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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1983

Page

9

Long-Serving East Iowa Community Mourns Multiple Deaths

A string of East Iowa obituaries notes Rose Machovec of Iowa City died in Coralville aged 87. Surviving sisters listed. Services at St. Wenceslaus Church with burial at St. Joseph Cemetery. Memorial fund to Mercy Hospital. Other notices include Kemp of Kalona and Keota figures, Ella Licht of Lowden, and Leech of Westgate among others with service details and burial plans.

Thelma C. Easterly Park Ave Cedar Rapids Olin St. Luke's Hospital Charles N. Easterly Collins Radio Co St. Paul’s United Methodist Church Shirley American Heart Association Seventh Ave Marion Franklin W. Sauer Dubuque Central City Quasqueton DeVee Henderson United Church of Christ of Level Lodge AF & AM el Kahir Shrine Linn CES Amvet Franklin W Independence James Christopher Diane Asmussen J. Harvey United Church of Christ F. William Hilker Mount Clark Cemetery Murdoch Chapel Bernice H. Carr Salem Ore Donald J. Carr Dorothy Bowen Portland Roberta Hughes Patricia Hoffman Aston Wyo Virgil T. Golden American Cancer Society Tenth St. SE Gladys Josephine Larimer Shields Holly Drive Mercy Hospital Metropolitan Supply Co St. Patrick’s Catholic Church Leo Robert DeVere Larimer Walker Marvin Larimer Troy Mills Pauline Zisko Vedder Helen M Teahen Paul Hasel Salem United Methodist Church John Gallagher St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Linwood Cemetery First Avenue Third Street 10Th St Rose Machovec N. Gilbert St Coralville Iowa City St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church Altar and Rosary Society Catholic Order of Foresters Treasa Hoffman Mary Riley Muscatine Catherine Kouba Benedick S. Kemp Katie Ann Samuel Maynard Noah Kalona Elmer Arthur Ill Omar Alvin Wellman Alta Miller Carolina Fannie Edna Yoder Mary Jane Yoder Manson Iowa Sarah Stoll Hills Keota Des Moines Surviving Jack Powell’s Ella Licht Wesley McFarland Wis Raymond Meier Duane Battleman Lowden Wilbert Mente Wheatland Henry Mente Tipton Trinity Lutheran Church Chapman's Clarence Frederick C. Davgs Waukon Alvina Frederick Jr Robinsdale Minn Donald Logan Utah Doris Kampfe Waverly Gertrude Hass Brush Prairie Wash Paula Schneider Elkader Helena Melcher Charlotte Melcher Monona Ruth Anderson St. Paul Lutheran Church Schultz Mary Jo Schmelzer Postville Clayton County Raymond Schmelzer Gary Gregory Minneapolis Lena Langreck West Union St. Bridget Catholic Church Schutte’s Mount Calvary Cemetery Shirley Ann Lenz Brown Solon University of Nebraska Johnson County Donald J. Brown University of Iowa Iowa Talented and Gifted Association PTA Holy Trinity Catholic Church Nora Williamsburg Maureen Melanie Megan Timothy Patrick Daniel Joyce Thomas Boulder Colo Linda Shoenfelder Bettendorf Deborah Hicks San Jose Calif Dean Lenz William Lenz Sumter D.C Holy Trinity Church Birthright Inc Ingersoll Ave Brosh Funeral Home Bernadette White Mercy Cleo Lasche Stasia McQuillen Martha Manternach Jane Green Cascade Ellen Perez Rockford Vince McNally Tuscon, Ariz Pat McNally India Head Park Paul McNally Lincoln Neb St. Paul Catholic Church Worthington Church Cemetery Kramer's Dyersville

Council Acts to Avert Drownings in Wapsipinicon River

Independence officials moved to reduce drownings on the Wapsipinicon River north of Oakwood Cemetery by warning against canoeing and swimming near two dams. They will install warning cables and signs, with rope and drum alerts, after two youngsters went over the dams on inner tubes. The council also approved a contract with Flynn Co. Inc. to pave Eighth Avenue NW in a seven block federal aid project.

Independence Wapsipinicon Wapsipinicon River Oakwood Cemetery Alfred “Bud” Baker Inner Tubes Frank Brimmer Vernon Hall Charles Conklin Flynn Co. Inc Dubuque Eighth Avenue NW First Eighth Streets Ames Iowa Department of Transportation

Cleaning Jewelry With Ammonia Solution Tips

A tip advises making a cleaning mix of one cup water a quarter cup ammonia and a tablespoon dishwashing detergent to scrub jewelry with a toothbrush. It notes ammonia is safe for gold and silver settings but warns against using the formula on soft porous stones like opals pearls turquoise and coral.

Eastern Iowa unions approve new wage pacts

Bricklayers Local 1 accept a one year contract with a 1.50 per hour wage cut bringing rate to 14.04 plus 62 cents fringe. Asbestos Workers Local 81 approve a three year pact with a wage freeze and a wage reopener set for June 1 1985. Local 405 bargaining continues amid a 10 day cooling off. Operating Engineers Local 234 members to vote on a new settlement. Cedar Rapids Painters Local 447 rejects latest contractor proposal by a close vote.

Bricklayers Local 1 Asbestos Workers Local 81 Local 81 Iowa Illinois Operating Engineers Local 234 Cedar Rapids Painters Local 447 Virgil Gosnell

Births and vital statistics from Mount Vernon and beyond

A June round of births lists Marilyn and Duane Sand in Mount Vernon a son. Sandra and Lyle Hanna in Mount Vernon a son. Roxann and Mark Kelchner in Des Moines area twins Leigh Ann and John Waechter a daughter. Terri and Todd Driscoll in Hiawatha a daughter. Kathy and Randy Baker in LeGrand a son. Also Lenexa Kansas reports Liz and Bob Naibert a daughter. Additional names mark extended family and recent births along with medical emergency notices at local addresses.

Roxann Mark Kelchner

Estate seeks negligence ruling in Anamosa woman death case

An attorney for the estate of Nancy Jacobs told Linn District Court that hospital staff and Dr. Charles Wellso failed to prevent her suicide in St Luke's psychiatric ward seven years ago. The defense argued Jacobs bore responsibility for her low mood, citing an unhappy marriage and past family circumstances. The case follows claims of negligence by hospital employees and the Cedar Rapids psychiatrist.

Anamosa St. Luke’s Hospital William Ball Waterloo Linn District Court Nancy Jacobs Charles Wellso Cedar Rapids Ball Jacobs

Westgate man dies in farm tractor accident

Randy G. Leech, 27, of rural Westgate, was killed Saturday night at his mother's farm near the Fayette County roads C-33 and V-62 intersection. State Patrol said he was backing a trailer into a shed when his foot slipped off the clutch, causing the tractor to lunge backward and strike the shed above the doorway. He was pronounced dead at the farm.

Randy G. Leech Westgate Jean Robert Susan Dalandan Maywood N.J United Methodist Church Sumner Becker-Milnes Greenwood Cemetery Fayette County Iowa State Patrol Leech

Kennedy Dies From Wounds After Assassination Attempt

On this date in 1968 Senator Robert Kennedy died in Los Angeles from wounds suffered in an assassination attempt the previous night.

Sen Robert Kennedy Los Angeles

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