Deaths Listings in Cedar Rapids Area Echo Summer Losses
Obituary notices list John Edward Carstens 72 of Aransas Pass Texas formerly Cedar Rapids died of heart failure June 20 1997. Fern Coates 81 Cedar Rapids resident died June 30 1997 with services July 2 Cedar Memorial. Lawrence Gordon 61 Apache Junction formerly Cedar Rapids found dead June 22 1997. Jeannette Meyer 34 Cedar Rapids resident since 1963 died June 29 1997 with services to follow. Burial details and survivor lists accompany each notice.
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Lawrence B. Gordon
Apache Junction
Ariz
Cedar Rapids
Sharlene Gillette
Laura Gordon
Washington State
Jeanne Soper
Ocoee
Fla
Lynne Gillette
Baltimore
Suzanne Cipra
Twentynine Palms
Cal
Obituaries for Patten Spacek Swab in Iowa notices
Obituaries report Lena Patten 92 of Oskaloosa formerly Brooklyn died June 29 1997 at Pleasant Park Estates Oska loosa with services at Nevenhoven Funeral Home Brooklyn burial Brooklyn Memorial Cemetery. Richard J Spacek 88 of Cedar Rapids died June 30 1997 at Northbrook Manor Care Center with services at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories and burial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Marie Swab 89 of Northbrook Manor Care Center died June 27 1997 at St Luke s Hospital with services at Turner Chapel East and private burial Buresh Cemetery. The notices list survivors and service details for each individual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Patten
Oskaloosa
Brooklyn
Pleasant Park Estates
Nevenhoven Funeral Home
William Daylong
Brooklyn Memorial Cemetery
Hattie Mae Milligan
New Shar
Marie T. Swab
Northbrook Manor
St. Luke’s Hospital
Turner Chapel East
Buresh Cemetery
Ely
Ron Lewis
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Miss Swab
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
St. Luke’s
George L. Swab
Peg Cartano
Longmont
Colo
Lauri Weaver
Linda Dettbarn
Lawton
Okla
Obituaries: Olga Mormann Boge and Agnes Link
Olga A Mormann Boge 72 died June 30 1997 at home after a long illness. Services 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St Francis Xavier Basilica. Burial St Francis Cemetery. Agnes Marold Link died June 28 1997 at Mercy Health Center St Marys Unit after a long illness. Services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St Francis Xavier Basilica. Burial St Francis Cemetery. Both families reside in Dyersville with multiple children and siblings listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olga A. Mormann Boge
St. Francis Xavier Basilica
St. Francis Cemetery
Kramer Funeral Home
Dyersville
Bob
Gary
Bill
Bernard
Shirley White
Sharon Looker
Lacey, Wash
Germaine Wedener
Agnes Marold Link
Mercy Health Center
St. Mary’s
Janet Robichaud
Moncton
New Brunswick
Canada
Herb
David Sr
Winston Salem
N.C
Mae Wierzba
Piles, ml
Elkader Woman Ruby Engelhardt 83 Dies After Illness
Ruby Engelhardt 83 died Monday June 30 1997 at Central Community Hospital after a long illness. Arrangements are pending with Leonard Funeral Home Elkader.
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Ruby Engelhardt
Central Community Hospital
Leonard Funeral Home
Elkader
George E. Rebal 89 Iowa City Man Dies After Stroke
George E. Rebal of 614 Brookland Park Dr Iowa City died Sunday June 29 1997 at Mercy Hospital after a stroke. Services Wednesday 2 p.m. at George L Gay Funeral Home with Rev Robert Dean and Rev Carl Klein. entombment Memory Gardens Mausoleum. Survivors include wife Lee two sons Ron Bax ter Rebal and Al Rebal two granddaughters and a sister in law plus many relatives. Memorials to Juvenile Diabetes Foundation or First United Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Rebal
Brookland Park Dr
Mercy Hospital
George L. Gay
Ron
Pat Baxter-Rebal
Davenport
Kathy
Iowa City
Emily
Sarah
Norma Reinking
London
Edith Couch
Bob
Frank
Fred
Jim
Ray
Plattsmouth
Neb
James
Mary Trilet
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
First United Methodist Church
George
Hawkeye
Memorial for Oelwein Man Bachman in Maple Grove
Wayne A. Bachman 45 of Maple Grove Minnesota died in an auto crash near Lake Crystal Minnesota Saturday June 28 1997 Funeral services are at 2 pm Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church Oelwein with burial in Floral Hills Cemetery Hazleton. Memorials may be given for his nephews and nieces education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne A. Bachman
Maple Grove
Minn
Oelwein
Lake Crystal
Zion Lutheran Church
Beth
Verna Bachman McNeal
Urbandale
Larry
Ann
Aurora, Ill
Travis
Nancy
Cedar Rapids
Donna
la Vera
Mabel Bachman
Nellie Easterly 101 Stillwater native lifelong Olin store owner
Nellie Alice Easterly 101 of Stillwater Oklahoma died June 28 1997 after a short illness. Services Wednesday at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories Cedar Rapids with Rev. Lloyd Brockmeyer officiating. Burial in Chapel of Memories Mausoleum. She lived in Olin Davenport and Stillwater and was known for 40 years at Swartzell’s Jack Sprat and K and E Grocery. She is survived by sisters and nephews. She was born April 9 1896 in Jones County Iowa. She retired in 1959 and moved to Davenport in 1964 then Stillwater in later years. She was a lifelong member of Olin Methodist Church and Order of Eastern Star member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Alice Easterly
Stillwater
Okla
Olin
Davenport
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Cedar Rapids
Lloyd Brockmeyer
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Dorothy Rose
Don Rose
Susanne
Pat Holets
Tom Easterly
Sharon Knuppe
Albany
Noel
Roscoe Easterly
Lois Hart
Clarice Kearns
Nellie
Jones County
Iowa
Don
Ola Stuart Easterly
Cedar Rapids Business School
Main Street
Swartzell
Jack Sprat
K & E Grocery
Clarice
Ike Kearns
Susanne Rose
Olin Methodist Church
Olin Hiawatha Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Riverside Woman Donna Andry Dies After Short Illness
Donna Billard Andry aged 60 died at home on Thursday June 26 1997 after a brief illness. Services are set for 7 p.m. Wednesday at Lor den Funeral Home Riverside with Norma Joyce officiating. Burial ashes will be scattered in California. No immediate survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Billard Andry
Lorden Funeral Home
Riverside
Norma Joyce
California
Mount Vernon man William Thurn dies of heart attack
William Bill Thurn 48 of Mount Vernon died of a heart attack Sunday June 29 1997 at his vacation home. Services 230 PM Wednesday at St John Catholic Church Mount Vernon with calling 5 to 9 PM Tuesday and a wake at 7 PM. Graveside services with military honors 130 PM Thursday at Littleport Cemetery. Morgan Funeral Home Mt Vernon in charge. He is survived by his wife Joyce four sons Chad and Aaron and Nick and TJ two brothers Harlan and Gary a sister Marlene his mother Arlene and two grandchildren Samantha and Trevor. He was born January 10 1949 in Elkader the son of Harlan and Arlene Thurn. He served in the Army until 1970 and was a Baker Manufacturing employee. He married Joyce Powers on October 24 1970 and held an AA from Iowa Central Community College. At death he was manager of Baker Pipe and Supply. Memorial contributions may be made to William S Thurn Memorial Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fern D. Coates
Johnson Ave
Northbrook Manor
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Paul Scheidt
Concordia Lutheran Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Mabel Ewoldt
South Dakota
Bob Tomkins
Rita
Silvis
Ill
Andrew Tomkins
Deanna
Waterloo
John Tomkins
Julie
Dubuque
Ann Tomkins
Fern
Peirson
Iowa
Ernest
Dora Libke Church
Frank Coates
F.W. Woolworth
Cedar Rapids
American Heart Association
Richard J. Spacek
Parkview Ct
Lloyd Brockmeyer
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Elynore
Beverly Meier
Wayne
Barbara Falvey
Albuquerque
N.M
Leonard
Palm Desert
Calif
Kathleen Aller
Ron
Pennsylvania
Karleen McCarthy
Gary
Wisconsin
Brigid Mora
Tom
New Mexico
Colette Herrera
Edward
Catherine Falvey
Texas
Wayne Meier Jr
Jackie
William
Bill’’ Thurn
St. John Catholic Church
Mount Vernon
Littleport
Morgan Funeral Home
Joyce
Chad
Sharlene
North Liberty
Aaron
Allison
Nick
Harlan
Phyllis
St. Olaf
Nancy
Elkader
Marlene
Ron Bair
Arlene
Samantha
Trevor
Brad
Bill
Arlene Thurn
Lutheran Church
Central Community High School
Baker Manufacturing
Fort Dodge
Joyce Ann Powers
Iowa Central Community College
Baker Pipe and Supply
William S. Thurn Memorial Fund
Fourth Ave
Memorial for Alice Driscoll in Mechanicsville
Alice Lucille Driscoll 87 died June 30 1997 in Mechanicsville following a long illness. Services at St Marys Catholic Church with burial Rose Hill Cemetery. Visitation today at Morgan Funeral Home. Survived by three sons two daughters two sisters a brother fifteen grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. Memorials to Mechanicsville Volunteer Ambulance.
Worthington Herbert N. Ament 97 dies after long illness
Herbert N. Ament of Worthington dies at 97 in Edgewood Convalescent Center after a long illness. Services set for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Paul Catholic Church with burial in the church cemetery. Viewing 2 to 9 p.m. with a Scripture service at 4 p.m. He is survived by two daughters Patricia Torson Colesburg and Mary Ann Sebastian Aurora, Ill.. a son Edward Plato, Mo.. and a brother Harold Worthington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert N. Ament
Worthington
Edgewood Convalescent Center
St. Paul Catholic Church
Church
Kramer Funeral Home
Dyersville
Patricia Torson
Colesburg
Mary Ann Sebastian
Aurora, Ill
Edward
Plato, Mo
Harold
Leona Mae Netolicky Ka plan funeral today
Leona Mae Netolicky Ka plans visitation at 1 30 p m today at Brush Chapel Cedar Rapids followed by burial at Sulek Cemetery near Shueyville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona Mae Netolicky Kaplan
Brush Chapel
Cedar Rapids
Sulek Cemetery
Shueyville
Obituary of Emma Morsing Safley of Springville
Emma Morsing Safley 85 died Sunday June 29 1997 at her Springville home. Memorial services 2 PM Wednesday at Springville Presbyterian Church. Body deeded to University of Iowa College of Medicine. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home Marion. Survived by two sons Charles and Alan a daughter Karen Taylor a sister Julia MacDonald and preceded by a son Paul and two siblings. An oil and china painter she taught art in Springville and Marion and published two books of poetry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Morsing Safley
Springville
Springville Presbyterian Church
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Murdoch Funeral Home
Marion
Emma
Clinton
Iowa
Soren and
Marie Sorensen Morsing
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Jane Lamb Hospital School of Nursing
Roland W. Safley
Charles
Alan
Karen Taylor
Julia MacDonald
New Braunfels
Texas
Paul
Obituary notices for Johnson Miller and Morgan services
Janice Ann Johnson funeral at Murdoch Marion with vigil service and later Cedar Memorial Park burial planned. Melvin Paul Miller Jr. visitation and prayer service at Brush Chapel with memorial fund set up. Victor C Morgan requiem at St Matthew s Catholic Church with burial at Mount Calvary Cemetery and memorial fund established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Ann Johnson
Murdoch Funeral Home
Marion
John McClean
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Rapids
Melvin Paul
Mel” Miller Jr
Brush Chapel
Victor C
Vic’? Morgan
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
Robert Hogan
Mount Calvary Cemetery
In Memory of You on Your Heavenly Birthday
Message marks a 10th heavenly birthday for a loved one lost at age 20. Family expresses love, memories, and ongoing sorrow, noting the milestone and enduring treasure of the deceased in their hearts.
Death notices and obituaries guidelines published
The Gazette lists submission hours and pricing for death notices and obituaries. News items publish basic survivor details and a photo, while extended material costs 35 cents per word. Contact 398 8221 for information.
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the Gazette
Summer youth activities at five Cedar Rapids sites expanded
Foundation II and the Summer Youth Coalition run art games music sports snacks and cookouts at five Cedar Rapids locations including Roosevelt Middle School for the first time. Programs run daily except July 4 and rain days with schedules at Polk McKinley Johnson Roosevelt Metro High. volunteers and donations are requested.
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Gazette
Foundation II
Summer Youth Coalition
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Middle School
Metro High School
Cedar Rapids Fire Department
Iowa State Extension Service
Polk Elementary
Johnson Elementary
First Congregational Church
Johnson
Cause of death unknown for Cedar Rapids woman
Police report no foul play suspected after the body of 34 year old Jeannette Meyer was found in a friend's apartment in Cedar Rapids. Investigators await autopsy results from Linn County Medical Examiner Percy Harris to determine the cause of Meyer's death.
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C.R
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Percy Harris
Meyer
Jacor Buys Two Iowa City Radio Stations
Jacor Communications Inc. buys KXIC AM 800 and KKRQ FM 100.7 from Iowa City Broadcasting Inc. and Thomas Ingstad for eight million dollars. The Covington Kentucky firm becomes operator of the two stations today and expands its national portfolio to 153 stations including WMT in Cedar Rapids and WHO in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Jacor Communications Inc
Jacor
Covington
Kxic-Am
Iowa City Broadcasting Inc
Thomas Ingstad
Kkrq-Fm
Iowa
Wmt-Am
Wmt-Fm
Cedar Rapids
Who-Am
Klyf-Fm
Des Moines
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John Edward Carstens
Aransas Pass
Cooper Funeral Home
Maxwell
Peoria
Ava Richards
Robert Carstens
Ames
Linda Carstens
Duluth
Nancy Dehnel
Janet Carstens
Minneapolis
Steven Carstens
John
Iowa State University
Ash River Resort
McGregor, Minn
Jeannette R. Meyer
Center St
Edward Kelley
Carl
Diane David
Darwin
Sharon Meyer
Bernice Meyer
Donald
Marcia Bryant
San Antonio
Mechanicsville
Alice Lucille Driscoll
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Rose Hill
Gervase
Lavone
Jean
Rhonda
Wilton
Mary Alice
Paul Schnipkoweit
Lisbon
Barbara
Ervin Lich Jr
Council Bluffs
Betty Johnson
Allene Turner
George Fisher
Leo
Eldora
Marge
Mary
Bertha
Bessie Robinson Fisher
Leo Driscoll
Women’s Guild
Alice
N. John St
Heaven’s
Russell Ealy
By Becky Stover
Polk
Molly Street
18Th St. SE
1500 & Ave. NE
McKinley Middle School
10Th St. SE
13Th St. NW
Seventh St
Jeannette Meyer
Friends
Kenneth Washburn
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