Deaths in Linn County and Cedar Rapids area listed
Obituaries from Linn County Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas note W Fred Nesper of 1510 26th St NW Cedar Rapids dies after a sudden illness at Mercy Medical Center. Services at St Jude Catholic Church with burial at Mount Calvary, and a scripture service at Murdoch Linwood. Survivors include his wife Judy and family. Additional notices include Donald Bruns of Chandler Arizona and Raymond Baird of Cedar Rapids, plus Marvin Smylie of Albuquerque and Deene Spieler of Des Moines area, with details on services, burial, and survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred” Nesper
26Th St. NW
Mercy Medical Center
St. Jude’s Catholic Church
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home
Judy
Kathryn Nesper
Mary Keel
Cedar Rapids
Walter F
Kathryn Ainsworth Nesper
Judith A. McNeill
Iowa Steel & Iron
Nesco Display Sign Company
Santa Claus
Donald Bruggeman
J.C. Otto
Donald D. Bruns
Chandler
Ariz
Chandler Regional Hospital
Penn Center Cemetery
Earlham
Bueler Mortuary
Alice
Chuck
Craig
New Bern
N.C
Dianne Bruns
Mesa
Linda Barnish
Payson
Marie
Raymond M. Baird
15Th St. SE
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
LaVonne
Jean Blahnik
William
Palo
Ray
LaVonne Schlotfelt
Cedar Falls
Searles Dairy
Peter Pan Bakery
Globe Machinery and Supply Co
Teamsters
Marvin Smylie
Albuquerque
N.M
Santa Fe National Cemetery
Gabaldon Mortuary
Henrietta
Thomas
New Mexico
Susan Chavez
Iowa
Memorial Services and Cremation Schedule
Rex Dean service set for 11 a.m. at Mount Vernon United Methodist Church with a cremation to follow. Marie Vitek service at 2 p.m. at Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church with viewing 9 to 11 a.m. at Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home West and at the church in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Dean
Mount Vernon United Methodist Church
Marie Vitek
Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Arrangements Pending for Edward Borecky
Edward R. Borecky aged 72, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died Sunday at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Palm Beach Florida after a short illness. Arrangements are pending at Janeba Kuba Funeral Home West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward R. Borecky
Cedar Rapids
Good Samaritan Hospital
West Palm Beach
Fla
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Death Notices and Obituaries Guidelines and Fees
The Gazette accepts death notices and obituaries at set hours with arrangements pending and survivors published as a news item. Additional material such as veterans, hobbies, and memorials are billed at 35 cents per word, with out-of-town notices also at 35 cents per word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Deaths in Eastern Iowa List Marie Devine and Curtis Davenport
Marie Devine aged 71 died Monday in St Joseph Mercy Health Center Dubuque after a sudden illness. Arrangements pending at Reiff Funeral Home Cascade with calling hours 2 to 9 p m Wednesday. Curtis R Davenport 37 of Dubuque and formerly Epworth died Monday at home after a sudden illness. Arrangements pending at Reiff Funeral Home Epworth with calling hours 2 to 9 p m Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Devine
St. Joseph’s
Anit-Mercy Health Center
Dubuque
Reiff Funeral Home
Cascade
Curtis R. Davenport
Epworth
Hazleton and area mourn multiple deaths in Iowa obituaries
A batch of death notices from Iowa. Martha Adkins of Hazleton and Mabel Gower Carr of Iowa City are among those named, with services, burial sites and survivor details. Additional notices include Harley Rogers, Isabelle Welk, Eileen Smith-Tobiason Winter, Clara Chansky, and memorials for Maynard Welk and Ralph Chansky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shauna
Robyn
Muscatine
Harry
Mabel Stark Webster
Maynard Welk
Iowa City
First
Martha M. Tegtmeier death notice in Buck Creek area
Martha M. Tegtmeier 96 died Sunday in Bartels Lutheran Home Waverly. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. John Lutheran Church Buck Creek. Burial in church cemetery. Friends may call after 1 p.m. today at Becker Milnes Funeral Home. Survived by son Reinhardt and daughter Luella Mohlis both of Sumner and brother Albert Westendorf of Oran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Marie Adkins
Linn Manor
Marion
Salvation Army Hall
First St
Mason City
Elmwood Cemetery
Hintz-Geilenfeld
Oelwein
Marilyn Collins
Hazleton
Audrey Hein
Des Moines
Edith Schultz
Eileen Andrew
Pembroke
Ontario
Canada
Mabel Gower Carr
Bluffwood Lane
Mercy Hospital
First Presbyterian Church
Memory Gardens
George L. Gay Funeral Home
Helen Chadima
Iowa City
William Gower
Hattiesburg
Miss
Robert Gower
Charles City
Clara Hradek Chansky
Solon
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Brosh Funeral Home
Order of Foresters
Ralph
Escondido
Calif
William
Overland Park
Kan
Irene Streaver
Clarion
Mildred Dennis
Mechanicsville
Martha M. Tegtmeier
Bartels Lutheran
Waverly
St. John Lutheran Church
Buck Creek
Becker-Milnes Funeral Home
Reinhardt
Luella Mohlis
Sumner
Albert Westendorf
Oran
Leach Urges Bush to Avoid Negative Campaigning
Iowa Republican Rep. Jim Leach urged President Bush to skip a negative campaign as Bush seeks to revive fading support. He said he would support Bush but may question campaign tactics and noted possible divisions over the pro life plank at the Houston convention. Leach represents Iowa’s 1st District and recalled chairing Bush’s 1988 Iowa campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jazette
Iowa
Jim Leach
Bush
Bill Clinton
Leach
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Davenport
Houston
GOP
Branstad backs union head on Time Warner stance
Governor Branstad supported Don McKee, leader of the state workers union, in urging the state pension fund to drop investments in Time Warner Inc. over the rap song Cop Killer. He urged reconsideration of distribution while noting he does not control the independent commission's decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Terry Branstad
Don McKee
State Workers Retirement Fund
Time Warner Inc
Ice-T
McKee
Time Warner Investments
Branstad
Time Warner
Branstad Reach Out To State Workers With Surprise Visits
Governor Terry Branstad seeks to repair strained ties with Iowa’s state employees after a yearlong salary dispute. He vows healing, improved communication, and informal visits across government, while acknowledging past conflicts over pay and budget cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Dubuque TV Station Ordered to Turn Over Beating Tape
The Iowa Supreme Court ordered KDUB to turn over unaired videotape of a beating at a May 29 Ku Klux Klan rally in Dubuque. Prosecutors sought both aired and unaired tapes of Carl Schlie’s assault, while the station defended the tape as journalist notes and pressed for press freedom protections. Denk planned to broadcast the tape at 10 p.m. and would deliver copies to the county attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Iowa Supreme Court
KDUB
Carl Schlie
Joe Denk
District Court
Denk
Vital Statistics July 27 births listed in city records
Michele Bisinger at 5620 Johnson Ave SW No 118 welcomes a daughter, Otto Schleicher at 475 Country Hill Circle NE No 3 has a daughter, Anne White at 514 Forest Dr SE has a son, Regina Dawson at 1130 Eighth St NW with a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michele Bisinger
Johnson Ave
Kelly and
Otto Schleicher
Country Hill Circle
Anne
Gregory White
Forest Dr. SE
Regina
Steve Dawson
Eighth St. NW
Two-vehicle crash claims La Porte City woman in Waterloo
Mary Louise Kropp, 69, a passenger in a pickup driven by Max Radcliff, 79, of Pittsburg MO, died after a collision with a second vehicle at Hess and Shanks roads in Waterloo at 2 11 p.m. Monday. Kropp died at Covenant Medical Center. Another fatal crash left Donald Eugene Miller, 31, of Albia, dead when his van overturned on old Highway 34 near Albia between 10:30 p.m. and midnight Sunday. Miller died at Monroe County Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Porte City
Waterloo
Albia
Mary Louise Kropp
Max Lynn Radcliff
Pittsburg
Brandon James Pollock
Hess and Shanks Roads
Kropp
Covenant
Donald Eugene Miller
Monroe County
Miller
Monroe County Hospital
Gas prices rise in Iowa for sixth straight month
A state survey on July 15 shows average regular unleaded self serve at 1.16 dollars a gallon, about two cents higher than June. In Cedar Rapids stations vary, with 76 Self/Serve Mart at 1.12, Riversde Drive Coastal Mart in Iowa City at 1.12, and Pronto Mart in Eldarier at 1.18, up from 1.16 a month ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Department of Natural Resources
Cedar Rapids
16Th Avenue
Riverside Drive Coastal Mart
Iowa City
Pronto Mart
Elkader
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Linn County
California
Arizona
Bruns Enterprises
Epiphany Lutheran Church
The
Lions Club
Walter Phelps
Rollin Oswald
American Lung Association
Deene Francis Spieler
Glen Elm Dr
St. Pius X Catholic Church
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Teahen Funeral Home
Kimberly Baltes
Indianola
Kerri Reed
Orangeville
Utah
Kurt
Merle
Marcus
Lyle
Sioux City
Mary Case
Lynn Bindner
Alton
Kylie
Bethany Baltes
Kristin Lynn
Dale
Abe
Loretta Spieler
Remsen
Robert W. Albright
Claremont
Barbara
Robin Triplett
Jennifer
David Triplett
Riverside
Freeport
Ill
Franklin High School
University of Iowa
Harvard University
Graduate School of Business Administration
Army Air Corps
Gulf Oil Corporation
Pillsbury Mills
Bernard
Harley “Red” Rogers
Hotz Ave
Isabelle Ruth Welk
Brown St
Donohue
Greenwood Cemetery
Maynard
Jerry
Todd
United Methodist Church
Mercy School of Nursing
City High School
Hoover Elementary School
Iowa City Senior Center
Robert Dean
Mercy Hospital Foundation
Eileen Smith-Tobiason Winter
Covenant Medical Center
Hintz-Geilenfeld Funeral Home
Gail
Priscilla
Adeline Hradek
Coralville
Johnson County
Ralph P. Chansky
Altar Society
National Catholic Order of Foresters
National Association of Retired Employees
Study Club of
Francis Lenoch
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