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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1990
Page
12
Obituary notices from Linn County list Judith Stern and others with service times and locations across Cedar Memorial Murdoch and Stewart funeral homes. Details include births, marriages, survivors, burial sites, cremation, and memorial funds with dates, times, and clergy.
Eloise M. Backstrom, 78, of 45 17th Ave. SW, died Sunday at Mercy Medical Center after a short illness. Services are pending at Kuba Funeral Home East.
Multiple obituaries from Eastern Iowa list Ethel Flickinger 81 died at Virginia Gay Hospital Vinton after a brief illness. Davyl Redlinger 69 died in Iowa City following a short illness with survivors including his wife and children. Elizabeth McElree 65 died in Covenant Medical Center Waterloo after a long illness, with survivors and services noted at Grandview Cemetery Fayette. Additional notices include Lester Denison 78 and Kite Knowling 54 with arrangements pending and services planned, plus memorials to cancer fund and life underwriters roles.
Robert E Harmon aged 59 died Saturday at Washington County Hospital after a long illness. He worked twenty years for McCleery Cumming Co. Survived by brother Gary of Modesto California and sister Betty Graham of Indianapolis. Services set for 1 p.m. Tuesday at Edens funeral home with Rev Herbert Yoder officiating. Burial in Eldon Cemetery with VFW graveside rites. Friends may call after 9 a.m. today. family to receive visitors 7 to 9 p.m. Memorials to VFW.
Jerry D Strawn 22 died Sunday morning in a car accident near Westgate. He worked as a lathe operator at R and D Manufacturing New Hampton after positions at Transco Delwein and Bachman Tool and Die Independence. Survivors include parents Delbert and Anna Mae Strawn of Oelwein three brothers Dave Independence Steven Blue Springs Mo Rick Oelwein a sister Christine Masters Oelwein and grandparents Loretta Strawn Oelwein Olivia Hermsen Independence. Services 4 pm Wednesday Sacred Heart Church Burial Woodlawn Cemetery Oelwein. Visitation after 2 pm Tuesday at Brant Kern Jamison's with Scripture service 7 30 pm Tuesday. Memorial fund established.
Hor, a Cambodian refugee who spent years in a concentration camp and fled to Thailand, recalls the loss of his friend Phillip to a land mine. Arriving in the United States in 1984, he lived with Cedar Rapids hosts, finished high school in 1987, and studies at Kirkwood aiming for a foreign service career. He hopes to help others and return to Cambodia if invited by the U.S. government.
Volunteer opportunities listed include LIV Leaders in Volunteerism contact Terri for requests, Tanager Place needs volunteers for emotionally disabled children, Catherine McAuley Learning Center seeks literacy tutors, RSVP needs 15 volunteers for meal deliveries, Cedar Rapids Vets Center seeks a professional counselor, Freedom Festival calls for volunteers to coordinate button sales, Meals on Wheels needs volunteers, Sports Expor Sis recruits helpers for mentally disabled adults in a June event at Coe College, MELD for Young Moms seeks on site child care, Muscular Dystrophy Association needs mailings assistants.
Jerry D. Strawn age 22 died when his pickup veered off County Road W-13 south of Westgate and crashed into a metal culvert. Deputies said he may have fallen asleep. the vehicle flipped onto the culvert and pinned him. His body was found at 8:30 a.m. Sunday.
Corin thian Kripp Johnson founder of the 1950s doo wop group the Del Vikings has died of cancer at his Pontiac home. He was 57 and helped form the first racially integrated rock n roll group in 1955 with Ritzy Lee Johnson.
Community notices list boxing bingo venues and times, garden services, florists, drapery sales, upholstery, and local trades. It also notes medical practice changes, free promotions at Dairy Queen, library story time, and public bingo sessions at Knights of Columbus venues.
June 24 Nancy and Randy Lowenberg announce a daughter Cheryl and Jim Carney welcome a son. June 23 Melinda Stewart in Vinton reports a son Kathryn Smith at 1736 Meadowdale Drive. June 24 Heidi and Ronald Gage at 435 Robbins Road Hiawatha announce a son Kristina McCann at 1500 Third Avenue Southeast Apt 4 a daughter.
Springfield numbers drawn for the Daily Game 6 9 4 and Pick Four 2 4 5 2. Jackpot stands at 20 million dollars.
Drivers Ivan Alspaw and Merritt Harpole pilot a 1928 Ford Model A Dirt Tract Speedster from Dallas and Mohank through Harrison New York to a 4000 mile dash to Anaheim California. About 120 pre 1936 cars compete over 13 days with a Cedar Rapids pit stop Thursday at Duffy's Collectible Cars.
Nobody matched all six numbers in the Lotto America or Iowa Lotto draws on Saturday. The Lotto America jackpot rises to an estimated 10 million by Wednesday with winning numbers 1 17 24 38 50 54. Iowa Lotto will be 600 thousand for Wednesday's drawing after no one hit the six numbers 3 5 6 8 21 25.
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