Deaths in Linn County noted for several families
A Linn County death roundup lists Letha M Sevart 71 of 309 32nd St NW died after a long illness in Mercy Hospital. Bianca Sue Nelson infant daughter of Richard and Cinthia Nelson was stillborn at St Luke's Hospital. Several other local residents including Marcella G Wiewel Duster 94 and Morton A Blum 85 are noted with funeral details, survivors, and memorials. Services follow at Cedar Memorial and All Saints Catholic Church with callers and rosaries at Stewart and Turner chapels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letha M. Leonard Sevart
32Nd St. NW
Mercy Hospital
Girard
Kan
Vincent Sevart
St. Paul
St. Ludmila’s Catholic Church
Michael
Cedar Rapids
Regina McCormick
Martha Jane Kolek
Shellsburg
Edna Weiser
Doris Kilmer
Kansas City
Thelma Makovsky
Clarence Frana
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Teahen Funeral Home
Bianca Sue Nelson
Richard A
Cinthia Nelson
Kainz
Hiawatha
St. Luke’s Hospital
Adam
Beverly
Ernest Rodriguez
Shirley
Richard S. Nelson
Ruth Fuller
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Dean Hoferer
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Morton A. Blum
Meth-Wick Manor
Omaha
Fannie Grant
Davenport
Mr. Blum
Iowa Manufacturing
Temple Judah
B’nai B'rith
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
American Society of Tool Engineers
Industrial Engineering Association
Linn County Council On Aging
United Community Services
Jeffrey
Turner Chapel East
Isaac Neuman
Champaign
Ill
Deaths in Eastern Iowa include severalObituary notices and details
Robert Somerville 61 died in a Colorado traffic crash with services pending Goettsch's Guttenberg four grandchildren four greats. Nadine M Wilson 58 died in Manchester cancer survivors include husband two sons daughter parents siblings. Louise Jensen 86 died in Marshalltown long illness survivors include son and daughter six grandchildren nine great grandchildren. Ella Mildenstien 74 died in Marshalltown arrangements pending Overton's. Bertha A Moser 100 died in Guttenberg long illness survivors two sons brother. W Blech 73 died in Cedar Rapids services Monday Golden Congregational Church. Walter E Shields 83 died in Grandview Care Center arrangements pending Brant-Kerns-Jami son. Chris G Gahring 99 died Independence arrangements pending White's. Chris Weber 83 died in residence heart attack wife three daughters sister and seven grandchildren. Services Monday United Presbyterian Buckingham Cemetery near Traer. Masonic services Sunday Overton's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha
Bert” F. Lineweaver
Living Center East
St. Luke’s Hospital
Holt
Harry Lineweaver
Iowa City
Blanche Lovell
Vinton
Freda Martinek
Cedar Rapids
Louise Thomas
Turner Chapel East
David Durland
Bethany Congregational Church
Linwood Cemetery
Nadine M. Wilson
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Manchester
Mahlon
Douglas
Michael
Delhi
Paula Timmer
Paul
Myrtle Pillard
Coggon
Malvin
Elwyn
Paul Jr
Maquoketa
Sharon Price
Delhi United Methodist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Clifton’s
Earlville
Louise Jensen
Marshalltown Medical & Surgical Center
Melford
Garwin
Maxine Siemens
Overton’s
Garwin Cemetery
Bertha A. Moser
Guttenberg
Millville
Mallory Township
Earl of Guttenberg
Postville
Arthur Brown
August W. Blech
Golden Congregational Church
Ryan
Vernon’s
Walter E. Shields
Grandview Care Center
Brant-Kerns-Jamison’s
Chris Weber
Bilda
Donna Moberly
Santa Rosa
Calif
Carol Borden
Strasburg
Joan Norman
Bakersfield
Anna Galatas
United Presbyterian Church
Buckingham Cemetery
Traer
Trucker dies in Colo crash on Wolf Creek Pass
Robert Somerville, 61, Anamosa, Iowa, died when his semi lost control on Colorado Highway 160 near Pagosa Springs. The truck rolled 126 feet, crossed a guardrail, and plunged down an embankment after failing to make a turn Thursday night, Colorado State Patrol said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pagosa Springs
Colo
Wolf Creek Pass
Colorado State Patrol
Robert Somerville
Colorado Highway 160
Colorado
Vital Statistics Notices From Mercy and St. Luke's
July entries announce births at Mercy and St. Luke's with multiple families named. The list includes parents, addresses, and newborns: several daughters and sons, plus triplets at West Amana, reflecting a busy period for town hospitals.
Duran Duran Shifts Style Delivers Fresh Sound At Five Seasons
Diana Nollen reports the British pop group Duran Duran regroups with a mature, less garish image and new backup singers, horn section, and musicians. The 3,500 crowd offered mixed reactions as the band mixed hits with Suspect new material, while warmup Erasure failed to ignite the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diana Nollen
Duran Duran
Arcadia
Power Station
Simon LeBon
Nick Rhodes
Five Seasons Center
LeBon
Steve Ferrone
Warren Cuccurullo
Barbie verdict appeals and long life sentence detail
Barbie, former head of the Gestapo in Lyon 1942 to 1944, faces life imprisonment with a possible appeal after 17 years. Prosecutor sought life terms while victims’ families reacted. Barbie claimed innocence as documents were alleged forged. The case centers on deportations and killings including 44 children at a Jewish foster home and Jean Moulin’s torture death in Lyon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbie
Coordinating Committee of
Lyon
Pierre Truche
Verges
Gestapo
Bolivia
Izien
Auschwitz
Jean Moulin
General Union of Israelites
France
Couple awarded 142000 in Poltergeist house suit in Houston
Harris County jurors awarded Sam and Judy Haney 142000 against Purcell Corp over a Crosby home built atop a cemetery for poor blacks. The panel rejected punitive damages and did not accept the diabetes stress claim, while noting no intent to mislead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Harris County
Purcell Corp
Sam
Judy Haney
Crosby
Haneys
Purcell
Ed Mann
Teen death tied to bronchial spasms in Iowa
In Columbus Junction a 16 year old girl, Francis Ann Wathen, died June 16 from acute bronchial spasms that caused airway constriction and suffocation. Autopsy by Dr. Dennis Shimp ruled out foul play or drugs, citing possible viral infection and noting she had given birth seven weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Francis Ann Wathen
Washington County
Dennis Shimp
Shimp
Wathen
Montezuma bands win honors in Winnipeg competition
Montezuma High School bands earned top honors in Winnipeg Manitoba in June 2021. The concert band placed second in its class while the marching band won first in field show, received the best overall award among 15 bands, and took first in the parade competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Tion
Sex assault reported in Coralville home
An 18 year old woman reported a sexual assault at 5 30 a m in her Coralville home on the 1200 block of Second Street. Police describe the assailant as a black male of medium height muscular build wearing dark pants. The victim sustained head arms and shoulder injuries and was treated at a local hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coralville
Second Street
Oklahoma man dies in I 35 crash near Osceola
Paul Hood, 19, of Spencer Oklahoma, died when the car left Interstate 35 four miles north of Osceola. The vehicle struck a guardrail, rolled over, and fell 20 feet into a creek bed. Hood’s wife Shauntay, 16, and her brother Ralph James, of Kansas City Missouri, were hospitalized. An infant in a child seat was not seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Oklahoma
Lone State Patrol
Spencer
Okla
Hood
Shauntay
Ralph James
Kansas City, Mo
Forest City man killed in road crash
A rural Forest City man, Bradley Cecil Meinecke, 34, died after his car ran off a Winnebago County road, struck a tree and pole, rolled over, and pinned him under the sunroof. He was unconscious until he died at Forest City Hospital after a 2 a.m. crash. autopsy ordered as the investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City
Winnebago
Bradley Cecil Meinecke
Meinecke
Forest City Hospital
Dan Davis
Arrest in handgun theft ends two day Benton County burglary
Melvin Michael Straka, 23, of rural Luzerne, was arrested Friday after a two day Benton County burglary probe at the Conservation Commission residence. A stolen handgun and other weapons were recovered. Straka faces second degree burglary and weapons charges, with possible further counts. He remains jailed under a $10,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannen Lake
Benton County Conservation Commission
Benton County Sheriff's Department
Marengo
Melvin Michael Straka
Luzerne
Straka
Benton County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Linn County
Marcella G. Wiewel Duster
Iowa Ave
Memorial Care Center
Schaller
Leo Duster
Des Moines
All Saints Catholic Church
James Duster
Independence
John Duster
Walter Wiewel
Helen
Edna R. England
Second Ave
Carl Phelps
C Ave. NW
Veterans Administration Medical Center
Iowa
Anamosa
Goettsch’s
Ella Mildenstien
Overton
Oelwein
Rowley
Chris G. Gahring
Peoples Memorial Extended
White’s
Mercy
Marilyn
Doug Durland
Gateway St
Tracy
David Huk
Orran Dr. SE
Connie
Thomas Simon
Eighth St. Marion
ST. Luke’s
Robin
Todd Telfer
First Ave. SW
Deana
Daniel Schinke
Samoa Jr
Emilie
Robert Hoppe
West Amana
Alice
Duane Palmer Jr
Ave
Judith
Jon Studt
Springville
Stephen Thomson
Fairfax
Kim Schloss
James King
D Ave
Erasure
Sion
Haney
Canada
Lawa
Paul Hood
Illinois Lottery
Springfield, Ill
Sflowers
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue S.E
Kuba Funeral Homes
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