Deaths and Obituaries from Cedar Rapids Area
Multiple death notices and funeral details for Willis A Kuester Jaroslav Svoboda William H Davis Roy Chismore Tripp Charlotte M Raymond E Nelson Libby Horsky Rohlena Pauline Loveless Lawler Bernice Niles Mrs Milton Mollerman Emily Kvale Maggie Porter Max Wayne J Henry Meyer Elizabeth Schieltz and others, including birthplaces and survivors. Services listed with dates, times, and burial locations across Iowa communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libby Horsky Rohlena
Norway
Cedar Rapids
Swisher
Frank
Fairfax Area
Elmer
Lester
Mary Stepanek
Agnes Doskocil
Hemet
Calif
Brosh Chapel
Anderson Cemetery
Decorah
Milton Mollerman
Decorah Lutheran
Stevne
Oak Hill
Nashua
Williamsburg
J. Henry Meyer
Uhlmann’s
Luxemburg
Nick M
Elizabeth) Schieltz
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Rosary
McBride’s
Dyersville
Seek Cause Of IE Fire On 19th Floor Tower
Fire investigators probe the IE tower blaze on the 19th floor with no released details as the case is studied. The vacant office burned and smoke reached the 10th floor while water damage affected first floor offices from valves above. Firefighters did not rule out arson but officials would not confirm it. Sprinklers exist only below the first floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IE Tower
Boy 6 Hurt In Bicycle Accident Near Home
Six year old Scott Allen David, son of Mr and Mrs Michael David of 1079 Juni per Drive SW, was admitted to the intensive care unit of St Luke's pediatrics after a bicycle accident Monday night. Officials said the cause of the fall remains undetermined. Also noted, 20 years ago Dr Sam Sheppard, serving a life term for his wife's murder, was granted a lie detector test.
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Scott Allen David
Michael David
Juniper Drive
Pediatrics
St. Luke’s Hospital
Sam Sheppard
10 Linn Inmates Transferred During Jail Work
Ten Linn county jail inmates were moved during refurbishing of cell blocks. Five were sent to Benton county lockup and five to the Community Corrections facility at 519 Fourth Avenue SE. Linn county rents Benton jail space at about $10 per inmate. Transfers were based on time to next court appearance to avoid driving them back and forth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Sheriff's Office
Benton County
Fourth Avenue
Linn
Items Found After Theft Report In Cedar River Area
Delmar Packingham says his 13 year old son Dennis found a Roto-Roof er near Chain Lakes bridge in the Cedar river. Casper Bowers reports discovering a 30 20 John Deere tractor hidden in bushes on his land with keys in it and gas in the tank.
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Delmar Packingham
Palo
Casper Bowers
Route 1
Center Point
Williams Attorneys Threatened After Linz District Court Trial
The lawyers who defended Anthony Erthel Williams in his Linz district court murder trial have received several threatening and obscene telephone calls. Polk County Atty. Dan Johnston announced this Monday to the Polk County Law Enforcement Assn. at Altoona. Williams was convicted of first degree murder.
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Anthony Erthel Williams
Linz District Court
Polk County
Dan Johnston
Polk County Law Enforcement Assn
Altoona
Williams
Lawyers contest retrial in 1968 Pamela Powers case
In the Ur bandale death of 10-year-old Pamela Powers, degree murder retrial moves forward with defense drawn from Gerald Crawford Roger Owens and John Wellman. All three attorneys were unavailable for comment Tuesday and no Cedar Rapids call origins were indicated. Johnston said Owens faced a threat to his four year old daughter Crawford noted he has received calls regularly since the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond E. Nelson
van Buren Drive
Fort Dodge
Cedar Rapids
Ohho
Iowa
Joyce Tomlins
San Diego
Calif
Ziedlers of
Waterloo
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Elks Club of
Alexandria
Minn
Masonic Lodge
32Nd
American Legion
Hanford
Tracy Nelson
Robert Rose
Santa Clara
Ruby Kolumpus
Bruce’s Chapel
John Riebhoff
Trinity United Methodist Church
North Lawn
Cedar Memorial
Pamela Powers
Urbandale
Gerald Crawford
Roger Owens
John Wellman
Johnston
Owens
Crawford
Thought on Churchill V sign and resistance
A quoted remark attributes to Winston Churchill the V sign as a symbol of the unconquerable will of German-occupied territories and a warning of the fate awaiting Nazi tyranny.
Grand jury to decide indictments in hit and run case
A grand jury will determine indictments in a March hit and run that critically injured Jefferson high school teacher James R. O'Brien. Police say over 200 hours were spent, evidence collected and handed to the county attorney. The suspect car, a 1976 Honda, was impounded and kept in a west side storage garage. The grand jury is expected to convene in August.
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Jefferson High School
James R. O'Brien
Apache Trail NW
St. Luke’s Hospital
O’brien
Minister To Talk at Transcendental Center in Marion
The Rev. Donald C. Drummond associate pastor of First Presbyterian church in Marion will speak at the Transcendental Meditation center Doctors Court 4245 First avenue SE Wednesday at 7 30 p m. He is a graduate of Du buque Theological seminary and the Aquinas Institute of Theology. His schooling began in Japan where his parents were Presbyterian missionaries. He will return to Japan in the fall to become professor of religious studies at Meiji University in Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Chismore
Coggon
Edna Hendricks
Anamosa
Chismore
First Christian Church of
Mecca Lodge
AF & AM
The
Odd Fellows
Walter Rath
W. Dale Chilmore
Mountain Home
Ark
Daisy Ashby
Pearl Custer
Sumner
William Chilmore
Marion
First Christian Church
William Deskins
Coggon Cemetery
Christian Church Memorial Fund
Murdoch Chapel
Donald C. Drummond
First Presbyterian Church
Doctors’ Court
First Avenue SE
Mr. Drummond
University of du
Cedar Rapids Honored by AAA for Pedestrian Safety
Cedar Rapids received an award of merit from the American Automobile Association in the 100,000 to 200,000 population division for superior achievement in preventing pedestrian traffic accidents. The AAA tally notes a record 2,577 cities and 29 states participated, with Cedar Rapids among those recognized for low pedestrian death and injury records and strong prevention programs.
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Cedar Rapids
AAA
American Automobile Assn
Iowa
Urbandale
Cedar Falls
U.S
Traffic closure plan corrections for SW streets
The city announced earlier that Second Avenue SW would close at Third Street and Eighth Avenue SW would close between Third and L Streets. Traffic Engineer Mel Meyer said the notice was in error and that Eighth Avenue will close only after work at Second Avenue and Third Street is finished, expected later this week.
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Second Avenue
Eighth Avenue
Third Street
Third
L Streets
Mel Meyer
Drunk Driving Charge Filed Against Dennis J Simonsen
Dennis J Simonsen 25 of 1625 Park Towne Lane NE faces a drunk driving charge after a 2 a.m. stop in the 1100 block of First Avenue NE. Police pulled the vehicle over Tuesday.
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Dennis J. Simonsen
Park Towne Lane
First Avenue NE
Drouth Across States Sparks Disaster Declarations
The long drought drives disaster declarations from Alabama to Virginia and Florida. Georgia faces cloud seeding costs with little rain return while California lowers crop loss estimates to 500 million to 800 million dollars. despite optimism, dryland farming lost money but wells are being drilled aggressively.
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Georgia
Locke
Alabama
J.D. Hays
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
Virginia
Florida
Drouth
California
Gordon Snow
State Food and Agriculture Department
Prosecution Likely From Korean Influence Inquiry
Atty. Gen. Griffin Bell predicts prosecutions from the South Korean influence buying probe on Capitol Hill after President Carter rejected a special prosecutor bid. Bell says the investigation proceeds like other cases but at a faster pace due to public interest.
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Atty
Griffin Bell
Justice Department
Capitol Hill
Bell
Carter
Begin Carter talks aim to bridge gaps on Middle East peace
Israel's Begin and U.S. President Carter prepare for two day talks likely to expose sharp policy differences. Begin secret plan aims for territorial changes on Sinai and Golan while rejecting Palestinian statehood in the West Bank. Al Anwar reports secret contacts between Washington and Palestinian leaders.
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U.S
Carter
Begin
Israeli Labor Party
Syrian
Golan Heights
Egyptian
Sinai Desert
West Bank
Jordan River
Jordan
Mideast
Syria
Egypt
Beirut
al Anwar
Man Arrested On Gun Charge After Theater Incident
Alfred Christensen, 26, of 828 C Avenue NW, was arrested near the Plaza theater as Star Wars began after police found a .357 revolver on him and determined he had no concealed weapons permit. Three other arrests followed: Paul Boots, 19, for tire theft. a 16 year old charged with multiple break-ins at several Crescent Heights addresses. Willie Love, 33, accused of maliciously injuring a building by breaking a window at the 420 Club.
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Wisconsin
Plaza Theater
Alfred D. Christiansen
C Avenue NW
Kim R. Phillips
Woodmen
Wis
Christiansen
Paul R. Boots
Seventeenth Avenue SE
Charles Sabin
Cedar Rapids
Gertrude Brown
Fourth Avenue
Ed Price
Victoria Harvey
Fifth Avenue SE
Doug Rohwedder
Fourth Avenue SE
Willie B. Love
Love
420 Club
Fifth Street SE
Airport manager faces charges over lease dispute
Cedar Rapids airport manager Roy Jamesen could not be reached to comment on charges leveled by former lessee Jack Hart. Hart previously operated a rental car booth at the airport and charges relate to a land condemnation case in Linn district court tied to airport expansion plans.
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Cedar Rapids
Roy Jamesen
Jack Hart
Jamesen
Linn District Court
Airport Commission
Churchill Quote Links V Sign to Unconquered Will
Thought for today reflects Winston Churchill saying the V sign symbolized the unconquerable will of occupied German territories and a warning of Nazi tyranny fate.
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Willis A. Kuester
Western Drive
Luzerne
Iowa Manufacturing Co
Mary Kuester
Jerry
Donald
Dennis
Germany
Gerrod
Watkins
Dale
Union
Lucille Hoyt
Martha Kimm
Keystone
Lois Toney
Elberon
Ardath Lienen
Conroy
T.W. van Beck
Belle Plaine
Dennis Arndt
Lutheran Cemetery
Jaroslav Jerzy Svoboda
Outlook Drive
Patek
Czechoslovakia
United States
Theodore B. Hlubucek
Czech National Cemetery
Jerry*Svoboda
William H. Davis
Eleventh Avenue SE
Birdeye
Charles
Archie Davis
Chicago
Othell Flowers
Odell Flowers
Joliet, Ill
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
LeRoy White
Oak Hill Cemetery
Turner Chapel
Tripp
Charlotte
Turner Chapel East
Lee Griffis
Burial City Cemetery
Turner East
Pauline Loveless Lawler
Terre Haute
Ind
West Lafayette
Clarkshill
Glenn S. Lawler
Decatur
United Methodist Church of
Purdue Women’s Club
Order of the Eastern Star
Jack Lawler
Bruce Lawler
Berkeley
Rex Lawler
Landis Ley Chapel
Lafayette
Clarkshill Union Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Bernice Niles
Twin Bridges
Sid R. Niles
Robert
Washington State
Mike
Kristan
Winston Churchill
Donald Drummond
C.R
Korea
R-Minn
Lacovara
Flynt
Bruce Caputo
R-N.y
Caputo
Israel
Moshe Dayan
John. E. Lapes
Third Avenue S.E
Lowellen
Florist
Johnson Avenue Collie
Johnson Ave N.W
Cedar Hills
Julie Watson
Gazette
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