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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 02, 1982

Page

2

Death notices from Marion area outline three families

Three obituary notices from Marion list Gerald M. Kelly 55 of 500 11th St. Marion who died Thursday in Cedar Rapids, Jeannette M. Dibble Shannon 33 of 1360 12th St. Marion who died Thursday at Mercy Hospital, and David A. Schade 33 of 6038 Eastview Ave SW who died Thursday in Iowa City. Services and burial details accompany each obituary along with survivors and memorial suggestions.

Gerald M. Kelly 11Th St Marion Cedar Rapids Mederville Wilson Foods Navy St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Terry Rick Timothy Memphis Tenn Kathy Gilbreaith Littleton Colo Christine Harlan Charles Alto Elkader Wivil Illinois Zelpha Henry Milwaukee Wis Sharon Thien Kay Karmos Strawberry Point Baxter Memorial Chapel Keith Birch Oak Shade Cemetery Jeannette M. Dibble Shannon 12Th St Cedar Rapids-Marion Mercy Hospital Waterloo Jessie W. Shannon Pulaski Noelridge Park Georgia Christine Shafer Melody JoAnn Shannon Irving Mullarky Floyd Alvin G. Vaverka Cedar Falls O.B. Vaverka Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories Bill Brown Noelridge Park Christian Church Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery David A. Schade Eastview Ave Diane Schade University Hospitals Iowa City Diane Cook FMC First Lutheran Church 28Th St Sixth Street 33Rd Avenue Second St First Ave Second Avenue 10Th Street Wilson Ave First Avenue NE

Memorial Services Pending for Lester Johansen

Obituary notices list multiple local deaths including Lester Johansen 61 and Pearl Bateman Potter 80 with service details. Services for Johansen are pending at Teahen Funeral Home, while Potter’s services are at Murdoch Chapel Marion with burial Mount Clark Cemetery Central City and earlier survivors named.

Lester Johansen Patricia Lane Mercy Hospital Teahen Funeral Home Pearl A. Bateman Potter 10Th Ave Marion St. Luke’s Hospital Central City Jesse H. Potter Potter Lester A. Holub Prairieburg Marie Stulken Monticello Holub St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Knights of Columbus Council Vigortone Feed Co Pioneer Seed Corn Co Keith Robert Steve Rock Island Ill Louis Thuman Scotch Grove James Ehrisman St. Joseph's Catholic Church John R. Hussmann St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery Murdoch Chapel

Memorial Services for Beckner and Others in Cedar Memorial area

Memorial services held today for Ralph L Beckner Lois H Carson Martha E Carlton and Adah L Taylor with burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Shiloh Cemetery and Mausoleum. Families may call at chapels before or after services. Memorials directed to Shrine Auxiliary St Pauls United Methodist Church or American Cancer Society.

Dennis Kristine Karen Richard Schade Cedar Rapids First Lutheran Church Gary Hunstad Richard Mayfield Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Teahen Funeral American Cancer Society 10Th St Third Ave John S. Matus Center Point Road Veterans Soldiers Home Marshalltown Emma Wickham Link Belt Loren Lain Anna Cessford Beatrice Krufman Santa Monica Calif Joe St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church Louis Trzil Leroy Bauman Linwood Cemetery Hanford Post No Brush Chapel St. Paul’s United Methodist Church Taylor Adah L Turner Chapel East Russell C. Striffler Shiloh

Iowa Deaths list details multiple obituaries in various towns

Brooklyn-Allen McCluskey 31 of Albuquerque N M formerly of Brooklyn. Diana L Story 26 of Columbus Junction. William E Dilley 65 of Fayette. Adolph L Chvala 70 of Hartwick. Mrs Maude Mortenson 93 of Independence. Joy L Knoebel 79 of Marquette. Henry Feller 55 of Waukon. Gilbert J Wiebold 72 of Williamsburg. Each entry notes church service time burial location and calling hours or memorials where listed.

Brooklyn Allen McCluskey Albuquerque N.M Presbyterian Church Neuenhoven IOOF Columbus Junction Diana L. Story United Methodist Church Stacy-Lewis Columbus City Cemetery Fayette William E. Dilley Belles-Wright White’s Mount Hope Marquette Joy L. Knoebel St. Mary’s Catholic Church McGregor Thornburg’s Calvary Cemetery Prairie du Chien Wis

Vital Statistics and Local Incidents Reported

Births listed include July 1 and June 30 in multiple families from Coggon Marion Cedar Rapids Dysart and Hiawatha with several couples named. Des Moines area notes record a daughter born June 29 to Diane and Brad Larson and grandparents Leland Marshall. Evening and nighttime emergency calls report medical emergencies and vehicle trouble in Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, and nearby areas with times and locations.

Des Moines Diane Brad Larson Leland Marshall Ninth Ave

Woman dies after horse kick near Columbus Junction

Diana Story, 26, died after a horse kicked her in the chest while she fed it at her home two miles southeast of Columbus Junction. An autopsy at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City found a ruptured heart from the impact around 10 30 a m.

Columbus Junction Diana Story Mercy Hospital Iowa City Story

Farmers Skeptical Of Plans To Reopen Local Rail Line

Farmers in Martelle and Morley voiced skepticism about Morley Transportation Corp plans to buy the 22 mile Milwaukee Road right of way from Marion to Olin and convert it into a grain shipping line. Proponents say costs would fall for farmers. critics fear a quick profit and no railroad. A second meeting may be scheduled.

Dave Rasdal Iowa Martelle Morley Marion Olin Morley Transportation Corp Dubuque Jim Roth Linn Jones Eli Shada Anamosa Shada Roth Martello Fire Station Milwaukee Green Island Cedar Rapids Joan Robinson Keith Weimer Farmers Co-op Weimer Clarence Cedar County Leroy Deichman Mankato Minn Donald Hines Guttenberg Deichman Lisbon

Eli Whitney and the cotton gin inventor of the era

Eli Whitney a Massachusetts inventor created a hand cranked cotton gin in Georgia that massively boosted fiber cleaning rates and cotton exports. His design faced widespread piracy leading to costly lawsuits, while his mass production of firearms with interchangeable parts helped spark New England's industrial revolution.

Eli Whitney Massachusetts Georgia Whitney Connecticut New England

Hearing set for 27 held in beer sale crackdown

Magistrate's Court in Vinton schedules a 9 a.m. July 16 hearing at the Benton County Courthouse for 27 individuals charged with selling beer to a minor. The June 24 investigation saw deputies accompany an 18 year old to 19 Benton County taverns and stores.

Vinton Benton County Iowa Department of Beer and Liquor

All-Iowa Fair Sneak Preview at Hawkeye Downs Opens Tonight

A preview night leads into the 1982 All-Iowa Fair with gates at 6, free admission, and $6 armbands for unlimited rides. Tonight hosts auto races at 7 and the Hoof and Horn Open Steer Show, plus a live cattle demonstration. Deadline Saturday for Bill Riley Amateur Talent Show entries with cash prizes and state finalists.

Hawkeye Downs Bill Riley

Girl and boyfriend captured after juvenile home escape

A 17 year old girl freed from the State Juvenile Home in Toledo was recaptured with her boyfriend in Keithsburg Illinois. Lewis Mitchell eighteen of Mitchellville faces three counts of second degree kidnapping after allegedly holding three staff at gunpoint. He is jailed in Aledo Illinois on forty thousand dollar bond awaiting extradition. The couple were found asleep in a stolen camper in Keithsburg.

Toledo Keithsburg Ill Muscatine Lewis Mitchell Mitchellville Mitchell Aledo Tama County John Stewart

Death ruled in Wellman man drowning after bridge jump

The death of 31 year old George C. Yoder in Cedar River near Mount Vernon is ruled death by own action. A post mortem found drowning as the cause after he leaped from the Ivanhoe bridge following a car accident. Deputies recovered the body two miles downstream.

Cedar River Mount Vernon Linn County Percy Harris Harris George C. Yoder Yoder Ivanhoe

Cedar Rapids Gazette Delivery Rates and Contacts

The Cedar Rapids Gazette, established 1883, lists delivery options and pricing including carrier $1.65 per week and mail rates for Morning Editions and Sunday seven issues at $8.05 per week or $85.80 for 52 weeks. It notes restrictions on mail subscriptions in carrier areas and credits The Associated Press for local news content.

Cedar Rapids The Gazette Company Third Ave Iowa U.S Associated Press

Clarifications Correct a Gazette Crime Prevention Note

The Cedar Rapids Police Department Crime Prevention Bureau warns against using Social Security numbers to mark valuables. Instead call for a personal identification number entered into the NCIC system. The seven digit IA prefixed code ends with the first initial of the last name. The Gazette previously said SSNs were permissible. use is discouraged to aid tracing stolen goods. Federal law bars release of Social Security information. The Gazette will publish corrections or clarifications for inaccuracies. Phone number provided.

Cedar Rapids Gazette

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