Deaths in Iowa City area and region
Obituary notices detail the deaths of John Martin Zahorik 76 of Lisbon Carl Mittlestedt 70 of Cedar Rapids Warnetta Bracewell 92 formerly of Muscatine Elsie Johnson 88 Marion Dorothy Gill 68 Ottumwa Eva Mead 85 Cedar Rapids Michael Frye 2 weeks Cedar Rapids Frances Dusek 86 formerly of Cedar Rapids All include service details survivors and memorial options with several family ties across Iowa and surrounding states.
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John Martin Zahorik
Lisbon
University Hospitals
Iowa City
St. Paul
Minn
Green Bay
Wis
Chicago
Hyde Park High School
University of Chicago
Iowa
Iron Workers Local 89
Teamsters Local 238
Roofers
International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers
International Workers of the World
Los Angeles
Louisiana
Sonya Holmboe Zahorik
Ralph
Waukegan, Ill
John Jr
Mount Vernon
Charles S
Cedar Rapids
Frank
Robert A
David
Noel Johnson
Eileen Stone
Karin
James W
Charles R
Esther Hyngstrom
St. Louis
University of Iowa
Zahorik
N. Jackson St
Lisbon Public Library
American Lung Association
Walnut St
Des Moines
Amnesty International
Warnetta Hysell Bracewell
Muscatine
Mercy Hospital
William R. Madden
Miami Court
Memorial services and burials listed for multiple individuals
Memorial services held today for Marella F. Ramm at St. Jude’s Catholic Church and John Patrick Russo at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories. Burial at St. Joseph’s Cemetery and Cedar Memorial Mausoleum respectively. Other services include Zorah Walker at Sacred Heart Church with burial at St. Mary’s Cemetery Urbana and arrangements by local funeral homes. Donations requested to cancer and hospice programs.
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Fairbanks-Lamb Chapel
Muscatine
Muscatine Memorial Park
Stewart Funeral Home
Trinity Lutheran Church
Norway
C. Dean Hess
Richard L. Thompson
Trinity Lutheran
Dorothy O. Gill
Ottumwa
Patricia Rockett
16Th Ave
St. Joseph
Edward F. Gill
VFW
American Legion
FOE
Eva R. Mead
Fourth Avenue Cedar Rapids
Rockford
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Robert
Estella Adams
Lavina Pisney
Beatty-Bearle- Murdoch Chapel
Robert L. Bouton
Christ United Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Michael Dale Frye
Cindy
Greg Frye
Seventh Ave
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Tina Jo
Tiffany
Lois Somerville
Dale
Mary Frye
Babyland
Clarence Frana
St. Ludmila’s Catholic Church
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Czech National Cemetery
Brosh Chapel
Solon
Francis Lenoch
J. J. Fath
St. Mary's Cemetery
Brosh’s
East Iowa deaths claim multiple residents in late week toll
Multiple obituaries from East Iowa detail passings of Edwin Fritz Furler 55 at Veterans Hospital Iowa City and Raymond Thompson 60 in Iowa City plus Helen Reinhart 81, Libbie Kohout 84, Pauline Oldorf 87, George Wehde 81, Pearl Houseal 68, John Reid 36 with survivors and funeral plans across Cedar Rapids Solon Monona Postville Clarence Clarence area. Burial and service venues include St Paul Lutheran Church Iowa City East Clermont Lutheran Church St Marys Catholic and local cemeteries.
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Edwin Fritz Furler
FMC
Cedar Rapids
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Blairstown
Lauretta
Fritz
Marion
Kathy Sherman
Diane Jones
Marengo
Brenda
Walford
Arnold
Newhall
Marie McVay
Central City
Louise Edgerly
Springville
Martha Cohrt
van Horne
Selma Furler
St. Paul Lutheran Church
E. Jefferson St
Hoover-Valentine’s
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Raymond “Ray” P. Thompson
E. Court St
Mercy Hospital
Hopkinton
Wilma L. Osterkamp
Boyd and Rummelhart Co
Helen J. Reinhart
Monona
Postville Hospital
Ruby Holm
Postville
East Clermont Lutheran Church
East Clermont Cemetery
Shutte’s
Libbie Kasparek Kohout
Solon
Louis W. Kohout
St. Mary’s Church
Maxine Hennessey
Donald
Milner
Lisbon
Elma Pratt
Pauline D. Oldorf
St. Luke’s Hospital
Evelyn Hasselbusch
London
Neva Donohoe
West Branch
Harold
Melvin
Stanwood
Albert Hintz
Wyoming
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Chapman’s, Clarence
John H. Reid
Williamsburg
Polly Bockhop
Chico
Calif
George Stover
Oakland
Carl Browning
Leonard
Hudson-Rimer
Edina
Locust Hill
Novelty
Ulhmann’s
Deere strike edges into weekend with talks ongoing
United Auto Workers began a strike at midnight at Deere & Co. plants in Dubuque and Moline as talks continued. About 11,800 workers affected. 29,000 union members involved overall, with picket lines manned and signups distributed. Negotiations focus on a contract resembling a Caterpillar settlement while details remain unreleased.
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Moline, Ill
United Auto Workers
Deere & Co
Dubuque
Quad Cities
Dubuque Uaw
Pat Quinn
Moline
Union
Deere
Caterpillar Tractor Co
UAW
Uaw-Deere
Illinois
Iowa
Colorado
Georgia
Minnesota
Tennessee
Student denied diploma over gym class grade dispute
Harrisburg Pa AP A high school senior Daniel D Amico 18 was blocked from graduating after an appeals judge upheld a lower court ruling denying an injunction to award him a diploma. The court noted physical education passing is required for graduation while citing deference to educators judgment. D Amico said he flunked gym for spiking a volleyball and not snitching on peers who broke a light bulb.
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Harrisburg
Commonwealth Court
Theodore Rogers
Daniel D'Amico
Rogers
D'Amico
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Canon-McMillan High School
Canonsburg
D’amico
Vital statistics births and local incidents update
June notices record multiple births at addresses in Cedar Rapids Marion and nearby towns with twin births noted in Tipton. Grandparents listed for several families. A time-stamped sequence lists a series of local emergencies and incidents including dryer fire, medical emergencies, a backfire, and a gas flush at various addresses.
Settlements in Newton plane crash suits reached
Out of court settlements were reached in multi million dollar suits over the December 1980 Newton plane crash that killed Edwin Reuwsant and Oscar F Peters. Defendants include Avco Lycoming the engine maker and Johnson Aviation Inc operator of Newton Airport. The Peters estate described the settlement as under one million while the Reuwsant family noted a six figure sum.
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Newton (Ap
Newton
Edwin Reuwsant
Oscar F. Peters
Arkansas
Peters
Reuwsant
Avco-Lycoming
Johnson Aviation Inc
Cities cannot delegate police power, Iowa AG says
An Iowa attorney general opinion states cities may hire private firms for support services but cannot relinquish core policing authority. It notes private guards cannot enforce laws and must avoid official intervention, while the government retains law enforcement power.
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Des Moines
Gary Hayward
Ben Yarrington
Iowa Law Enforcement Academy
Hayward
Thought for today Confucius on economy and pain
A concise aphorism attributed to Confucius urges prudent spending to avoid later suffering. The saying frames economizing as a means to prevent hardship and regret.
Travel Safe with Locking Plastic Bags for Summer
Packing tip emphasizes using large locking bags for dirty laundry shoes or to protect stationery stamps and liquids. Keeps bottles like medications hair sprays and perfumes from leaking and keeps items clean during travel.
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METRO
Carl S. Mittlestedt
31St St. NE
Herbert Arnold Bracewell
First Lutheran Church of
Grace Lutheran Church of
Elsie Marie Johnson
Winslow House
Atkins
Clear Lake
Arthur M. Johnson
American Legion Auxiliary
Ardis Guyer
Virgil C
Robert Hersom
Frances Dusek
26Th Ave
Riverside
Czechoslovakia
United States
Stanley Dusek
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
the Rosary Society
The
Christian Mothers of St. Wenceslaus
Viastenky Lodge
Dramatic Club
Czech School
Karla Masaryk
CSA
Zcbj Karel IV
Lillian R. Kirchman
Andrew Polehna
Mary Jan
Sherman
Texas
Charles Bartunek
Wilma
Mildred Thompson
Morticello
Vernon
William
George L. Gay
Tipton
George C. “Boone” Wehde Jr
Ruby
Carl
Crystal Lake
Ill
Kenneth
Decorah
Jerry
Sheets & Son
Tipton Masonic Cemetery
Washington
Pearl R. Houseal
Washington County Hospital
Colonial Manner
Columbus Junction
Jim Arthur
Ainsworth
Berlen Houseal
Hot Springs
S.D
Arlene Norenberg
Jones
Ainsworth Cemetery
Waterloo
Art D’amico
Donna
Dale Walters
St. Luke’s
Vicky
Rodger Greear
35Th St
Linda
Kenneth Irwin
O Ave. NW
Debbie
Terry Meeks
Belle Plaine
Beatrice
Allan Manson
Manchester
Brooke
Terry Russell
26Th St. NW
Dennis Harrington
Ellis Road
Marianne
William Graham
Grande Ave
Rita
Paul Hart
Mary
John Hughes
Brentwood Drive
Brownstown
Ind
Jean
Rick von Dielingen
Gil and
Lolita Schanbacher
James E. Oujirn
Susan M. Williams
Brian A. Charipar
Anna J. van Spijk
Daniel A. Ceschin
Linda K. Bevers
Steven G. Lang
Barbara J. Good
David E. Hansen
Debra A. Meyer
Mark A. Joyner
Christine V. Weiss
Dennis Ward
Leila M. Levy
Ronald P. Silhanek
Kathleen M. Pavelka
Brian D. Rudish
Lisa J. Davis
Merle D. Wright
Phyllis W. Zeman
Jarvis L. Clayton
Yonhi Kim
Coralville
Troy E. Caspers
Kimberly A. Bennett
Gary B. Ferguson
Lori L. Goetzinger
Robert J. Kahle
Watkins
Cathy K. Becker
Thomas E. Garrett
Morrison
Colo
Alice M. Berridge
Lakewood
Center Point Road
Cottage Grove Ave
Third St
First St
First Ave
Confucius
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
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