East Iowa Obituary Roundup Spurs Distant Tributes
Multiple deaths are reported with survivors and service details. Clifford Woerdehoff dies at 66 in Dubuque with a Cascade family. Frances Delaney, 78, mourned in Spring Grove area. Florence Sheetz, 84, Decorah resident. Frank Kolar, 89, Muscatine native. Bertha Myers, 88, Coralville connections. Also listed are Richmond Wandling, Dorothy Snyder, Mrs. C. L. Henderson, Leeta Johnson, Neva Schave, and Albert Schave family memorials and funeral plans across Iowa communities.
Iowa Executive Council Nehcts Blue Cross Blue Shield Plan
The Iowa Executive Council voted 3 to 2 to keep Blue Cross Blue Shield for state medical and dental insurance instead of switching to John Hancock. The panel had recommended Hancock and Bankers Life for certain coverages while rejecting that change. The total package costs about 27 million for 27 000 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
Iowa Executive Council
John Han
John Hancock Insurance
Executive Council
Bankers Life
Hancock
Eagle Stores Say No Plans to Remove Gravy Mix
Eagle Discount Supermarkets say no recall or withdrawal of Gravy Master Seasoning and Browning Sauce after three bottles in New Jersey were found tainted with nicotine sulfate. Gravymaster Inc. found no further tampering. officials say the letters cited were anonymous and tampering occurred in stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Discount
Eagle
the Gazette
New Jersey
Lyle Weas
Milan
Ill
Gravymaster Inc
Norwalk
Conn
Weas
New York Post
Gravymaster
Linn County awards three contracts to Cedar Rapids firms
The Linn County Board of Supervisors awarded three construction contracts to Cedar Rapids companies. Zodac Construction won the Witwer Building remodel at 305 Second Ave SE for 118,464 combined bid. D C Taylor won the County Care Facility reroof at 316,687, and Gee Grading and Excavating won the Squaw Creek Park Road extension at 51,166.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Cedar Rapids
Witwer
Second Ave. SE
Zodac Construction
D.C. Taylor
Berry the Develop
Squaw Creek Park Road
Gee Grading and Excavating Inc
George Legore Sumner 79 Dies After Auto Accident
George Legore Sumner aged 79 died Sunday in Papillion Nebraska after an auto accident. He left two step-sons Jerry Hadley of Dysart Dale Hadley of Salida Colo a step daughter Donna Moore of Howard Colo a sister Karla Maach Grand Junction Iowa three brothers Harold Churdan Iowa Harry Lykkegaard Denmark Arney Lykkegaard Denmark and 11 step-grandchildren eight step-great-grandchildren. Services set for Thursday at 9 30 a.m. Becker Milnes callers after 3 p.m. Burial Thursday at 3 30 p.m. Brown Funeral Home Lohrville Iowa with burial in Lohrville Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Legore
Papillion
Neb
Jerry Hadley
Dysart
Dale Hadley
Salida
Colo
Donna Moore
Howard, Colo
Harold
Churdan
Iowa
Harry
Arney Lykkegaard
Denmark
Karla Maach
Grand Junction
Becker-Milnes
Brown Funeral Home
Lohrville
Lohrville Cemetery
Vital Statistics Births and incidents listed in Iowa City era
Vital statistics record multiple births including Karen Schall Robin Level and a list of births in Iowa City Toledo Eugene Ore and Cedar Rapids families. The-itemized notes include overheated conveyor belt incident 717 16th St NE and medical emergency 2132 E Ave NE plus a gas fire risk at 634 28th St SE and a car backfire at 12th Ave and 15th St SE. Police investigation ongoing at Council St and Hollywood Blvd SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
16Th St
E Ave
28Th St. Court
12Th Avenue
15Th Street
Council Street
Hollywood Boulevard
Thought for today wisdom lingers quote
Noted aphorism by Alfred Lord Tennyson in a 19th century medical English poetry context. Mentions a 136 Janice Drive Northwest address and an emergency timestamp of 10:27 p.m. Monday. The fragment references knowledge and wisdom as enduring concepts within a historical frame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Janice Drive
Two Killed In Des Moines Motorcycle Crash During Police Chase
Des Moines police pursued a northbound motorcycle at about 2 a.m. on East 14th Street. The bike, traveling near 100 mph, crashed and killed Paul Michael George 28 of Des Moines and Robert Jeffrey Pelkey 25 of Mission Texas. Pelkey died at the scene. George died later at a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Paul Michael George
Robert Jeffrey Pelkey
Mission
Texas
R.C. Wooters
Polk County
Pelkey
George
East 14Th Street
Jeep crash victim dies in Des Moines
Julie Robb a 16 year old Moravia resident died at a Des Moines hospital after a single vehicle crash at the Centerville reservoir. The Jeep driven by Russell Lawson 20 of Centerville lost control on a hillside curve went through a guardrail fell ten feet onto its top and rolled into the water. Five other people were injured in the accident but Robb was the only one seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Julie Robb
Moravia
Centerville
Robb
Russell Dean Lawson
Miss Robb
Lawson
Officials identify 2 drowning victims in Des Moines River
The Van Buren County Sheriff’s Department named two Fort Madison men as the drowned victims from Des Moines River. Charles Rippenkroger, 43, and his brother Mark, 38, were identified though their bodies had not been recovered. Deputies, conservation officers, and firefighters had been dragging the river and planned to continue with Linn County officials joining the search.
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Farmington, Iowa
van Buren County
Des Moines
Charles Rippenkroger
Mark
Fort Madison
Iowa
Linn County
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METRO
Jessie Louise Anderson
Eastern Blvd
Mercy Hospital
Booneville
A. Dwight Anderson
Waukon
St. Luke’s Hospital
Quaker Oats Co
Younkers Department Store
D. Dean Anderson
Lewistown
Mont
Jane Hansen
Tahlequah
Okla
Mary Jo Anderson
John C. Howes
Northbrook
Turner Chapel
Earl Butz
Sioux Falls
S.D
R. Park Anderson
Portland
Ore
Mount Hope Cemetery
New Albia
Perrine Cancer Care Center
10Th St
Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Virgil Facion
Ray
Millard
Chicago
Charles E. Glover
Oak Hill Cemetery
39Th St. SE
Zelina M. Wiese
Cedar Rapids Fifth Avenue
Rock Island
Piggly Wiggly and
Eagles
VFW
Leon Aalberts
Mount Clark Cemetery
Central City
Frank T. Washington
Eighth Ave
Omaha
Hildra Clark
City of
Joe J. Paukett
Ave
Iowa County
Ford Motor Co
Detroit
Mich
American Legion
Hanford
Elizabeth Robertson
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
American Cancer Society
Frank Shimek
Richmond Road
Penick and Ford
Paul
Robert
Edward
Minneapolis
Mary Holland
Oshkosh
Wis
Turner Chapel West
Linwood Cemetery
Christ Panos
Greece
Mary Calamaggas
St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church
James Tsoulos
Ave. NE
Garnatz
Neil K
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Marion
J. Robert Cunningham
Oak Shade
Murdoch Funeral Home
Hartl
Dora
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Louis Trzil
St. John’s Cemetery
Brosh Chapel
Kovacik
Ernestine Blazek
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Gary Hunstad
Bertha L. Dearborn
12Th St
Goettsch
Anamosa
Teresa Mattox
Bloomfield
Ind
University Hospital
Iowa City
Turner Chapel East
Cascade
Clifford William Woerdehoff
Mercy Health
Church Cemetery
Decorah
Frances R. Delaney
Lutheran
la Crosse
Sharon Storlie
Spring Grove
Minn
Jennie Invick
Holmen
Decorah Lutheran Church
Stevie
Lutheran Cemetery
Florence B. Sheetz
Decorah Hospital
Thomas
Frank M. Kolar
Church St
Muscatine
Johnson County
Catherine F. Conway
University of Iowa
Allis Chalmers
Donald
Anna Parizek
St. Louis
Mary Kron
Bertha Swanson
Donohue-Lensing’s
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Bertha Carney Myers
Fourth Ave
Coralville
Parnell
George Myers
Myers
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Altar and Rosary Society
The
Golden Age Club
Richmond L
Dutch” Wandling
Highland Dr
Milo
Thelma Adamson
Ing Tipton
Guy’s
Owen’s Brush Company
First Christian Church
Gene
Perry
Des Moinnes
George L. Gay
Robert Welsh
Montezuma
Dorothy Snyder
Rogers
Ark
Rogers Hospital
Private Duty Nurses of
Iowa Lung Association
Mental Health Institute
Mount Pleasant
Clarinda Hospital
George S Snyder
Richard Dale
Eleanor
Central United Methodist Church
United Methodist Church
Rust College
Holly Springs
Miss
Toledo
C.L
Lucy) Henderson
Sunny Hill Center
Tama
Clarence
Henderson Funera Home
Kenneth
Camdenton
Evelyn Witt
Mesa
Ariz
Henderson’s
Woodlawn Cemetery
First United Methodist Church
Leeta A. Johnson
Virginia Gay Hospital
Lucille Hill
Clearwater
Fla
Gladys Berry
Vinton
First Baptist Church
Campbell Russell
Albert
Neva) Schave
Madison
Albert Jr
Las Vegas
Nev
Lyle McBurney
Madrid
Norma Dahlstrom
Martin’s
Oakland Cemetery
John Accola
Allen Koplin
Linn
Linn Advocates
Joe Rinas
Gee
Palo
Iowa Department of Transportation
Sumner
Kathie King
1Ath Ave
Karen
Larry Schall
Glen Elm Drive
St. Luke’s
Harriet Meyer
Maplewood Drive
Robin Level
19Th St
Nancy
Marion Sick
Blairstown
Deborah
Michael Bowman
Monticello
Regina
Michael Oldfather
van Horne
Robert Stoll
Mount Vernon
Sally
Patrick Kenney
Joseph Kenney
1715
James Colbert
Wilson Ave
Debbie
Ray Formanek
William Jensen
Third Ave
Eugene
Cheryl
Donald D. Hartman
Don Hartman
33Rd Ave
John Lane
Daniel L. Roberts
Penny E. Spieth
Jeffrey L. Hamblin
Peggy A. Stephens
Kenny C. Carstens
Valerie J. Teasley
Jeff L. Coady
Solon
Marsha K. Milbach
Mark A. Heathman
Janice M. Mackey
Ely
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
Cation
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