Obituaries list for Cedar Rapids and region
Obituary notices report deaths of Loren D. Anderson 47 of Ottumwa Elsie C Thayer 73 Cedar Rapids Hiram Boyles 82 Naples Fla Cleveland Lam 98 Astoria Ill Russell Johnson 57 Martelle Paul Lockwood 70 Cedar Rapids Patricia Bulmer 47 Cedar Rapids Frances Angott 93 Casey area and many funeral details for local residents with services and burial arrangements in Iowa and Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Catherine Thayer
G Ave
Mercy Hospital
Elsie C. Smith
Norway
William J. Thayer
Cedar Rapids
Century Engineering Co
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Sheila Meyer
John Gossman
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Teahen Funeral Home
Hiram D. Boyles
Naples
Fla
Florida
Marion
Theresa Killian
Telephone Pioneers of America
Southwestern Bell
Trojan Masonic Lodge
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Iowa State University
David W
Wichita
Kan
Bess Boyles
Milwaukee
Moorings Presbyterian Church
Hodges Funeral Chapel
Cleveland Lam
Astoria
Ill
Springville
West Virginia
Robert
Lizzie Bucher Lam
Della Groff
Brookings
Ore
Nellie White
Lemont
Bessie Stauffer
Trotwood
Ohio
Velma Ritchie
Gaston
Ind
Russell E. Johnson
Martelle
St. Luke’s Hospital
Newhall
Betty Kleineck
Mount Vernon
Martello
Roger
Cedar Falls
Daryl
Iowa City
Vernon
Barry
Washington
Ronald
Salt Lake City
Utah
Scott
Susan
Elaine Coombs
Gaylord
Delmar
Myron
Center Point
Donald
Linn Grove United Presbyterian Church
Russell Proffitt
Lisbon
Linn Grove Cemetery
Goettsch Funeral Home
Anamosa
Grother
Missy Sue
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Murdoch Funeral Home
Holcomb
Laurena L
Murdoch Chapel
Central City
Gary Burnett
Morgan Funeral Home
Presbyterian Church
Lisbon-Mount Vernon
First St. West
Bertha
Kuba Funeral Home
Robert Duffett
Edgewood Baptist Church
Czech National Cemetery
Beryl R. Averill
Bertha Sisler
Averill Investment Co
Dewees
Juanita L
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
Donald Caspers
Deputies search Cedar River for drowning victim near Mount Vernon
Linn County deputies drag the Cedar River near Mount Vernon for George C. Yoder after a Sunday jump from the Ivanhoe bridge. Witnesses, including Larry Gouchee, describe the final plunge and recovery attempts as investigators confirm clothing matches and wait for a body to be found.
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Ivanhoe Bridge
Highway 1
Mount Vernon
Frank
Cleaning and polishing aluminum lawn chairs guide
Use fine steel wool dipped in kerosene to scrub dull unpainted aluminum until it gleams. Wipe clean and avoid contact with chair webbing or tubing. Wash color coated aluminum with detergent, rinse, then apply automobile paste wax for protection.
PLO seeks honorable retreat as Beirut siege continues
Trapped PLO forces negotiate an honorable retreat from West Beirut amid Israeli siege. Arafat signals readiness to leave. reports say evacuation by ships under PLO flag may occur. Israel warns of assault if Beirut stronghold not abandoned. civilian casualties tallied in the thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PLO
Israel
Yasser Arafat
Beirut
Israel Radio
Baabda
Kedar
Lebanon
Hinckley shocked by verdict not guilty by insanity
John Hinckley Jr says he was shocked last week when a jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity in the Reagan shooting. He prepared a four page speech for sentencing day and now says he would leave St. Elizabeths if doctors deem him well, a decision up to a federal judge. He notes his remorse for James Brady and denies beating the rap. He praises his hospital quarters and says he is treated politely as “Mr. Hinckley.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Washington
John Hinckley Jr
Reagan
Hinckley
St. Elizabeths Hospital
James Brady
St. Elizabeths
Journalists identified among six killed near Suchitoto
Six journalists, including Harrison a British UPITN worker and Eduardo Vazquez Becker a Guatemalan journalist, were involved in a strike near Suchitoto as the army closed the two mile road. The others are Carlos Rosas Gaitan Rafael Magana Pedro Garcia and Victor Tovar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
UPITN
Hillsborough
N.C
Eduardo Vazquez Becker
el Salvador
Carlos Rosas Gaitan
NBC
Vital Statistics births and local emergency logs
June births listed for Evelyn Swyter Bruce Swyter Jensen Kinzenbaw Van Amburg Chettinger Hiepler Kennedy Rife Hoover Squires Kearney and other families. Grandparents and addresses noted. Then a sequence of recent emergency calls at Cedar Rapids area addresses with times and types including medical emergencies false alarms car fire and investigations.
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Marcey
Mark Jensen
Cross Parkway
Hiawatha
Cathleen
Fritz Kinzenbaw
13Th Ave
Julie Ann
Robert Squires
Toddville
Correction and clarification on show winners and reporting
The Gazette acknowledges an error in Sundays garden page Anne Weaver was misnamed in the Peck's Amateur Rose Show results Weaver won second place in Best Miniature Single category Information on accuracy fairness and completeness of reports will be corrected in this space Readers may call 398 8313 with complaints about coverage.
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Anne Weaver
Peck
Weaver
The
Gazette
Chicago Woman Sues for $450000 Over Birth Background
Thirty years ago a Chicago woman now 40 sues to recover at least $450000 claiming her birth background was concealed by her family. The filing argues medical and emotional damages tied to the concealment and seeks a jury trial.
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Chicago
Gilbert Stuart Portraitist of Founding Fathers
Gilbert Stuart, born in Rhode Island, studied in England under Benjamin West. He became a leading American portraitist noted for Washington Jefferson Madison Monroe and other founders. Despite talent, he was lavish and indebted, moving to Dublin before returning to paint Washington portraits. The first Washington likeness is on the one dollar bill.
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Gilbert Stuart
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
Rhode Island
England
Benjamin West
Stuart
Dublin
United States
Washington
Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates by carrier 1.65 weekly. by mail Morning Editions and Sunday seven issues 8.054 weeks 85.80 52 weeks. other states and territories 123.00 52 weeks. No mail subscriptions outside carrier areas. Associated Press has exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches. USPS 095680.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
Also Mentioned on This Page
Loren D. Anderson
Fourth St. NW
Ottumwa
Shirley Clark
Wilson Foods
First Church of the Open Bible
Afl-Cio
P-3
Qren Anderson
Marsha Sherbon
Walker
Patty Anderson
Wayne
Larry
Brian
Leland Anderson
West Des Moines
Kenny
Virginia Holmquist
Grand Rapids
Minn
Joann Finneman
Neal B. Gail
Turner Chapel West
E Ave
Church of the Brethren
Woodland Cemetery
Paul C. Lockwood
Elmhurst Drive
Turner Chapel East
Patricia A. Bulmer
Bever Ave
Camdenton
Waterloo
C. Ted Bulmer
St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church
White Shrine and Daughters of the Nile
Harold Whelan
Lincoln
Barbara Ann
Beth A
Chris C
Bill H
Louis Whelan
Colo
Gary N. Roe
Friends
Meadowbrook Drive
31St Street
Frances Angott
Edmonds
Wash
Frances Smith
Casey
Ariel Angott
Des Moines
Ivan
Garland
Texas
Philip
Sara Jones
Edmonds, Wash
Belle Plaine
Lawrence “Watt” Waters
Hrabak
John P. Rieger
Shelly’s
Manchester
Oakhill
Strawberry Point
Laurine Welch
Roberson’s
Waukon
Willis Fuller
Martin’s
Oakland Cemetery
Y Jonathan Reed
Harts
Hart
Larry Gouchee
Gouchee
Yoder
Beirut, Lebanon
Palestine Liberation Organization
West Beirut
Damour
Post
Salvador
Suchitoto
National Guard
Evelyn and
Bruce Swyter
29Th St. SW
St. Luke’s
Spencer
Wis
Janie
Kevin Kearney
Bonnie Cooley
Bowling St
Paul Swalley
Swisher
Larry R. Patterson
Katherine E. Elgin
Jerry D. Johnson
Jeanne M. Datlik
Maxine
Eugene Charles Sievers
Ann E
Robert S. Murray
Cherie E
Allyn Lee Gothe
Teresa L
Lance Scott
Carolyn A
William A. Mungoven
Mary Ann
Robert Ray Elliott
16Th Ave
C Ave
Edgewood Road
55Th Ave
First St
Fourth St
First Ave
30Th St
Patricia Lane
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
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