Maurice D Ford obituary a Mechanicsville Iowa veteran dies
Maurice Duane Ford 95 formerly of Mechanicsville Iowa died July 5 2025 at The Good Neighbor Home Manchester Iowa A memorial service is set for July 14 2025 at Stewart Baxter Funeral Memorial Services Mount Vernon Iowa with visitation at 9 00 a m and service at 10 30 a m Burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery Mechanicsville He served in the US Army during the Korean War drove an ambulance on the front lines He was a member of American Legion Post 309 Cedar County Historical Society helped plan Veterans Park Mechanicsville and served with Mechanicsville Fire Department He worked as a mechanic at Montz Implement Mechanicsville and Davis Implement Tipton later at Ace Hardware Mount Vernon He is survived by his wife Janet White his children Julie Paintin Laurie Jewell Linda Beck Jody Montz Mary Ann Clark 16 grandchildren and several great grandchildren He was preceded in death by his parents son Michael Ford and brothers Marvin and William Ford Memorials may be directed to Mechanicsville Fire Department or American Legion Post 309
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Maurice Duane Ford
Mechanicsville
Iowa
Good Neighbor
Manchester
Stewart Baxter
Mount Vernon
Towa
Mechanicsville Memorial
Rose Hill
Maurice
Davenport
Harvey
Ralph
Edith
Langley) Ford
Janet White
Michael
Julie
Janet Maher
United States Army
American Legion
Cedar County Historical Society
Montz Implement
Davis Implement
Tipton
Ace Hardware
Julie Paintin
Laurie
Tom) Jewell
Linda
Larry) Beck
Jody
Brent) Montz
Mary Ann
Jeff) Clark
Michael Ford
Marvin
William Ford
American Legion Post
Stewartbaxter
Popcorn industry pioneer Bill Kennebeck dies at 77
William Delbert Kennebeck of Trenton MO died July 3 2025 after a brief cancer battle. A lifelong entrepreneur he built KW Popcorn into a global supplier and earned a 2019 popcorn hall of fame honor. Survived by wife Linda, children Jennifer and John, four granddaughters and one great grandson. Graveside rites were July 7 in Olin IA with a Resthaven Life celebration July 11 in Trenton MO.
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William
Bill
Delbert Kennebeck
Trenton
St. Luke’s Hospice
Olin
Resthaven Mortuary
Anamosa
Edward and
Ethel
Remington) Kennebeck
Olin Consolidated High School
Northwest Missouri State University
William Woods University
Linda Renee Peterson
Leo and
Ardella (Hamed) Peterson
Blanche Siegling obituary highlights Iowa roots and community service
Blanche Louise Siegling 99, of Oasis Iowa died July 4 2025 in the room she was born Born December 8 1925 in Oasis to Edward and Mary Lovetinsky She graduated West Branch High School in 1943 and attended business college in Cedar Rapids She married Lee Siegling and raised four children She worked at ACT Inc and was active in Farm Bureau TPM Club Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts She earned blue ribbons for recipes and enjoyed sewing crochet and quilting Survivors include Patricia Hugh Maher Janet Thompson and Scott Siegling Memorials to Oasis Cemetery c/o Steve Hemingway Condolences at Gay Ciha Funeral website
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Blanche Louise Siegling
Blanche
Oasis
Iowa
Edward and
Mary
Bohac) Lovetinsky
West Branch High School
Business College
Cedar Rapids
Lee Siegling
Farm Bureau
TPM Club
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
ACT, Inc
Patricia
Hugh) Maher
West Branch
Janet Thompson
Cedar Bluff
Scott Siegling
Oasis Cemetery
Steve Hemingway
Iowa City
Gay & Ciha
Gayandciha.com
Kenneth Earl Struve obituary and funeral details
Kenneth Earl Struve died July 6 2025 at Virginia Gay Hospital Nursing and Rehab Vinton from melanoma cancer. Visitation July 12 at Wesley United Methodist Church Vinton 9:00 to 11:30 am followed by memorial service. Graveside rites later for immediate family. He lived in Vinton Iowa born May 18 1940. He worked 42 years at Rockwell Collins and enjoyed family and community events. Memorial fund for emblems supporting organizations is offered. Condolences at Phillips Funeral Homes site. Emblems available at $10 each with up to three symbols.
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Kenneth Earl Struve
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton
Wesley United Methodist Church
Ken
Iowa
Frank
Ruby (Byons) Struve
Darlene M. Lewis
Rockwell Collins
Wesley Methodist Church
Grandpa Struve
Darlene
Holiday Lake
Shirale
John
Hanson
Jim
Jill) Struve
Andy
Emerald
Columbus
Ohio
Rob
Emily
Garrison
Kate
Jake
Stodola
Mission
Kan
Carson Struve
Kacie
Max
Griffith
Williamsburg
Nathan
Jamie Thompson
Struve
Minneapolis
Minn
Tate
Elliot
Lloyd Lewis
Cedar Rapids
Donna Higgins
Mt. Auburn
Betty
Dean) Grimm
Bernice
Robert
Rhoads
Weldon
Janette
Glen
Hannah
Roger
Roger Higgins
Donna Lewis
Phillipsfuneralhomes.com
Karla Jean Bascom 66 Cedar Rapids native dies
Karla Jean Bascom of Cedar Rapids and former Newhall resident died Friday July 4 2025. Funeral service at St John Lutheran Church Newhall at 10 30 AM Friday July 11 2025 with Rev Nick Palmer officiating. Interment at St Johns Cemetery followed by a church luncheon. She is survived by siblings nieces nephews and many relatives.
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Karla Jean Bascom
Cedar Rapids
Newhall
St. John Lutheran Church
Nick Palmer
St. Johns Cemetery
St. John Church
Karla
Jim Bascom
Villages
Janie
Rick
Rebel
Sammy
Vernon Bascom
Vinton
Theresa Bries
Donna
Lee Rathje
Phillipsfuneralhomes.com
Patricia Werning 91 Cedar Rapids dies on her birthday
Patricia Ann Werning 91 of Cedar Rapids died July 2 2025 at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House. A Celebration of Life will be held later. She was born July 2 1934 in Cedar Rapids to Harry and Helen Tate and married Merlin Werning in 1954. She worked for General Mills as a forklift operator. Survived by children David Sharon Darwin and others, five grandchildren ten great grandchildren, siblings Mary Nadine Harry and many nieces and nephews. Preceded by husband Merlin and daughter Kathryn. Online condolences at Cedarmemorial.com Obituaries.
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Patricia Ann Werning
Cedar Rapids
Dennis
Donna Oldorf
Patricia
Harry and
Helen
Jubb) Tate
Iowa
Merlin Werning
Newhall
General Mills
David
Ginny) Werning
Sharon
Kevin) Doyle
Darwin Werning
Mary Crowther
Nadine Thompson
Harry Tate Jr
Kathryn Werning
Cedarmemorial.com
Richard Greenberg dies at 67, famed for Take Me Out
Tony Award winning playwright Richard Greenberg, celebrated for his witty upper crust comedies and the locker room drama Take Me Out, died July 4 at a Manhattan nursing home after a battle with cancer. He was 67. Born February 22, 1958 in East Meadow New York he studied at Princeton and Harvard before Yale. Greenberg authored about 30 plays with Pulitzer finalists Three Days of Rain and Take Me Out. He was a prominent voice on Broadway and off Broadway, renowned for blending comedy and drama and for his sharply drawn ensembles.
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Richard Greenberg
Manhattan
Edward Greenberg
Greenberg
America
Philip Barry
Noël Coward
New York Times
Ben Brantley
Tony Kushner
Julia Roberts
Paul Rudd
Bradley Cooper
Riage
New York Yankees
London
Public Theater
New York
Broadway
Daniel Sunjata
Darren Lemming
Long Island
East Meadow
N.Y
Viola
Jean-Paul Sartre
Princeton
Joyce Carol Oates
Harvard
Yale
Seattle
New York City
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Bill) Delbert Kennebeck
Trenton, MO
Trojan Seed
Vogel Popcorn
Hamburg
Vogel
Golden Valley Microwave Foods
Mattoon
GVMF
Con-Agra
Trenton MO
K&w Popcorn LLC
Preferred Popcorn LLC
U.S. Federal Popcorn Board
Federal Department of Agriculture
Omaha
Popcorn Hall of Fame
K&w
Jennifer
Jason) Ross
Jensen Beach
Jennifer) Kennebeck
Liberty
Colton) Ellis
Jordan Ross
Grace
Quincy) Griffin
Ella Kennebeck
James Kennebeck
Marion
Connie
Keith) Christensen
Center Junction
Bernard Kennebeck
James Peterson
St. Luke’s Hospice House
Slater-Neal Funeral Home
Tewish
Lions
AmVets
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