Memorial notices in Mount Vernon and surrounding area
Obituaries and funeral notices record Merline K Hansen Robert K Espe and others from Mount Vernon Cedar Rapids Danville Marshalltown and surrounding communities. Details include birth and death dates ages service arrangements cremation burial and church or cemetery locations plus survivors and memorial gifts. Services at United Methodist Church Lisbon River side Cemetery Harmony Bible Church St Patrick's St Joseph's other churches venues and veterans or military rites are listed with times and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merline Katherine Hansen
Third Ave
Mount Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Maquoketa
Robert D. Hansen
Davenport
Hansen
Elwood
Lisbon
United Methodist Church of
Coe College
Edna G
Turner Chapel East
Theodore G. Lilley
Chapel Hill Gardens
Elmhurst
Ill
Earl Allen Downey
New London
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Vinton
Joan Ogden Larmore
Danville
Kathryn Hunt
Warrensburg
Thomas Larmore
Camden
N.J
Daniel Larmore
Traer
Dorothy Cottrell
Hot Springs
Ark
Virgil Richardson
Cecil Rosburg
Arlington
Iowa
LaVona Hoefle
Out Look
Wash
Harmony Bible Church
J. Edward Davis
Burge Cemetery
Elliott Chapel
American Heart Association
William J. Taylor
Central City
Coggon-area
Willow Gardens
Marion
Coggon
Jessie Justin
Manchester
Central City Farm Co-op
William Stock
Jennie Risler
Derald
William
Jerry
Bessie Hagerman
Spring Grove United Methodist Church
Sheridan Mallett
Spring Grove Cemetery
Murdoch
Dyersville
Catherine
Kate” Besler
St. Francis Xavier
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Earlville
Kramer’s
Margaret O’brien Cowen
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Donohue-Lensing’s
Mona Irene Hillier
United Methodist Church
Oakland Cemetery
Bohnenkamp-Vernon’s. McGregor
Mary R. Arens
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Garnaville
Tuecke-Allyn’s
St. Francis Cemetery
Postville
Esther Blumhagen
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Postville Cemetery
Schutte’s
Iran Accepts Algerian Mediation in War With Iraq
Iran says mediation by Algeria will be pursued on its terms as fighting rages around Basra. Tehran cites demands for Iraqi withdrawal from Iran, $150 billion in reparations, and toppling Saddam Hussein. Iraq reports heavy casualties and a fresh Iraqi advance east of Basra.
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Iran
Algeria
Iraq
Basra
Mir Hussein Musavi
Tehran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Musavi
Khomeini
Shatt al-Arab
Persian Gulf
Algiers
Organization of African Unity
Libya
Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi
Ibrahimi
Mohamed Benyahia
Mideast envoy Habib hired as Bechtel consultant
Washington fuel grows over Philip Habib being a paid Bechtel consultant while serving as U.S. special envoy to the Middle East. Sen. Larry Pressler calls the arrangement a serious matter and questions Shultz's role, as Bechtel faces accusations of pro-Arab bias amid ongoing Beirut talks and Lebanon crisis diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reagan
Middle East
Philip Habib
Bechtel Group Inc
Bechtel
San Francisco
Habib
George Shultz
Shultz
Capitol Hill
Israel
Larry Pressler
R-S.d
Foreign Relations Committee
Shultz- Bechtel
Mideast
Pressler
Wartorn Mideast
Tom Flynn
Flynn
West Beirut
Caspar Weinberger
Americans drive more while gasoline use declines nationwide
Oil analyst Dan Lundberg reports gasoline consumption fell 11 percent from 1978 to 1981 despite more driving. National use dropped from 115.2 to 102.5 billion gallons with projections near 100 billion, and per capita use rising in rural states.
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Los Angeles
Dan Lundberg
Lundberg
District of Columbia
Iowa
California
Texas
New York
Illinois
Florida
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Michigan
New Jersey
Georgia
Wyoming
Bazooka gum founder Philip Shorin dies at 85
New York native Philip Shorin co founded Topps Chewing Gum Inc. and helped popularize Bazooka Bubble Gum and Topps Baseball cards. He died at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Miami Beach at 85 after retiring in Bal Harbour Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Philip Shorin
Shorin
Topps Chewing Gum Inc
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Miami Beach
Fla
Bal Harbour
Topps
New York City
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Second class mail paid in Cedar Rapids. Subscription rates listed for carrier and mail editions with varying week and year terms. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches. USPS 095680.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
Two Die On Iowa Roads In Weekend Crashes
United Press International reports two fatalities on Iowa highways over the weekend. James Wiley Daniels 44 of Beggs Oklahoma died after his car struck a westbound train near Jefferson at about 2 p.m. He died at Greene County Medical Center. In Buena Vista County 14 year old Jeff Smit of Sturgis South Dakota died Friday when his car overturned on a gravel road one mile west of Alta. Two Alta teens 15 year olds Brian Crystal and Jim Folle escaped injury.
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Iowa
Oklahoma
Jefferson
Greene County
James Wiley Daniels
Beggs
Chicago & Northwestern
Daniels
Greene County Medical Center
Sturgis
S.D
Buena Vista County
Jeff Smit
Alta
Smit
Brian Crystal
Jim Folle
Vital Statistics and Local Incidents Update
Vital statistics list births for July 23 and 24 including Pfeiffer Bontrager Main Smalley Koopmans Wiesman families with multiple daughters and sons in Iowa addresses. Police and emergency logs note alarms at 200 First St SE medical emergencies at 713 Third St SW and 3210 Williams Blvd SW backfire at E Avenue First Street NE smoke odor at 411 First Ave SE with times from Friday and Saturday evenings.
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First St
Third St
E Avenue
First Street
Williams Blvd
First Ave
Daniel Webster Quote On National Unity
The American statesman Daniel Webster urged unity with the declaration that the sole objective should be the nation, its interests, and nothing else. The statement emphasizes patriotic focus over factional concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Webster
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert K. “Kenny” Espe
16Th Ave
Veterans Administration Hospital
Marshalltown
Edith M. Fry
Unionville
Espe
Simanek and Zazza Plumbing
Duane Arnold Energy Center
U.S. Navy
Carl J
Richard L
Paul E
Helen Lillebee
Minneapolis
Susan K. Humphrey
John Z. Espe
Idaho
Carl L. Espe
Long Beach
Calif
Thomas Schmidt
Crystal Lake
Riverside Cemetery
Elmer A. Linkenback
Calvary Baptist Church
Turner Chapel West
Gazette
John McIvor
Dana O’brien
Lindale Mall
Iraqi
Islamic Republic
Washington Post Service
Defense
W. Kenneth Davis
Saudi Arabia
Bechtel Group
Justice Department
Anson Franklin
White House
United States
Franklin
Syria
Lebanon
Palestine Liberation Organization
Alaska
Bazooka Gum
Peck’s
D. Florist
Blairs Ferry
Edgewood
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue S.E
United Press International
Elizabeth
Robert Pfeiffer
Cross Parkway
Hiawatha
Ruth
Donald Bontrager
Ely
St. Luke’s
Deborah
Richard Manley
39Th St. SE
Patricia
Jeff Smalley
Annette
Kelly Main
Cathy
Neil Eichmeyer
24Th Ave
Karen North
Seely Ave
June
David
Koopmans
Ford Ave
Nancy
Craig Wiesman
Larick Drive
Ellis Boulevard
Center Pt. Rd
Stewart Funeral Home
First Avenue N.E
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