Deaths in Linn County feature multiple notable locals
Virginia Chandler Topic 73 Cedar Rapids resident for 70 years died in Scottsdale Arizona after a long illness born April 24 1911 in Cedar Rapids she was a 1932 Iowa State University graduate and widow of Peter L Topic survivors include two daughters five grandchildren and two great grandchildren memorial services at Westminster Presbyterian Church and burial at Arlington National Cemetery. Elizabeth Gaines 69 of Cedar Rapids died at Mercy Hospital after a brief illness born December 28 1915 in Des Moines married Willis E Gaines in 1957 she worked in credit departments and was active in several organizations including Credit Women's International and the Consumer Credit Association burial at Little Cedar Cemetery. William Crissman 77 longtime Cedar Rapids attorney died at Mercy Hospital after a long illness born May 25 1907 in Cedar Rapids he served in the Navy 1943–45 received a Presidential Unit Citation and held various legal and civic roles with multiple survivors listed. John Reding Jr 66 Cedar Rapids native and Otis Elevator retiree died at Mercy Hospital after a short illness born April 1 1918 he served in World War II and was survived by wife and five daughters and a son. Other notices include memorial services for Charles Willmott 94 and Bertha Howell 93 with multiple familial survivors and memorials to various funds.
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Virginia Chandler Topic
Cedar Rapids
Scottsdale
Ariz
Peter L. Topic
Iowa State University
Topic
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Junior League of
Linda Salisbury
Fort Pierce
Fla
Virginia Tolle
John P. Woods
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington, D.C
Third Ave
Turner Chapel East
Elizabeth C. Gaines
C Ave
Mercy Hospital
Des Moines
Willis E. Gaines
Turner Chapel West
Frank H. Schultz
Trinity United Methodist Church
Little Cedar Cemetery
Osage
Iowa
American Cancer Society
10Th St
William W. Crissman
Norwood Drive
Thelma C. Bain
John George Reding Jr
Westwood Drive
Virginia Merklin
Reding
Otis Elevator Co
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
John E
Mason City
Janet Douglas
Jocile Davies
Joyce Ruckebeil
Jean Becker
Watkins
Jerri Dix
Hudson
Isabel Jane Reding
Clarence
Margaret Kahler
Bradenton
Esther Gerhold
Center Point
John Hemann
American Legion
Perrine
10Th St. SE
Charles J. Willmott
13Th Ave
Marion
Willow Gardens
Cherokee County
Lela Mae Pratt
Willmott
First United Methodist Church of
Donald
Ruby Starks
Ruth Knapp
Walker
Lois Jean Taylor
Alburnett
Kathryn DeSotel
Robins
Baxter Memorial Chapel
Nick Longworth
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Deaths in Eastern Iowa: Ohlen and infant Stoos
Paul E. Ohlen 72, retired farmer of Blairstown, dies at Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids. Survived by wife Donna, children William Bonnie Bette Kay, 11 grandchildren and one great grandson. Services Saturday Grace Lutheran Church. Burial Cedar Memorial Cedar Rapids. Memorial fund for church air conditioning. Jennifer Lynn Stoos 3 weeks dies at home from congenital heart trouble. Survived by parents Christopher grandparents. Private services later. Memorials to March of Dimes. Cremation by George L Gay's.
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Paul E. Ohlen
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Donna
William
Blairstown
Bonnie Stallman
Bette Kay Lee
Norway
Grace Lutheran Church
Russell’s
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
March of Dimes
George L. Gay
Obituary notices from Cresco and surrounding Iowa towns
Kathryn Malone 86 died at Cresco Care Center with five brothers and two sisters listed as survivors. Services at St. Aloysius with visiting hours and rosary noted. Burial at Calvary Cemetery Cresco. Multiple other obituaries include Jerry and Carol Lass plane crash victims in Reno. Robert L. Johnston in a Benton County crash. Wilford Masuen retirement tale. Susie Clendenen 98. Mary Bontrager 61. Isadore Till 81. George B. Griffin 67. Alice M. Gregg 65. George Berger 97. Loyd E. Becker 48. Dignified notices list survivors, service times, and funeral homes across Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Oelwein, and nearby towns.
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Kathryn Malone
Cresco Care Center
Edward
Hubert Wenthold
Decorah
Rudy
Arnold Wenthold
Ervin Wenthold
Fort Atkinson
Ethel Lutkenhaus
Alta Vista
Bertha Ehler
Ossian
St. Aloysius Catholic Church
French’s
Calvary Cemetery
Cresco
Alice M. Gregg
Washington County
Lesly Cunningham
Joshua Tree
Calif
Eden’s
Woodlawn
Flaming drink blast injures two in Los Angeles restaurant
Two women were seriously burned when a flaming alcoholic drink exploded beside their table in a Los Angeles restaurant. Melanie Ross, 24, burned on face chest and arms, hospitalized in fair condition. Barbara Leetch, 50, treated for arm burns and released. Vapors from 151 proof rum ignited as contents were poured over a lit ladle.
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Los Angeles Times Service
Los Angeles
Melanie Ross
Fingerprinting Session Held at Clutier Churches
Clutier churches host a free fingerprinting session for children and youths birth through 18 years old from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Clutier Catholic Social Center. Tama County Sheriff's Department runs the event to provide prints for nationwide law enforcement in abduction or missing person cases. Several area schools have sponsored sessions and already fingerprinted individuals need not be reprinted.
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Clutier
Immaculate Conception
St. Wenceslaus Catholic
Clutier Catholic Social Center
Tama County
Breen Ries and others noted in vital statistics events
The notice records births in January at Mercy and St. Luke's with several families listed by name and address. It also lists multiple medical emergencies and alarms, incidents at Bever Ave SE and Fifth Ave SE, a late call, and a 1961 reference noting Kennedy's first televised presidential news conference.
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Bever Ave
Fifth Ave
First Ave
10Th St
Blairs Ferry Road
Belair Drive
Fifth Avenue
John F. Kennedy
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Linn County
American
Iowa State
Linn County Bar Associations
Linn County Bar Association
Perpetual Savings and Loan Association
Crissman
Sigma Nu Social Fraternity
Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
Order of the Coif Legal Honorary Society
University of Iowa Alumni Association
Carol G
Normal, Ill
Margaret G. Loomis
Madison, Wis
Lawrence
Brisbane
Queensland
Australia
Turner Chapel
Lloyd E. Brockmeyer
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Mount Hermon
Glenn A. Winchell
14Th St. SE
Smithcenter
Kan
Frances Bendorf
Mr. Winchell
Sanitary Farm Dairy Co
Boy Scouts of America
Eagle Board
Hawkeye Area
Boy Scouts
Eagles Club
Traveling Men's Club and Teamsters Union
Cynthia Stammeyer
Sharon Lafler
Valinda
Carl
Florida
Raoul
Hawkeye
Bertha Howell
Meth-Wick Manor
Christ Church Presbyterian
Cedar Memorial Park
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
First Ave. NW
Horwedel
Lucille Lenton
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Joe Hauer
St. John’s Cemetery
Kuba Funeral Home
Jackson
Vivian Morse
Eliza Creek Cemetery
New Boston
Ill
Arthritis Foundation
Ingersoll
Warner
Merle I
Murdoch Chapel
Norman Bales
Nick Saunders
Center Point Cemetery
Coralville
Jennifer Lynn Stoos
David and
Marcia Stoos
Christopher
William and
Clarice Stoos
Oskaloosa
Ralph and
Shirley Bruggemeyer
Altoona, Iowa
Calmar
Jerry A. Lass
Carol Ann Lass
Reno
Nev
Farm Bureau Insurance Co
Gary
Madison
Wis
James
Laverne, Minn
Dennis
Fort Madison
Joann Adams
Waseca
Minn
Robert L. Johnston
Benton County
White’s
Garnavillo
Wilford N. Masuen
Guttenberg Municipal Hospital
Guttenberg
Margaret
Herbert
Garnaville
Bernice Connell
Elkader
Rebecca Meder
Leonard Witt
Hazleton
Susie A. Clendenen
Mercy
Harry
McCatskill
Ark
Bess Heitter
Oelwein
Marjorie Kerns
Hazel Reid
Indianapolis
Ind
Brandt-Kerns- Jamison’s
Floral Hills Cemetery
Kalona
Mary E. Bontrager
University of Iowa Hospitals
Clayton House
Iowa City
Highway 1
Duane
Marvin
Glen
Robert
Wellman
Linda Bontrager
Barbara Sutter
Judy Christiansen
Barbara Bender
Ada Stutzman
Alta Widmer
Anna Raber
Sarasota
John
Stanley Stutzman
Omar Stutzman
Colorado
Levi Stutzman
Evansville
Ervin Stutzman Jr
Nebraska
LeRoy Stutzman
Washington
Full Gospel Revival Center
Sharon Hill Cemetery
Peterseim’s
Lamotte
Isadore P. Till
St. Joseph’s Unit
Tama
George B. Griffin
Davenport
St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar
Rapids
David G
Mason-Hand’s
Oak Hill Cemetery
West Branch
George Berger
Springdale
Lone Tree
West Liberty
John Fessler
Texas
Barker’s
West Branch Cemetery
Loyd E
Bud” Becker
Judy
Michael
Mark
Betty Colgan
Brimfield
Ronald
Stanwood
Rochester United Methodist Church
Rochester Cemetery
Sheets & Son’s
Tipton
Panion
Barbara Leetch
Laura
Donald Breen
E Ave. NW
ST. Luke's
Colleen
Kevin Ries
Ryan
Katherine Jo Daniels
Bever Ave. SE
Roger Junge
Keystone
Gerald L. McAtee
Coggan
Virginia M. Ottmann
Central City
Carolyn
Robert Cole
Lorena Gay
Ralph Marvin Gordon
Marlys E
Craig O. Ashmore
Leanne Elizabeth
Rex Alan Grimm
Helen Ella
Donald Martin Cain
Patti
Robert Burrell
Sheri L
Craig S. Yuill
Peggy J. and
Roger C. Fleming
Benita and
Roger L. Strong
Springfield
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue S.E
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