Deaths in Cedar Rapids and Surrounding Areas
Obituary notices list Claribeth Betty Jenkins 69 lifelong Cedar Rapids resident died in Iowa City after illness. Surviving: son Charles. daughters Marcia Pitkin and Louise Trachta. six grandchildren. siblings. Services at St Johns Episcopal Church, burial Oak Hill cemetery. Memorial fund suggested to St Margaret's Altar Guild. Also listed are Edna Booth 60 and multiple notices from towns like Muscatine Decorah Grinnell Manchester and Marion detailing ages, birthplaces, spouses, services and burial plans.
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Claribeth
Betty’’ Jenkins
Albert Jenkins
First Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Marcia Pitkin
Louise Trachta
Solon
Richard R. Proctor
G. W. Hopkins
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Canon D.A. Loferski
Oak Hill Cemetery
Turner Chapel East
Edna Mae Booth
N Street
Edna Allen
Wilber J. Booth
Edward James Super
Twelfth Avenue
Pottsville
Elsie Gramlich
Harpers Ferry
American Legion
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Sieg Auto Supply
Thomas
John
Jack Davis
Hiawatha
John Pierce
Running Springs
Calif
Francis
Prospect Park
Ed Raven
Fountain Valley
St. Ann’s Catholic Church
Robert Levenhagan
Martin T. Laughlin
Teahen Funeral Home
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Cedar Rapids considers 832 year raise for non union workers
Cedar Rapids city council weighs two raise plans for 306 non union municipal employees retroactive to July 1. One plan pays 832 annually to those under 5.33 per hour, and 7.5 percent to others. The alternative would start with 832 for lower earners and 5 percent increases for higher earners, aiming to equalize pay over years.
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Cedar Rapids
FACT
Financial Activities Coordinating Team
Ed Colton
Richard Phillips
Hal Schaefer
Bob McMahan
Fred Nordengren
McMahan
Don Canney
International Assn
Tom Aller
Ron Kuhlman
East Post road extension dropped from county plan
Linn county supervisors decided not to include the alternate East Post road extension in the five or ten year plan. They cited money and other priorities such as bridge replacement and Pleasant Creek access road work, but left open the possibility of revisiting if outside funds become available.
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Linn
Green Valley
Regional Planning Commission
Jean Oxley
Stanley Ginsberg
Pleasant Creek
Richard Wenzel
Wenzel
Deputy Guilty of Assault in Linn County Jail Incident
A Linn district court jury found Deputy Sheriff Donald Wharton guilty of assault after reducing the original felony charge of assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury to simple assault. Wharton was accused of beating inmate Robert Robideau at Linn County Jail on May 7, 1976 after Robideau refused fingerprinting.
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Linn
Donald Wharton
Wharton
Robert Robideau
Darryl L. Brown
Donald L. Irons
William R. Eads
Robideau
R.M. Fassler
Roy Roseberry
Walter Grant
Bruce Ellison
Illinois Firms Settle Patent Suit
Highway Equipment Co of Cedar Rapids and Dickey John Corp of Auburn Illinois settled a patent dispute out of court. Highway agreed not to make sell or use the questioned items without a license while no damages were awarded.
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Highway Equipment Co
Cedar Rapids
Illinois
Dickey-John Corp
Auburn, Ill
Highway Equipment
Illinois Corporation
Dickey-John
Two Injured in Cedar Rapids Motorcycle Crashes
Jermeir H. Sasek 35 of 826 Ninth Street SW sustained injuries and remained in stable condition at the VA hospital in Iowa City after a 5 56 p m collision near Ninth Avenue and Seventh Street SW with a car driven by Thomas D Williams 20 of 508 Ninth Street SW. Sasek was thrown onto the car hood breaking the windshield and flew 20 to 30 feet before ground impact. Kenneth McNeely Jr 21 of Tower Terrace Marion was admitted to St Luke's hospital in fair condition after a crash at Center Point Road and Glass Road NE. Gary Rathje 19 of 990 Eastview Avenue Marion was charged with improper left turn.
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Cedar Rapids
Jermeir H. Sasek
Ninth Street
Iowa City
Ninth Avenue
Seventh Street
Thomas D. Williams
Sasek
Williams
Kenneth McNeely, Jr
Tower Terrace
Marion
St. Luke’s Hospital
Center Point Road
Glass Road
Silent meditation vote on school pledge policy in College Community
The College Community school board debated silent meditation as part of a pledge and anthem routine. Board members Bill Boland Jr Milton Chadima and John Anderson Jr voted yes while Robert Krob and Richard Harger opposed. The board also approved in service credit policy changes and a CETA project for senior citizens and displaced homemakers.
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Legiance
Bill Boland, Jr
Milton Chadima
John Anderson
Robert Krob
Richard Harger
Daryl Hynek
Arnold Yanecek
Glenn Selzer
Fairfax
Dave Neu
Grant Wood Area
Cedar Rapids Falcons
Falcons
Williams trial over claim of brutal murder and evidence
Prosecutor Blink urged the jury to find Williams guilty of the girl's murder, highlighting dress slacks with semen as key evidence and noting hairs matching the defendant. Defense argues freezing could erase sperm and questions timing, hotel room facts, and lack of prints, while defense attorney Crawford counters with skepticism about the pace of the alleged crime.
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Williams
YMCA
Davenport
Blink
Grinnell
Anthony
Missouri
Kansas City
Gerald Crawford
Crawford
Roger Owens
Two Arrests Reported After Night Traffic Incident
Annie S Schmitt 33 of 701 Tama Marion charged with drunk driving at 10 45 p m near First Avenue and Collins Road NE after a traffic crash Authorities also report Mark Lavern Miller 19 of 1616 M Street SW charged with injury or tampering with a motor vehicle.
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Annie S. Schmitt
Tama Street
Marion
First Avenue
Collins Road
Mark Lavern Miller
M Street
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Lowa
Frank J. Zeithamel
Beckman-Jones
Oakland Cemetery
Decorah
Walter Gjerset
Olson-Fjestal
Lutheran Cemetery
Rebecca McConnell
St. Benedict’s Catholic Church
Steine’s. Cascade
Teresa B. Herard
Daniel Schellhase
St. John Lutheran Church
Fellmer’s
Keystone
Elizabeth G. McCullough
Springville
Elizabeth Gritman
Lee A. McCollough
McCollough
Cornell College
Leibling School of Music
Mike Deupree
Steve Ken
Gazette
Fassler
Timothy White
Gary Rathje
Eastview Avenue
McNeely
The
College
Chadima
Krob
Boland
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
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