Obituary notices from Cedar Rapids area deaths
Obituaries for Erma L. Stastny 73 of 1356 20th Ave SW: born 1908 Grundy Center. long Cedar Rapids resident. worked as bookkeeper. survived by two daughters, eight grandchildren, one great grandchild, two sisters. services 2 PM Monday at Janeba Kuba Funeral Home with burial Linwood Cemetery. Also notices for Oran W. Gotshall 77 of 1004 with St NE. Mary Ellen Granger Costello 62 Marion. Alfred G. Mefford 77. George M. Choosky 69. Ellen Streeter. Esther May Black 97. Chip Choosky. Colesburg-Jerry LaVern Lewin 31 injury. Keota-Benford Thompson 90. Frieda Wiese 86. Evelyn Williams Thorne 62. Traer Delmar Tuffree 67. Roland E. Mais II 66 listed with services or pending arrangements.
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Erma L. Stastny
20Th Ave
Mercy Hospital
Grundy Center
Cedar Rapids
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co
American Automotive Association
Paul Nosek
Duane Kostka
Cedar Rapads
Marlys Stanton
Riverside
Calif
Ferne Ricketts
Reinbeck
Janeba-Kuba
Neville C. Clayton
Linwood Cemetery
Linn County Cancer Society
Oran W. Gotshall
St. NE
Fourth Avenue Care Center
Punxsutawney
Nora M. Speake
Washington, D.C
Pittsburgh
Jean Rushing
Detroit
Roy Rice
Gail Harmon
Sarasota, Fla
Mary Ellen Granger Costello
Central Ave
Marion
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Murdoch Chapel
Alfred G. Mefford
N St. SW
Turner Chapel West
Esther May Black
Grande Ave
St. Luke’s Hospital
Waukegan
May Carman
Robert W. Black
William C. Black
Virginia M. Black
Turner Chapel East
Calvin DeVries
First Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Park Mausoleum
Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories
George ‘‘Chip” Choosky
Hinkley Ave
Mildred LaVina Schoon
Missouri
Rock Island Railroad
Jill Slife
Jann Chposky
Jeff Chposky
Henry Chposky
Alamosa
Colo
Richard L. Thompson
Trinity Lutheran
Friends
American Heart Association
Seventh Ave
Colesburg
Jerry LaVern Lewin
Witt’s
Elkader
Hansel Cemetery
Garver
Keota — Benford Thompson
Wesley United Methodist Church
English River Church
Chapman's
Clarence
van Horn Cemetery
Monona
Evelyn Williams Thorne
Garden City United
Overton’s. Wyoming
Roland E. Mais II
Margate
Fla
Wyoming
Monmouth Methodist Church
Britain seeks end to hostilities in Falklands war
Britain says it has received no reply to three requests for Argentina to accept a formal end to hostilities. About 600 Argentine troops remain prisoners of war aboard the transport St. Edmund while Britain lists its next steps. Plus, Lt. Jeffrey Glover returns home after seven weeks in an Argentine hospital with injuries from a fighter jet crash.
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London
UPI
Britain
Argentina
Stanley
St. Edmund
South Atlantic
United Nations
Basilio Sami Dozo
Foreign Office
Buenos Aires
Margaret Thatcher
Caroline Elms
Jeffrey Glover
Allamakee County Jail inmate escapes again
WAUKON An inmate escaped Saturday from the Allamakee County Jail while awaiting trial on fourth degree theft and a prior escape. Harry Greenwell 37 of the rural Lansing area fled at 2 23 p.m. Search efforts involve state county and conservation officials with Waukon and Lansing police. Greenwell weighs 200 pounds, is 6 1, has brown hair and blue eyes, and was barefoot wearing a black T shirt and blue jeans.
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Waukon
Allamakee
Harry Greenwell
Lansing
Sheriff's Department
Allamakee County
Vernon County
Wis
Greenwell
Kentucky
Two Cyclists Injured In Cedar Rapids Crash
Two men were hurt in a truck motorcycle collision Friday night near the First Avenue Bridge in Cedar Rapids. Glenn A. Lovell, 20, was listed in fair condition and Rick White, 20, in serious condition at St. Luke's Hospital. The truck driver Archie R. Faulkner, 19, faces charges for disobeying a traffic signal and suspended license.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Glenn A. Lovell
Mt. Vernon Road SE
Rick White
Archie R. Faulkner
Jacolyn Drive
First Avenue Bridge
Faulkner
Branstad Wins Narrow Gill Update in Gazette Straw Poll
The Gazette straw poll at the All Iowa Fair ends with Lt. Gov. Terry Branstad ahead of Roxanne Conlin by 23 votes, 1,029 to 1,006, after eight days of voting. Brent Appel dominates in the 2nd District, while Cooper Evans leads Lynn Cutler in the 3rd. Residents chose sin taxes as the preferred tax hike option.
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Branstad
Hawkeye Downs
Conlin
Brent Appel
U.S
House of Representatives
Tom Tauke
Appel
Tauke
Cooper Evans
Lynn Cutler
James Leach
Bill Gluba
AFSCME Iowa chief resigns for international post
Don Miner, 11 month Iowa AFSCME director, resigns to join the union’s international headquarters in St Paul. Interim president named is Don McKee of Anamosa. convention set for July 31. Miner says tenure was heartwarming. contract talks begin Aug 31 after the state convention. Iowa AFSCME represents over 24,000 workers.
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Des Moines
UPI
Don Miner
American Federation of State
Minnesota
Don McKee
Anamosa
Afscme
McKee
Miner
Milwaukee
Iowa Council
St. Paul
Larry Scarpino
Scarpino
Iowa
Iowa Afscme
West Des Moines
Iowa six month traffic toll hits 37 year low
IDOT reports 185 highway deaths in January to June, the lowest six month toll since 1945. Director Dennis Ehlert notes safer driving, belt use and better highways have reduced deaths. 1982 total could fall below 600 for first time since 1958 if trends continue.
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IDOT
Ames
Iowa
Dennis Ehlert
Ehlert
Tauke urges extending grain deal with Soviet Union
Iowa congressman Tom Tauke urges President Reagan to extend the five year grain agreement with the Soviet Union and to raise total U S exports. He backs higher tonnage limits and notes markets lost after the Carter embargo as a reason to expand sales to the Soviets. The pact originally requires at least 6 million metric tons and allows 2 million more.
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Manchester
UPI
Tom Tauke
Tauke
Farm Policy Council
Reagan
Soviet Union
U.S
Car crash kills Colesburg man near Petersburg
Jerry LaVern Lewin 31 of Colesburg died after his 1978 Pontiac Trans Am slid out of control on Delaware County road X-47 one mile south of Petersburg. The single-vehicle wreck occurred shortly after 1 a.m. and Lewin, pinned in the car, died at Dyersville Hospital from multiple injuries.
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Petersburg
Colesburg
Delaware County
Jerry LaVern Lewin
Dyersville Hospital
Lewin
Iowa State Patrol
Cedar Rapids Gazette publication details and pricing
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 and published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406. Subscription rates list carrier 1.65 per week and mail options with 8.054 weeks 85.80 52 weeks, plus 123.00 52 weeks for out of state. No mail subscriptions in areas with Gazette carrier service. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
Vital Statistics Occurrences and Local Fire Calls
The section records births from July 9 to July 10 at multiple addresses including Laur ie and Gary Barrett in Cedar Rapids area and Rebecca Jandik in Des Moines style with several Marion and Central City entries. Fire calls list incidents Friday night and Saturday early hours including leaking fuel lines alarms medical emergencies and vehicle issues at various streets and intersections.
Thought for today quote by Oscar Wilde
Thought for today quotes Oscar Wilde on beauty and goodness noting it is better to be beautiful than good but better to be good than ugly. The line reflects Wilde's wit and Irish origin.
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Oscar Wilde
Peren
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Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Monte Asbury
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Louise C
Jerry Stevenson
First Congregational Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Reynaldo Bignone
Falklands
John Calhoun
U.S. and World News Daily
People Daily
Peck’s
F.T.D. Florist
Gazette
Ocratic
Neal Smith
Arlyn Danker
Tom Harkin
Terry Branstad
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue S.E
Laurie
Gary Barrett
A Ave. NE
Christine
David Gage
Seventh Ave. SE
St. Luke’s
Rebecca
Garold Jandik
Florida Ave
Tresa
Keith Bahl
Fourth Ave
Karen
Gerald Young
Dunn Ave
Denise
Larry Silver
Central City
Lisa
Clifford Barker
Fifth Ave
Andrea
Dannie Landrus
Second St
Jeri
John Wilson
25Th St
Sheila
Lyle Rose
Vicke
Robert Sindelar
14Th Ave
Anna
Stephen Strand
Randy Kempt
Leisure Blvd
Spring Valley
Minn
Sally
Steve Heidtke
Myrt Hart
29Th Street
Prairie Drive
First Avenue
First Street West
15Th Ave
First Ave
A Ave
Younkers
Westdale
Sixth St
Ninth St
Glass Road
Bowling St
Johnson Ave
Stewart Funeral Home
First Avenue N.E
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