Deaths in Cedar Rapids area list multiple obituaries
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists numerous memorial notices. Joseph R. Freberg 82 died at Mercy Hospital after a sudden illness with services set at Turner Chapel East. Esther E. Kemp 94 died at Crestview Acres Nursing Home after a long illness with services at Murdoch's Marion. Donald E. Henderson 59 died in Lubbock Texas with funeral arrangements at Zion Presbyterian Church Coggon. Numerous other memorials follow for residents of Palo Marion Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas with service details and burial plans.
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Joseph R. Freberg
Illinois St. SW
Mercy Hospital
Cambridge
Minn
Irene Bergman
Square D Co
Brecke Inc
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Vernon Sandager
Albuquerque
N.M
Betty L. Freberg
Cedar Rapids
James E
Minneapolis
Esther E. Kemp
Crestview Acres
Esther Booze
Robins
Warren J. Kemp
Marion
Olive McCormick
Ruth Bansier
Elva Elson
Murdoch's
Kenneth Adcock
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Donald E. Henderson
Coggan
Lubbock
Texas
Ryan
Wanda
Rex
Randy
Colorado City
Lucile Woodworth
Coggon
Jean Caldwell
Mary Lu Robinson
Eleanor Price
Central City
Zion Presbyterian Church, Coggon
Larry Olson
Paul L. Slycord
Palo
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Montezuma
Krablin Truck Lines
Moose Lodge
Leon F
Fayetteville
Tenn
Bruce A
Christine Wilford
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Sylvester J. MacDonald
Williams Blvd
St. Luke’s Hospital
Rib Lake
Wis
Thelma H. van Voltenburg
Clinton
Iowa Manufacturing Co
Trinity Lutheran Church
Evelyn Lateano
Mokena
Ill
Eugene
Connersville
Edward
Ted” Ament
Missouri
Hilda Ruth Meeks
Rock Island
Linn County Road Department
Juanita Booth
Linda Kurth
Judy Lazenby
Center Point
Mildred Dankert
John A. Nash
Oskaloosa
University of Iowa
Margaret Reed
John Nash
Rotary International Foundation
George L. Gay
Muscatine Road
Vital Statistics and Local Incident Log
Vital statistics note multiple births in Swisher Cedar Rapids Marion and other cities with dates January 24 25 including Barbara Maurice Grissom Linda Talcott and Deanna Rathie plus individuals OBrien Kula Cox Edwards Day Day and others. Fire and medical calls at 1400 Miami Drive NE 212 12th St SE 1351 21st Ave SW 1249 Third Ave SE plus a sprinkler leak at Third Street and 16th Avenue SE and a medical emergency at 1222 Sixth Ave SE with times 7:57 PM to 2:02 PM Monday through Tuesday.
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Charlotte L. Harvey
Third Ave
Cedar Rapids
Fifth Avenue
Charlotte Lenz
Lone Tree
Royall A. Harvey
Iowa City
Harvey
Cedar Chapter
O.E.S
Gethsemane Shrine
White Shrine of Jerusalem
Social Order of Beaucant Assembly
Shirley Kraft
Indiana
Marcelle Dillinger
Denver
Beatty Bearle-Murdoch
Miami Drive
12Th St
21St Ave
Third Street
16Th Avenue
Sixth Ave
Ex Monona Resident Dies in Chicago Hit and Run
Roger Allen Appel 50 formerly of Monona and now of Chicago was killed in a hit and run. His body was found near 4226 Sheridan Road on Chicago's north side and he was dead on arrival at a hospital. Police say the crash is under investigation.
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Amana
Johanna Roeniig
Amana Community Church
Amana Cemetery
Hoover-Valentine’s
Marengo
Belle Plaine
Hazel F. Back
Russell’s
International Cemetery
Luzerne
Doyle E. Ealy
Hrabak
Golden Prairie Congregational Church
Ryan
Bohnenkamp-Vernon
Manchester
Oakland Cemetery
Monona
Roger Allen Appel
Chicago
Schultz’s
St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
Newhall
Edward A. Smith
Uhlman
Children’s Hospital Society of Los Angeles
Toledo
John W. McCreary
Henderson’s
Woodlawn
Vinton
Jess L. St. Clair
Phillips’ Watkins
Gilbert W. Schmidt
Iowa City
Watkins
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Friends
Donohue-Lensing’s
Wellman
Glenn Merlin Ropp
West Union Mennonite Church
Powell’s
Appel
Sheridan Road
Four Die in Fiery Blast at Utah Ireco Plant
A massive explosion at Ireco Chemical Co. near Utah Lake leveled a primer plant, killing four workers and injuring none of about a dozen others nearby. Debris covered up to 200 yards, with a 4 foot crater left in the site.
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Utah Chemical Company
Lehi
Utah
Ireco Chemical Co
Ralph Coomes
James Parsell
Utah Lake
Parsell
DeLon Hunsaker
Ireco
Hunsaker
Stephen Good
State Occupational Safety and Health Agency
Gladis Murri
Utah County
Mark Ward
Ray Lunt
Gean Beall
American Fork
Stacy Smith
Orem
Sheriff's Deputies
Salt Lake City
Nicholas DeReta
Salt Lake
Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms
Pine Hill
Ala
Ernest Dyess
Wilcox County
Prince Arnold
Plants reopen with modest gains in Cedar Rapids area
The Harnischfeger plant in Cedar Rapids reopened after a lengthy shutdown with about 25 more workers than before. Amana Refrigeration added roughly 500 net workers after recalls, while Iowa Manufacturing reports a small rise. Universal Engineering runs about 150 workers with recalls unlikely. Officials see potential upturn from 1983–84 road work and resurfacing projects.
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Harnischfeger
Cedar Rapids
Michigan
Amana
Iowa
Eugene
Ore
Iowa Manufacturing
Universal Engineering
Universal
Time to sign up for homestead and veteran tax exemptions
Property owners may secure permanent homestead exemptions after the 1983 filing year under a state law change. After this year, contact the assessor only if selling or moving, with written notice by July 1. Business owners must return inventory and fixtures forms by February 15.
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Dale Piersall
Notifi
Piersall
Electrical short cited in Cedar Rapids kitchen fire
Fire investigators blame an electrical short between the electricity meter and a circuit panel for a late Monday blaze that heavily damaged the kitchen at 1351 21st Ave. SW Cedar Rapids. Lt. Larry Spielbauer said ceiling panels fell into pans of grease on a stove, igniting the grease and triggering the fire. The home also suffered heavy smoke damage.
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Richard Manley
21St Ave
Cedar Rapids
Larry Spielbauer
Spielbauer
Liberty and love of others in Hazlitt’s thought
The essayist William Hazlitt links liberty to caring for others and warns that power centers on self interest. He frames freedom as social virtue rather than personal gain, urging readers to value communal rights and responsibilities over domination.
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William Hazlitt
Hiawatha Man Sentenced After Punching Officer
William E. Blake, 27, was jailed two days after pleading guilty to assault for striking Hiawatha Police Chief David Saari during booking at Linn County Jail. Blake had been arrested for public intoxication on Center Point Road amid traffic complaints and fined $25.
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Hiawatha
David Saari
Linn County
Saari
William E. Blake
East Clark St
Center Point Road
Blake
Sioux City bishop resigns from diocese
SIOUX CITY IOWA AP The resignation of Bishop Frank H Greteman of the Sioux City Roman Catholic Diocese has been accepted by Pope John Paul II.
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Sioux City, Iowa
Frank H. Greteman
Sioux City
John Paul II
Swanson delays resignation from development post
Iowa Development Commission director Dave Swanson will stay on for six more months after Gov. Branstad asked ISU President W. Robert Parks to extend Swanson’s leave. He had planned to leave in January to return to Ames as Center for Industrial Research and Services director at Iowa State University.
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Iowa Newspaper Association
DES Moines
Dave Swanson
Iowa Development Commission
Swanson
Commission
Center For Industrial Research and Services
Iowa State University
Ames
ISU
Terry Branstad
W. Robert Parks
Button sewing tip from daily care
A tip suggesting sewing buttons on children's clothing with dental floss for strength and applying clear nail polish to wooden buttons before washing to preserve shine and durability.
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The
Rita
John Peterka
Swisher
Harry Holmes
St. Luke’s
Barbara
Maurice Grissom
11Th St. NW
Linda
Gary Talcott
33Rd St. SE
Susan
Dale Wulf
Terry Ave
Deanna
Richard Delp
18Th St
Tina Marie Rathie
Deanna Kay
John Clemens
Blairs Ferry Road
Michael D. O’brien
Cynthia R. Kula
Timothy A. Cox
Salisbury, Mo
Kay L. Edwards
Stephen B. Day
Gail M. Day
Wyoming
Gerianne
Howard L. Duckett
Ruth Evelyn
Dale C. Peyton
Barbara Marie
Richard Everett Balvant
Margaret Lou
Henry William Ehrle
Sheryl Ann
Kurt Charles Alexander
Dana Bruce
Clarence Dawson Berry
Janice M
Jerry W. Strong
Linda Anne
Richard Keith Kofron
C.R
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
Pierson’s Flowershop and Greenhouses, Inc
Ellis Boulevard
Asi
Center Pt. Rd
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