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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1997
Page
8
Multiple memorial notices from Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas detail the deaths of Maury Hachey of Birmingham and several lifelong residents. The items list service times, burial places, survivors including spouses and children, birth details, and affiliations with churches and organizations. Memorials are directed to causes such as the American Cancer Society.
Vincent M Faulkner 74 died July 5 1997 in Iowa City after a long illness. Services July 8 1997 at Morgan Funeral Home Lisbon burial Lisbon Cemetery with military rites. Roy E Plattenberger 81 died July 6 1997 in Cedar Rapids after a sudden illness. Services July 9 1997 Lisbon United Methodist Church burial Lisbon Cemetery. Both lived in Lisbon and had long local ties. Faulkner worked for Linn Jones Farm Service and served in World War II. Plattenberger retired from Iowa Manufacturing and held multiple Masonic and community memberships. Memorials to local funds and associations requested.
Norma Mae Horak Coggon will have services at 11 a.m. today at Murdoch Funeral Home Center Point conducted by Rev. Martha Bennett. Burial follows at Center Point Cemetery.
Leora M. Ressler visitation has been moved to Tuesday evening from 6 to 9 at Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona. Funeral home contact information is provided for arrangements.
Tracy Caves, 22, of Montezuma died in a hit-and-run Saturday July 5 1997 southeast of Montezuma. Services set for 1 30 p m Tuesday at Watts Funeral Home Montezuma with calling hours today after 2 p m and family present 7 to 8 30 p m Survivors include parents Mark and Carmen of Montezuma a sister Rhonda Bishop of Indianapolis and a brother Eric of Montezuma .
Mary Catherine Greiner 57 died July 6 1997 after a brief illness at University Hospitals Iowa City. Services 10 30 a m Wednesday Holy Trinity parish Ss Peter and Paul Catholic Church presiding Rev Paul Connolly. burial at church cemetery. Vigil 7 30 p m Tuesday at Powell Funeral Home Keota with calling after 2 30 p m. Survivors include five brothers Elmer Kenneth Francis Anthony all of Keota Ernest of Ollie and seven sisters Caroline Crawford Waterloo Donna Marshak Iowa City Bernardine Huff Coralville Martha Mousel Clear Lake Irene Gipple Crawfordsville Kathleen Keota Theresa Shellsburg.
Merle Bud Rohn 73 died Friday July 4 1997 at his son's Lima Ohio home after a long illness. Services 10:30 a.m. Tuesday Murdoch Funeral Home Marion with call 4 to 8 p.m. today. Rev. Robert Pate Jr. officiates. Burial Jordan's Grove Cemetery rural Central City with military rites. Survived by wife Doris daughter Linda Lange six stepchildren 18 grandchildren seven great grandchildren and his parents Ernest and Mable Williams Rohn. Born July 25 1923 in Central City he served in World War II and was a self employed custom butcher. Graveside rites by Marion American Legion Post 298.
James McKinley 388 died July 6 1997 in Allen Memorial Hospital Waterloo after a short illness. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday Calvary Baptist Church Dysart private burial 9:30 a.m. Wednesday Buckingham Cemetery Traer friends call 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday Overton Funeral Home Traer survivors include wife Gwen three brothers David Siren Wisconsin Allen Traer John Peterson Minnesota and sister Elizabeth Dahms Dike Elvie J Nelson 95 died July 6 1997 in Sunrise Hill Care Center after a short illness. Services 1:30 p.m. Tuesday Overton Funeral Home Traer friends may call 4 to 8 p.m. today burial Lincoln Township Cemetery near Voh discharted?
Dorothy M. Dillavoy 738, died Sunday July 6 1997 at Washington County Hospital after a two month illness. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Christian Church with Rev. Richard Boyd. Burial at Elm Grove Cemetery. Visitation after 9 a.m. Tuesday at Jones Eden Funeral Home Washington with family from 7 to 8 30 p.m. Survivors include five daughters Donna Crow Colona NL Mary Randall Washington Elaine DeVore Columbus Junction Marilyn Snyder Fruitland Peggy Seaba Sigourney a son Luther Washington two brothers Dave Seitz Columbus Junction Pat Seitz Muscatine and a sister Rachel Moore Muscatine.
Earl R. Coleman 2 p.m. Tuesday at Murdoch Funeral Home Marion with call hours 4 to 8 p.m. today burial Dunkard Cemetery Toddville military rites. Robert Hayes 1 p.m. today Papich-Kuba Janeba Chapel West burial Mount Calvary Cemetery. Elsie Marie Lahue graveside 11:30 a.m. today St. Pauls Cemetery Wellsburg casket open for viewing before services Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home in charge.
Glenn E. Travis 65 died July 5 1997 after a sudden illness. Services at Oak Grove Christian Church Shellsburg 12 30 p m Wednesday, burial with military rites 2 30 p m at Oak Shade Cemetery Marion. He served in Korea and worked 40 years as production manager at Rockwell Collins. He is survived by wife Sue two current children Derrek and Traci and several relatives.
The Gazette prints death notices and obituaries with arrangements pending and immediate survivors as a news item. Additional material including survivors, education, military service, activities, memorials, and eulogies are charged 35 cents per word, with second day notices also at 35 cents per word.
Public notice outlines rules for memorials with deadlines and pricing. It specifies submission by 4 p.m. weekdays and asks authors to include publication date. Rates listed: 40 cents per word and pictures at $10 each. Contact number provided for inquiries.
Two meetings in Iowa Hall Kirkwood Community College discuss protecting prime farmland from landfills. Linn County Board of Supervisors backs amending policy to bar sites with CSR 65 or higher. Bluestem Solid Waste Agency continues site ranking from 70 plus CSR farms. Public comment set.
In Linn County District Court, Carmen Proffitt of Marion pleaded guilty to delivery of a controlled substance for a Aug 17 1996 crack cocaine case and received a deferred judgment with probation. Several co defendants faced guilty pleas or dismissals in related cases from Cedar Rapids to Coggon with various deferred judgments, suspensions, or fines.
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