Death notices in Linn County reflect parish, hospital and cemetery rites
Linn County obituaries list Letha M Sevart 71 of 309 32nd St NW who died after a long illness in Mercy Hospital. Born 1915 in Girard Kansas she married Vincent Sevart in 1947 and leaves a son Regina and Martha plus six grandchildren. Other notices include infant Bianca Nelson stillborn at St Luke’s Hospital and burial at Cedar Memorial Park. Marcella Duster 94 formerly of Iowa Ave SE with service at All Saints and burial at Mount Calvary. Morton Blum 85 industrial engineer formerly of Omaha, service at Turner Chapel East. Bertha Lineweaver 72 of Living Center East with service at Turner Chapel East. Edna England 82 of 1226 Second Ave SE. Carl Phelps 71 of 614 C Ave NW with service at Turner Chapel East. Burial or memorial plans noted for all.
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
Marcella G. Wiewel Duster
Iowa Ave
Memorial Care Center
Manchester
Schaller
Leo Duster
Des Moines
All Saints Catholic Church
James Duster
Independence
John Duster
Walter Wiewel
Helen
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
Bertha
Bert” F. Lineweaver
Living Center East
Holt
Harry Lineweaver
Iowa City
Blanche Lovell
Vinton
Freda Martinek
Louise Thomas
David Durland
Bethany Congregational Church
Linwood Cemetery
Edna R. England
Second Ave
Carl Phelps
C Ave. NW
Veterans Administration Medical Center
Deaths in Eastern Iowa Readied Across Multiple Counties
Robert Somerville, 61, died in a Colorado traffic accident. Nadine M. Wilson, 58, died of cancer in Manchester with survivors in Delhi and Coggon. services set for Delhi United Methodist Church. Louise Jensen, 86, died in Marshalltown. services at Overton's Garwin Cemetery burial. Ella Mildenstien, 74, died in Marshalltown. arrangements pending. Bertha A. Moser, 100, died in Guttenberg. services at United Methodist Church. burial Bethel Cemetery. August W. Blech, 73, died in Cedar Rapids. services at Golden Congregational Church. Walter E. Shields, 83, died in Grandview Care Center. arrangements pending. Chris G. Gahring, 99, died in Independence. arrangements pending. Chris Weber, 83, died in his home. survivors include wife and seven grandchildren. services at United Presbyterian Church.
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Robert Somerville
Colorado
Goettsch’s
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
Ella Mildenstien
W. Blech
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
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
Overton's
Trucker Dies in Colorado Crash on Wolf Creek Pass
Anamosa trucker Robert Somerville, 61, died after losing control on steep Wolf Creek Pass near Pagosa Springs Colorado Highway 160. His semi rolled onto its left side, slid 126 feet, crashed through a guardrail, and slid down an embankment before stopping.
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Pagosa Springs
Colo
Wolf Creek Pass
Colorado State Patrol
Robert Somerville
Colorado Highway 160
Colorado
Vital Statistics Notices From Mercy and St Luke's
Listings report births at Mercy and St Luke's hospitals. On July 2 and 3 several families welcomed new babies, detailing parents names and addresses, including Marilyn and Doug Durland with a son, Tracy and David Huk with a son, Robin and Todd Telfer with a daughter, and multiple births at St Luke's such as Emilie Hoppe with triplets plus other newborns for Deana Schinke, Alice Palmer Jr., Judith Studt, Connie Thomson, and Kim Schloss with various spouses.
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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
Hiawatha
Emilie
Robert Hoppe
West Amana
Alice
Duane Palmer Jr
Ave
Judith
Jon Studt
Springville
Stephen Thomson
Fairfax
Kim Schloss
James King
D Ave
Duran Duran Delivers Fresh Sound With Maturing Style
Diana Nollen reviews a Five Seasons Center concert where Duran Duran veers from teen image toward sophistication. The band adds backup singers and horn section, delivering energized numbers like Some Like It Hot and A Matter of Feeling, while Erasure underwhelms as warmup.
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Diana Nollen Sazelle
Stan
Duran Duran
Arcadia
Power Station
Simon LeBon
Nick Rhodes
Five Seasons Center
LeBon
Steve Ferrone
Warren Cuccurullo
Barbie Conviction Sparks Mixed Reactions In Lyon Trial
The court case against Klaus Barbie evoked both relief and defiance as prosecutors pressed for life imprisonment. Barbie, ex Gestapo chief in Lyon, faced charges over deportations and killings including 44 children at a Jewish foster home and the death of Resistance hero Jean Moulin.
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Barbie
Coordinating Committee of
Lyon
Pierre Truche
Verges
Gestapo
Bolivia
Izien
Auschwitz
Jean Moulin
Jury awards couple $142,000 in poltergeist house suit
A Harris County jury awarded Sam and Judy Haney $142,000 against Purcell Corp over a Crosby home built on an old cemetery. The verdict rejected punitive damages and did not accept the couple's claim of diabetes from stress.
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Houston
Harris County
Purcell Corp
Sam
Judy Haney
Crosby
Haneys
Purcell
Ed Mann
Haney
Teen death in Columbus Junction linked to acute bronchial spasms
In Columbus Junction, 16 year old Francis Ann Wathen was found breathing oddly by her boyfriend on June 16. Autopsy by Washington County Medical Examiner Dr. Dennis Shimp ruled the cause as acute bronchial spasms causing suffocation, with no foul play or drugs involved. officials noted she had given birth seven weeks earlier and could not determine the trigger, possibly a viral infection.
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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 at a Winnipeg Manitoba event in June 2021. The concert band placed second in concert, the marching band won first in field show, plus best overall and first in parade among 15 competing bands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Tion
Sex assault reported in Coralville home
An 18 year old woman reported a sexual assault at 1200 block Second Street in Coralville. Police describe the assailant as a black male of medium height and muscular build wearing dark pants who entered at 5 30 a m. The victim sustained head arm and shoulder injuries and was treated and released from a local hospital.
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Coralville
Second Street
Oklahoma man dies in Iowa crash near Osceola
Paul Hood, 19, of Spencer Oklahoma, died when his car veered off Interstate 35 four miles north of Osceola. The vehicle hit a guardrail, rolled over, and fell 20 feet into a creek bed. Hood’s wife Shauntay, 16, and her brother Ralph James were hospitalized. an infant in a child seat was not seriously hurt.
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Osceola
Oklahoma
Iowa State Patrol
Spencer
Okla
Hood
Shauntay
Ralph James
Kansas City, Mo
Forest City man killed in late-night crash
Bradley Cecil Meinecke a 34 year old Forest City resident died from injuries after his car left a Winnebago County road, struck a tree and pole, rolled over and pinned him. He was not wearing a seat belt and died at Forest City Hospital after being rescued and transported. An autopsy was ordered and the crash remains under investigation.
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Forest City
Winnebago
Bradley Cecil Meinecke
Meinecke
Forest City Hospital
Dan Davis
Arrest in handgun theft at Benton County residence
A two day investigation into the burglary of the Benton County Conservation Commission residence led to the arrest of Melvin Michael Straka, 23, of rural Luzerne. The stolen handgun and other weapons were recovered. Straka faces second degree burglary, possession of burglary tools, and unauthorized possession of an officer's weapon. He remains jailed on $10,000 bond. Additional charges possible.
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Hannen Lake
Benton County Conservation Commission
Benton County Sheriff's Department
Marengo
Melvin Michael Straka
Luzerne
Straka
Benton County
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Linn County
Iowa
Anamosa
Guttenberg
Bertha A. Moser
Millville
Mallory Township
Earl of Guttenberg
Postville
Arthur Brown
Oelwein
Rowley
Chris G. Gahring
Peoples Memorial Extended
White’s
Mercy
Marilyn
Doug Durland
Gateway St
Erasure
General Union of Israelites
France
Sion
Canada
Lowa
Paul Hood
Illinois Lottery
Springfield, Ill
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue S.E
Kuba Funeral Homes
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