Death notices and funeral details from Cedar Rapids area
Deaths include Rose Richards 84 longtime Cedar Rapids resident with services at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery and memorial donations to Coe College. Also listed are numerous survivors, funeral times, casket closures, church services and burial sites for local residents and nonresidents, plus a stabbing death pending at Baxter Memorial Chapel Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose J. Richards
Grand Ave
Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Linn County
Mount Moriah
Cedar Rapids Memorial Park
Richard Mayfield
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Biology
Coe College
First Ave
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
John Dalton
Linwood Cemetery
Teahen Funeral Home
Mr. Lintz
Edwards
Lloyd A
United Methodist Church
Alburnett
J. Elmer Brunk
Mount Clark
Murdoch Funeral Home
Central City
O’rieley
Michael W
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Joseph J. Mollner
Friends
Knights of Columbus
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Stewart Funeral Home
Frisby
Frank Price
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
Bill Brown
Noelridge Park Christian Church
Goose
Bobbie J
Pullman
Wash
Lutz
Rose Mildred
Turner Chapel East
Glenn N. Bender
First Congregational Church
Shiloh
Harlan
Frank E
Calvin DeVries
First Presbyterian Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Vinton
Jayne
Edna B
Elmer A. Linkenback
Calvary Baptist Church
Cedar Memorial Park
University of Iowa expands cancer research and outreach
The University of Iowa receives a $6 million grant for cancer research as Dr. C Patrick Burns leads work aimed at altering tumor cell membranes to affect drug and heat sensitivity. Pediatric cancer care in rural areas relies on local physicians, coordinated with University Hospitals to deliver treatment across distances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Patrick Burns
Department of Internal Medicine
Medical Oncology
Burns
NCI
U of I
College of Medicine
C. Thomas Kisker
Cancer
Kisker
Iowa City
Debates over Life and Death Legislation Split Among Lawmakers
Opponents including feminists and scholars warn the bill would criminalize abortion and skirt federal court authority, while supporters push the issue back to states. The measure would curb federal court jurisdiction and may be delayed into 1982 due to conservative Senate disagreements. The report also discusses a proposed Uniform Determination of Death Act urging states to adopt a standard based on brain activity or circulatory function.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Congress
National Abortion Rights League
Abram
Commission
Boy Hurt At Funcenter In Cedar Rapids Incident
Ten year old Todd Kilpatrick of 220 Wiley Blvd NW sustained minor injuries Thursday after running into a window during capture the flag at Hoover Elementary School Funcenter. Supervisors said he was racing to steal a stick when he crashed through the window and was treated at Mercy Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todd Kilpatrick
Wiley Blvd
Hoover Elementary School
Johnson Ave
Kilpatrick
Nan Podzimek
Cedar Rapids Recreation Commission
Mercy Hospital
Podzimek
Demos Meet on Saturday in 2nd District Workshop
Iowa Democratic Chairman Ed Campbell of Des Moines and House Majority Leader Don Avenson will participate in the 1981 2nd District Democratic Workshop at Monticello. The Youth Building at the Jones County Fairground hosts sessions on fund raising candidate recruitment and party participation. The day runs 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. fund raising auction. A $5 registration fee applies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Ed Campbell
Des Moines
House
Don Avenson
Doelwein
Monticello
Jones County Fairground
Doris Peick
Old Marion Road
Positive remarks from fair board on eight day All Iowa Fair
The All Iowa Fair ended to lukewarm public response but fair board staff stayed positive. They noted 72 000 attendees and $70 000 in revenue from grandstand carnival and parking while urging advertising changes and new activities for teens. Recommendations include shortening the fair and shifting livestock shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Board
George Clifford
Hawkeye Downs
Larry Statler
Clifford
Fairgrounds
Ground control battle grows as medfly quarantine tightens
The 630 square mile quarantine blocks fruit movement in Santa Clara San Mateo and Alameda counties. Officials inspect roads confiscating 900 pounds of fruit while residents rush to remove hosts. Brown defends ground control over aerial spraying amid political tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Clara
San Mateo
Alameda
Brown
California Highway Patrol
U.S. Senate
Block
John Ochs
Rep. Thomas
Cedar Rapids Gazette Details 1883 Publication Info
The Cedar Rapids Gazette, established in 1883, is published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa with a second class postage status. Subscription rates include carrier and mail options with varying weekly and yearly prices and restrictions on mail subscriptions in carrier areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
Clarifications on Donald Schmidt murder report
The Gazette clarifies a Thursday story misnaming David Carothers of Hiawatha. He says a neighbor found the body and helped after a shock, correcting the first name error and noting the paper will publish corrections for accuracy and fairness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Carothers
Seventh Ave
Hiawatha
Thursday Gazette
Donald Schmidt
Carothers
Gazette
County fairs host events across Iowa through Sunday
Allamakee Benton and Keokuk county fairs continue through Sunday with Nightline performing country western music at 8 30 p.m. in the Strawberry Point Band Shell. Art from the summer youth program will be on display through Sunday at the Amana Artists Guild four houses east of the Ox Yoke Inn Amana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allamakee
Benton and
Keokuk County
Nightline
Strawberry Point
Shell
Amana Artists’ Guild
Ox Yoke Inn
Amana
Van Horne Centennial events and theater lineup
Opening events feature a 7 p.m. pageant and a 9 p.m. teen dance as part of the Van Horne Centennial. In Garrison the Old Creamery Theater presents Where's Charley? at 8 p.m. tonight with tickets $6 and $5. The Imaginary Invalid plays at 8 p.m. at E.C. Mabie Theater University of Iowa with tickets $5. Man of La Mancha starts at 7 p.m. at Coe College Dows Theater. call 399-8624 after 2 p.m. for tickets. The Glass Menagerie at Studio Theater Garrison continues tonight at 8 with tickets $5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley
Garrison
E.C. Mabie Theater
University of Iowa
Dows
Coe College
Glass
Studio Theater
Vital Statistics Births and Local Incidents Reported
July births listed for Karen and Thomas Myers Jody Poohl Kimberly Bennett Katherine Franzenburg Lori Neal Debra Pickup Tonya Slaughter and others. Sioux City and Dallas birth notices with grandparents named. Police and fire calls include gas leak 9:45 p.m. Wednesday and multiple alarms and emergencies across Cedar Rapids and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen
Thomas Myers
23Rd St
Jody L. Poohl
Sixth Ave
Marion
Kimberly
Keith Bennett
Lisbon
Katherine
Greg Franzenburg
Keystone
Lori F. Neal
Lith St
Debra
Thomas Pickup
20Th Ave
Tonya Slaughter
A Ave
Sioux City
Brian Boesenberg
James L. Boesenbergs
Cedar Rapids
Dallas
Rosa Lea
Phil Rieke
Kenneth Riekes
Eisenhower Road
Hiawatha
Leo Mulfords
Aurora
Iowa Delegation Split on MX Mobile Missile Funding
Iowa's delegation voted 3 3 on whether to fund the MX mobile missile. Berkley Bedell Tom Harkin and James Leach supported stripping 2.4 billion from a 136 billion military bill, while Neal Smith joined Cooper Evans and Tom Tauke voting against the amendment, effectively backing the missile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reagan
Iowa
Berkley Bedell
Tom Harkin
James Leach
Neal Smith
Cooper Evans
Tom Tauke
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Clarence Ackerman
Anaheim
Calif
Wagler’s
Griswold
Atkins
Harry Wendel
St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church
Fellmer’s
Baldwin
Nellie F. Conger
Chekal’s
Fort Atkinson
Toledo
Leonard J. Mason
Mason-Hand's
Tama
Woodlawn Cemetery
Donald Q. Schmidt
Baxter Memorial Chapel
DeGowin
Funcenter
Mary Burke Gazette
Leo Peiffer
Peiffer
Buster Brown
Galen Robertson
Five Seasons Center
Dave Cerka
Sacramento
Assembly
Willie Brown
John E. Lapes
St. Luke’s
Curtiss S. Dozier
Kay M. Young
Robert D. Elliott
Joni L. Ties
Scott A. Witherell
Renee L. Hutchins
Patrick K. Collins
Shelly L
Dicken
Alfred J. Fritz Jr
Victoria L. Manhart
Robert C. Newlin
Susan J. Rauch
General Mills
Edgewood Road
29Th St
Western Drive
Oakland Road
Third Avenue
Rockford Road
Mt. Vernon Rd
DB Florist
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