Obit index highlights for Donna Smith and Andrew McKinstry
Donna Smith 86 of Brooklyn died June 6 2025. Visitation June 9 at Smith Funeral Home Brooklyn Burial June 10 at Brooklyn Memorial Cemetery Memorials to Brooklyn Presbyterian Church or Brooklyn Public Library. Andrew Richard McKinstry 1965–2025 Cedar Rapids died June 2 2025. Survived by wife Jenny and children Patrick Teresa. A private memorial at Cedar Memorial June 12.
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Brooklyn
Donna Smith
Cedar Rapids
Andrew Richard McKinstry
Arlene L Boots
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Brooklyn Community Estates
Brooklyn Presbyterian Church
Brooklyn Memorial Cemetery
Smith Funeral
Brooklyn Public Library
Smith Funeral Home
Donna
Smithfh
Diane
Todd) VanErsvelde
North Liberty
Andrew
James
Colleen McKinstry
Washington High School
University of Iowa
Nelson Manufacturing Company
Nelson
United States
Indian Creek
Wyoming
Montana
Kali
Jenny
Patrick
Teresa
Ann
John) Fleetwood
Taos
New Mexico
Mark
Ann) McKinstry
Grace
Claire McKinstry
Joe McKinstry
Del
Sharon Pattison
Eric Pattison
Indianapolis
Jackson
Colleen
Cedar Memorial
Notley, Renowned American Poet, Dies at 79 in Paris
Alice Notley died May 19 in a Paris hospital at age 79 after a cerebral hemorrhage amid treatment for ovarian cancer. The California-born poet, linked with the New York School, authored more than 40 books including Mysteries of Small Houses and The Descent of Alette, and leaves two sons, Edmund and Anselm, plus siblings and granddaughters.
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Alice Notley
Paris
Edmund Berrigan
Notley
Mojave Desert
California
New York City
David S. Wallace
New Yorker
Anne Waldman
Bernadette Mayer
Ron Padgett
Ted Berrigan
Edmund
Berrigan
Anselm
Poetry Foundation
Alette
Los Angeles Review of Books
Literary Hub
Alice Elizabeth Notley
Bisbee
Ariz
Needles
Barnard College
Iowa Writers’ Workshop
Meeting House Lane
New York School of Poets
CutBank
University of Montana
New York
Douglas Oliver
Anselm Berrigan
Nursing Homes Nationwide Fail Staffing Benchmarks in Late 2024
Nationwide analysis shows over 90 percent of nursing homes understaffed versus needs. In Iowa, six of the 12 lowest facilities are run by Care Initiatives, with several facilities posting 40 to 48 percent below expected nurse hours per resident per day. The report notes heavy use of aides over registered nurses and calls for delayed enforcement of new minimum staffing standards.
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Federal
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services
Long Term Care Community Coalition
Iowa
West Des Moines
Fonda Specialty Care
Pocahontas County
Mount Ayr
Ringgold County
Facili
Kingsley Specialty Care
Plymouth County
Bettendorf Health Care Center
Scott County
Avoca Specialty Care
Pottawattamie County
Lyon Specialty Care
Lyon County
Panora Specialty
Guthrie County
Northgate Care Center
Allamakee County
Ivy
Davenport
Aspire
Perry
Dallas County
Belle Plaine Specialty Care
Benton County
Nora Springs Care Center
Floyd County
U.S
Richard Mollot
Coalition
Alaska
Oregon
North Dakota
Illinois
Texas
Missouri
Georgia
New Mexico
Indiana
Congress
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Decorah
Fred Pahl
Helms Funeral Home
Constance Sande
al Writers’ Workshop
Accura Healthcare
Marshalltown
Marshall County
Garden View Care Center
Page County
Crystal Heights Care Center
Mahaska County
Caring Acres Nursing and Rehab Center
Cass County
Davenport Lutheran Home
Westview Care Center
Hancock County
Oskaloosa Care Center
Lake Mills
Winnebago County
Newton
Jasper County
Silver Oak Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Linn County
Colonial Manors of
Columbus
Louisa County
The
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