Obituary Notices Together Mark Cedar Rapids Area Deaths
Merrill L. Clemens 65 of Alburnett died unexpectedly at home. He was born Aug 22 1917 at Marion and married Esther Estill on July 3 1949. He was an electrician, WWII veteran, church elder, and member of multiple fraternal orders. Survived by wife three daughters five grandchildren and one sister. Funeral 10:30 a.m. Monday Baxter Memorial Marion. Burial Jordan's Grove Cemetery. Visitation today 2:30 9 p.m. and Monday 9 10:15 a.m. Level Lodge will hold Masonic services 7:30 tonight. Memorial fund established.
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Marion
Esther Estill
Alburnett
Clemens
Beethel Corp
Palo
Alburnett Christian Church
Level Lodge
Central City
el Kahir Shrine
The
Royal Arch Masons
R.A.M
Palestine Council
R&s.m
Apollo Commandary
E.T
Electrical Union
Alburnett Lions Club
Sheryl Nemec
Cedar Rapids
Pam Crosby
Janna Crosby
Delores Stimson
Grinnell
Baxter Memorial
Bob Lawrence
Jordan’s Grove
Carl A. Sorensen
Pioneer Ave
Mercy Hospital
Burlington
Iowa
Hazel Smith
Galesburg
Ill
Sorensen
Lutheran Church
ICOF
Cedar Rapids Washington High School
Coe College
Anna Sorensen
John
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Anna Marie Schroth
Margrethe Snowden
San Jose
Calif
Turner Chapel East
Ernest W
Wally” Tollefson
Second Ave
Hiawatha
St. Lukes Hospital
Calmar
Nina M. Thorson
Waukon
Tollefson
Nash Finch
Eagles
Hanford American Legion Post
Obituary notices list several deaths and services
Howard T. Frederick 65 of Cedar Rapids died after a long illness with services pending at Turner Chapel East. Eva F. Kouba 84 died at St Lukes Hospital arrangements also pending at Turner Chapel East. Howard Earl Fairley 10 a.m. Monday Lisbon funeral by Rev Fristad burial Lisbon Cemetery. Florence E Littleton 1:30 p.m. Monday Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories with two pastors officiating burial Cedar Memorial Park. Visitation today and Monday with memorials to Perrine Cancer Care Center in care of Mercy Hospital.
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Howard T. Frederick
First Ave
Cedar Rapids
St. Lukes Hospital
Turner Chapel East
Eva F. Kouba
21St St. SE
East Iowa Deaths Highlight Local Obituaries in Brief
Earl Connell 86 a retired carpenter died at home. Survivors include wife Valda son Leland daughter Evelyn and others. Services Monday 1 30 p.m. Grace United Methodist Church burial IOOF Cemetery visitation today at Nevenhovens. Lena Bazyn 87 died at Bethesda Care Center Toledo following illness. Survived by son William three grandchildren three great grandchildren Services Tuesday 1 30 p m at Hrabaks Chelsea burial Rector Cemetery visitation after 1 p m Monday at funeral home with 7 30 p m prayer. Saturday morning at Guttenburg Municipal Hospital. Long obituary fragment mentions Garnaville residents and extended family with services Monday 2 p m Tuecke Allyn Gar nville burial Garnaville City Cemetery visitation 2 9 p m today.
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Earl Connell
Valda
Leland
Carrollton
Texas
Evelyn Peterson
Moline
Ill
Marilyn Brannian
Brooklyn
Ross
Victor
Perry
Barnes City
Iowa
Orville
Ada Cummins
Sebring
Fla
Grace United Methodist Church
IOOF
Nevenhoven’s
Lena Bazyn
Chelsea
Bethesda
Toledo
William of
Hrabak’s
Rector Cemetery
Guttenburg Municipal Hospital
Irene
Forrest
Richard
Garnaville
Melvin
Maquoketa
Leonard
Elkader
Lillian Tow
Huntington
W.va
Ethel Meder
Davenport
Tuecke-Allyn
Rosie Popelka
Traer
Frank
Clutter
John
Stella Jesina
Henderson’s
Belleville
Kan
Bachelor-Faulkner-Dart
Hawkeye Deaths and Memorials Across Iowa
Obituaries list Ida M. Fritz 87 Hawkeye and others including William Hilmer 79, Arthur E. Thein 81, Nellie Hearn 90, Rosie Popelka 88, Eldon Leas 54 with funeral details. Surviving relatives named. services set at Trinity Lutheran Hawkeye Dysart White’s Henderson’s Schultz’s and local cemeteries.
West Liberty Man Buck Beaver 68 Dies at Home
Lawrence Buck Beaver 68 of West Liberty died Saturday at his rural home. Survivors include two sons Lyle of Iowa City and Richard of West Liberty, six grandchildren, his parents Mr. and Mrs Lloyd Beaver, two brothers Marvin and Donald, and a sister Luvere Jean Peterson. Services Tuesday 11 am at First Church United West Liberty. Burial Oak Ridge Cemetery. Visitation Monday afternoon and evening at Sni der's. A memorial fund is established.
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Lawrence
Buck’’ Beaver
West Liberty
Lyle
Iowa City
Richard
Lloyd Beaver
Marvin
Donald
Atalissa
Luvere Jean Peterson
Tipton
First Church United
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Snider’s
West Union Pansy Rowe dies at 89 in Cedar Falls
Pansy Rowe, 89, formerly of West Union, died Friday at Western Home in Cedar Falls. She is survived by sister Josephine Eastland of Henning Minnesota. Services set for Monday 2 p.m. at Bethel United Presbyterian Church West Union with burial at Rose Hill Cemetery Fredericksburg Iowa. Visitation after 2 p.m. today. Arrangements by Burnham-Wood's West Union.
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Pansy Rowe
West Union
Western
Cedar Falls
Josephine Eastland
Henning
Minn
Bethel United Presbyterian Church
Rose Hill Cemetery
Fredericksburg
Iowa
Burnham-Wood’s
Independence Woman Beulah Rathburn 84 Dies in Estherville
Beulah Marie Rathburn of Independence, age 84, died Friday at Good Samaritan Home Estherville Iowa. She leaves two daughters Dorothy Bungy Estherville and Norma Rathbun Arlington VA, seven grandchildren, four great grandchildren, and sister Donna Mosher Cedar Rapids. Services Monday 2 PM at White's Independence with burial at Wilson's Cemetery Independence. Visitation is open at the funeral home and a King's Daughters service is at 7:30 PM tonight. A memorial fund is established.
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Nellie Esther Hearn
Independence
People’s Memorial Hospital
Ann F. Keleher
Leona Higgins
Fern Scott
White’s
Oak Wood Cemetery
Beulah Marie Rathburn
Good Samaritan
Estherville
Iowa
Dorothy Bungy
Norma Rathbun
Arlington
Donna Mosher
Cedar Rapids
White’s, Independence
Wilson’s Cemetery
King’s Daughters
U S Infant Mortality Remains High Among Rich Nations
A Population Reference Bureau study places the United States 19th in 1980 infant deaths per 1000 live births at 12.5, behind Sweden and several other industrialized countries. Analysts cite race and teenage births as factors, noting gaps persist despite low overall rates.
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Washington
United States
Carl Haub
Independent Population Reference Bureau
Haub
Sweden
Japan
Finland
Norway
Denmark
France
National Center For Health Statistics
U.S
Kathleen Newland
Worldwatch Institute
Netherlands
Switzerland
Canada
Australia
Belgium
Spain
Ireland
Hong Kong
Singapore
New Zealand
United Kingdom
East Germany
West Germany
Austria
Italy
Israel
Malta
Czechoslovakia
Tornado-Touched Keswick Area Damages Farm Complex
High winds near Keswick in Keokuk County damaged a 20 year old machine shed and 17 hog huts on the Tom Sieren farm located a mile west and south of Keswick. Power lines and tree limbs were knocked down with no injuries reported. Funnel clouds sighted near What Cheer. Nearby Cedar Rapids saw lightning strike service lines at a residence. Showers and storms affected eastern, south central and southern Iowa overnight.
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Keswick
Keokuk
Keokuk County
National Weather Service
What Cheer
Cedar Rapids
Dennis Packingham
Bramble Road
Iowa
Mystery man sought in Fort Worth hotel fire
Fort Worth investigators seek a mystery man who helped use a fire extinguisher during a five alarm Ramada Inn Central blaze that killed five and injured 34. The man assisted with extinguishers after flames spread from rolled carpeting in a hallway, and vanished before others returned.
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Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Texas
Ramada Inn Central
Bob Frazier
Frazier
Richard Crain
Crain
Michael J. Martin 86 retired farmer dies in Volga
Michael J. Martin 86 a retired farmer died Friday morning at Lutheran Home Strawberry Point. Survived by three daughters Lavon Corrigan Jeanne Reynolds Sandra Roys three sisters Mary Cunningham Nora Freeman Verona Osmotherly ten grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services Monday 10 30 am Sacred Heart Catholic Church Volga. Burial church cemetery. Visitation after 2 pm today at Witt s Elkader with parish rosary at 8 tonight.
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Michael J. Martin
Strawberry Point
Lavon Corrigan
Oak Park
Ill
Jeanne Reynolds
Hot Springs
Ark
Sandra Roys
Waukon
Mary Cunningham
Nora Freeman
Verona Osmotherly
S.D
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Volga
Witt’s
Elkader
Notable Birth Announcements and Local Incidents
Vital statistics from Greeley and Boulder announce several births with parents and grandparents listed. Additional notes report medical emergencies, a faulty alarm, a gas leak, and a lightning incident affecting two televisions, with timestamps on Friday and Saturday. An 1862 Congress act referenced regarding slavery in U.S. territories.
Hospital wins court order to evict patient in Detroit
Wayne County Circuit Judge Claudia Malcom granted Sinai Hospital permission to evict 68 year old Allspencer Hopkins from a $335 a day private room if he does not leave by Tuesday. Hopkins is allegedly too ill to move while his wife Katherine Hopkins argues he remains suffering from a foot ulcer and would sue if removed.
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Detroit
Sinai Hospital
Wayne County
Claudia Malcom
Allspencer Hopkins
Sinai
Hopkins
Katherine
August Births Seen Most Popular Month in U S
Statistics show August as the peak birth month in the United States. By age 60 many have lost half their sense of taste and forty percent of smell. Mata Hari, famed World War I spy, was executed in a tailored suit for the occasion.
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The
United States
Mata Hari
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