Deaths in Linn County Chronicle June 1994
Obituaries record Eleanor Murray Shepherd 88 of Ames and others from Cedar Rapids and Center Point. Surviving family includes children grandchildren and siblings. memorials to Coe College Eleanor Murray Shepherd Award and local churches. Remembrances note American and international ties and long community service. Memorial services and burials listed with locations in Iowa California Florida and Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Murray Shepherd
Cedar Rapids
Hayward Hills
Calif
Ames
Gordon
Hamden
Moscow
Idaho
William G. Murray
Living History Farms
Frederick G. Murray
Honolulu
Coe College
State Department
Washington, D.C
Geoffrey S. Shepherd
Department of Economics
Iowa State University
Department of Agriculture
Alison
Amherst
Hayward
Ha. Brookman
Center Point
First Christian Church
John Caughron
Murdoch Funeral Home
Enid
Janet Kruse
Sydney Kruse
Walthill
Neb
Iowa
Enid Schloeman
Garrison Creamery
Harry
Center Point Canning Co
Skelly
Vienna Lodge No. 142
Center Point Booster Club
Center Point Lions Club
Order of Eastern Star
Golden Age Housing and
Linn County Conservation Board
Kenneth Andersen
Margaret A. Haycraft
Crestridge Dr
Mercy Medical Center
Turner Chapel East
Dale
James
Mark
Joseph Kaiser
Novato
Catherine Jones
Waseca
Minn
Ceil Speidell
Chandler
Ariz
Bruce Kaiser
Blackfoot
Bernard Kaiser
Margaret
Waseca County
Dale Haycraft
American Cancer Society
Death notices brief in Eastern Iowa on June 1994
Florence Goodrich 78 found dead in her home from heart failure June 8 at Brooklyn township. Services 1:30 p.m. Saturday First Presbyterian Church burial Brooklyn Cemetery. Survivors include husband Marion and six children. Several other local obituaries noted with funeral plans and survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Goodrich
First Presbyterian Church
Brooklyn Cemetery
Nevenhoven Funeral Home
Marion
Lewis
Panora
Gary
St. Louis
Marvin
Brooklyn
Joan Hall
Malcom
Mary Jane Hershman
Obituaries for Mary Bohle and Betty Plowman
Mary Bohle 92 of Sumner died June 8 1994 after a brief illness. Services Saturday at St Pauls United Church of Christ rural Sumner with burial in the church cemetery. Betty Plowman 65 died June 8 1994 in Marshalltown Medical Center after a cerebral hemorrhage. Services Saturday at Mason-Hand Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Adron Ray
Brentwood Place
St. Luke's Hospital
Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church
E.L. Pressley
Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church
Rita’Creek
McLemoresville
Tenn
Turner Chapel East
Edward E. Holmes Sr
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
Cedar Memorial Park
VFW
Hattie Lou O
Oak Hill Cemetery
David Nolte
Lisbon United Methodist Church
Mary Bohle
Hillcrest
St. Paul’s United Church of Christ
Sumner
Barbara Bullock
Church
Becker-Milnes Funeral
Arnold
Dubuque
Arnetta Pattison
Fayette
Betty Jean Plowman
Marshalltown Medical & Surgical Center
Peter Peterson
Living Faith United Methodist Church
Sandra Fisher
Cedar Rapids
Steve
Tama
James
Marshalltown
Fonda Smith
Frances Parker
Malcom
Washington baby dies from lung disease at 4 months
Thomas White Ill son of Allegra Jones and Chancellor White Jr. died Tuesday night at University Hospitals Iowa City from bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Services at 2 p.m. Tuesday Eden Funeral Home with calling after 9 a.m. Burial at Elm Grove Cemetery. Survivors: parents and brother Alonzo of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas White
Allegra Jones
White Jr
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Eden Funeral Home
Larry Brown
Elm Grove Cemetery
Alonzo
Washington
Walter J. Dickinson dies in Moroni at 76
Walter J. Dickinson of Moroni Utah and formerly Fayette died June 6 1994 at home after a sudden illness. Services set for 10 a m Friday at St Christopher Catholic Church Las Vegas with burial at Palm Mortuary Cemetery Las Vegas. Palm Mortuary Las Vegas handling arrangements. He leaves sister Velma Hlas Cedar Rapids and brother Donald Everett Washington plus several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Barlow
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Durant
Halligan-McCabe Funeral Home
Diane
Moline
Ill
Lisa Wilcox
Iowa City
Donald
Gene Wink
Keith W. Wild
Sorrento
Fla
New Albin
McGregor
Lutheran Hospital
la Crosse
Wis
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
Mel Wild
Church
New Albin Bank Town House
Martin Funeral Home
Waukon
Wava
Eileen Olofson
Chicago
Maurice
Elmira
N.Y
William
Prairie du Chien
Mel
Hoffman Estates
Cynthia Dickerson
Bellwood
Walter
Florence Waters
New Albia
Elaine Reiser
Dorchester
Walter J. Dickinson
Moroni
Utah
Fayette
St. Christopher Catholic Church
Las Vegas
Palm Mortuary
Velma Hlas
Everett
Wash
John H. Shaw, 91, dies of heart attack in Grinnell
John H. Shaw, 91, died June 8, 1994, at home of a heart attack. Services 2 p.m. Monday at Smith Funeral Home with viewing one hour prior. Burial 11 a.m. Tuesday at Leon Cemetery. Survived by wife Julia, three sons John V. of Westminster, James of Moline, Vancil of Ottumwa. daughter Joan Lindenmayer of Arvada. stepson Richard Covault of Charles City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Shaw
Smith Funeral
Leon
Julia
John V
Westminster
Colo
James
Moline
Ill
Vancil
Ottumwa
Joan Lindenmayer
Arvada
Richard Covault
Charles City
Man sentenced for sex slaying of girl in Lockport
Charles LaSage, already serving a life term in Iowa for a sex murder, received 25 years to life in Niagara Falls for strangling 11 year old Tuesday Darrah in 1986 and 16 to 32 years for rape. He faces completion of the Iowa life sentence for 1991 Rosalyn Barnes slaying, pending extradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockport
N.Y
Iowa
Charles LaSage
Tuesday Darrah
Niagara Falls
LaSage
New York
Rosalyn Barnes
Barnes
Arrangements Pending for Marion Woman
Loraine K. Christian aged 72 of 3035 Third Ave Marion died at home on Thursday June 9 1994 Arrangements are pending at Murdoch Funeral Home Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loraine K. Christian
Third Ave
Marion
Murdoch Funeral Home
Longtime Dubuque Resident Sharon Roling Dies at 50
Sharon R. Roling died Thursday June 9 1994 after a long illness at Mercy Health Center St. Josephs Unit Dubuque. Arrangements are pending at Kramer Funeral Home Dyersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Sherlock
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
George L. Gay Funeral Home
Sharon R. Roling
Mercy Health Center
St. Joseph’s
Dubuque
Kramer Funeral Home
Dyersville
Fire damages home and cuts power to community well near Cedar Rapids
A Thursday fire destroyed a home at 1219 Rose St in West Bertram Township, burning two sheds and shutting down a community well serving 16 homes east of Cedar Rapids. Firefighters from West Bertram and Mount Vernon contained the blaze about 1 p.m. No injuries reported. The home’s owner, Robert Smith, sought to restore power with Red Cross aid on site. The fire allegedly started when an aerosol can exploded in a rubbish fire.
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Gazette
Bertram Township
Cedar Rapids
Ketelsen
Eddie
Pam
Ketelsens
American Red Cross
Robert Smith
Olds
Iowa
Eddie Ketelsen
West Bertram
Mount Vernon
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ISU
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Marilyn W. Hoskins
Southern Illinois University
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Lima
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Venezuela
Jakarta
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Bequia
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Turner Chapel West
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Larry
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Warner Springs
Chester
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Elizabeth Dougherty
LeRoy
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Littke Brown
Annie
Charles Jr
Annette
Edward
Virginia Robinson
Margaret Cage
Orlando
Frank
Herman
Helen
George
Viola Bell Ray
Annie Mae Brewster
Missouri
City of Cedar Rapids
Webb Alumni Club
American Legion Hanford
Gerald Duane Wirth
St. Petersburg
Bay Pines Funeral Home
Florida National Cemetery
Bushnell
Gerald Jr
Vernon, Fla
Christine
Shenea Johnson
Haughton
Vicky McNally
Cindy Fransen
Jim, Vincent, John and
Vern McMurray
James M. Brammer
Arizona Ave
St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church
John Morris
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Lynette Brandt
Ron
Derek
Des Moines
Todd
Luann
Philip
Krista
Renee
Nicholas
Trevor James
Ellen MacDaniel Brammer
Helen Haddy
Chauffers Teamsters and Helpers
Wonder Bread
Land of Lakes
St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church Building Fund
Cottage Grove Ave
American Lung Association
Genevieve Augusta D’autremont Auld
Mesa, Ariz
Garrison
Campbell-Russell-Overton Funeral Home
Vinton
Ronald F. Golding
Talwin Ct
Greenwood Manor
Donohue-Leasing
John McKinstry
Oakland Cemetery
Patsy
Bloomington
Ind
Gail
Marilyn May
Saranac Lake
Betty Henderson
Marietta
Earle Jr
Shortsville
Paul
Baytown
Texas
Shirley M. Harrison
Magowan Ave
George L. Gay
John
Mary Kenady
Duvall, Wash
George Iseminger
Sioux City
Mercy Hospital Foundation
Harrison Home
Marengo
William “Bill” Mark Misel
Hoover-Valentine Funeral
Forrest Krummel
Vance
Brandon Gillette
Mary Jane
Shirley DeGeeter
Victor
Kaye Lee
Oxford
Orriel Tompkins
Rose Haven
Hoover-Valentine Funeral Home
Monticello
Denise
Ss Peter and Paul Lutheran Church
Prairie Hill Cemetery
Goettsch Funeral Home
Ronald
Loras
Marilyn Lawrence
Dan Lawrence
Diane Lawrence
Milan
Wesley Lawrence
Clementine Haas
Albin
Grinnell
Niagara County Court
Charles Hannigan
Douglas Darrah
Tuesday
Daugh
Ter
Darrah
Love Canal
Worthington
Rose St
Brian Ketelsen
Gregory Scott Goodyear
Werni
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