Death notices from Linn County list multiple families
Blanche Vavrovic Klima 91 Cedar Rapids area died after brief illness at Mercy Medical Center services Saturday at Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home burial Czech National Cemetery survivors include son Joseph and four daughters with spouses and many grandchildren born 1900 in Czechoslovakia came to U S in 1922 married 1924 to John Klima died 1966 Rev Harry Koelker officiating Gertrude M Harrison 87 Cedar Rapids died at Mercy Medical Center services Saturday Mount Zion Baptist Church burial Linwood Cemetery survivors include cousins and daughters and granddaughters born 1904 in Quincy Illinois worked at Collins Radio 28 years member of Mount Zion and Order of Eastern Star memorials to Silver Leaf Chapter 5 OES Stella M Minehart 82 Marion died after long illness services Friday Cedar Memorial Funeral Home burial Cedar Memorial Park survivors include husband Gerald and daughter Jean Reid and grandchildren memorials to Hospice of Mercy Stella born 1909 in Stockton married 1928 in Iowa City worked at Nissen Trampoline 25 years Rev Norman Wall officiating Timothy Gifford 2 p m Friday Morgan Funeral Home Mount Vernon service friends may call after 12 30 p m memorial fund Cedar Rapids address Ruby S Pobuda 10 30 a m Friday Murdoch Funeral Home Marion burial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery friends may call today.
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Blanche Vavrovic Klima
Clive Dr. SW
Mercy Medical Center
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Czech National Cemetery
Joseph
Oxford
Mary
Edward Swenka
Lydia
Louis Elias
Vera
George Wallace
Vlasta
Arnold Langer
Cedar Rapids
Czechoslovakia
United States
John Klima
Harry Koelker
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Linwood Cemetery
Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home
Frances Ingram
Quincy
Ill
Nadine Blakey
Rock Island, Ill
Frances
Emily Moore
Charlotte Frazer
Los Angeles
John
Eva Perkins Hays
Collins Radio
Hattie Green Circle
Silver Leaf
Order of Eastern Star
Stella M. Minehart
Marion Blvd
Marion
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Gerald
Jean Reid
Bernie Reid
Katherine Carrillo
Scott Reid
Bellevue
Ohio
David Reid
Stella
Stockton
Gerald L. Minehart
Iowa City
Nissen
Neral
Mount Vernon
Timothy Gifford
Summit View Lane
Ruby S. Pobuda
Murdoch Funeral Home
James W. Cannon
Valley View Dr
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
St. Mary’s Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Coralville
Lensing
Oak Hill
Dorothy
James C
Thomas J
Michael
Patrick
Manhattan Beach
Calif
Dennis
Louisville
Texas
Mary Fackler
Santa Barbara
Connie Hearne
Thousand Oaks
Colleen Keene
Salvang
Ewing
Neb
Clair
Mary Borgett Cannon
Dorothy Mulherin
Des Moines
Boys Town
Cannon Texaco
Cannon Shell
Chuck Adam
Father Flanagan
Omaha
Leonard “Whitey” Darrow
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Goettsch Funeral Home
Berdena
Herman
Maureen
Bonnie Jean King
Theola Mae Rickels
Monticello
Harold Floyd Darrow
Maquoketa
Forrest G. Wilhite
University Hospitals
Powell Funeral Home
North English Cemetery
Treva
Kenneth
Millersburg
Lorna Wilhite
Harold
North English
Fern Moris
Effie L. Kessler
Peoples Memorial Hospital
Independence
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Otterville Cemetery
White Funeral Home
Benjamin
Irene Holman
Wonewoc
Wis
Randi Kuntz
Elk Run Heights
Barbara Dean
Donald Franks
Rock Falls
Irene Peterson
Minneapolis
Fred L. Burda
Jackson County Public Hospital
United Methodist Church
Mayflower Cemetery
Hayden Funeral Home
Oxford Junction
Marjorie
Phyllis Steinbeck
Keystone
Kathleen Leeper
Ferdinand
Agnes Ingwersen
Anna Rose Benhart
Max R. Matt
Palmer Lutheran Health Center
Zion Lutheran Church
West Union Cemetery
Burnham Wood Funeral Home
Arlene Wenthe
Ossian
Eunice Niewoehner
Fredericksburg
Austin, Minn
Death notices and obituaries guidelines and rates
The Gazette lists submission hours and policies for death notices and obituaries. Arrangements pending notices including survivors and a photo appear as news items. Additional material such as survivors, biographies, and eulogies are charged at 35 cents per word, with out of town notices same rate. Call 398-8221 for details.
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the Gazette
Deaths in Eastern Iowa James W Cannon and others
Obituaries from Iowa City area list James W Cannon 78 of 1467 Valley View Dr died after a long illness. Services Friday at St Marys Church Iowa City burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Also listed are Alice M Levien 64 Dorothea A McLeod 778 Oaknoll Dr and Dorothea Doubek born 1932 with families across Iowa and California. Memorials to Boys Town and funeral homes noted.
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Dorothea A. McLeod
Oaknoll Dr
Rosehill Cemetery
Chicago
Oaknoll Retirement Residence
Donahue-Leasing Funeral Home
Margaret Gordon
Coralville
Albert Koch
California
Local obituaries list multiple Monticello area deaths
Leonard Darrow and Forrest Wilhite die after long illnesses with services in Cedar Rapids North English and Independence. Effie Kessler, Fred Burda, Dorothy Nickeson, A Louise Wolfe, John Ponce, Max Matt among those named with funeral times and burial sites. Survivors include spouses children siblings grandchildren and other relatives.
Wheatland Woman Luetta Klahn Dies at 82
Luetta Klahn 82 died Tuesday night at Wheatland Manor Nursing Home. Services at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ. Burial at Pine Hill Cemetery. Friends call 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Chapman Funeral Home. Survivors: husband Elmer and son Don of Kansas City Missouri.
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Luetta Klahn
Wheatland Manor Nursing Home
St. Paul’s United Church
Ruth Speake 62 dies after illness in Dubuque hospital
Ruth Speake of Sherrill, formerly Winthrop, died Tuesday night in Finley Hospital Dubuque after an illness. Services set for 10 a.m. Saturday at United Methodist Church Sherrill with burial at Harmony Reformed Cemetery Zwingle. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Egelhof Casper Strueber Funeral Home Dubuque. Survived by husband James two sons Carl Worsham Edgewood Dan Worsham Moscow Idaho a daughter Mrs Michael Sheir Vestal New York mother Helen Bare Winthrop two stepdaughters Paula Hammond Linda Hawkins El Sobrante California stepson Gary Speare Platteville Wisconsin.
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Ruth Speake
Sherrill
Winthrop
Finley Hospital
Dubuque
United Methodist Church
Harmony Reformed
Zwingle
Egelhof-Casper-Strueber
James
Carl Worsham
Edgewood
Dan Worsham
Moscow
Idaho
Vital Statistics Births Summary
June 9 Mary and Mark Treendle 4037 Vine Ave SE a son Paula and Robert Rhea 2395 Kings Ct Marion a daughter June 10 Dawn and Don O Regan Vinton a son June 8 Tracy Parrish 1128 K St SW a daughter June 9 Stormy and Brian Bohr Lisbon a son Jill and Todd Burgess 3015 Johnson Ave NW a son Bonnie and Dennis Byrne 7004 Surrey Dr NE a daughter Debra and Mark Merfeld Independence a son June 10 Ronna and James Beitz Hopkinton a daughter Marcia and Todd Pedersen 690 Ninth Ave Marion a daughter Karleen and Samuel Steichen 5524 J St SW a son
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Mary
Mark Treendle
Vine Ave. SE
Paula
Robert Rhea
Kings Ct
Marion
Stormy
Brian Bohr
Lisbon
Jill
Todd Burgess
Johnson Ave. NW
Bonnie
Dennis Byrne
Surrey Dr. NE
Debra
Mark Merfeld
Independence
Ronna
James Beitz
Hopkinton
Marcia
Todd Pedersen
Ninth Ave
Karleen
Samuel Steichen
J St. SW
Linn County Jail Debuts In Playboy Top Ten Jails List
Playboy ranks Linn County Correctional Center ninth among America's Top Ten Jails praising its island setting and visible amenities such as pink blankets and inmate coveralls. Administrator Don Zeller disputes some claims including Showtime access and food portions while noting these features aid calm confinement and administration.
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Gazette
Playboy Magazine
Linn County Correctional Center
America
Linn County
Cedar River
Don Zeller
Zeller
Playboy
Linn
Showtime
HBO
Cinemax
Joseph Hensiik
John Shinners
John Molenda
Chris Napolitano
Fairbanks
Alaska
Boulder
Colo
Honolulu
Las Vegas
Rochester
Marion firm cited for unfair labor practices
The National Labor Relations Board charges Oak Hill Engineering Co in Marion with unfair labor practices including refusing to pay a wage increase from a union contract. A hearing is set for July 28 in the Linn County Courthouse. The case involves Teamsters Local 238 and a three year agreement that expired in February.
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Dale Kueter
National Labor Relations Board
Oak Hill Engineering Co
Marion
Teamsters Union
Herbert Dawidoff
NLRB
Minneapolis
Linn County
Teamsters Local 238
Oak Hill Engineering
K. Maxwell Grant
Teamsters
Des Moines River death ruled accidental or self-inflicted
The State Medical Examiner's Office ruled Juan Pinon, 53, drowned with no signs of foul play after his body was pulled from the Des Moines River. Police previously suspected homicide. Autopsy released Wednesday suggested accidental or self-inflicted death. body found Tuesday, three days after last sighting.
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Ottumwa
Des Moines
Juan Pinon
Pinon
May jobless benefits fall as summer work rises
DES Moines report shows May unemployment payments dropped to 19.9 million for 38,290 claimants, down from April’s 25.5 million. Regular benefits totaled 13.8 million with 6.1 million in federal extensions. Construction and manufacturing see declines. Linn County reports 443,798 in regular benefits and 1.04 million in extended compensation.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Bureau
State Department of Employment Services
DES
Cynthia Eisenhauer
Linn County
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