This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1988
Page
8
Death notices from Cedar Rapids list Marie Beyer 92 of Fort Gibson Oklahoma and others including Frank McDowell 79 and Neva Stoney 83 with surviving relatives. Memorials to American Cancer Society requested. Services set at Janeba Kuba and St Josephs Church with burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery.
Funeral services are announced for Douglas L. Becicka Carrie Doran Leo H. Moorman Paul R. Nowell Richard Stoltz and Elaine Argotsinger. Services occur in Brush Chapel Kuba Funeral Home St Josephs Marion Cedar Memorial Mount Vernon and Baxter Martins on various dates with burial at Czech National Oak Hill Mount Calvary Cedar Memorial Park and arrangements by local funeral homes.
Obituaries from Ella Allison to Ginhong Ahn report multiple deaths in Iowa areas including Anamosa Cedar Rapids Dubuque Tipton and Fairfield. Details list ages survivors and service times with burial sites and memorial funds. notes on arrangements and funeral homes.
Huth G. Refle 85 retired nurse died at Edgewood Convalescent Home four daughters Jean Bargren Norma Frohberg Hutha Sayre Helen Rowell brother Kenneth Bassett 14 grandchildren 3 great grandchildren Services 11 a m Friday Hope Lutheran Church burial Union Cemetery calling hours after 2 p m today at Leonard Witts Elkader prayer service 8 p m and after 10 a m Friday at church Merle W Elrick 87 died at Jansen Nursing Home after short illness worked 28 years at Rock Island Arsenal survivor brother Bert Maquoketa services 10 30 a m Saturday United Church of Christ burial Union Cemetery calling hours 4 8 p m Friday Carson's Masonic service 7 30 p m Friday night.
Alma M Woolfson 23 died at Mechanicsville Care Center after a long illness. Survived by husband L Arthur, a son Arthur A of Davenport, three grandsons and nine great grandchildren. Services 1 30 pm Friday at Homer's with viewing 3 to 7 pm today. Stanwood Cemetery. Memorials to Mechanicsville Ambulance. Galen Graves 68 died at Americana Healthcare Center Cedar Rapids after extended illness. Retired Rock Island Railroad employee. Surviving brother Louis and sister Ruth both of Cedar Rapids. Services 2 pm Saturday at Goettsch s with visitation afternoon. Burial Stanwood Cemetery. Sister 68 died Tuesday in St Luke s Hospital Cedar Rapids after short illness. He owned Hall s Feed and Grain before retirement. Surviving wife Louise a son Neal Sparks Nev a brother Warrell Washington two sisters Verla Graham New Hartford and Lucille Last Jefferson four grandchildren and a great grandson. Services 1 30 pm Friday United Methodist Church. Burial 1 pm Saturday Jefferson Cemetery Jefferson. Friends may call Eden s, family receiving 7 to 8 30 pm Friday. Memorials to church or Washington County Mini Bus.
Olive E. Johnson of Montezuma died at Mercy Medical Center Des Moines from a heart attack. Survived by sisters Margaret Johnson Montezuma and Nina Schooley Oskaloosa. Services 10:30 a.m. Saturday Watts' with visitation Friday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and 7 to 8:30 p.m. Burial at West Liberty Cemetery Searsboro. Memorials to cemetery fund.
Obituary notes the death of a Waukon resident with surviving wife Ethel a daughter Carol four brothers Elmer Orville Galord of Waukon Gordon of Stillwater Minn two sisters Margery Roderick Betty Nuehring and three grandchildren. Services 11 a.m. Saturday at St John’s Lutheran Church burial Oakland Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Friday at Martin’s.
The Supreme Court rules in Coy v Iowa that a one way screen blocking Coy from seeing teenage witnesses violated his right to confrontation. Justices differ on broader use and protection of child witnesses, sending the case back for further hearings to determine if the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.
Mary and Edwin Hadenfeldt of Solon welcome a son. Theresa and David Legg of 1940 A Ave NE have a son. Heidi and Thomas Leone of 2319 Ridgeway Dr SE report a daughter. Lisa and Todd Schultz of Solon greet a daughter. Deborah and Daniel Serbousek of Route 2 have a son. Teresa Vredenburg of 204 Fourth Ave SW reports a daughter.
Four Iowa residents including June Osterhaus and Jim Gene Osterhaus face conspiracy to manufacture marijuana charges tied to a Georgia cocaine transfer. Ken Osterhaus and Merle Kramer also charged as part of the scheme. Trial set for August in Cedar Rapids. Gene Osterhaus already serving a 16 year sentence for cocaine distribution and related conspiracy.
Eden supports a state funded Four Oaks day care initiative for abused or at risk children in Linn County. The program offers therapy for children and parents, with group work to aid healing and prevent removal from homes. Attendance is voluntary with parental support emphasized.
William H. Smith weds Terry u Shook and Paul D. Witter w Linda M. Langrock among Cedar Rapids license records. James McKiernan with Judy A. Steenhoek join Walter P. Ruden and Patricia R. Olsen, Jeffrey W. Wenzel and Julie A. Feldman, Charles D. Harrison and Cora L. Torrey. Larry E. Jones and Thersa M. Fordham listed with Cedar Rapids and Bakersfield, Calif residents.
Des Moines Iowa Lotto draws Wednesday show numbers 1 5 7 28 31 35 with a 3 million dollar Lotto Jackpot.
Illinois Lottery reports from Springfield show Wednesday draw results for Daily Game Pick Four Cash 5 and Jackpot. Daily Game numbers are 2 3 9. Pick Four 5 4 2 0. Cash 5 numbers are 4 8 11 12 35. Jackpot stands at 5 million dollars.
Hazleton resident Charles Shannon, 52, was killed in a single vehicle crash five miles east of Hazleton. The eastbound pickup crossed at C-57 and W-33, went airborne, landed in a ditch, and he died on arrival at Mercy Hospital Oelwein after the 8:08 p.m. report.
The Iowa Lotto prize rose to an estimated 3.3 million after Wednesday night drawings. Lottery spokesman Bret Voorhees said no winner matched all six numbers 1 5 7 28 31 36, with 33 players one number short. Five numbers paid 500, 1 411 matched four for 20, and 18 296 won a free play.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.