Deaths Alfred Gilbert Mefferd 1904 77
Alfred Gilbert Mefferd 77 of 805 N St NW died on arrival at Mercy Hospital after a brief illness. He was born December 4 1904 in Cedar Rapids and married Wilma E Morgan in 1953. He worked 27 years as an inspector for Universal Engineering and was a Calvary Baptist Church custodian for 11 years. Survived by wife a son David Allen and a daughter Barbara Ann Mefford, siblings seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services 1 pm Tuesday at Calvary Baptist Church. Burial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation today noon to 9 pm and Tuesday 9 am to 11 am at Turner Chapel West and church. Memorials to Calvary Baptist Church Memorial Fund.
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Alfred Gilbert Mefferd
St. NW
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Wilma E. Morgan
Mefferd
Universal Engineering
Calvary Baptist Church
David Allen
Hiawatha
Barbara Ann Mefford
Mildred Hensch
Frank Mercer
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Turner Chapel West
Calvary Baptist Church Memorial Fund
Johnson Ave
Memorial services and obituaries in Iowa area notices
Series of funeral and memorial announcements across Iowa towns for Esther Black George Chip Choosky Oran W Gotshall Erma Stastny Molly Granger Costello Celia McDonald Carlisle Erb Esther Romine Bud Trier Delmar Tuffree Charles Kaplan Dale Crooks with burial plans, Visitation hours, and memorial funds. Names include Turner Chapel Cedar Memorial First United Methodist Church Oak Hill Cemetery and local funeral homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Plaine
Raymond C. Dorman
Russell Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
Visitation
Russell's
American Cancer Society
Dorothy M. Points
St. Michael's Catholic Church
Hrabak's
Overton Funeral Home
Dysart
Independence
Celia Ann McDonald
Clarence McDonald
St. John’s Catholic Church
White Funeral Home
Iowa City
Carlisle C
Beckman-Callahan Funeral Home
Memory Garden
Wapisnonoc Masonic Lodge No
A.M. West Branch
Old Capitol Chorus
Esther V. Romine
Wellman
Grace Missionary Church
Keota
Ripley United Church of Christ
Traer
Buckingham
Hesperia Lodge No. 340
Overton
Victor — Charles Edward Kaplan
Hrabak
Vinton
David “Dale” Crooks
Webster Groves
Phillips’ Funeral Home Chapel
Evergreen Cemetery
National Kidney Foundation
Week Ahead in Washington Faces Scandals and Policy Debates
President Reagan and Congress return to work amid Middle East concerns and a heavy agenda including an emergency funding bill and a balanced budget amendment. Ethics inquiries target lawmakers and pages as the Senate and House review misconduct allegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Reagan
Congress
Middle East
Capitol Hill
House Ethics Committee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department of Agriculture
American Health Care Association
Bruce Chapman
Census Bureau
Baltimore
National Association of Counties
George Shultz
Alexander Haig
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Commerce Department
House
Senate Labor and Human Resources
Edmund Muskie
Center For National Policy
Teens Find Man's Body Near Cedar Rapids Railroad Tracks
Two 19 year old teenagers discovered the body of Kevin R. Reed a 23 year old former Cedar Rapids resident near the Rock Island tracks north of 42nd Street NE Reed died likely by a self inflicted gunshot from a .22 Magnum gun found beside him Police still investigate the death while Reed had returned to Cedar Rapids for his father s funeral and lived in Chicago.
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Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Linn County Sheriffs
Kevin R. Reed
Chicago
Reed
42Nd Street
Cedar River
Linn County Sheriff's Deputies
July births and local incidents listed in vital statistics
Vital statistics record several births on July 10 and 11 including Lori Koppenhaver in Martelle Marilyn Mark in Cedar Rapids area Joan Haack Van Horne Dianne Neal Norway Lynn Barnes Marion Barbara Grinaker Mount Vernon. Also noted are a series of emergency calls with times and locations including a medical emergency at 624 15th Ave Sw a gas leak at Edgewood Road and 42nd St Ne and investigations and alarms at multiple nearby addresses.
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Lori
Scott Koppenhaver
Martelle
Marilyn
John Mark
19Th St. SE
Joan
Marcus Haack
van Horne
Dianne
Greg Neal
Norway
Lynn
Jeffrey Barnes
Ninth St. Marion
Barbara
David Grinaker
Mount Vernon
15Th Ave
Edgewood Road
42Nd St
29Th St
Sixth St
E Ave
First Ave
Conlin Defends Roots At Iowa Democratic Breakfast
Roxanne Conlin rebuts criticism over family net worth and taxes at a Linn County breakfast with about 150 volunteers. She stresses honesty, recalls humble origins, and counters claims of hypocrisy while outlining a statewide voter program kickoff.
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IBEW
Iowa
Fate
Ronald Reagan
Conlin
Three Iowans Die In Sunday Traffic Crashes
Iowa authorities report three fatal incidents on Sunday. In Waterloo, Tracy Winder, 27, was ejected from a motorcycle on Highway 218 after losing control on a gravel shoulder, wearing a helmet. In Victor, Charles Kaplan, 18, died after a one vehicle crash on County Road F-29, a wall collision and water rollover. Kansas City?
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Iowa
Omaha
Neb
Tracy Charles Winder
Waterloo
Winder
Poweshiek County
Victor
Charles Edward Kaplan
Tip on Summer Insects Flies and Mosquitoes Trounce Horses
Equine expert Dr. R D Scoggins from the University of Illinois warns that summer pests like horse flies deer flies mosquitoes stable flies and gnats irritate horses. He cautions against petroleum base repellents on horse skin and against organic phosphate sprays after worming, advising to read labels and use insecticides two to three times daily for effective safe control.
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R.D. Scoggins
University of Illinois
Bicyclist Killed in Coralville Collision
Julia D. Merfeld 23 of Iowa City died after a bicycle automobile crash on Highway 6 near Hawkeye Wholesale Co. in Coralville at 5 21 p m Sunday. Opal M. McMenamy 25 of Tiffin drove the other vehicle. She was treated at the scene and flown to University of Iowa Hospital where she died on arrival. Charges are pending as police investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia D. Merfeld
W. Benton St
Apt
Iowa City
Coralville
Merfeld
Opal M. McMenamy
Tiffin
Hawkeye Wholesale Co
University of Iowa Hospital
Reagan says Haig not asked to resign
President Reagan on Air Force One denied a testy call led to Haig's departure and said Haig volunteered to help during the transition. He noted Haig was generous and helpful and that the resignation announced June 25 was not due to pressure. Reagan declined to discuss Haig's reasons.
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Ronald Reagan
America
Reagan
Haig
Washington
UPI
Alexander Haig
Air Force One
California
U.S
Murder charge filed in Dexter tavern shooting
A first degree murder charge was filed against Marvin E. Lucas 46 in a Dexter bar shooting that killed Jim Ludwig and wounded two others Steven Christiansen 26 and Martin Vote 24 both of Dexter. The incident followed a tavern disagreement. Lucas is hospitalized in serious but stable condition after being subdued by patrons.
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Dexter
Baton Rouge
Dallas County Sheriff's Department
Marvin E. Lucas
Jim Ludwig
Steven Christiansen
Martin Vote
Des Moines
Lee Struble
Lucas
Burglars Target Two Homes on Country Club Parkway
Burglars pried open a side glass door at 2130 Country Club Parkway SE and ransacked bedrooms and closets between 7 p.m. Saturday and early Sunday. They also pried open a rear window at 2126 Country Club Parkway SE, ransacking that home between Friday and Sunday. No stolen value is reported.
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Country Club Parkway SE
Max Smith
Dean Gesme
Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa with second class postage. Subscription rates include $1.65 weekly by carrier and various mail plans. AP has exclusive republication rights.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
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Harold Clark
Bowling St. SW
St. Luke's Hospital
Kuba Funeral Home
Helen S. Cronbaugh
Black
Esther
Turner Chapel East
Calvin DeVries
First Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Park Mausoleum
Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories
Choosky
George
Chip
Richard L. Thompson
Trinity Lutheran Church
Willow Springs
American Heart Association
Seventh Ave
Marion
Gotshall
Oran W
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Monte Asbury
Garden of Eternal Love
Stastny
Erma L
Janeba Kuba Funeral Home
Neville C. Clayton
Linwood Cemetery
Linn County Cancer Society
Mary Ellen
Molly” Granger Costello
Central Ave
University Hospitals
Marion High School
Cornell College
Marion Independent Schools
First United Methodist Church of
PEO
OOP Club
Sorosis Club
Thomas
John V.N. Granger
Paris
France
First United Methodist Church
Dick Watkins
Cedar Memorial Park
Murdoch Chapel
Lowa
Senate Committee On Aging
Federal Reserve
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Senate Finance Committee
Man
Sheriff's Deputies
Cedar Rap
St. Luke’s
Demos
By Ken Sullivan
Robert Ray
Bob Anderson
Newton
Brent Appel
Agriculture
Jim Riordan
Tom Harkin
U.S. Senate
Harkin
President Reagan
Appel
Tom Tauke
Tauke
Kaplan
Gregory Hall Roberts
Jeffrey Dean Hawkins
Ladora
Univer
Sity Hospitals
Roberts
Hawkins
Joel Alan Roberts
Carter Lake
Rhonda Lamb
Abbott Drive
Lamb
Dexter Bar
John E. Lapes
3Rd Avenue S.E
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