Deaths in Linn County Honor Local Notables and Residents
Obituaries report the deaths of Dr. Roy E. Leidigh 97 of Marion and Anna Valenta 96 of Hallmar Care Center along with several others. Leidigh practiced dentistry in Marion 53 years and held community roles in Masonic and American Legion groups. Valenta active in Czech cultural groups and Red Cross. Also listed are services and funeral arrangements for Barber Challed Devlin Krapf Wagner Lastuvka Tiedemann and others with burial sites at Cedar Memorial and local cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy E. Leidigh
Marion
Northbrook Manor
Hazel Applegate
Dr. Leidigh
Cornell College
University of Iowa College of Dentistry
Milwaukee Railroad
Marion Christian Church
American Legion
Marion Post
Marion Host Lions Club
Marion Lodge No
A.F
A.M
Marion Chapter
R.A.M
Marion Independent School Board
Iowa and
American Dental Associations
Jean Quaas
Alburnett
Lois Kenny
Anchorage
Alaska
Bernice Bach
Oklahoma City
Okla
Murdoch
Anna Valenta
Hallmar
Czechoslovakia
United States
William Valenta
Czech Heritage
Federation of Czech Groups
Red Cross Women’s Auxiliary
Milton
Severna Park
Vera Conway
Cedar Rapids
Deaths in Eastern Iowa Chronicle Obituary Notes
A sequence of obituary notices from Eastern Iowa lists Helen Leota Allen 82 of Farley dying of natural causes at Sunnycrest Manor Dubuque with arrangements pending. Russell S. Smith 76 dies at St Luke's Cedar Rapids with services pending. Alvena Baum 88 formerly of Stone City dies in New York City with services in New York and Anamosa. Teahen Funeral Home to be consulted. Cara L Ebersole 44 dies at Sunny Hill Tama. services at St Patrick Tama. Wilmer Moubray 72 dies at Iowa Methodist Des Moines. memorials established. Beatrice P Caldwell 77 of Vinton dies at St James Nursing Home New York. services set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Clarence Frana
St. Ludmila’s Catholic Church
Czech National Cemetery
Sokolice Renata Tyrsova
Third St. SE
Cedar Rapids
Czech Heritage Foundation
P.O. Box
Hallmar
10Th St
Helen Leota Allen
Farley
Sunnycrest Manor
Dubuque
Reiff’s
Russell S. Smith
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Alvena Baum
New York City
N.Y
Stone City
New York
St. Agnes Catholic Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Anamosa
Teahen Funeral Home
Wilmer Moubray
Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines
Prusha
Tama
Bob Bolt
Marshalltown
Dixie Schroeder
Marion
Henderson-Overton’s
Woodlawn
Beatrice P. Caldwell
Vinton
St. James Nursing Home
St. James
June Dolley
East Northport
First Christian Church
Bear Creek
Brandon
Campbell-Russell’s
Borderline Hypertension Link Highlighted in Sleep Apnea Study
University of Louisville researchers led by Somers with Dr. Mark and Dr. Abboud studied 16 men around age 26 to compare eight with borderline hypertension to eight with normal pressure. When simulating sleep apnea by breath holding, sympathetic nerve activity surged far more in the borderline group, suggesting a link to higher cardiovascular risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somers
Cardiovascular Center
Internal Medicine Department
U of I College of Medicine
U of L
Emerald Knights win Division III Midwest championship
Emerald Knights of Cedar Rapids won the Division III Drum Corps Midwest championship at the University of Northern Illinois stadium in De Kalb. They scored 41.0 points to lead a top four that included Northmen Green Bay and Blue Stars LaCrosse with Phantom Regiment winning Division I and Glassmen taking Division II at TOD events. The Knights also placed second in DCI last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dekalb
Ill
Emerald Knights
Cedar Rapids
University of Northern Illinois
Knights
Midwest
Northmen
Green Bay
Wis
Blue Stars
LaCrosse
Bandettes
Ontario
Canada
Phantom Regiment
Rockford
Loves Park
Glassmen
Toledo
Ohio
TOD
Terre Haute
Ind
Arrowhead Stadium
Kansas City
PBS
The
DCI
Madison
Death of Melvyn Paisley's wife under police probe
King County investigators opened a probe into the 1968 death of Mary Lou Paisley, wife of Boeing executive and Pentagon inquiry figure Melvyn Paisley. Nearly three dozen people have been interviewed with no foul play found. the autopsy cited drug hypersensitivity, and CPR by firefighters left injuries later deemed non fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Melvyn Paisley
Pentagon
King County
Mary Lou Paisley
Seattle Times
Harlan Bollinger
Paisley
Boeing
E. Lawrence Barcella
Mary Lou
Reay
Nursing shortage in U S blamed on rising demand panel finds
A government panel led by Carolyne K. Davis says the national shortage of registered nurses is real and widespread with 117 000 hospital vacancies and 21 000 in nursing homes. Demand, not supply decline, drives the gap, amid higher illness, aging, tech costs and wage dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Washington Post
Washington
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Otis R. Bowen
Carolyne K. Davis
United States
Racial motive discounted in New York KKK killing
Kingst on police charged Jeffrey Dawson 29 with the strangulation of Anna Kithcart 19 and said the KKK carving on her leg is not a racial motive. Another suspect Joseph Kiernan 41 is jailed for abusing the corpse as investigators seek handwriting links and a drug connection is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
N.Y
KKK
Mike Turck
Anna Kithcart
Jeffrey Allen Dawson
Turek
Dawson
Kitheart
Joseph Kiernan
Kiernan
Kirheart
James Riggens
Kithcart
John Prizzia
Wappingers Falls
Hudson River
Tawana Brawley
Lotto America jackpot climbs to 3.2 million
DES MOINES AP no player matched all seven numbers in Saturday night’s Lotto America draw leaving the jackpot at an estimated 3.2 million for this week. Drawn Saturday the numbers were 2 3 5 15 29 32 and 34.
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DES Moines
Vital Statistics St Luke’s July 17 newborns
Tina Haizlip of 155 Robins Rd Hiawatha adds a son to the family Laurie and Mark McCormack of 2175 10th Ave Marion welcome a daughter born July 17 in local records.
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ST. Luke’s
Tina Haizlip
Robins Rd
Hiawatha
Laurie
Mark McCormack
10Th Ave
Marion
The Log Fire and Medical Emergencies Reported
Police logs list incidents from Saturday night and Sunday early hours including a needless call on A Ave NE, medical emergencies on Lennox Ave NE and Edgewood Rd SW, a dumpster fire on First Ave SE, and a flooded carburetor on Edgewood Rd SW.
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Block A Ave
Lennox Ave
First Ave
21St Ave
Edgewood Rd
Man Falls 60 Feet at Backbone State Park
An unidentified man fell about 60 feet while rappling at Backbone State Park near Strawberry Point. Ranger Bob Schaut said the accident happened around 5 30 p m. The Strawberry Point Fire Department transported him by Lifeguard helicopter to St Luke s Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Authorities released few details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strawberry Point
Backbone State Park
Backbone Park
Bob Schaut
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Also Mentioned on This Page
Linn County
Robert B. Barber Sr
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
Gerald Condon
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Cedar Memorial Mausoleum
Olga K. Challed
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Eugene Young
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Murdoch Chapel
Bruce Stokka
Cedar Hills Evangelical
Leo Lastuvka
19Th St. SE
Brush Chapel
Elmer Tiedemann
Marinette, Wis
Marinette
Iowa
Solon
Cara L. Ebersole
Sunny Hill
Jerry
Jim
Jeff
Richard Doughan
West Des Moines
Pat Murty
Betty Janssen
Hampton
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Harrison’s
U of
Allyn Mark
Francois Abboud
Gale Wilson
Reba Klimas
Sheriff's Office
Illinois Lottery
John E. Lapes
3Rd Avenue
S.E
Man
Ellis Blvd
N.W
Center Pt. Rd
N.E
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