Deaths in Linn County and surrounding areas
Obituaries list multiple Linn County residents and others in neighboring towns who died Friday or over the weekend. Entries include Mike Strait of Cedar Rapids, Sidney Schweitzer of Marion, Viola Davis of Cedar Rapids, Barbara Rodriguez formerly of Cedar Rapids, Beatrice Johnson of Cedar Rapids, Ronald Rugger of Cedar Rapids, and several others with service details, burial plans, and memorial fund notes. The notices provide birth dates, family survivors, and funeral arrangements across local churches and cemeteries.
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Barbara M. Skvor Rodriguez
Reedley
Calif
Cedar Rapids
Carlos “Chuck” Rodriguez
Oakland
Rodriguez
Rebecca
Robin
George W. Skvor
George J. Skvor
Robert L. Skvor
Deaths of Leona Kuhn and others across Eastern Iowa
Leona Kuhn 90 formerly Waterloo Brandon died Friday at Colonial Manor Nursing Home La Porte City surviving sons Matthew Floyd Leonard daughter Lorene Timson sisters Viola Forsyth Mary Cannon 11 grandchildren 3 stepgrandchildren 20 great grandchildren 3 step great. Services 11 a.m. Monday Grace United Methodist Church Waterloo burial 1:30 p.m. Brandon Cemetery. Friends may call after 1 p.m. today at Locke Funeral Home Waterloo. Charles P Georgen 71 died Friday at Mercy Health Center Dubuque longtime A Y McDonald Co machinist survivors wife Helen two sons John Haldane IL Steve Farley four services 10 a.m. Monday St Joseph Catholic Church burial St Francis Cemetery Dyersville. Friends may call after 2 p.m. today at Reiffs scripture wake 7 p.m. Farley American Legion Post 656 to attend 8 p.m. A memorial fund has been...
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Mike “Punky” Strait
St. Luke’s Hospital
David Kresnicka
Cedar Rapids
Pizza 2 U
Don and
Raeleen Strait Jr
Don Strait Sr
Key Largo
Fla
Leuretta Kamerling
Lisbon
Dawn
Susan
Jim
Brush Chapel
Lisbon Cemetery
Santa Cruz
Calif
Diane Flannagan
Monticello
Baxter-Martinson
Marion
John Woods
Mount Vernon Cemetery
Viola M. Davis
18Th St
Mount Vernon
Killians
St. Paul’s United
Turner Chapel East
Lloyd Brockmeyer
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Beatrice Johnson
Ave
Mercy Hospital
Middleberg
Ohio
Laurence Johnson
Iowa City
Hope Lutheran Church
Roosevelt Senior High School
Joann Nemec
Vera Vyskocil
David Young
Turner Chapel West
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Perrine Cancer Care Unit
c/o Mercy Hospital
10Th St. SE
Barbara J. Hayes
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Urbana
William E. Clark
Murdoch Funeral Home
Center Point
Pauline M. Ressler
Glendale
Des Moines
Helen Fern Rieger Emerson
United Methodist Church
Karen Fristad
Morgan Funeral Home
Leona Kuhn
Waterloo
Brandon
Colonial Manor
la Porte City
Matthew
Floyd
Lamont
Leonard
Independence
Lorene Timson
Fremont
Neb
Viola Forsyth
Mary Cannon
Grace United Methodist Church
Brandon Cemetery
Locke Funeral Home
Charles P. Georgen
St. Joseph
Mercy
Dubuque
A.Y. McDonald Co
Helen
John
Haldane
Ill
Steve
Farley
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
St. Francis Cemetery
Dyersville
Reiff’s
Farley American Legion Post 656
Marjorie Kidwell
Coast Guard
William “Bill” Kidwell
James Kidwell
Cheryl Bradshaw
Ariz
Sheila Cavanaugh
Shenandoah
Doris Johnson
San Diego
Pat
Vince
Phoenix
Marion Wright
Terry Myers
Walker-Merrick Funeral Home
Clarinda
Eddie Fidler
Memory Gardens
George L. Gay’s
American Cancer Society
Caroline C. Butrick
Jackson County Public Hospital
Maquoketa
Karen Somerville
Lowden
Hilda Stoolman
Glidden
Arthur Lubbert
Paton
Lawrence Redinus
Fort Dodge
Elmer Wather
Grand Rapids
Mich
Trinity Lutheran Church
Church
Chapman’s
Clarence
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Long Grove Cemetery
Kern’s-Jamison’s
Maynard
St. Paul Lutheran Church Organ Fund
Joyce E. Pyle
Oelwein
Eldon
Cheryl Azurdia
Tempe
Cindy Johnson
Sabula
Stephanie Hebard
Linda Cook
Joelle Pyle
Tim Pyle
Donna Wilson
Sandra Curnutt
George Sandholdt
Bert Sandholdt
Jim Sandholt
Oskaloosa
Doug Sandholdt
Clinton
Calvary Lutheran Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Brant- Kerns-Jamison’s
Law-Jones
Grace Beatty Denbo
South Bend
Ind
Shellsburg
Laguna Hills
Mission Viejo
Mae Hillman
Harold Beatty
Vinton
Howard E. Denbo
San Francisco
Phillips
Oakwood Cemetery
Cedar Rapids Woman Attacked While Door Knocking
A 26-year-old Cedar Rapids woman lobbied for the Iowa Citizen Action Network when a man in his mid-20s jumped from behind a tree and grabbed her arm. Police charged Craig Shelton, 29, with assault causing bodily injury after an alleged head strike at Langhurst residence. Langhurst sustained facial wounds. Shelton was released later Saturday without posting bond.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Citizen Action Network
Craig Shelton
Quail Hollow
Perry Langhurst
23Rd St. SE
Nonchakus
Langhurst
Shelton
Drunken Driving Arrests With Times And Locations
Linda Wolfe aged 32 of 57th Wright Drive Hiawatha was arrested at 1 26 a m Friday at Ninth Avenue and 10th Street SE for drunken driving. Pamela Schuldt aged 41 of 3160 27th Avenue Marion was arrested at 2 55 a m Friday in the 2300 block of 31st Street Marion for drunken driving.
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Linda Wolfe
Wright Dr
Hiawatha
Ninth Avenue
10Th Street
Pamela Schuldt
27Th Ave
Marion
31St Street
Fire and medical calls logged across multiple city streets
The report lists several incidents including medical emergencies at Edgewood Drive NW 1735 and 500 27th Street Dr SE, a faulty furnace on Ozark Street NE, engine backfire on Soutter Avenue SE, and multiple medical emergencies along Seventh Street SW Edgewood Road SW Norwood Drive SE and 30th Street NE, plus an extrication from an exercise bike at 1124 30th St NE.
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Edgewood Dr
27Th St. Dr
Ozark St
Soutter Ave
Seventh St
Edgewood Rd
Norwood Dr
30Th St. NE
Supreme Court Rules Federal Income Tax Constitutional in 1916
In 1916 the U S Supreme Court held the federal income tax constitutional, upholding Congress’s power to levy income taxes. The ruling solidified the legal basis for the modern tax system and shaped federal revenue policy for years to come.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Cedar Rapids man charged in Arkansas bank robbery
Richard Wright, 27, of Cedar Rapids, was arrested Friday at the El Mar Acres Motel on a warrant for robbing a Camden Arkansas bank courier. FBI agents and Cedar Rapids detectives seized him as they acted on a tip. The group reportedly netted $50,000 in recent weeks. Wright was visiting relatives in Arkansas.
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Cedar Rapids
Richard Wright
el Mar Acres
16Th Ave
FBI
Wright
Camden
Ark
Arkansas
Man charged after son dies in wreck
A 21-year-old man faces vehicular homicide and drunken driving charges after his 20 month old son riding in his lap died when the car veered on a gravel road southwest of Shenandoah. An infant restraint seat was in the back. The driver also faces charges of failing to use a child restraint and driving with a suspended license.
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Sidney
Fremont County
Kyle Dankof
Tara Bryant
Kyle
Shenandoah
Shenandoah Memorial Hospital
Dankof
Bryant
Illinois Lotto Winning Numbers Drawn Saturday
Illinois Lottery reports Saturdays drawing results with Lotto numbers 04 15 16 29 31 36 and a $4 million Lotto Jackpot while Lotto 7 shows a $2 million prize.
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LOTTO
Winning Iowa Lotto ticket sold at Casey's Columbus Junction
An Iowa Lottery drawing produced a $720,000 jackpot with one winning ticket sold at Casey's General Store in Columbus Junction. It marked the second consecutive weekend with a jackpot winner, following last weekend's $5.8 million Des Moines area group win.
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DES Moines
Iowa Lotto
Iowa Lottery
Jack Ratigan
Casey’s General
Columbus Junction
Obituary: Ruby Martin 92 Dies in Reinbeck
Ruby Martin aged 92 died Thursday at Parkview Manor Care Center in Reinbeck where she had lived five years. Survived by daughter Doris Downey of Haynes City Florida sister Mildred Colson of Humboldt Nebraska three grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Services at 2 p m Monday at Henderson Overton's Toledo with call time this afternoon. Burial at Woodlawn Cemetery Toledo.
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Lula Twiselton
Heritage Manor Care Center
Newton
Clarence
Tama
Henderson-Overton’s
Toledo
Oak Hill Cemetery
Ruby Martin
Parkview Manor
Reinbeck
Doris Downey
Haynes City, Fla
Mildred Colson
Humboldt, Neb
Woodlawn Cemetery
Vital Statistics Births for Mercy St Luke’s
Birth notices from Mercy and St Luke’s list several newborns. Mercy records a Jan 22 and a Jan 23 birth to Bryson, Lehmkuhl, and others. St Luke’s notes births to Fisher Lopata Campbell Baker Dotson Martin Morris on Jan 22 23 in multiple Iowa locations.
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Mercy
Angelika
Doug Bryson
Amana
Lisa
Mark Lehmkuhl
Ninth St
Marion
ST. Luke’s
Cathy
John Fisher
Center Point
Jan
Alan Lopata
Winthrop
Corinnea Campbell
Rushmore Dr. NE
L. Christine
Austin Baker
Anamosa
Carla
Steve Dotson
Delaware
Deborah
Larry Martin
First St
Laura Morris
Iowa Lotto Winners Face Saturday Draw Des Moines
Iowa Lottery officials in Des Moines report the Saturday drawing for the Lotto game with an estimated grand prize pool around 700000 dollars. The brief notice lists the winning numbers and notes the prize amount awaiting claim.
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DES Moines
Slippery Eastern Iowa Roads Slow Saturday Traffic
Snowy weather left Eastern Iowa roads treacherous with traffic crawling. Dispatchers quoted in phrasing about conditions noted few injuries but widespread caution and scattered vehicles in ditches as forecasts warned 5 to 6 inches of additional snow overnight.
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Iowa
Buchanan County Sheriff’s
Black Hawk County
Fayette County
Poweshiek County
Cedar County
Iowa City Police Association elects new officers
Dan Dreckman was chosen as president of the Iowa City Policemen's Association. Newly elected officers include Vickie Lalla as vice president Ralph Cox as treasurer and Bob Stika as secretary.
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Iowa City
Dan Dreckman
Iowa City Policemen’s Association
Iowa City Police
Vickie Lalla
Ralph Cox
Bob Stika
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Linn County
Sidney J. Schweitzer
Orchard Rd
Doris Lubben
Margaret Tedrow
Schweitzer
Congregational Church
American Legion Hanford Post 5
Mount Vernon Lodge
Af&am
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
Cairns Funeral Home
Ronald R. Rugger
Veterans Hospital
Rock Island
Iowa Steel and Iron Works
Richard Rugger
Frank Vrbicky
Janeba
Kuba Funeral
Czech National
Albert J. Helbig
Walker
Northbrook Manor
Elizabeth Jane Matney Holladay
Elliston
Sarah Vanda Martin
Mountain Home
Stewart Funeral Home
Vernal Stimson
Northview
Everett A. van Fossen
Living Center East
Fifth Ave
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
William Thomas
Tom” Cavanaugh
Hawleyville
Clarinda Municipal Hospital
Guthrie County
Mathilda M. Schlegel
Aaron
Gerald
Arvada
Colo
Arlene Riasanovsky
Berkeley
Eleanor Behlke
Luke Moore
Robert
Punta Gorda
Edna Moore
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Hintz-Geilenfeld’s
C.R. Man
Illinois Lottery
Springfield, Ill
John E. Lapes
Tiird Avenue S.E
Ellis Blvd
N.W
Center Pt. Rd
N.E
Dreckman
First Avenue N. E