill after trouble when a passing motorist stopped to help, his car blocking Knudsen’s and blinding a third driver who rear ended the vehicle. Knudsen died at the scene while the Good Samaritan was hospitalized in critical condition with multiple injuries.
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