Deaths fill Cedar Rapids area in mixed funeral notices
Beulah Mary Thompson 63 of 1601 First Ave SE Cedar Rapids died Tuesday after a sudden illness. Wilbert Hughes 67 of Marion died after a short illness. Marilyn Waters Lockwood 42 of Hiawatha died after a long illness. Sharon Pruett 17 of Springville drowned. Thelma Alexander 71 of Cedar Rapids found dead after a sudden illness. Multiple funeral services and burial details follow for these and other listed individuals with local church and cemetery plans noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Mary Thompson
First Ave
William J. Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Beulah Smith
Greeley
Mr. Thompson
Wadena
Minn
Wilbert
Wib
Hughes
First United Methodist Church of
Marion
Marion American Legion Post No
Eagles Club
Glen W. Lamb
First United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Marion American Legion No. 298
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
The
Cancer Society
Thelma Jean Alexander
Rockford Road
George C. Alexander
Thelma Lane
Newburg
Alexander
Rock Island
Ill
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Patricia Ann Ellickson
Harold D. Hellentall
Hiawatha
Beatty-Bearle- Murdoch Chapel
Charles R. Mehaffey
Asbury United Methodist Church
Linwood Cemetery
Appeal in Amana diagonal road decision persists
The Iowa Transportation Regulation Board reversed earlier limits and allowed IDOT to pursue the I-80 to Highway 6 diagonal in the Amana corridor amid a decade of landowner opposition led by Howard Hagen and Dick Pundt. The parties plan further court action as injunctions and timing push back construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amana
Iowa Department of Transportation
Howard Hagen
Dubuque
Hagen
Cedar Rapids
Dick Pundt
Homestead
Iowa Transportation Regulation Board
Idot Commission
TRB
Hagen and
Pundt
IDOT
Department of Public Safety
Highway Division
Iowa County District Court
Commission
Don McLean
McLean
Death ruled homicide in old Cedar Rapids case
A 1966 retirement treasurer, attacked near McKinley Junior High on Sunday May 28, was found with a broken hip and arm after a purse struggle. Two Cedar Rapids youths and a Minnesota friend found her and called for help. she died later at Mercy Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley Junior High School
Caroline Poole
Stacy Taylor
Minnesota
Miss de la Mater
Energy bill moves forward as four of five parts cleared
Conferees approved the natural gas pricing compromise and wrapped up most remaining issues in the energy package. The plan would raise the federal gas price ceiling to 1.93 dollars per thousand cubic feet with a yearly 10 percent rise until 1985, costing a typical four person family about 20 dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Senate
Congress
Welfare fraud cases surge as Thompson linked to multiple benefits
Authorities report Ms. Thompson lived less than a year in a home with a 119000 mortgage and previously owned a Porsche a Cadillac and a Mustang. Investigators trace fraud through a shared address triggering computer checks. husband Danny Williams faces false ID probes. broader probes involve relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ms. Thompson
Collins
Danny Williams
Williams
Two Die in Area Semitruck Crashes
Two persons died in separate semitruck crashes in the Ga zette area. Barbara Daughenbaugh 43 of Akron Ohio was killed when the rig her husband Albert Daughenbaugh operated struck the rear of a truck driven by Robert Dodge 50 of Independence Missouri on Interstate 80 near the Highway 149 exit. Albert Daughenbaugh was hospitalized in fair condition with head injuries. Dodge was treated and released. In a second incident Larry Appleget 38 of Sigourney died after losing control of a southbound rig on Highway 149 near the South Skunk bridge. Appleget's services are set for Friday at 11 a.m. at the Christian Church in Sigourney. Holm Funeral Home handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Daughenbaugh
Akron
Ohio
Interstate 80
Highway 149
Albert
Robert Dodge
Independence
Albert Daughenbaugh
Dodge
Larry Laverne Appleget
Sigourney
South Skunk Bridge
Appleget
Christian Church
Holm Funeral Home
Poison candy case dismissed in Linn County Court
Eldon F. Burr of Cedar Rapids avoided trial as a murder charge over allegedly poisoned candy was dismissed for lack of evidence. Prosecutors cited differing toxin amounts and contradictory victim symptoms after toxicology reviews. The judge granted the dismissal despite Burr’s bid for a psychiatric evaluation. ON THIS DATE in 1777 the Stars and Stripes became the national flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon F. Burr
Linn District Court
Cedar Rapids
Theda
Eugene Kopecky
the Gazette
Burr
Louis Schultz
Oakhill meeting and local notices fill brief page
Oakhill citizens committee will meet Thursday at 3 30 p.m. at Jane Boyd Community House. J and D Coins buys old currency at 305 3rd St. SE. Public Auction set for Saturday June 17 at 1 00 p.m. 741 37th St NE. John M Gerber Plumbing and Heating Co Cedar Rapids wins a water services contract for 31 557 75, 2 under estimate. Jefferson concert choir and Westside Delegation return from Midwest tour with homecoming concert at 8 p.m. at Jefferson Arcade. inclement weather moves indoors. Western Station door glass damage around 400 reported. Mercy Hospital AA meeting fifth anniversary Thursday in Red Room. All Saints Church rummage sale. Town House games June 17 with daily doubles adv. YWCA fabric sale Friday 10 6 Saturday 10 12. Father’s Day plant promo from Peck’s Green Thumb. Postal service equipment auction Saturday in Cedar Rapids post office parking lot. Catholic Laymen regular Friday noon meeting at Bishop Cafeteria. Tools valued at 450 taken from 112 Second St NW. Three rings valued at 365 reported missing from 2409 Bever Ave SE.
Wrong address linked to fire at 710 Fifth Ave SE
John Keener of 1833 Fifth Ave SE said he is not the owner of the property at 710 Fifth Ave SE where a fire Monday afternoon damaged the neighboring house. Keener’s name appeared in a fire department item in Tuesday’s Gazette, but ownership remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Keener
Fifth Ave. SE
the Gazette
Keener
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Marilyn Joyce Waters Lockwood
Northwood Drive
James D. Lockwood
Alta Vista
Caldwell
Lockwood
Nixon
Hope United Church of Christ In
Lyle Greiner
Cedar Memorial
Hope United Church of Christ Memorial Fund
Sharon Denise Pruett
Springville
Stone City
Springville High School
John Pruett
Memphis
42Nd Street
Edgewood Road
Wilcox Cemetery
Viola
Goettsch
Anamosa
Janeba-Kuba
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Iowa
Flossie Isabel Reed
Groton
Conn
Harden's
Springfield
Chelsea
William N. Sichra
Hrabak’s
Rector
Belle Plaine
Lee B. Martin
Christ United Methodist Church
T.W. van Beck
Quasqueton
George W. Buck
Quasqueton Union Church
Mason-Harris
Farmersburg
Casper J. Schoulte
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Thornburg
McGregor
Larry Laverne Appleger
Holm’s
Mercy Hospital
Dows Dairy
Third Ave
Keith Anthony Maide
Isaac Junior
Rep
Thomas Ashley
Carter
House
Chicago
Linda Taylor
Illinois
Arlene Otis
University of Illinois
Callins
Gazette
C.R. News
Oakhill
Jane Boyd
3Rd St. SE
Jack Shepherd
John M. Gerber Plumbing and Heating Co
Jefferson
Westside
Midwest
First Ave. SW
AA Mercy
All Saints Church
Town House
Y.W.C.A
Dad
Ft.d
Peck’s Green Thumb
Adv
United States Postal Service
Bishop Cafeteria
Robert Burns
Knollshire Drive
Second St
Dorothy O’brien
Bever Ave
Brush Chapel
Solon
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
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