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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1997
Page
16
Obituaries list Ruby L Benedict 61 of Crestview Acres Marion, Mabyl Gifft 92 of 735 35th St NE, Donna Gladhill Lazare and others. Margaret C Mead 78 of Cedar Rapids. John L Reed 64 of Marion with service details. Survivors include spouses children siblings and grandchildren. Memorials to American Cancer Society or Westminster Church. Services held at Cedar Memorial facilities and Turner Chapel East with graveside rites.
Frances Rebecca Squailia, 83, died Saturday May 31 1997 at Grinnell Regional Medical Center after a sudden illness. Arrangements are pending with Nevenhoven Funeral Home in Brooklyn.
Kristin C. Brady aged 45 died Friday May 30 1997 at her Central City home after a long illness. Arrangements are pending at Cedar Memorial Funeral Home.
Lamont Sage Sill aged 85 died Saturday May 31 1997 at St. Luke's Lutheran Home Spencer after a short illness. Services 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Peter's Lutheran Church. Burial Mount Hope Cemetery Independence. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Monday at Fawcett Funeral Home Lamont. Surviving son Rev Sanford Sill Linn Grove and sister Jane Thompson Cedar Rapids.
Cecil A Carey 91 of Donna Texas formerly of Marengo died Friday May 30 1997 at home after a short illness Services are 10 am Tuesday at St Patrick Church Watkins Burial will be in the church cemetery Friends may call 3 to 8 pm Monday at Russell-Overton Funeral Home Blairstown A prayer service will be at 7 pm Survivors include his brother Charles of Donna and several cousins Mary Svens of Ryan and Lois Stramer of Watkins He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister in infancy Cecil was a registered hog cattle and sheep farmer with his brother in the Marengo Watkins area for many years
Lucille V. Spain 81 died of a heart attack Thursday May 29 1997 at her Montezuma home. Services set for 1 30 p m Monday at Watts Funeral Home Montezuma with burial in Barnes City Cemetery. Friends may call after 10 a m today at the funeral home. family to be present 2 to 4 p m. Survivors include husband Orville daughter Darlene Hess Layton Utah son Darrell Montezuma and brother Ralph Lambirth Bussey.
Marjorie A. Boliman 71 died May 31 1997 at Veterans Memorial Hospital Waukon after a lingering illness Services set for May 31 at Forest Mills Methodist Church Burial at Smithfield Cemetery Volney Friends may call May 29 at Schultz's Monona Leo two sons Daniel North Pole Alaska Roger Le Claire Iowa a daughter Brenda Bostrom Rochester Minn two brothers Bennett Lange Postville LeAllen Lange Luana and two sisters Peggy Rothmeyer Postville Diane Ellis Postville John Edward Kruse 78 died May 31 1997 Good Samaritan Center Postville after a lingering illness Services May 31 St Paul Lutheran Church burial St Pauls Cemetery Friends may call today at Schultz's Monona Survivors include wife Clara two sons Thomas Wauwatosa Wis Jerry Monona stepchildren Suzanne and Bob Jones Hiawatha John and Mary Staynes Bettendorf Jeff and Janis Staynes Storm Lake Patty and Peter Chechek Evergreen Colo Maj Robert Stavnes Alexandria Va Tim Stavnes Billings Mont grandchildren Ann Jim Kruse Jessica Gabe Kruse stepgrandchildren Rob Brenda Jones Jessica Kelly Stavnes Kari Kiley Stavnes Hunter Staynes Brandy Mimi Holly Goltz and great grandchildren Kevin Josh Kruse John Edward son of Will and Amanda Kregel Kruse born July 24 1918 Monona He graduated Monona High School earned a B A from Grinnell College and married Clara Staynes April 24 1983
Keith N. Newhall 64 died Friday May 30 1997 at his home after a brief illness. Services 10 a.m. Monday at St John Lutheran Church burial Marengo Cemetery. Visitation 3 to 8 p.m. today at Russell Overton Funeral Home Blairs Town and after 8:30 a.m. Monday at the church. Survivors include his mother Iola Norma wife five sons daughter 13 grandchildren four greats and a brother. He did general trucking 35 years in the area and worked with FMC Cedar Rapids Kinze Manufacturing. Memorial fund instead of flowers.
Memorial service for Robert J. Kolarik will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Murdoch Funeral Home in Marion with visitation from 3 to 7 p.m. today. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery in Cedar Rapids with military rites by Springville American Legion Post 331.
Dan Kelly Van Horne 40 of Los Angeles California formerly of Van Horne died Tuesday May 27 1997 at home after extended illness Memorial services were held Saturday May 31 1997 in Los Angeles Survivors include his father Ray three brothers Dennis and Doug in Chicago Dick in Union Kentucky a sister Scotta Kelly in San Antonio Texas a niece Shelly Carlson of Waukee Also surviving are his grandparents and his mother Betty Olson Kelly He was a 1973 Benton Community High School graduate and served in the Air Force 1983 1987 before moving to Los Angeles He worked for Linton Computer Corp in Los Angeles.
Ralph Morris Clay 78 died May 31 1997 at Mercy Living Plus after a long illness Services 11 am Wednesday at Zion Phyllis Wolkenhauer Burial Woodlawn Cemetery with military rites Calling hours ? to 8 pm Tuesday Jamison Schmitz Funeral Home Oelwein and after 10 am Wednesday at church Survivors include daughter Susan Clay Olive of Waterloo son Michael of Boone sister Elaine Lockridge Des Moines brother Joseph Jr Des Moines two grandchildren Military graveside rites by Ross Reid American Legion Post No 9 of Oelwein Lyle A Streittmatter 72 died May 30 1997 in Sumner Community Memorial Hospital Sumner Services 11 am Tuesday Jamison Schmitz Funeral Home Oelwein by Rev Alan Wolkenhauer Burial Floral Hills Cemetery Hazleton with military rites Calling hours 4 to 8 pm Monday at the funeral home and after 10 am Tuesday Survivors wife Joanna two stepsons six stepdaughters three sisters and several in laws plus 32 step grandchildren 55 stepgreats Military rites by Ross Reid American Legion Post No 9 of Oelwein
Dorene Duffy died May 30 1997 in Iowa Methodist Medical Center Des Moines from leukemia complications. Services Monday 1 30 p m Estes Perrin Avey Funeral Home Marshalltown burial Riverside Cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p m today with family present 7 to 8 p m. She was 51 born November 1 1945 in Sioux City daughter of Gordon and Betty Rowe McCaw. Married Jan 22 1966 to Craig Pete Duffy. She lived in Marengo Marshalltown and Knoxville worked as payroll supervisor for Knoxville School District.
Community notice outlines submission rules for obituaries and memorials including deadline 4 p.m. weekdays and pricing 40 cents per word with photos ten dollars each. Contact number 368 8873 for inquiries.
Memorial notices announce services for Walter C Johnson 1 p.m. Monday at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories with burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. A visitation today from 2 to 4 p.m. and Monday afternoon. Also memorial services for Alice M Pollock 1 p.m. Tuesday led by Rev. Robert Dennett at Cedar Memorial. Memorials may be given to Juvenile Diabetes Research or donor’s charity.
A short note expresses lasting memories and faith as the family and friends say they will never part from the loved one, placing them in the Lord’s keeping and in their hearts.
Instructions require written items with a daytime phone number. Camp Tanager donations must reach the Gazette cashier by 9 a.m. Friday for Sunday publication. call 398-8320. Church page items due by noon Wednesday before Saturday publication. call 398-8320.
Vandals broke into three diesel tanks Friday night on a Gladbrook area farm in Tama County and spilled about 600 gallons. The fuel flowed roughly a mile into Wolf Creek, but DNR official Ross Harrison said the spill does not pose a big threat to people or livestock.
A Poweshiek County bicyclist hit on Highway 6 near Grinnell Saturday is in extremely critical condition after a pickup fled the scene. The victim, a 42 year old Grinnell area resident, was transported from Grinnell Regional Medical Center to Des Moines by air, then flown to Iowa Methodist Medical Center. The suspect vehicle is a late 1980s or early 1990s black Ford pickup with damage to the passenger side. police seek the vehicle and urge tips to the Poweshiek County Sheriff's Department.
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