Founder still a presence at Linwood Cemetery in Cedar Rapids
Amy Duncan Lazette reports Linwood Cemetery, begun by Thomas Gainer in 1840, remains active under Murdoch Funeral Home. The piece traces Gainer’s role in Cedar Rapids history, the cemetery’s opening in 1881, and notable plots including the Cherry Sisters and war dead memorials.
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Amy Duncan
Lazette
Linwood Cemetery
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Gainer
George Murdoch
Murdoch Funeral Home
Murdoch
Linwood
Gainer
Pennsylvania
Rosanna
David King
Kingston
West Cedar Rapids
Osgood Sheperd
Sheperd
R.C. Rock
Linn County
C.C. Cook
Mary Gainer
Cedar River
Elizabeth
Katharine Lewis
Joseph S. Anderson
Cherry Sisters
Douglas Co. Starch
Uruguay Social Worker Faces Urgent Poverty and Depression
Munoz describes brutal conditions in Uruguay where many families live with bare roofs and one meal a day. She notes government debt and high rents limit aid, forcing some women to prostitution to feed children, while she fights for change and hopes for a better future.
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Gulliksen
Munoz
Uruguay
United States
Norway
Soviet Union
International social workers visit Cedar Rapids Iowa City area
Eleven visitors from ten nations arrive in early April under CIP guidance. The group, led by the University of Iowa School of Social Work, will study through August visiting Washington and New York. Participants include Laura Munoz Uruguay and Grethe Gulliksen Norway among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
United States
Council of International Programs
CIP
Iowa
University of Iowa
School of Social Work
Washington D.C
New York
Laura Munoz
Uruguay
Grethe Gulliksen
Norway
Family Services Center
Kedibone Serero
South Africa
Veteran’s Hospital
Horacio Ejilevic
Argentina
Hillcrest Family Services
Genevieve Kernevez
France
Ahmad Sarahneh
West Bank
Iowa Department of Social Services
Johnson County
Morella Sosa de Melchert
Venezuela
University of Iowa Hospital
Fernando Mendes
Portugal
Mecca
Peter Schwier
West Germany
Melrose
William Strauch
Willowcreek
Jean Hyacinthe
Mauritius
Goodwill
Blairstown Plastics Firm Aims for Big Leagues
Diversified Composites, a Blairstown plastics maker, moved from Mediapolis into a former school. The four- partner venture aims to scale to 30 employees this year and secure major orders from clients like Aspen Yacht Club and Anheuser Busch, while developing molds for bronze like finishes and reconstituted marble products.
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Dave Rasdal
Iowa
Blairstown
Dustin Hoffman
Bob Inghram
Inghram
Diversified Composites
Mediapolis
Inghram Industries
Denison
Iowa Falls
Aspen
Yacht Club
Anheuser-Busch
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Farmers State Bank
FSB
FDIC
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Alburnett
Hiawatha
Keith and
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Wners
Hutton
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