Deaths list Cedar Rapids area notables and services
Multiple obituaries from Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns note deaths of Paul L. Jones 75, Chris H. Stauffer 54, Thomas Rex Newman 55, William McMurrin 82, Dr Edward H. Beretta 76 and other residents. Details include birth dates, marriages, occupations, affiliations with Lions and Elks, military service, survivors, and funeral arrangements with dates, times, and locations across Cedar Rapids, Independence, Solon, and nearby communities. Services are scheduled in Beatty-Bearle-Murdoch, Cedar Memorial Chapel, and White Funeral Home with burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery or local cemeteries. Memorials to Lions Eye Bank or Cancer Fund are suggested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul L. Jones
Carroll Drive
Cedar Rapids
Annie Dyer
Anamosa
Jones
Kirkwood Community College
Beatty-Bearle- Murdoch Chapel
Floyd Conroy
Knox Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Iowa Lions Eye Bank
Chris H. Stauffer
Holly, Mich
Pontiac
Mich
Phyllis Hagarty
Detroit
Franklin High School
Drayton Plaines
Chris W
Robert
Mark
Kathlene
Sue
Pontiac, Mich
Harold
Center Point
Betty Smith
Coats Funeral Home
Ottawa Park Cemetery
Cancer Fund
Thomas
Rex) Newman
Simi Valley
Calif
Albert Lea
Minn
Marie Friedl
The
Friedl] Paint Co
Newman
Joyce
Gates, Kingsley and Gates Funeral Home
Los Angeles
William LaRue McMurrin
Independence
Peoples Memorial Hospital
Morley
Frances White
Wilson Foods
Albert
Roger
Waterloo
Wilbur
Neil
Norman
Dewayne
Pauline Johnstone
Des Moines
Alvin
Central City
Arlene French
Tillie Townsend
White Funeral Home
Forest Chapel Cemetery
Edward H. Beretta
27Th St
Solon
Red Lodge
Mont
Venita H. Lewis
Rock Island
Masonic Lodge No. 4
Iowa City
Davenport
Iowa Veterinary Medical Association
American Veterinary Medical Association
Joan Gerber
Marion
Jean Stepanek
John
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
Don Caspers
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
American Diabetic Association
Diabetic Research Fund
University of Iowa
Weather Report and Extremes Across Regions
Wind direction and velocity at 11 a.m. SW at 8 mph. Sun rises 5 31, sets 8 45. Year ago today high 67, low 57, precip .41. Extended forecast clear to partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers mainly west Friday to Sunday. Highs mid 70s east to mid 80s west. lows mid 50s to mid 60s. National temps: high 114 Coolidge Arizona, low 40 Glen Falls and Elmira New York. Showers spanned from Texas Panhandle to Tennessee Valley and southern Appalachians, heavy rainfall in northern Arkansas. Harrison 1 314 inches since Tuesday morning. nearly 7 inches since Tuesday. Flash flood watch for northwestern and northcentral Arkansas and northeastern Oklahoma. Other showers across eastern Dakotas to western Great Lakes. Occasional thundershowers Kansas and southern Idaho. Reports of 1 39 Macon Georgia, .95 Knoxville Tennessee, .80 Charleston South Carolina, 68 Asheville North Carolina. Northeastern U.S. remained cool. Overnight lows in 40s from Michigan to New England. Detroit record low 47.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennessee Valley
Appalachians
Atlantic
Gulf Coasts
Harrison
Dakotas
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Kansas
Idaho
Macon
Knoxville
Tenn
Charleston
S.C
Asheville
N.C
Lower
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
New England
Upper Michigan
Detroit
Births Mercy June 17 and Ohio location noted for newborns
Vital Statistics lists births from Mercy with multiple families: Nadine Palmer in Iowa City area has a son. Donna Rae Fett and Louella Diaz welcomed daughters. Therese Graw and Sarah Knight announce sons and daughters. Nadine and Jeffrey Fett, etc. At Cleveland Heights Ohio Jean Navratil welcomed a son. Grandparents listed for Cedar Rapids area families. Also includes incident notes: alarm malfunctions, rubbish fire, and responses with times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Rae
Jeffrey Fett
19Th St. NW
Louella Diaz
12Th St
Therese
Larry Graw
14Th Ave
Sarah
Richard Knight
Meadowbrook Drive
Linda
David Keith
Parkview Drive
Marion
Jane
Roger Suchomel
Vinton
Cleveland Heights
Ohio
Jean
Frank J. Navratil
Donald R. Zamastil
Highland Drive
Economy steady at $2.07 trillion annual rate in May
In May the economy held at a $2.07 trillion annual rate as Americans shift from inflation hedges to recession cushions. Personal savings reached $85.1 billion with a 4.9 percent after tax income rate, up from 4.5 percent in April, while personal spending fell for the second straight month. Purchases of durable goods like appliances, furniture and cars dropped by more than $23 billion across April and May.
Labor Department reports jobless claims hit record highs
During the recession initial unemployment claims rebounded to record levels. The Labor Department said 675,000 first time claims were filed for the week ending June 7, up 50,000 from the prior week, tying the May 17 high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Department
Iowa Court Strikes Down Auto Guest Statute Rationale
In a 1979 Iowa ruling, Justice Rees finds no rational basis for classifying drivers and guests under the state auto guest statute. The decision cites New Mexico precedent and warns the law’s overinclusive and underinclusive reach, affecting nonpaying guests and potential collusion. The piece notes the Salt II treaty signing by Carter and Brezhnev on the same date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rees
Iowa
New Mexico Supreme Court
New Mexico
LeGrand
Carter
Leonid Brezhnev
Vienna
Senate
Transfer motion expected for youth charged in Davies assault
A 17-year-old Cedar Rapids youth faces a transfer to adult court for the weekend assault on Roger Davies 16, with Linn County attorney planning to file early next week. Davies remains in critical but stable condition at Mercy Hospital after the 2:50 a.m. incident. The boy, who turns 18 in October, already faces a separate Juvenile Court simple assault charge from a June 1 incident and is under house arrest with strict conditions pending July 7 court appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Davies
Linn County Attorney’s Office
Robert Kimm
Linn
Kimm
Cedar Rapids
Davies
Sue Lane
33Rd Ave
Mercy Hospital
Brent Harstad
Collins union sets cost of living vote
Local 1362 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers will vote Sunday on restoring cost-of-living provisions in the Rockwell Collins contract. A tentative agreement on reinstating the clause was reached last week. Members meet at 2 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Cedar Rapids. balloting closes at 6 p.m. The clause was suspended in last year’s agreement as wages and fringe benefits were chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Rockwell- Collins
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Cedar Rapids
Rockwell-Collins
Honor America Words of Freedom by George Washington
A landmark appeal emphasizes national unity and shared struggle for independence and liberty, urging Americans to prize citizenship above local labels and to honor the collective effort behind the nation's triumphs.
Northwestern Iowa band wins government surplus uniforms
Meri den Cleghorn's marching band snapped up government surplus uniforms for 10 dollars each, beating Cooper who wanted them for a new touring band. Superintendent Leland Anderson and 18 year old Breta Oswald flew to Los Angeles with Fuhrman to fetch the outfits, sewing on brass before the trip west. The uniforms will mark the first real attire for the Northwestern Iowa high school band, which had performed in purple blazers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meriden-Cleghorn
Cooper
Roller
Leland Anderson
Fuhrman
Breta Oswald
Miss Oswald
White House
West Coast
Los Angeles
Anderson
Northwestern Iowa High School
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Hazleton
Robert “Bob” Bahe
St. John Lutheran Church
Fairbank
Brant-Kern’s
Oelwein
Hazleton Cemetery
Hopkinton
Viola Lux Kelsey
Sacramento
St. Luke’s Catholic Church
Goettsch’s
George A. Wine
Brant Kern
Newhall
Campbell-Russell
Weather Report
C.R. Weather
Coolidge
Ariz
Glen Falls
Elmira
N.Y
Coralville Lake
Bismarck
Chicago
Cincinnati
Sss
Kansas City
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Omaha
Scree
St. Louis
PtCldy
Sioux Falls
Seasegaasea Rice
River Stages LaCrosse
Lansing
Evsneuss Seevscsovnre
Eaduoes
Dam
McGregor
Guttenberg
Dubuque
Eee
Anchorage
BOL Arccssses Escseres Ne
Keithsburg
Atlanta
Miami
Keokuk
Boston Bismar
Nashville
Clinton
N.orleans
Denver
New York
Cedar
C.R
Cossessesessees
Duluth
Phoeni
Honolus Houston
Seattle
Nadine Palmer
First St
Rhonda
Steven Juehring
Pirie Drive
Hiawatha
Chris
Steve Voigt
Oklahoma Ave
St. Luke's
David L. Galbraith
Nancy N. Veatch
Kenneth D. Ormiston
Jo A. Tupper
Alfred L. Moeller
Mary J. Welsh
Steven A. Sauerbry
Laurel A. Siefer
David S. van- Dee
Vickie L. Ward
Ricky E. Lust
Dawn M. Beck
Douglas R. Cole
Swisher
Jeanne M. Brammer
Cedar Rap
Robert L. Fowler
Kelly K. McConaughy
Springville
Donald M. Lees Jr
Laura A. Kelly
Tom W. Hille
Teresa L. Bjornsen
Rose M
Robert E. Hoglund
Richard C
Donna R. Hootman
Harold A. II
Shirley M. Trosky
Hazel Ann
John D. Winder
Beverly C
David L. Upah
Charlene Marie
Bruce Robert Peterson
David A
Cheryl A. Engeltjes
Jess A
Myra Deane Banard
Dawn Lee
Edward Parry Batie
Cathy L
Robert E. Melchert
Alfred B
Marilyn E. Brydon
Pheasant Drive
Cedar Slough
Sixth St
Henry County District Court
Jodi Bierkamp
Ricky Gene Rogers
Ira Morrison
Rogers
Supreme Court
John. E. Lapes
Third Avenue S.E
Collins Union
HONOR
George Washington
Gazette
Pierson’s Flowershop & Greenhouses Inc
Ellis Blvd
Avenue Floral & Botanicals
16Th Avenue
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