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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 2000
Page
14
Blanche Young 87 of Palo and other Cedar Rapids area residents are noted in death notices. The batch includes Jaye Fieseler grandson, Boyd Lenway memorial gifts to Camp Courageous, and Alan Gordon memorials to Trees Forever. Services and burial details span St. Jude Church Fort Riley Cedar Memorial and various dates in July 2000.
Readable lines present a roster of individuals by town including Cedar Rapids Center Point Coralville Decorah Dyersville Edgewood Farley Fayette Independence Wow City Ubson Lowden Manchester Maquoketa Marion Monticello Newhall Oelwein Springville Strawberry Point Sumner Vining Wheatland and more. Names include Blanche Fieseler Alan McIntosh Gordon Helen Sheetz Mehsling Rouse Lance Varnum Francis Young Albert Ferguson Ann Mason Carol Ness Earl Lasche Luetta Klosterman Dorothy Klostermann Karen Szemkus Helen Salisbury James Tanner Mildred Courtney Rui Yang Jiang Yu Marianne Hoke Herman Gottschalk Bretta Miller Imelda Martin Sandra Behnke Robert Muller Rose Wiese Nyle Koehler Barbara Dormer Robert Thee Irene Nacke Walter Voelke and Leetha Lee Smith.
Lance Sean Varnum infant son of Damon Smith and Cyndee Varnum of Cedar Rapids died July 9 2000 in St Luke’s Hospital after premature birth Memorial services were set for 1 p.m. Saturday at St Paul’s United Methodist Church with Teahen Funeral Home handling arrangements Survivors include parents and sister Mackenzie Smith Helen L Sheetz Mehsling Rouse 74 of Bennett Colorado formerly of Cedar Rapids died July 6 2000 at home from diabetes complications Memorial services were July 13 in Strausburg Colorado Graveside services were at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Cedar Rapids Also listed are eight stepchildren four sisters and a brother as well as numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren The narrative notes her parents Chester and L Emma Sheetz and former husbands Donald Mehsl ing and Willis Rouse
Albert Ferguson 89 of Iowa Veterans Home Marshalltown formerly Center Point died July 12 2000 after a respiratory illness. Services 10 a m at Center Street Baptist Church Marshalltown with Pastor Bobby Shomo burial Riverside Cemetery Marshalltown arrangements Estes-Perrin-Avey Funeral Home Survivors wife Mary two sons Davis Orlando Fla Jim St Joseph Mo two daughters Alleene Pingemot Manhattan Kan Jeannette Kozajda Coralville and a brother Kenneth Corydon.
Dorothy A. Klostermann, 80, of Dubuque and formerly of Farley, died Thursday night July 13, 2000, in Finley Hospital Dubuque. Arrangements are pending at Reiff Funeral Home Farley with viewing 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Jiang Yu and Rui Yang of Murfreesboro Tennessee died in an Illinois accident on July 5 2000. Memorial service held at Leasing Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City with sister Rong Yu listed as survivor. Mildred A Courtney 70 of 508 Kenwood Drive died July 12 2000 from head injuries after a fall. Services at Fremont United Methodist Church with burial at Indianapolis Cemetery What Cheer. Arrangements with Lensing Funeral and Cremation. survivors include husband Harold a son Darrel daughter Binky Strunk and sisters Maxine Lathrop Myrtle Baird.
Coralville Ann M. Mason 35 formerly of 1799 Fifth Street died Friday July 14 2000 at St Peters Manor St Peter Missouri after a lingering illness Services 11 a.m. Monday Leasing Funeral Cremation Service Iowa City burial Memory Gardens Cemetery Iowa City Friends may call 9 a.m. to service time Survivors include daughter Janice Laugharn of St Charles Missouri and sister Dorothy Brown
Carol A. Ness of Decorah died July 13 2000 at home after a cancer battle. Memorial services are set for 11 a.m. Monday at Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. James Glesne. Burial is private at Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Fjelstul Funeral Home. She was survived by husband Howard two sons Christopher Decorah and Paul Rosemount Minn daughter Laurie Parker Rochester Minn her parents Huber and Corolla Lennon and sisters Judy Knutsen Onalaska Wis and Ellen Holland Forest Lake Minn.
Earl Joseph Lasche 84 of Anamosa formerly of Dyersville died July 12 2000 after a sudden illness. Services July 17 at St Francis Xavier Basilica Dyersville with burial at St Francis Cemetery. Visitation July 16 at Kramer Funeral Home Dyersville. He leaves five daughters Janet Lasche Cedar Rapids Carol Ries Dyersville Doris Ries Dubuque Linda Baker Solon Connie Domenick Ambridge Pa two sons David De Witt Kevin Earlville 13 grandchildren and a great grandchild. He was born February 25 1916 in Dyersville son of Henry and Anna Lasche married to Joan Fesler for 34 years and was plant manager for Standard Oil in Petersburg IA until 1977.
Nyle R. Koehler 49 of Ano ka Minnesota formerly of Oelwein died July 13 2000 at home after a sudden illness Memorial services 1:30 p.m. Tuesday Church of Christ Eastside Oelwein Inurnment Woodlawn Cemetery No visitation Arrangements with Jamison Schmitz Funeral Home Oelwein He is survived by daughter Jane and son Beth both of Ano ka Minnesota his parents Raymond and Maxine of Oelwein and brother Bruce of Cedar Rapids Also surviving sister in law Linda Koehler
Luetta Klosterman born 1905 in Center ia Iowa married to George Klosterman in 1927. She taught in Dyersville and farmed before moving to Edgewood in 1937. Survivors include four children and many grandchildren. Services at St Mark's Edgewood with visitation at Leonard Funeral Home.
Karen L. Szemkus 52 died Thursday July 13 2000 at her Fayette home. Services scheduled 11 a.m. Monday at Becker Milnes Funeral Chapel with burial at Grandview Cemetery. Visitation 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday and one hour prior to services. She is survived by her mother Alberta Heitland of Oelwein five children Lance Brooke Amber Jones Chad Brooke Deena Arnold Ryan Szemkus two brothers Chuck and Steve Baker and three sisters Kathy Gordish Diane McCann and Karla Vandersee.
James F. Tanner 380 died July 13 2000 in Allen Memorial Hospital Waterloo after a short illness. Services July 19 at First United Methodist Independence with burial at Wilson Cemetery. Ann Austin of Seattle and John of Pasadena are noted as relatives with a Springfield Oregon brother. Helen B. Salisbury 90 died July 14 2000 at Peoples Memorial Longterm Care Center after a short illness. Arrangements pending at White Funeral Home Independence.
Bretta A. Miller, 76, of Manchester died July 18 2000 in Good Neighbor Home after illness. Services 10 am Monday at St Marys Church Manchester Burial in church cemetery. Friends may call 2 8 pm Sunday at Bohnenkamp Murdoch Funeral Home Manchester with rosary at 5 pm and one hour before services Monday at church. Also note death of Robert Muller July 13 2000 in auto accident near Delhi.
Marianne Hoke 80 of Lisbon died. She was born Jan 22 1920 in Sheffield Iowa daughter of William and Henrietta Emhoff Butteris. She married Roland Hoke Feb 25 1950 in Las Vegas. A nurses aide, she retired then cared for others at home. Hospice of Mercy donations requested.
Herman W. Gottschalk 91 died Friday July 14 2000 at Clarence Nursing Home after a long illness. Services scheduled 10:30 a.m. Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church Londen with Rev. Bruce Miller. Burial in church cemetery. Friends may call 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Chapman Funeral Home Clarence. Survivors include wife Ann daughter Phyllis St John of Stanwood four sons Donald Oxford Junction Dennis Marseille Ill Steve and Dwight Lowden ten grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
Imelda A. Martin, 280, of Dubuque and formerly Maquoketa, died Friday morning July 14, 2000. Arrangements are pending at Haylock-O Hara & Lahey Funeral Home in Maquoketa with calling hours 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday.
NEWHALL del died Wednesday July 12 2000 at Vinton Lutheran Home after extended illness Services were held 10:30 a.m. today at St John Lutheran Church conducted by Rev Steven Rempfer Burial followed at the church cemetery Arrangements were with Phillips Funeral Home Vinton Survivors include two daughters Phyllis Ebert of Newhall Lucille Good of Vinton a sister Pauline Kaestner of Van Horne along with grandchildren Dean Good Dianne Hartz Kay Mullen Kevin Ebert and six great grandchildren Derrick Good Ryan Jennifer Good Jeff Hartz Jason Hartz and Melissa Ansley plus other relatives and friends.
Morris Wauters aged 87 died Friday July 14 2000 at his home. Arrangements are pending at Hrabak Funeral Home in Belle Plaine.
Robert A. Muller, 75, of Monticello, died Thursday afternoon July 13 2000 at Regional Medical Center of Delaware County following an auto accident. Services were set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church Monticello with burial after 4 p.m. Monday at Goettsch Funeral Home. Born May 25 1925 in Delaware County he served in the U S Army 1944 46 and worked in lumber construction and carpentry. He was predeceased by a sister Bretta Miller and survived by his wife Alice two daughters two sons and several grandchildren and stepgrandchildren.
Leitha A. Lee Smith Linder died at 94 in Bethany Home Dubuque after an extended illness. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Locust Street Funeral Home Dubuque with cremains buried later in Pinehill Cemetery Wheatland. She was born June 13 1906 in Wheatland to Frank and Clara Smith and married D G Tony Linder on April 8 1935. She was a Wheatland High School graduate and St Paul United Church of Christ member. Memorials may be given to Hospice of Dubuque.
Announcement outlines how to submit In Memory Of notices with deadlines from Monday to Friday. It notes writing by 4 p.m. and requests date of publication. Forms are available with pricing at 35 cents per word and pictures at 10 dollars each. For questions call 398 8221.
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