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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1998
Page
8
Dorothy A. Tomkins 71 of Cedar Rapids died June 27 1998 after a short illness. Services Friday 5 to 8 PM at Cedar Memorial Funeral Home with burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by husband Lyle and two sons James and Martin and their spouses and three grandchildren. Leonard Aksamit and Anna Stodola Aksamit family note. Leonard and Leonore Richardson Elsworth obituary details provided. Memorials to Meth-Wick Community Foundation requested.
Clarence T Windfield 92 of Cedar Rapids died Saturday June 27 1998 after a long illness. Services 3 p.m. Wednesday Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories with Rev Martha Bennett. Burial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call 5 8 p m Tuesday at Cedar Memorial Funeral Home and after 2 30 p m Wednesday at the chapel. He is survived by wife Mary a son Loren and wife Barbara of Alburnette two daughters Ona Young of Central City and Deanna Brown and husband David of Meridian Mississippi two brothers Edgar and Lloyd of Grand Island Nebraska nine grandchildren and many great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents first wife and three sisters Lilly Myrtle and Mabel. Born June 17 1906 in Merrick County Nebraska to Thomas and Lydia Wagner Windfield. Married Hanna Helzer April 12 1928 in St Libory Nebraska. She died 1978. He married Mary Jones October 22 1980 in Bassett Nebraska. He was a farmer and was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. A memorial fund established.
Medora Gesina Heitshu sen 79 of Blairstown died June 28 1998 after a sudden illness at Colonial Manor Care Center Amana Services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Grace Lutheran Church burial Pleasant Hill Cemetery visitation 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Overton Family Funeral Home Blairstown Survivors include three daughters Dianna McGarey Des Moines Beverly Heitshusen Ankeny Phyllis Bierschenk Blairstown a brother Gilbert Sandersfeld Cedar Rapids and three sisters Dorothy Fenton El Toro Shirley Nagel Hur on Ohio and Roma Phelps San Diego.
Grace E Dean 90 of Atrium Village died Sunday June 28 1998 in Mercy Iowa City after a sudden illness. Arrangements are pending at George L Gay Funeral Home and Crematorium Iowa City.
Janet G Soldwish, 57, died Saturday June 27 1998 in People's Memorial Hospital Independence after a sudden illness. Services are Tuesday at First United Methodist Church with cremation. Visitation after 6 p.m. at White Funeral Home Independence. Survivors include husband Reg a daughter Tanya Soldwish of Davie Florida two sons Timm Soldwish of Troy Alabama and Trent Soldwish Zoole of Lincoln Nebraska mother Opal Guenther and brothers Ben and Bill Guenther all of Boone sisters Anna Clark Albert Lea Minnesota Cathy Roberts Knoxville Tennessee.
Oliver G Kann 35 died Sunday June 28 1998 at Mercy Health Center Dubuque. Arrangements are pending at Tuecke All y n Funeral Home Guttenberg.
Private committal following a 7:30 pm service at Brush Chapel with friends to meet after 4 pm. A later date is planned for the private interment.
Mildred E McCurdy 93 died Sunday June 28 1998 at Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after a brief illness Private family services to be held at Goettsch Funeral Home Monticello Burial in Oakwood Cemetery Survivors include two daughters Shirley and Donna Bohlken six grandchildren ten great grandchildren and one great great grandchild Husband Vern Kellogg and sister Alma are noted McCurdys Paint and Floor Covering operated in Monticello from 1944 to 1978 Memorials suggested to Riverside Gardens or Camp Courageous
SIGOURNEY Mildred (Mrs. Robert) Wyllie, 91, of San Diego and formerly of Sigourney, died Saturday June 20, 1998, in Mission Hills California after an extended illness. Graveside services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Pleasant Grove Cemetery. No visitation. Holm Funeral Home of Sigourney handling arrangements. No immediate survivors.
Bertha Yearous, 101, of Elgin died Saturday morning June 27, 1998, at Good Samaritan Center West Union after a long illness. Memorial services are set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Illyria Community Church rural Elgin with Rev Arley Ellingson. Leonard Funeral Home Elgin is handling arrangements. Survivors include two sons Jerome Cedar Falls and Charles Pleasant Valley and a step daughter Gladys Hackmann West Union.
Robert K Cummins Sr. died June 27 1998 at Mechanicsville Care and Rehab Center after a brief illness. Services set for 11 a m Wednesday at Penzien and Steele Funeral Home Bay City Michigan with visitation 2 to 5 p m Tuesday. Burial Floral Gardens Cemetery Bay City. Survived by wife Florence two children Barbara Knack and Robert Jr a sister two brothers seven grandchildren and two sisters and a brother. He retired from Dow Chemical Co Midland and moved to Tipton from Brookville. Salvation Army Michigan Branch c o Robert Cummins Jr 204 Parkview Dr Tipton Iowa 52772.
Richard R. Bastian of Maquoketa, aged 57, passes away at home. Arrangements are pending at Haylock O Hara and Lahey Funeral Home in Maquoketa.
The Gazette lists obituary submission hours and charges. News items publish basic notices with survivors and a photo, while additional details, including employment and hobbies, incur 35 cents per word. Second-day notices and out of town deaths use the same rate. For more info call 398-8221.
Memorial note honors Michael Jon Foster and Joshua David Wood with timeless verses about remembrance. The families express love and wish for smiles and gentle memories rather than sorrow. They invoke nature as a comforting presence and look toward a reunion in heaven.
Public notices outline how to submit memorials with a deadline Monday through Friday by 4 p.m. and costs: 35 cents per word plus $10 per picture. Questions are invited to contact the office for details.
Rhodes AP. Jesse Jackson seeks to shift the presidential debate as he mulls a third bid for the Democratic nomination. He rallies labor and farm activists in central Iowa, denounces giant hog farms, and presses for liberal coalition building while signaling an open question about a candidacy.
Judge Gary McKenrick dismissed charges against Tuxedo's Show Club, ruling nude dancing is theater like Southern Comfort Free Theater for the Arts. He noted two stages, lighting, dressing rooms and theater licenses, with annual city payments. Sheriff Bladel called the ruling a halt to morality patrols for now.
Court records reveal DNA linked the baby to Steve Schwenke and Carole Bowe of Le Claire. Bowe admitted giving birth and burying the infant in a shallow grave under a bush after investigators found the body dug up by a dog. The April 21, 1997 discovery and ongoing investigation are noted by Sheriff Mike Bladel.
A man reports being hit on the head and robbed by four young men in the 400 block of South Gilbert Street in Iowa City just after 2 a.m. They demanded money, took his wallet, and fled north to Burlington Street. He sustained swelling and leg abrasions.
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