Death notices sweep Cedar Rapids area with multiple obituaries
The Cedar Rapids paper lists deaths of George W. Swenson 70, Marshall L. Brown 85, Loretta M. Shay 80 and others from various towns. Details include birth dates, spouses, residences, employers, survivors, service times, burial locations, and memorial gift options. The notices cover Postville, Marion, Mechanicsville, Okmulgee, Mt. Vernon, and surrounding communities with church services and cemetery plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Swenson
30Th St
Cedar Rapids
Genevieve Parks
Swenson
Postville
Swenson Skelly
Skelly Oil Co
Barbara Steners
Linn County Cancer Society
10Th St. SE
Marshall L. Brown
Daniels St
Ardmore
Okla
Bess (Juhl) Brown
Alido
Ill
Brown
Linn County Civil Service Department
Ronald
Slidell
Joan Gomez
Los Angeles
c/o Mercy Hospital
Loretta M. Shay
Hallmark Care Center
Mount Vernon
Iowa City
Tom Shay
Immaculate Conception Church
Dennis Cahill
St. John’s Cemetery
Kuba Funeral Home
Memorial Service for Olive C Eaton at St Michael's
Olive C Eaton will be remembered at a 5 p.m. Monday service at St Michael's Episcopal Church. Memorial donations may be made to St Michael's Episcopal Church, 220 40th St NE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaton
Olive C
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
40Th St
Ida Howell Services Pending At Kuba's Funeral Home
Ida Howell 76 of 2257 C St SW died Saturday at a Cedar Rapids hospital. Services are pending at Kuba's Funeral Home West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Howell
C St
Cedar Rapids
Kuba
Woman assaulted abducted and run over in Waterloo
A Waterloo clerk Barbara Roe was assaulted abducted and run over by a car after refusing to sell beer after hours at a 7 11. She was hospitalized with a broken leg and other injuries in satisfactory condition. Police reported the incident occurred about 4 a.m. when a man demanded beer and dragged Roe from the store into his car before driving away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Barbara Roe
Sholtz Memorial Hospital
Iowa City Car Crash Leaves Couple Injured
Doris Ekstrum 68 of Belle Vista Arkansas was listed in serious condition at University of Iowa Hospitals after a one car crash on I 80 east of Interstate 380 near Iowa City Saturday. Her husband Bertil 67 was listed in fair condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Arkansas
University of Iowa
Doris Ekstrum
Belle Vista
Ark
Highway Patrol
Bertil
Vinton girl injured in head on crash
A Vinton teenager and two others were injured in a head on collision on Highway 218 near Cedar Rapids. Jacqueline Hummel, 18, was listed in fair condition at St Luke's Hospital after severe head and facial injuries. Robin Walter, 20, faced drunken driving charges. Both vehicles were destroyed. Two separate airplane crashes claimed 78 lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
St. Luke's Hospital
Jacqueline Hummel
Rod Fisher
Benton County
Robin Lee Walter
Fisher
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Blairstown
Walter
Weather Report C R Weather Readings at the Airport
Readings at the airport show a high on Saturday of 68 with scattered showers and thunderstorms expected through Tuesday. Extended forecast calls for mid 70s to mid 80s and lows in the 50s to 60s. Flash flood watches in eastern Kentucky and southwestern Virginia. Tornadoes reported in eastern New York and wind gusts near 60 mph in Maine and Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.R
mid-Atlantic
Maine
Ohio Valley
Appalachians
West Virginia
Mannington
Clarksburg
W.va
Panther
Clarksville
Tenn
Kentucky
Birth announcements and scene report from Alburnett area
Vital Statistics lists births for Jeanne Bailey and Donald Bailey in Alburnett, and several births at St. Luke's including Julie O'Brien and Belinda Ireland. Also notes births at Farmington Diana Forsythe and a daughter, with grandparents named. Later paragraphs describe a sequence of incident logs: standby at Fifth Ave SE scene, gas flush near First Ave NE, a grass fire near railroad tracks NE, an engine compartment issue at Oakwood Ave Blairs Ferry Rd NE, and a medical emergency at C St SW apartment 14.
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Jeanne
Donald Bailey
Alburnett
Julie
Thomas O’brien
39Th St. SE
Belinda
Kim Ireland
St. NE
Fifth Ave
First Ave
Railroad Tracks
Oakwood Avenue
Blairs Ferry Road
Cheysson Sees Climate of Friendship With United States
U.S. officials welcomed Cheysson as a reliable partner in a socialist France and noted his pledge to honor international commitments. He spoke of a climate of friendship and affirmed that interest rate disequilibrium will self-correct, easing U.S.-European tensions over currency values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Gazette Company presses Cedar Rapids daily edition info
The Gazette Company established 1883 publishes daily and Sunday editions at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406. Second class postage paid at Cedar Rapids with carrier and mail subscription rates listed. AP holds exclusive republication rights for local news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Gazette
Associated Press
Union District Vote Totals By Region Across WV and Nearby States
Final ballots show district 17 in West Virginia voting 6300 for and 4730 against while district 29 in Beckley tallies 5898 to 1751 in favor. Indiana locals report 12 to 1 approval for 3500 miners. southwest Virginia reports 2793 for 428 against in district 28. District 20 in Alabama logs 4851 for and 809 against with 54 of 65 locals reported. Ohio Governor or leader Ed Bell referenced.
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West Virginia
Beckley
W.va
Indiana
Connie Harrison
Virginia
UMW
Alabama
Ohio
Ed Bell
Miners Reject Contract in Varied District Votes
With 21 of 40 locals reporting in Kentucky district 30 shows 348 to 19 in favor. Illinois final tally 8,127 for and 2,716 against. In West Virginia district 31 Fairmont votes 769 to 558 against. Local 1827 VP Robert Vaughn cites restoration of a royalty provision on non union coal as key. Carroll Rogers notes long resistance to contracts since the 1970s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Robert Vaughn
Illinois
Fairmont
W.va
Carroll Rogers
Two motorcyclists killed in Dubuque bridge crash
A crash on the Julien Dubuque Bridge over the Mississippi River in Dubuque killed two riders and injured two others. John Sanderson and Mona Pickel, both 21, died. Larry Loso, 29, and Elizabeth Wieg were hospitalized in serious and fair condition respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Loso
Severe Iowa Storms Struck In 2016 Ten Years Ago
A decade ago a severe Iowa event brought damaging winds hail heavy rain and a tornado. The storms caused property damage and power outages across multiple counties and prompted emergency crews to respond. Local residents assessed impacts and meteorologists tracked the system.
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Brooklyn
Marvin Schultz
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Nevenhoven’s
Calvary Cemetery
Colesburg
Vera I. Stone
Colesburg United Methodist Church
Appleton-Vernon’s
Edgewood
Reiff's
Fayette
Karl Kelly
Lima Church
Visitation
Burnham and Woods
West Union
Guttenberg
Thomas A. Ladewasser
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Tuecke-Allyn’s
Mason’s
Maquoketa
Lillian A. Gress
Carson’s
Mount Hope
McGregor
Otto C. Frick
Smyrna
Garnaville
Moody Cemetery
Waukon
Rita Hirth
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Lycurgus
Hanson's
Church
Wyoming
Jean Sievers
Wyoming Methodist Church
Hayden's
Wyoming Cemetery
Des Moines
Environmental Protection Agency
Mississippi
Burlington
John Renkes
Linois
EPA
River
Allison Creek
Renkes
Department of Agriculture
Deq
John Hagie
Clarion
State Environmental Quality Commission
Haige
Richard Timmerman
Jefferson
Hagie Manufacturing Co
Timmerman
Ideal
Ritchie Industries
Hagie
Commission
Ray
Weather Report
National Weather Service
UPI
New Orleans
Miami
Janowens
St. Luke’s
Judy
Santiago Sanchez
Ave
Patrice
Gregory Hudson
38Th St
Marsha
Kyle Chown
D Ave. NW
Linda
Galen Kerkman
van Horne
Tresa
Warren Davis
Fruitland Blvd
Theresa
Richard Rudelic
Washington
Rita
Terry Meade
D St
Farmington
Diana
Dave Forsythe
Ralph W. Bock
Council St
People Stories Daily
Novak Monument CO
14Th Ave
John E. Lopes
3Rd Ave
Pierson’s Flowershop and Greenhouses, Inc
Ellis Boulevard
Avenue Floral and Botanicals
Sixteenth Avenue
Dubuque Bridge
Wieg
Sanderson
Pickel
South Bridge
Joseph L. Hansen
Stewart Funeral Home
Stewart Guneral
First Avenue
Dennis Fulton
Aom
Mary
John B. Turner & Son
Turner
Second Ave
Turner's West
Firet Ave
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