Obituaries Chronicle Three East Iowa Deaths
Riley Mullin 64 of 4528 Regal Ave NE died June 29 1999 at home after illness. Arrangements are pending at Stewart Funeral Home. Robert Earl Hobson 66 of 1221 16th St SE died June 25 1999 at home after brief illness. Turner Chapel East handles arrangements. Survivors include two sons five daughters and sister Daisy Hurt Cedar Rapids. John Henning Nelson 70 of 3109 Terry Dr SE died June 28 1999 at Mercy Medical Center after emphysema. Services 1 PM Thursday Turner Chapel East. private burial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. He is survived by Marilyn wife two sons David and James grandchildren and extended family. memorials to American Lung Association and Camp Courageous of Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley Mullin
Regal Ave
Stewart Funeral Home
Robert Earl Hobson
16Th St. SE
Turner Chapel East
Daisy Hurt
Cedar Rapids
Alvinia
J.C
Henry Hobson
John Henning Nelson
Terry Dr. SE
Mercy Medical Center
Lloyd Brockmeyer
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Marilyn
David
Robin
James
Colleen
Chicago, Ill
Katie Nelson
Benjamin Nelson
Jeannette Reid Johnson
Janesville
Wis
Robert Johnson
Joanne
Beloit
Tom Johnson
Ann
Columbus
Ohio
Scott
Bradley Johnson
Anne Johnson
Edith Ricker
Santa Rosa
Calif
Wanda Nelson
Marinette
Stephen Nelson
Salem
Marinette High School
John
U.S. Army
First Cavalry Division
Japan
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Tau Beta Pi
Rockwell Collins
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
IEEE
American Radio League
Eastern Iowa
University of Wisconsin Alumni Association
Iowa Hawkeyes
Chicago Bulls
American Lung Association
Douglas Ave
Des Moines
Camp Courageous
Iowa
P.O. Box
Monticello
Warren L. Kent dies at 78 in Iowa City
Warren L. Kent, 78, died Monday June 28 1999 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Iowa City after an extended illness. Services set for 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Christ United Methodist Church with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery and military rites. He is survived by his wife Betty two sons Dennis and Dean a daughter Patti Leonard ten grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren L. Kent
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Iowa City
Christ United Methodist Church
David Weesner
Oak Hill Cemetery
Hrabak Funeral
Belle Plaine
Betty
Dennis
Brenda
Atlantic, Ga
Dean
Shirley
St. Louis
Patti Leonard
Marengo
Elmer Orcutt 68 longtime Earlville resident dies
Elmer E Orcutt 68 of Earlville and Coggan died June 27 1999 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center Des Moines after a sudden illness. Memorial services 10 30 a m Friday at Immanuel Lutheran Church with burial at Fairview Cemetery. He married Norma Hawker in 1951 and lived in Earlville before moving to Coggan 19 years ago. He worked 27 years for Harnischfeger Cedar Rapids retiring 1991. He enjoyed fishing traveling in their RV and visiting children in California. An Elmer Orcutt Memorial Fund is established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer E. Orcutt
Earlville and Coggan
Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Jean Rabary
Fairview Cemetery
Clifton Funeral Home
Earlville
Elmer
Clarence
Margaret Sulzner Orcutt
Buck Creek
Iowa
Norma Jean Hawker
Little Brown
Nashua
Coggon
Lutheran Church
Ryan
Harnischfeger
Cedar Rapids
California
Adventureland Park
Norma
Sheryl
Bob) Tudor
Cathy
Chuck) Harlan
Clovis
Calif
Douglas
Joette) Orcutt
Bradley Orcutt
Calvin
Raymond
Elmer Orcutt
Littleton Cemetery to hold stillborn Caitlyn Clayton service
Caitlyn Pearle Clayton died at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo Sunday June 27 1999. Graveside services are set for 11 a.m. Thursday at Littleton Cemetery in Littleton. Visitation begins after 7 p m at White Funeral Home in Jesup. Survived by parents Dawn and Charles Clayton II and brother Charles III of Jesup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caitlyn Pearle Clayton
Dawn and
Charles Clayton II
Covenant Medical Center
Waterloo
Littleton Cemetery
Littleton
White Funeral Home
Jesup
Charles III
Dusterhoff Dusty Keenan, Lone Tree, 57, dies after illness
Paul Dusty Keenan Dusterhoff of rural Lone Tree died June 28 1999 after a five month illness. Service 11 a.m. Friday at St Thomas More Catholic Church Iowa City burial Oak Hill Cemetery Coralville. Visitation 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Peterseim Funeral Home Kalona with family 2 to 4 and 5 to 8 p.m. and Friday after 10 a.m. at church. He was born January 24 1942 in Grinnell son of Clarence and Louise Keenan Dusterhoff. He owned Dustys Tire and Service Inc Coralville since 1981 and Dustys Tire and Service Lone Tree since 1991. Surviving wife Sue two sons Brian and Jason two sisters Mary and Marguerite and a brother George plus two grandchildren Brianna and Leah. Memorials to Iowa City Hospice or Indigent Cancer Patients Oasis of Hope Hospital California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dusterhoft
Lone Tree
St. Thomas More Catholic Church
Iowa City
David Hitch
Oak Hill Cemetery
Coralville
Peterseim Funeral Home
Kalona
Grinnell
Iowa
Clarence
Louise Keenan Dusterhoff
St. John’s Catholic School
Victor
Sue Castle
Dusty’s Tire & Service Inc
Dusty’s Tire & Service
CCA
Catholic Church
Sue
Louise
Brian
Twila
Jason
Austin
Texas
Mary
Dick Sadler
Casper
Wyo
Marguerite
Charles Wichmann
Dubuque
George
Norma
Cape Coral
Fla
Brianna
Leah Dusterhoff
Esther Irene Ruddlesdin dies at 89 in Manchester
Esther Irene Ruddlesdin 89 died June 28 1999 at Good Neighbor Home after an extended illness. Services 1 30 p m Thursday First Presbyterian Church with Reverends Wade Kir steatter and Sonda Kir steatter. Burial Oakland Cemetery. Survivors include son Loren Longview Wash daughter Laura Hess Manchester three sisters Leota Dettbarn Aurora Ruby Miles Delhi and brother Harry Brutsman Cherokee. Friends may call 2 to 7 p m today at Leonard Muller Funeral Home Manchester and after 12 30 p m Thursday at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Irene Ruddlesdin
Good Neighbor
First Presbyterian Church
Wade Kirsteatter
Sonda Kirsteatter
Oakland Cemetery
Leonard-Muller Funeral Home
Manchester
Loren
Longview
Wash
Laura Hess
Aretave Tyanyvnth
Noronly
Cusc OL Hopkinton
Leota Dettbarn
Aurora
Ruby Miles
Delhi
Harry Brutsman
Cherokee
Dale Shaffer 86 longtime Hawkeye area farmer dies
Dale Shaffer 86 of Springville died Monday June 28 1999 at St. Luke s Hospital Cedar Rapids after a sudden illness. Funeral services 315 pm Thursday Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories with burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation 4 8 pm today Cedar Memorial Funeral Home and after 2 pm Thursday at the chapel. He was born March 17 1913 in Paris Iowa. Survived by a daughter Laura Shaffer of Springville four sons Patrick Richard Dan and Tom, three sisters and two brothers. He had farmed in the Hawkeye area and retired from Rockwell Collins. A memorial fund is established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Shaffer
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
William Harnish
Cedar Memorial Park
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Laura Shaffer
Springville
Patrick
PPT
Pott Heights
Big
Richard
Keota
Dan
Tom
Winifred Hemphill
Walker
Anabelle Fritz
Marshalltown
Mary Buck
Lancaster
Calif
Marvin
Central City
Alan
Mina Beatty
Ethel Fay
Gerald
Donald
Dale
Paris
Iowa
Mathias
Alice Dudley Shaffer
Mary Brown
Hawkeye
Rockwell Collins
Harold D Van Fossen 1938 1999 obituary notice
Harold D. Butch Van Fossen 61 died June 28 1999 at home after a long illness. Services Thursday 10:30 a.m. Murdoch Funeral Home Center Point with Rev Nick Longworth. Calling hours 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home burial Center Point Cemetery. Born Toledo Iowa January 20 1938. Survived by Patricia Ann Kessler his wife seven grandchildren two sons Randy and Brad and one daughter Kenneth and Bruce Klendworth Doris Coberly Dorothy and Gerald Van Fossen. Retired from Rockwell Collins 1993. Burial established in Harold s memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce
Troy Mills
Dorothy
Gerald van Fossen
Center Point
Doris Coberly
Toledo
Iowa
Gerald D
Dorothy A. Brennaman van Fossen
Patricia Ann Kessler
Cedar Rapids
Harold
Rockwell Collnts
Local names listed for Iowa towns and residents
A roster of individuals tied to towns including Belle Plaine Cedar Rapids Chelsea Earlville Iowa City Jesup Lone Tree Manchester Mechanicville Postville Springville Walker Washington and others with given names and nicknames in a compiled notice. The document shows residents such as L. Kent Hobson E. Orcutt Sally Keegan Dusty Keenan Esther Ruddlesdin and Oren Jones among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Plaine
Warren L. Kent
Cedar Rapids
Robert Earl Hobson
Riley Mullin
John Henning
Nelson
Chelsea
John H. Hoffa
Earlville
Elmer E. Orcutt
Iowa City
Sarah
Sally”’ Keegan
William
Bill’ Lee
Jesup
Caitlyn
Pearle Clayton
Lone Tree
Paul
Dusty
Keenan Dusterhoft
Manchester
Esther Irene Ruddlesdin
Mechanicsville
R. James Cruse
Postville
Emma B. Dreier
Springville
Dale Shaffer Walker
Harold D
Butch” van Fossen
Washington
Oren H. Jones
Chelsea Man John H. Hoffa dies after illness
John H. Hoffa 54 of Belle Plaine dies June 28 1999 in Mercy Hospital Des Moines after a sudden illness. Services 10:30 a.m. Friday at First Lutheran Church Belle Plaine. Burial Winslow Cemetery Chelsea. Visitation after 3 p.m. Thursday at Hrabak Funeral Home Belle Plaine and after 9:30 a.m. Friday. He is survived by Nancy two sons Jon and Jeff and their wives Maggie Noland and Amy and a daughter Kelly Sherrod and Tim, a brother Rudy and Peggy, and seven grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Hoffa
Belle Plaine
Mercy Hospital Medical Center
Des Moines
First Lutheran Church
A.J. Wollenburg
Winslow Cemetery
Chelsea
Hrabak
Nancy
Jon
Maggie Noland
Ames
Jeff
Amy
Kelly Sherrod
Tim
Alvarado
Texas
Rudy
Peggy
Washington man Oren H. Jones 81 dies after illness
Oren H. Jones 81, formerly of Washington Kalona and rural Wellman, died Monday June 28 1999 at Parkview Manor Wellman after a sudden illness. Services 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Yoder Powell Funeral Home Kalona with Rev. David L. Yoder. Burial McArtor Cemetery near Wellman. Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m. tonight at the funeral home. He is survived by three daughters Sherry Luers Keota Phyllis Huston Wyoming Iowa and Pamela Burke Washington Iowa a son Dennis Lovington New Mexico four brothers Otha Nyle Vic Von and a sister Louise Sohm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oren H. Jones
Washington
West Branch
Wellman
Parkview Manor
Yoder-Powell
Kalona
David L. Yoder
McArtor
Sherry Luers
Keota
Phyllis Huston
Wyoming
Iowa
Pamela Burke
Dennis
Lovington
N.M
Otha
Nyle
Vic
Paradise
Calif
Von
Mesa
Ariz
Louise Sohm
Omaha
Neb
Mechanicsville veteran James Cruse 74
James R Cruse 74 of Cedar Rapids formerly Mechanicsville died June 28 1999 at Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids after a sudden illness Graveside service 11 am Thursday Rose Hill Cemetery with military rites no visitation Arrangements by Morgan Funeral and Cremation Choices Mechanicsville He is survived by two sisters and a brother and five nieces and three nephews He was born June 19 1925 in Iowa City son of Dr Andrew W and Florence Cruse He was an iron worker and member Iron Workers Union No 89 AFL CIO He served as military policeman in WWII in New Guinea and in Luzon He was a lifelong member Busch Dennis American Legion Post 309 and a longtime member of AA The family will receive friends at the Memorial Building Mechanicsville after the service for lunch In lieu of flowers memorials to American Legion Busch Dennis Post 309 or Auxiliary PO Box 73 Mechanicsville IA 52307 or charity of choice
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Bill’’ Lee
Second St
Cordova
Iowa City
Mercy Iowa
Mercy Hospital Foundation
Mr. Lee
Richard
Martha Easter Lee
Patricia Penney
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
City High School
Protein Blenders
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Pat
Brooke Clark
Keith
Redwood City
Calif
K.C. Shackles
Doyle
San Diego
Bill
Thomson, Ill
Patrick
Patricia
Santa Barbara
Jan
Jack
Marian
Riverside
Caitlan
Travis
Jamie
Bob
R. James Cruse
Cedar Rapids
Mechanicsville
Mercy
Iron Workers Union No. 89
Afl-Cio
U.S. Army
New Guinea
Luzon
Philippines
Busch-Dennis American Legion
Memorial
American Legion
Busch-Dennis
Charity of Choice
Emma Dreier 95 former Postville resident dies in Wisconsin
Emma B. Dreier age 95 of Prairie du Chien Wisconsin, formerly of Postville, died Monday afternoon June 28, 1999, at Prairie Health Care Center after a brief illness. Arrangements are pending at Schutte Funeral Service in Postville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma B. Dreier
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Postville
Prairie Health Care Center
Schutte Funeral Service
Obituaries and Funeral Arrangements Summary
Obituaries list funeral details for Lucille Charipar Evelyn Dolezal Lucille Fagan Lila Fields Louis Kopecky Euphrashia Darlene McMullen and Matthew Rinas. Services at St. Jude St. Wenceslaus St. Pius X Cedar Memorial Murdoch Linwood Brush Chapel Christ Episcopal with burial at St. John's Linwood Cedar Memorial Park Mount Calvary. Burial sites include Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Mount Calvary Cemetery Linwood Cemetery and St. John's Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille K. Charipar
St. Jude Catholic Church
Dennis Quint
St. John’s Cemetery
Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home
Evelyn Dolezal
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Brush Chapel
Lucille J. Fagan
St. Pius X Catholic Church
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Paul Zimmerman
Phil Gibbs
Shriners Hospital For Children
Lila L. Fields
del Bear
Linwood Cemetery
Louis Kopecky
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Euphrashia Darlene McMullen
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
Dave Higdon
Kenwood Park United Methodist Church
Matthew Joseph Rinas
Christ Episcopal Church
Gary Coffey
Mount Calvary Cemetery
In Memory of Wanda Skeesick
In memory of Wanda Skeesick born September 15 1924 died June 30 1998. The text recalls her gentle nature and faithful service with lines about a golden heart and hardworking hands now at rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Obituary Submissions Guidelines and Deadlines
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The
Gazette
Iowan Everest trek companion dies in I 80 crash
Matt Gaumer 28 who joined Dr Chuck Huss on a Mount Everest bid died after a three vehicle collision on I 80 near Colfax. His wife Amy Carter 26 injured underwent surgery and was being treated at Iowa Methodist Medical Center. The Iowa Patrol investigates the Sunday crash as Gaumer’s family plans a Des Moines funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowan
Gazette News
Iowa City
Matt Gaumer
Chuck Huss
Huss
Gaumer
Colfax
Amy Carter
Carter
the Gazette
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Minnesota
Iowa Methodist Medical Center
U of I
Barbara Gaumer
Matt
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