Cedar Rapids PhD librarian Lena Atkinson Parks dies at 92
Lena Atkinson Parks 92 longtime Cedar Rapids Public Library staffer and former Kenwood branch librarian died after a short illness. Services 11 a.m. Monday at Cedar Memorial Funeral Home burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials to Cedar Rapids Public Library. The notice also lists other local obituaries with service details for Erma Belle Reece Gertrude Hall Ruth Geiger Robert Jensen William McAllen Mac Jensen and Robert Thompson.
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Lena Atkinson Parks
Daniels St
Cedar Rapids
Fourth Avenue
Augusta
Wis
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Iowa
Colorado
New York Public Library
School of Library Service
Columbia University
Des Moines
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Dick Watkins
First United Methodist Church
Marion
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Christ Church United Presbyterian
First Ave
Thompson
Robert E
Stewart Funeral Home
Frederick Fangmann
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
Mount Calvary Cemetery
St. Matthew’s Memorial Fund
East Iowa Deaths Highlight Sommerfelt and Others
Vernon J. Sommerfelt 58 died Thursday at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Iowa City. Survivors include his wife Lillian two sons Dennis and Michael and six daughters. Services are Monday at St John’s Independence with multiple wake and rosary observances. Burial in Brandon Cemetery. Nellie R. Benz 79 died Thursday evening at Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids. Marion Henry Hymes 68 formerly What Cheer died Thursday at Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Survivors include wife Daisy two sons and four daughters. Services Sunday at Holm’s Sigourney. burial at Springfield Cemetery south of What Cheer.
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Vernon J. Sommerfelt
Veterans Administration Hospital
Iowa City
Lillian
Dennis
Walker
Michael
Lyle Brinker
Gowrie
Dennis Perry
Morriston
Ark
Christine Sommerfelt
Cedar Falls
Craig Thomas
Independence
Thomas Amfahr
Jesup
Janice
Viola Weltzin
LaPorte City
Violet Weltzin
Joseph Mumaw
Werner Riechmann
Ervin Riechmann
Waterloo
James Boerman
Ackley
Burton Necker
St. John’s Catholic Church
White’s
Brandon Cemetery
Nellie R. Benz
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Mason-Harris
Quasqueton
Marion Henry Hymes
What Cheer
Sigourney
Daisy
Marion E
Clarence
Alvin
Birden
Ill
Daisy Griffin
Silvas
Zeela Coble
Delta
Naomi Sellers
George P
Unionville
Andy J
South Port
N.C
Dorothy Harmon
Rock Island
Mary Lee Wilkenson
California
Holm’s
Springfield Cemetery
Obituaries: Rachel Coffman and Others Lose Lives in Iowa
Rachel M. Coffman 87 of Clarinda dies at care center. Survived by daughter Dixie Zehr and others. Services Monday at St. Pauls Lutheran, burial Garnaville City Cemetery. Memorials to St. Pauls. Also listed are C Kenneth Masters 67 of St. Petersburg and Carrie E. Young 91 of Cedar Rapids with service details and memorials. Marion Byers 77 with services pending.
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Rachel M. Coffman
Clarinda
Iowa
Dixie Zehr
Ruth Baker
Des Moines
Amelia Schmidt
Guttenberg
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Tuecke-Allyn's
Garnaville City
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Obituaries from Oxford area card notices list multiple deaths
Mary J. Sedlacek 89 of Oxford died Friday after a lengthy illness. She worked over 40 years at Dr Hennes office and was a St Marys Church member. Survived by a son and four daughters, many grandchildren. Services Monday at St Marys. Burial Mount Calvary. Other obituaries include Charles Roy Moyer 83 at residence with services Monday at English River Church of the Brethren and burial Brethren Cemetery Ursula May Palmer 83 died at Mercy Hospital Iowa City with services Monday at Sheets & Sons burial Tipton Masonic Cemetery Helen Bascombe 63 heat related death in rural Vinton private services Linwood Cemetery Cedar Rapids. Arrangements by Campbell-Russell's.
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Erma Belle Reece
Crestview Acres
Marion
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Dale O. Reece
Salem United Methodist Church
Cedar Chapter Ces
Gethsemane White Shrine
Mary Ellen Brockman
Iva Roberts
Mount Vernon
Beatty-Bearle
Mary J. Sedlacek
Iowa City
Austria
United States
Frank E. Sedlacek
Swisher
Hennes
Oxford
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Orlo
Irene
Lillian Breecher
Chicago
Ill
Eleanor Dolezal
St. Mary's Catholic Church
George Snell
George L. Gay
Charles Roy Moyer
Maude
English River
Church of the Brethren
South English
Powell's
Brethren Cemetery
Ursula May
Sue” Palmer
Richard
Sheets & Son's
Tipton Masonic Cemetery
Helen Marie Bascombe
Vinton
Benton County
Linwood Cemetery
Campbell-Russell’s
Two Local Men Die, Edward Miller and Richard Koch
Edward C. Miller 58 of rural Washington dies after yearlong illness at University Hospitals Iowa City. Miller was a farmer since 1971 and previously worked for Morman Manufacturing and owned Kimberling Cove Marina. Survivors include wife Gerry, mother Birdina, two sisters. Services Sunday 2 p.m. at Jones with prayer service at 7 p.m. Burial Elm Grove Cemetery. Memorials to Cancer Research Foundation at University Hospitals. Richard Koch 77 of Sigourney dies Friday at Manor House. Survived by three sons, three daughters, sister Edith Showman, 14 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren. Services Monday 10:30 a.m. Holm's Sigourney. burial McFarland Cemetery near What Cheer. Memorial established.
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Edward C. Miller
Washington
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Morman Manufacturing
Maquoketa
Kimberling Cove
Kimberling City
Gerry
Birdina
Edith Simmering
Pauline Kueneman
Ainsworth
Iowa
Jones
Elm Grove Cemetery
Cancer Research Foundation
Richard Koch
Sigourney
James Harold
What Cheer
Randy
Dicky
Althea Lucas
Keswick
Clara Mart
Helen Weldon
South English
Edith Showman
California
Holm’s
McFarland Cemetery
Filmmaker Bunuel Dies at 83 in Mexico City
FILMMAKER LUIS BUNUEL DIED FRIDAY OF COMPLICATIONS FROM A METABOLIC DISORDER AT AMERICAN BRITISH COWDRAY HOSPITAL IN MEXICO CITY. HE WAS 83. THE SPANISH-BORN DIRECTOR OF SUCH WORKS AS THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE AND THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BORGOISEE DIED AFTER TWO WEEKS OF HOSPITALIZATION.
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Mexico City
Luis Bunuel
Vincent Canby
New York Times
Bunuel
Lourdes Solvana
Eduardo Cesarman
Cedar Rapids Youth Arrested In Bever Park Moped Theft
A 16-year-old Cedar Rapids boy, Todd Turner of 2310 Meadowbrook Drive SE, was charged with second degree theft after a moped stolen from Bever Park around 7 30 p m was recovered abandoned behind Paul Revere s Pizza at 2711 Bever Ave SE Turner was arrested at his home and released to his parents.
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Cedar Rapids
Bever Park
Todd Turner
Meadowbrook Drive
Susan Matteson
Mount Vernon Road
Stephanie
Paul Revere
Bever Ave
Turner
Vital Statistics births and family entries in Cedar Rapids area
July 29 notices list births to multiple couples with addresses in Cedar Rapids and surrounding cities. Grandparents named include Al and Theda Roush and Joe and Fern Zeller. Additional entries name numerous local residents and spouses with towns such as Marion Mount Vernon Lisbon Manchester Shellsburg and Cedar Rapids for a variety of births.
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Leawood
Kan
Lyn
Robert Zeller
Theda Roush
Stanwood
Joe
Fern Zeller
Springville
Kenneth B. Lewis
Lynn A. DeSmet
Larry M. Lehman
Vicky B. McVay
Ron G. Ellis
Lynette A. Black
Lawrence E. Pesek
Diana L. Taylor
Gregory S. Goodyear
Sara L. Barger
Calvin K. Hackett
Gloria D. Noah
William J. Young
Beryl E. Burkhart
Cedar Rapids
Sonny L. Beck
Lisa R. Hauser
Marion
Larry L. Truesdell
Mount Vernon
Laurie A. Carmer
Lisbon
David J. Deutmeyer
Nana Hanyu
Manchester
Wayne D. McClintock
Regina N. Palas
Shellsburg
Patrick H
Frederick placed on 3 year probation for loan fraud
Joey Frederick of Strawberry Point received a three year probation after pleading guilty to making false statements to obtain loans from the Commodity Credit Corporation. He must restitution of 26108.03 dollars. Sentencing occurred in U S District Court Cedar Rapids for loans about 22000 dollars in 1981 secured by grain pledged free of liens.
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Joey Frederick
Strawberry Point
Commodity Credit Corporation
Frederick
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Woman jailed on theft charge in Central City burglary case
Jennifer Conzett, 18, of 220 Fourth St NW, held on third degree theft possession of controlled substances and possession of drug paraphernalia at Linn County Jail on $1,600 bond. Warranted search at her apartment tied to Central City burglary. boots belts beer and other items found. Michael Westerly, 22, stopped in Newton on drunken driving. he and a juvenile were tied to a buck knife and a firearm found in the vehicle.
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Jennifer Conzett
Fourth St
Linn County
Central City
Conzett
Michael Westerly
Newton
Iowa
Westerly
Linn Sheriff's
Linn
Westerly-Conzett
Redee
Bee Newton
Appeals court to hear draft registration arguments
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear Sept. 2 arguments in two Iowa cases, Rusty Martin from UNI student government and Gary Eklund of Davenport. Martin won a Cedar Rapids ruling that there is no continuing duty to register. Eklund was convicted in Des Moines with a ruling that a continuing duty existed.
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Selective Service Systems
Iown
8Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Rusty Martin
Gary Eklund
Kansas City
Eklund
Davenport
Des Moines
McManus
Harold Vietor
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Jack R. Hooten
Sharon United Methodist Church
Spring Grove
Troy Mills
Gertrude L. Hall
Mansfield Ave
St. Luke’s Hospital
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Brandon
Garnavillo
C. Kenneth Masters
St. Petersburg
Fla
Guthrie Center
Florida
Genevieve
Kathryn Masters
Panora
George Gay
Memory Gardens
American Cancer Society
Mechanicsville
Carrie E. Young
Ruth Ford
United Presbyterian Church
Horner’s
Rose Hill Cemetery
Marion Byers
St. Luke's Hospital
Hayden's
Tipton
Mussolini
Vittorio Mussolini
Predappio
Benito Mussolini
Filmmaker Bunuel
Calanda
Spain
Madrid
Federico Garcia Lorca
Salvador Dali
St. Luke’s
Juanita
Michael Sion
Glass Road
Lucinda
Lou Ruff
McGowan Road
Diana
David McNeill
Olin
Vicki
Donald Parsons
Belle Plaine
Judy
Stephen Janssen
Dunham Drive
Kim
Larry Olson
Newhall
Mary
Jim Pecenka
Luzerne
Julie
Jeffrey Evans
12Th St. NE
Robin
James Grover
Rowley
Agnew
Rockford, Il
Jennifer K. Hughes
Iris May
Robert C. Kristianson
Edith
John E. Boyles
Colleen
Donald Duane Hanson
Sheila Ann
Timothy Alan Cable
Janice Louise
Michael Wayne Orr
Barbara A
Edward L. McDowell
Sally J
Mark E. Randall
Anna L
Larry L. Schultz
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Miller Ave
Fourth Ave
Owens Street
Midway Drive
16Th Ave
Southgate Court
Brush
Richmar Lane
First Avenue
Fifth Street
Ingleside Drive
Fifth St
Second Ave
Regal Ave
13Th St. NW
Third Ave
John E. Cedar
Pierson’s Flowershop and Greenhouses, Inc
Ellis Boulevard
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