Deaths in Linn County Honor Long Careers and Families
Multiple death notices from Linn County list Earl H. Block 76 of Cedar Rapids with services at Turner Chapel East after a long illness, and Georgia Faye Meyer 60 of Stow Ohio, formerly Cedar Rapids, plus obituaries for Glenn E. Bain Albert F. Eichhorst Ruby Mae Rodarmel and other brief notices. Survivors, burial details, and calling hours are provided for each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Faye Meyer
Stow
Ohio
Cedar Rapids
Services Pending for Thomas Mervyn Armstrong
Thomas Mervyn Armstrong 98 of rural Mount Vernon died Sunday at home after a brief illness. Funeral arrangements are pending at Morgan Funeral Home in Mount Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Mervyn Armstrong
Mount Vernon
Morgan Funeral Home
Obituaries and Deaths in Eastern Iowa
Death notices from Tipton to Sumner list Anna Kirstein 89 at Cedar Manor Nursing Home Tipton pending services Chapmans Clarence Rose Connolly 78 Mercy Health Center Dubuque services Clifton's Earlville pending Howard E Burke 79 Allen Memorial Waterloo survivors Melva two daughters Suzane Thurman Marion Barbara Brandt Davenport brother William Clear Lake three sisters Pearl Ashland Clear Lake Lois Thomas Leucadia Calif Katherine Fessenden Mason City five grandchildren services Grace United Methodist Church 11 a m Wednesday Hintz Geilenfeld burial Woodlawn Marie E Ward 68 Guttenberg Hospital arrangements Tuecke Allyn Otto Cyril Cole 89 Sumner formerly Jesup died Community Memorial Hospital Sumner survivors Myron Weber Deloris Woodward Mary Puls Elsie Rechkemmer seven grandchildren 13 stepgrandchildren 10 greatgrandchildren 34 step-great-grandchildren one greatgreatgrandchild services Becker Milnes Sumner 1 30 p m Wednesday burial Wilson Grove military rites friends may call Becker Milnes after 1 30 p m today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard E. Burke
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Melva
Suzane Thurman
Marion
Barbara Brandt
Davenport
William
Clear Lake
Pearl Ashland
Lois Thomas
Leucadia
Calif
Katherine Fessenden
Mason City
Grace United Methodist Church
Hintz- Geilenfeld’s
Woodlawn Cemetery
Otto Cyril Cole
Sumner
Jesup
Community Memorial Hospital
Myron Weber
Deloris Woodward
Oelwein
Mary Puls
Westgate
Elsie Rechkemmer
Becker-Milnes
Wilson Grove
Emma F. Kalishek 78 Protivin dies at home
Emma F. Kalishek of Protivin 78 died at home Thursday. Survived by five daughters including Carole Wiltgen and Verdene Knutson, two brothers, a sister, two stepsisters, 21 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Services were Monday at Holy Trinity Church Protivin with burial in Holy Trinity Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma F. Kalishek
Protivin
Carole Wiltgen
Cedar Rapids
Verdene Knutson
New Hampton
Juanita Schluetter
Cedar Falls
Ruby Winter
Waucoma
Lorene Porter
Karlstad
Minn
Ben Vsetecka
Clarence Vsetecka
Fort Atkinson
Della Novak
Cresco
Edna Shores
Irene Straad
Holy Trinity Church
Holy Trinity Cemetery
Keystone Man LeRoy Andreson Dies After Long Illness
LeRoy Andreson 70 of Keystone died Saturday evening after a long illness at his home. Survived by wife Elvera a son Donald Spencer a daughter Shirley Harder Van Horne his mother Ella Keystone a brother Wilbur Keystone seven grandchildren six greats. Services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St John Lutheran Keystone Cemetery burial. Friends may call at Fellmer's after 1 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Andreson
Elvera
Donald
Spencer
Shirley Harder
van Horne
Ella
Keystone
Wilbur
St. John Lutheran Church
Keystone Cemetery
Fellmer's
Dusek Charles Dusek 93 Traer Cedar Falls
Charles Dusek 93 of Cedar Falls and former Traer Gladbrook and Cedar Rapids died Sunday at Sartori Hospital Cedar Falls Born Jan 27 1892 in Lesany Czechoslovakia he married Antonett Jindrich in May 1917 in Walford Mrs Dusek died in 1976 He came to Cedar Rapids in 1912 later moved to Gladbrook operated a meat market 1920 to 1947 The Duseks moved to Traer in 1955 Survivors: son Charles Daytona Beach Fla three daughters Anna Hustedde Cedar Falls Agnes Crock Mechanicsville Mary Spizzire Louisville Ky 18 grandchildren 17 great grandchildren Services 10 am Wednesday St Patrick s Catholic Church Cedar Falls Friends may call after 1 pm today at Dahl Van Hove School s Cedar Falls and after 11 30 am Wednesday at St Paul s Catholic Church Traer Burial St Paul s Cemetery Traer
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Ruby Mae Rodarmel
Mount Vernon
St. Luke’s Hospital
Washington, Ind
George Rodarmel
Vincennes
Ind
Belleville
Ill
Order of Eastern Star
Betty Pakey
Mesa
Ariz
Frances Bishop
Greeley
Colo
Russell Webber
Washington
Morgan Funeral Home
William Stuard
Mount Vernon United Methodist Church
Mount Vernon Cemetery
Charles Dusek
Cedar Falls
Traer
Gladbrook
Cedar Rapids
Sartori Hospital
Lesany
Czechoslovakia
Antonett Jindrich
Walford
Charles
Daytona Beach
Fla
Anna Hustedde
Agnes Crock
Mechanicsville
Mary Spizzire
Louisville
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Dahl-Van Hove
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
St. Paul’s Cemetery
Transportation Department to ease auto mileage requirement
The Transportation Department plans to cut the 1986 passenger car fuel economy standard to 26 mpg from 27.5 mpg for one year, aiming to allow larger, more profitable cars to be sold with fewer penalties for GM and Ford. Officials say the change could be extended and follows EPA revisions to measuring efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transportation Department
New York Times
Washington
Department
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Office of Management and Budget
Congress
Mental Protection Agency
G.M
Ford
Chrysler Corp
Secretary of Transportation
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Clarence Ditlow
Center For Auto
Senate fights over anti apartheid sanctions bill
Senate leaders move to end a filibuster on sanctions targeting South Africa. The measure would cut U S bank loans to Pretoria, curb computer sales to government agencies, and ban goods used in nuclear weapon production. Cranston and Helms clash over racism and policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Times
Washington
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
South Africa
Senate
Bob Dole
U.S
Pretoria
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Helms
Reagan
California
Alan Cranston
Chester A. Crocker
State Department
Congress
Crocker
House
United States
Murder suspect trapped as warehouse collapses in Madison
A disgruntled sanitation worker killed his boss and wounded two police officers then hid in a Madison textile mill warehouse for 14 hours. The building collapsed in flames trapping him inside as police evacuated six blocks and tear gas failed to flush him out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
N.C
Ricky Knight
Madison Rescue Squad
Greensboro
Transsexual candidate loses race to lead Connecticut Legion post
Bridgette Poi, a 50 year old Korean War veteran who had a sex change operation, loses the post commander election 23 to 13 to incumbent Joseph Ottaviano in New London Connecticut. John Cable collects 10 votes. Poi vows to run again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Poi
Bobby
Post
Mexico
Firing of Iowa trooper upheld by Executive Council
The Iowa Executive Council, including the governor, upheld the firing of Sgt. Jack Mustapha of the State Patrol after he was charged with drunken driving following a March 11 off duty crash that injured him and two passengers. The council ruled his request for a hearing was not filed within the legal time period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa
Jack Mustapha
State Executive Council
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Executive Council
State and Agriculture
Department of Public Safety
Mustapha
Cherokee
Body recovered from Mississippi River near Nine Mile Island
Blaine Allen Pfeiler 20 of rural La Motte died after stepping in a hole while wading with Patrick Donovan in Dubuque County. Rescue teams from the sheriff department search unit Key West Fire Department and Massey Marina recovered the body near Dubuque late Sunday and Monday morning. Donovan was treated for shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Blaine Allen Pfeiler
la Motte
Mississippi
Pfeiler
Patrick Donovan
Nine Mile Island
Pfeifer
Dubuque County
Key West
Kansas crash kills D. M. man
An Iowa man, Gary Hohneke, 20, of Des Moines, was killed when the car he rode in struck a bridge post on the Kansas Turnpike near Bonner Springs. The driver had only minor injuries after the vehicle went out of control and hit a metal guardrail.
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Bonner Springs
Kan
Iowa
Kansas
Gary Hohneke
Des Moines
Kansas Turnpike
Kansas Highway Patrol
Vital Statistics Mercy and St Luke's births and notices
Birth notices list new arrivals at Mercy and St Luke's hospitals including names and addresses. The text also records several marriages or parental pairings and a series of emergency calls with times and locations. A brief column note ends with a tip about saving money by cutting up in the kitchen.
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Linn County
Earl H. Block
Second Ave
Mercy Hospital
Winterset
Lillian Potter
Rock Island
Mr. Block
University of Iowa
Collins Radio
Eagles Club Aerie
National Society of Public Accountants
University of Iowa Alumni Association
Elks Club
Frederick
Salt Lake City
Utah
Bruce
Grand Rapids
Mich
Larry
Mildred Hanson
Turner Chapel East
Lloyd Brockmeyer
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Wartburg, Tenn
Calvary Church
VFW Post 3383
Phineas
Kenneth Yardley
Matilda Moore
Eldorado Springs
Willa Miller
Henry Moore
Douglas Meyer
Akron
Diana Boggs
North Lawrence
Janet Meyer
Barberton
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Leroy Bauman
Kenwood Park United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Glenn E. Bain
San Diego
Roberta Hughes
Dorothy Michael
Portland
Ore
Patricia Hoffman
Afton
Wyo
Linwood Cemetery
Delmar Bear
Marion Free Methodist Church
Albert F. Eichhorst
Fifth Ave
Williamsburg
Reynolds
N.D
Star Route
Cookman Security
Helen Frick
Billings
Mont
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
Philip Hougen
St. Andrew Lutheran Church
American Cancer Society
10Th St. SE
Newman
Mabel E
Murdoch Chapel
Center Point
Dunkard
Midway
Seber
Hilda M
Newhall
J. Robert McDonald
SS. Patrick and Paul
Watkins
Clarence
Anna Kirstein
Cedar Manor Nursing Home
Tipton
Chapman’s
Delhi
Rose Connolly
Mercy Health Center
Clifton’s
Earlville
Delwein
Guttenberg
Marie E. Ward
Guttenberg Municipal Hospital
Tuecke-Allyn’s
Safety
Capitol Hill
The
Traffic Administration
Congressional
Reagan Administration
William J. Silvey
Energy
Diane K. Steed
S. Africa
Dole
Cranston
American Legion
Ottaviano
D.M
Mercy
Teri
David Pautsch
Sixth St. SW
Patricia
Danny Meixner
Karen
Jim Michalec
St. SW
ST. Luke's
Diane
Greg Coberly
Cynthia
Wallace Cooper
Ave
Maria
Ramon Martinez
25Th Ave
Tracy
Mark Daniel
Harry R. Terpstra II
Tammy E. Pfeifle
James McFadden
Peggy L. Nebling
Thomas J. Wille
Hiawatha
Teresa M. Becker
Neal G. Megdelsen
Ainsworth
Karen S. Timm
Michael N. Stava
Beth A. Berger
Sioux City
First Avenue
Collins Road
Shaver Rd
Seventh St
16Th Ave
Fourth Ave
Springfield, Ill
John E. Lopes
3Rd Ave
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