Deaths in Linn County and Cedar Rapids area obituaries
Dennis R. Sylvester 34 of Marion died in a Tuesday automobile crash near Manchester. Funeral services Friday at 1 p.m. at Murdoch Funeral Home Marion with calling today 4 to 9 p.m. Burial at Dunkard Cemetery Midway. Survived by wife Kim, son Cody, parents Larry and Bethel Sylvester, siblings Philip and Mark, grandparents LeRoy and Edie Wood, mother in law Carol Reeder, and many relatives. Barbara Lou Feerick 56 of Vista California formerly of Cedar Rapids died in Vista after cancer. Cremation. private graveside service later in Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by husband Robert, son Robert Jr, daughter Teresa Scow, parents Karl and Helen Clendening, sister Nancy Baker, brothers Karl Clendening and Gary Clendening. Virginia A. Thomas 77 of Willow Gardens Marion died Tuesday at Mercy Medical Center after long illness. Private family memorial at Murdoch-Linwood. inurnment Linwood Cemetery. Surviving: sons Jerry and Mike, daughter Starlett Pegump, six grandchildren, four great grandchildren. Born February 5 1915 in Patoka Indiana to Harry and Abbie Wheeler. married Merle Thomas May 29 1942 in Charleston Missouri. He died February 15 1967 in Cedar Rapids. She worked in Mercy Medical Center housekeeping for 10 years.
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Dennis R. Sylvester
Schmickle Rd
Marion
Manchester
Murdoch Funeral Home
Dunkard Cemetery
Midway
Kim
Cody Raymond Sylvester
Larry
Bethel Sylvester
Philip
Cindy
Mark
Lisa
LeRoy
Edie Wood
Cedar Rapids
Carol Reeder
Waukon
Bethel Schmickle Sylvester
Kimberly K. Reeder
Ar-ray Building Products
Ducks Unlimited
American Home Lighting Institute
Otter Creek Gun Club
Eugene McDaniel
John Harrell
Barbara Lou Feerick
Vista
Calif
Palomar Hospital
Cedar Memorial Park
Robert
Robert Jr
Teresa Scow
Phoenix
Ariz
Karl
Helen Clendening
Nancy Baker
Hiawatha
Karl Clendening
New York City
Gary Clendening
Boulder, Colo
Virginia A. Thomas
Willow Gardens
Mercy Medical Center
Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home
Linwood
Jerry
Oregon
Mike
Starlett Pegump
Patoka
Ind
Harry
Abbie McReynolds Wheeler
Merle Thomas
Charleston
Glen L. Walter
Garwin
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Iowa City
Overton Funeral Home
Joyce
Lyndon
Marshalltown
Wesley
Alabama
Deborah Walter
Des Moines
Sharman Swanson
Larry Cahow
Mike Cahow
Belle Plaine
Pat Aldrich
Geneseo, Ill
Lyle
Raymond
Mount Ayr
Kansas City
Kan
Richard
Denver
Colo
Edna Jones
Brad Allen Wikner
Farmersburg
St. John Lutheran Church
Farmersburg-Wagner Cemetery
Schultz
Monona
Kris and
Clark Wikner
Dan
Neil
Carroll Oelke
New Hampton
Vernon Wikner
Helen
Raphael J. Michels
West Village Care Center
St. John’s Catholic Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Hazleton
White Funeral Home
Clement
Norman
Independence
Walter
Cedar Falls
Eveline Wengert
Loretta Michels
Duluth, Minn
Margaret Jenkins
la Porte City
Bertha Sepulveda
Rosalie Rohde
Fayette
Dorothy Dame
Whitten
Lillian R. Short
Covenant Medical
Michael
Keokuk
Rita Monahan
LeGrande
Ore
Louis Weber
Memorial service for Marie C. Hansell at St Matthew's
Services set for Marie C Hansell at 10 a m today at St Matthew's Catholic Church. Burial to follow at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery with Rev Scott Bullock officiating. Memorial donations to charity of donor's choice.
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Marie C. Hansell
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Scott Bullock
Obituaries and Notices From The Gazette
Vera Mae Norman Pedersen 88 of Crestview Acres Nursing Home Marion died after a long illness arrangements pending Turner Chapel West Roy W Rathbun 75 of 412 Second St SW died at Veterans Affairs Medical Center Iowa City arrangements pending Teahen Funeral Home Out of Town Death Jack M Lear 66 of Prairie Du Chien Wis died Tuesday services 11 a m Saturday United Methodist Church Prairie Du Chien burial Evergreen Cemetery visitation 4 to 8 p m Friday Lake Thornburg Funeral Home Prairie Du Chien Survivors include wife Wanda son Murray brothers Richard Delbert Clarence and sister Betty Funeral home guidance and obituary pricing are outlined by The Gazette with contact details for submission
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Vera Mae Norman Pedersen
Crestview Acres Nursing Home
Marion
St. Luke’s Hospital
Turner Chapel West
Roy W. Rathbun
Second St. SW
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Iowa City
Teahen
Jack M. Lear
Prairie du Chien
Wis
United Methodist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Lake Thornburg
Wanda
Murray
Richard Lear
Solon
Delbert Beardsley
Knoxville
Ill
Clarence Beardsley
Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
Elmer E. Patterson
University Hospitals
Carson Funeral Home
Maquoketa
Delmar
Vera
Linda Patterson
Brenda Paulsen
Patricia Clark
Larry
David
Homestead
Ava Wooley
Gladys M. Smith
Oakwoll
Winterset
George L. Gay
Linda Jordan
Mary Carpenter
Plymouth
Minn
Long obituary list from area deaths in Iowa
Multiple obituaries detail deaths from Garwin to Farmersburg and beyond. Notices name ages, death dates, funeral arrangements, burial sites, and survivors including spouses, children, and siblings. Services set or pending at local funeral homes with call times and parish or cemetery details.
Opponents sue to halt sale of WOI-TV in Iowa
Opponents led by Glenn Norris filed in Story County District Court seeking an injunction to block the sale of state owned WOI-TV to Citadel Communications for 14 million dollars. The suit challenges Regents procedures and cites legislative veto power amid ongoing university concerns and a July 8 court hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Woi-Tv
Glenn Norris
WOI
ISU
Paul Lasley
Norris
Conlin to plead guilty to drunken driving in Iowa case
Roxanne Conlin announced she would plead guilty to first offense driving while intoxicated after an off duty Johnston officer reported an erratic driver. The Des Moines lawyer and former gubernatorial candidate was arrested at 9:20 p.m. in West Des Moines after allegedly refusing a blood alcohol test.
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West Des
West Des Moines
Bernie Taylor
Conlin
Polk County
Iowa Department of Transportation
West Branch to host 10-watt traveler information radio
The FCC grants West Branch a 10-watt AM station on 690 to provide 24 hour non commercial travel updates along I-80. Partners include the Hoover Library Association and National Park Service. The system serves about 34 000 daily vehicles near exit 254 and aims for an Aug 8 9 launch for library museum rededication events.
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Gazette West Branch
Federal Communications Commission
National Park Service
The
Hoover Presidential Library Association
Iowa Department of Transportation
West Branch
IDOT
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Travelers’ Information System
Iowa
Bill Baker
Information Station Specialists
Zeeland
Mich
Hoover Presidential Library Association of
West
Denver
Hoover Historic Site
Vital Statistics Notices From Mercy and St Luke's
Birth announcements list Aden Adrienne Wesley, Louis Wesley, and others at addresses in Cedar Rapids and Marion. Daughters and sons named with dates June 23 24. Marriage licenses show multiple pairs including Kendall, Henry, Houck, Thedens, and more. Dissolutions enumerate numerous couples splitting across multiple towns with full names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrienne
Louis Wesley
Lawndale Dr
Kelly
Joe Ickes
10Th Ave
Marion
Richard A. Kester
Helen Uv. Kendall
Michael J. Henry
Elisa K. Stanislaw
John H. Houck
Nicole M. Dahl
John M. Steepleton
Michele L. Higgins
Randall V. Parks Jr
Tamara A. Symonds
Gerald S. Farrier
Ninette N. June
John R. Thedens
Lisa G. Ross
Cedar Rapids
Jeffrey A. Ness
Keri L. Knoblauch
Jonathan H. Morrison
Mar
Two Killed and Six Injured in Multi Vehicle Semi Crash
A semi trailer plowed into four vehicles in a single lane construction zone on Highway 63 two miles north of Oskaloosa Iowa. Driver Michael Baker died at Des Moines hospital. Leslie Bowns died at the scene. Donald Richards survived but was seriously injured. A child passenger, Daniel Baker, was treated and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Iowa State Patrol
Donald Richards
O’fallon
Highway 63
Michael Baker
Eddy
Leslie Bowns
Bowns
Daniel Baker
Richards
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Crash survivor in fair condition after two killed
Dixie Lauer a 46 year old Lima Ohio woman survived a Tuesday car crash that killed her husband Lester 58 and Dennis Sylvester 34 of Marion. The near head on collision occurred at 3 16 p m on Highway 13 two miles south of Manchester as Sylvester crossed the center line into Lauer's path.
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Ohio
St. Luke’s Hospital
Dixie Lauer
Lima
Lester
Marion
Dennis Sylvester
Schmickle
More Iowans Tested For AIDS Across State
Des Moines report shows 5 276 Iowans were tested in three months at 13 free anonymous sites. Health officials note many are the worried well as awareness grows. By May 356 AIDS cases had been reported in Iowa. No jackpot winner in Lotto drawing leaves pot at 4.6 million for Saturday.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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