Obituary notices for Agnes M Machacek and Frances E West
Agnes M. Machacek 92 died July 25 2001 in Hallmar Care Center Mercy Medical Center after a short illness. Services 10:30 a.m. Monday at All Saints Church burial St John’s Cemetery vigil 4 p.m. Sunday Teahen Funeral Home with calling 2–6 p.m. Sunday and 9–9:45 a.m. Monday. Born July 18 1909 in Elma IA she lived in Cedar Rapids and worked as bookkeeper at Colonial Baking Sun Mart Culver and McGrath. She married Wesley J Machacek Sept 15 1930 and survived by children Marilyn Peck John Anna and Jim plus seven grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Also brother-in-law and sisters-in-law listed. Betty Belle Heefner services 10 a.m. today at Murdoch Linwood Funeral Home burial Lafayette Cemetery rural Alburnett. Frances E. West 98 of Windsor Nursing Rehab Center Cedar Falls formerly of Cedar Rapids Fairbank died July 25 2001 of heart failure. Graveside 11 a.m. Saturday Fairbank Cemetery with short calling beforehand. Arrangements by Huisman Funeral Home La Porte City. No immediate survivors.
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Elsie Frances Stumme
Shreveport
Centuries Memorial Park
Sig Kunz
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Bossier City
Visitation
Mass Stumme
Willis- Knighton South
Ray
Lisa Giddens
David
Chelsea
Paxton Giddens
Jesse Sherman
Betty
Ringgold
Dorothy Arnold
Haughton
St. Andrews Lutheran Church
Center Point Rd
Cedar Rapids
Alzheimer’s Association
Lord Evermore
Ida M. Dorman
Northbrook Manor
Mercy Medical Center
Ellis Park Riverfront Pavilion
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Vera
Ivan
Frank
Colton
Calif
Delores Gedicke
Brainerd
Minn
Johnny Sage
Louise
California
Nettie
Patricia Sykora Glover
Ida
John
Laura Huffman Sage
Vern Dorman
Vinton
American Diabetes Association
Agnes M. Machacek
Hallmar
All Saints Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Teahen Funeral Home
Agnes Mary Machacek
Elma
Iowa
William F
Julia McGrane
St. Patrick’s High School
Wesley J. Machacek
Old Colonial Baking Co
Collins Radio
Sun Mart
Mount Vernon Avenue
Culver
McGrath
Agnes
Immaculate Conception Church
Wesley
Stasia
Gervase
Frances E. West
Windsor Nursing & Rehab Center
Cedar Falls
Fairbank
Huisman Funeral Home
la Porte City
Dennis D. Polark 57 Dies After Illness in Oelwein
Dennis D. Polark 57 died Wednesday evening July 25 2001 at Mercy Hospital after a long illness. Services 10 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call 3 to 8 p.m. today at Jamison Schmitz Funeral Home where a scripture service at 7 p.m. He is survived by his mother Lucille of Oelwein two sons Tim Keeley Greensboro NC and Mitchell Keeley Front Royal VA a daughter Lori Mitchell Kemp TX two brothers Roger Antioch IL Jim Mount Prospect IL and a sister Pam West Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis D. Polark
Mercy Hospital
Franciscan Sisters
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Richard Kuhn
Woodlawn
Jamison-Schmitz
Oelwein
Lucille
Tim Keeley
Greensboro
N.C
Mitchell Keeley
Front Royal
Lori Mitchell
Kemp, Texas
Roger
Antioch
IIL
Jim
Mount Prospect
Pam
West Des Moines
Powers Harvey Clark Powers obituary Cedar Rapids
Harvey Clark Powers 82 of Cedar Rapids died July 12 2001 at St Luke s Hospital after a short illness. Burial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by wife Ariel Maxine Powers a daughter Jane Clarke Carris and husband Mark a son John Clark Powers a sister Phyllis Brooks and husband Richard grandsons Glenn Harvey Carris Brian Anton Carris and Zachary Mark Carris and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by five brothers. Born February 8 1919 in Chillicothe Illinois he married Ariel Glick September 1 1950. He worked 31 years with Rock Island Railroad as district manager freight sales retiring 1981. Memorials to Garfield School Camp Courageous Morris Public Library.
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Harvey Clark Powers
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Ariel Maxine Powers
Jane Clarke Carris
Mark
North Fond du Lac
Wis
John Clark Powers
Phyllis Brooks
Richard
Buffalo Grove
Ill
Glenn Harvey Carris
Brian Anton Carris
Zachary Mark Carris
William Clark Powers
David Clark Powers
Thomas W. Bennett
Earl E. Bennett
Kenneth K. Powers
Harvey
Chillicothe, Ill
Earl William Bennett
Hazel Maud Powers
David
William and
Maud Powers
Chicago
William Powers
David Warren Clark
Powers
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Rock Island Railroad
Scottish Rite and Mohammed Temple Shrine
Peoria
Will Country Traffic Club
Joliet
Mount Herman Lodge
Rock and Read
Garfield School
Camp Courageous
Monticello
Morris Public Library
Morris, Ill
Richard C Blomme obituary in Belle Plaine
Richard C Dick Blomme 72 died Thursday morning July 26 2001 at Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids after a long illness Arrangements are pending at Hrabak Funeral Home Belle Plaine
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard C
Dick’’ Blomme
Mercy Medical Center
Cedar Rapids
Hrabak Funeral Home
Belle Plaine
Decorah Man Stanley Borseth 70 dies after short illness
Stanley A. Borseth 70 of Decorah died July 26 2001 in Ossian Senior Hospice after a short illness. Services 11 a.m. Monday at First Lutheran Church Decorah with burial in Lutheran Cemetery. Military service 7 p.m. Sunday at French and Balik Funeral Home Decorah and 10 a.m. Monday at church. He is survived by wife Marjorie a brother Norman of Decorah and two sisters Sadie Ward Frankville and Arla Hirsch Charles City.
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Stanley A. Borseth
Ossian
First Lutheran Church
Decorah
Tom Miller
French and Balik Funeral Home
Marjorie
Norman
Sadie Ward
Frankville
Arla Hirsch
Charles City
Grinnell Woman Alice J. Eames Dies at 86
Alice J. Eames 386 died July 25 2001 in St. Francis Manor after a stroke. Services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church with burial at Chester Cemetery north of Grinnell. Friends may call after noon today at Smith Funeral Home Grinnell. family to be present 6 30 to 8 p.m. Survivors include daughters Barbara Callison Nancy Wittenburg Joyce Schlosser and Dolly Pearce.
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Alice J. Eames
St. Francis Manor
First Baptist Church
Chester Cemetery
Grinnell
Smith Funeral Home
Barbara Callison
Blackfoot
Idaho
Nancy Wittenburg
Wyndmer
N.D
Joyce Schlosser
Omaha
Dolly Pearce
Grace Davis 86 dies after short illness in Iowa
Grace Davis 86 of West Union died Wednesday July 25 2001 in Palmer Lutheran Health Center after a short illness. Services set for 10 a m Saturday at Valleyview Community Wesleyan Church conducted by Pastor Stephen Stodden. Burial at Wadena Cemetery. Visitation 4 to 8 p m today at Burnham Wood Funeral Home. Survivors include two sons James and Ronald of Cedar Rapids four daughters JoAnn Nutting Linda Grere Pam Buhr and Vicki Seedorff and two sisters Margaret Gibson and Virginia Zahn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Davis
Palmer Lutheran Health Center
Valleyview Community Wesleyan Church
Stephen Stodden
Wadena Cemetery
Burnham Wood Funeral Home
James
Ronald
Cedar Rapids
JoAnn Nutting
West Union
Linda Grere
Decorah
Pam Buhr
Mexico
Vicki Seedorff
Arlington
Margaret Gibson
Hazieton
Virginia Zahn
Horn Donald Henry Funeral Arrangements Noted
Donald Henry Horn 64 of Homestead Iowa died July 26 2001 after a sudden illness at Marengo Memorial Hospital. Services 10 a.m. Monday at Lensing Funeral and Cremation Service Iowa City with Rev Michael Phillips burial Memory Gardens Cemetery Iowa City. Visitation 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday July 29. Memorial fund to American Heart Association. Survived by three children Kevin Detert Clifford Hora Kim Hora and Donald Hora all of Iowa City. six grandchildren. five sisters. one brother. former wife. special friend and other relatives.
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Donald Henry Horn
Iowa-Johnson County Road
Homestead
Marengo Memorial Hospital
Marengo
Iowa City
Michael Phillips
Memory Gardens
American Heart Association
George
Helen Phillips Horn
Horn
West Branch
Master
Teaira
Tyrone
Treon-Bennett
Robert F. Hora
Webster Woman Dies in July 26 Automobile Accident
Clara Kenbice Webster, 39, died Thursday near Webster in an automobile accident. Arrangements are pending at Reynolds Powell Funeral Chapel and Cremation Service in Sigourney.
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Clara Kenbice
Webster
Reynolds-Powell Funeral Chapel
Sigourney
Belle Plaine Names Dick Blomme and Local Notables
A community indexed list names Dick Blomme of Belle Plaine alongside a roster of residents from Cedar Rapids Decorah Grinnell Homestead Independence Oelwein Webster West Union. The compilation includes Ida M Dorman Betty Belle Heefner Agnes Machacek Mildred Channon Harvey Powers Elsie Stumme Frances West Stanley Borseth Alice Eames and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Ida M. Dorman
Betty Belle Heefner
Agnes M. Machacek
Mildred ‘‘Smidge
Channon
Harvey Clark Powers
Elsie Frances Stumme
Frances E. West
Decorah
Stanley A. Borseth
Dorothy May Ketchmark 82 dies after long illness
Dorothy May Ketchmark 82 of Cheyenne Wyoming and former Independence resident died Monday July 23 2001 after a long illness. Services set for 9 a m Friday at St Joseph Catholic Church Independence with calling 8 to 9 30 a m Monday at Reiff Funeral Home Independence rosary at 9 a m. Survived by husband Paul a son Carl Ellis of Las Vegas a daughter Julia Sargent of Cheyenne a sister Bette Greco of Oelwein and four step grandchildren.
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Dorothy May Ketchmark
Cheyenne
Wyo
Independence
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Reiff Funeral Home
Paul
Carl Ellis
Las Vegas
Julia Sargent
Bette Greco
Oelwein
In Memory of Earl L. Wurster
Obituary memorial for Earl L. Wurster who lived from July 27 1936 to August 12 1995. Notes his perseverance courage and joy in running the distance with faith and determination. Bible quote Hebrews 12 1 accompanies the tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl L. Wurster
In Memory Of Guidelines for notices in newspaper
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Death Notices Submissions Guidelines For The Gazette
The Gazette accepts death notices and obituaries Monday to Friday 9 am to 7 pm, Saturday 12:30 pm to 7 pm, Sunday and holidays 4 pm to 7 pm. Deadline is 7 pm daily. Arrangements pending and survivors published free if following Gazette style. other details billed at 35 cents per word.
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The
Gazette
Immigrant Jobs At Iowa Casinos Highlight Growth
Prairie Meadows in Altoona and major Council Bluffs casinos employ over 10,000 in Iowa. Immigrants like Rashid Omar from Somalia and Djurdja Kokic from the Balkans find steady pay, with 96 immigrant workers at Prairie Meadows and many translated notices for multilingual staff. Sudanese workers are common at Harveys and Bluffs Run, while Spanish speakers are present among track trainers. Omar clocks 86 hours weekly across jobs and hopes to buy a home and one day return to Kenya to start a business.
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Altoona
Prairie Meadows
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Rashid Omar
Somalia
Djurdja Kokic
Balkans
Kokic
Casino
Daryl Lewis
Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Sudan
Latin America
Yugoslavia
United States
Iowa Capitol complex to cut interior lighting costs
Des Moines AP reports that the Iowa Capitol complex will reduce overhead lighting in five office buildings to save about 75000 annually. The gold Capitol dome lighting will stay on for visibility. Lighting in the Hoover Building Iowa Workforce Development Lucas Ola Babock Miller and Wallace Buildings will drop starting August 10 with further reductions planned at the Grimes Office Building and New Historical buildings after controls are installed.
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Des Moines
Capitol Complex
Richard Haines
Department of General Services
Gold Capitol Dome
Iowa
Haines
Hoover
Iowa Workforce Development
Lucas
Ola Babcock Miller
Wallace
Grimes
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Oak Hill Cemetery
Derrick Davis
Lilly Mae Holt
Carter
Trisha Channon
Wilbur
Billy” Channon
Bertha Perkins
Jane Viola Frazier
James A. Tate
Sidney J. Tate
Wilbur L. Tate
Junious A. Tate
Mildred
Buxton
Alex
Emma Tate
Bell Telephone
New York City
Grant High School
Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home
Walter Schievelbein
Lee Roy Collins
Lafayette Cemetery
Alburnett
Blomme
Webster — Clara Icenbice
Harveys Casino
Bluffs Run Casino
Ly Chao
Iowa Bureau of Refugee Services
Omar
Kenya
Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino
Town & Country Shopping Center
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