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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1983
Page
2
Obituary notices list Florence E. Littleton 79 longtime Cedar Rapids resident Esther Teslow 65 former Cedar Rapids resident Ernest Tollefson 65 Hiawatha Howard Earl Fairley 73 Lisbon Marie S Evans 93 Cedar Rapids area death notices include service details, survivors, and memorial contributions across Mercy Hospital Cedar Memorial and local cemeteries.
Memorial services held today at Turner Chapel East for James W Beagle at 10 30 a m with burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery and a memorial fund set up. Estelle C Peschau also honored today at Turner Chapel East with inurnment in Cedar Memorial Mausoleum and casket to be closed. memorials suggested to First Presbyterian Church Hallmar at Mercy Hospital or charity of choice.
Multiple East Iowa obituaries are reported for Earl Connell Beulah Rathbun Esther Hatcher Marie Koch Lois Miller Michael Martin Elkader Grace Robbins Lester Stone Oliver Brown and others. Entries note ages residences survivors service times and burial plans with area churches cemeteries and funeral homes listed and memorials where indicated.
Vital statistics report births listed for Mercy on June 17 including families in Lisbon Luzerne Marion Cedar Rapids and Des Moines with numerous parental names and addresses. Omaha Nebraska birth noted for Louise and Dennis Barr a daughter on June 16. Grandparents and relatives are named for several entries across Cedar Rapids Meeker Stratford and other locations.
Brides and others who change their names should update Social Security records and apply for a new card. To obtain a card reflecting the new name while preserving the existing Social Security number, they must provide evidence of both old and new names, such as a marriage license.
Washington County officials ruled the death of Lester Stone, 90, a death by own action. Stone, a retired farmer from the West Chester area, died at his home about 12:30 p.m. Thursday from a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head, according to Medical Examiner Dr. Dennis Shimp.
Rick Springfield played at the Five Seasons Center with new material from Living in Oz and classic hits like Jessie’s Girl. The crowd roared as fans swooned for his stage antics and souvenir sales outside the venue. Police reported a calm show with one preexisting illness incident among a concertgoer.
In Warsaw, Pope John Paul II warned that the 1980 agreements recognizing Solidarity must be put into effect as he met Communist Party leader Wojciech Jaruzelski at Belvedere Palace. Jaruzelski defended policies and spoke of progress toward normalization, while the pope urged reconciliation during private talks that extended beyond planned time. Martial law history and ongoing detentions frame the visit as Poland faces political crisis and unemployment.
The article notes UNI officials at Ball State University and a detailed profile of Curris, plus a Polish papal visit in Czestochowa with Solidarity banners and a private meeting with Lech Walesa. Authorities warned of uncertainty following papal remarks and protests ahead of the pope’s Niepokalanow trip.
Eldon Anton Leas, 54, of rural Waterville died on arrival at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon after losing control of a pickup on a gravel road 17 miles southeast of Waukon. Officials suspect a heart attack as he drove alone towing an empty bale wagon. The vehicle veered off the road, climbed an embankment, and overturned. Memorial services are pending at Schultz's Funeral Home in Monona.
LeRoy Snyder, a Winneshiek County man, sues three Berns brothers and local officials in Cedar Rapids alleging he was beaten and disarmed on the Berns North Postville farm after driving onto the property on June 17 1981. He seeks unspecified damages for property loss injury and distress plus punitive damages.
Four individuals were arrested and charged with drunk driving in Linn County late Thursday or Friday. Michael A. Davenbaugh, 32, was booked for disobeying a traffic control device after a 9:41 p.m. Thursday arrest on 16th Street SE. David J. Gosch, 21, faces a disobeying a traffic signal charge after a 2:15 a.m. Friday arrest on First Avenue NE. Thomas H. Sylvester, 36, was arrested at 3:05 a.m. Friday in Marion for drunken driving. Patrick J. Christen, 19, was arrested in Fairfax about 10:45 p.m. for drunken driving and disobeying a traffic signal.
The thought reflects Miguel de Cervantes asserting that God bears with the wicked for a time but not indefinitely, conveying moral instruction in a concise reflection from the Spanish writer.
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