Cedar Rapids Obituaries and Services Noted for Feb 28 2001
Edna Bowersox dies. services 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Shueyville United Methodist Church. Private committal at Shueyville Cemetery. Cecil Peters, 89, of Cedar Rapids, dies Feb 28 at Mercy Medical Center. Arrangements pending at Cedar Memorial. Bob Mitchell, 77, of Cedar Rapids, dies Feb 28 at St Luke's Hospital. Services 1 p.m. Saturday at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories. burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Lois and family members across several states. Carl Franks, 93, of Cedar Rapids dies Feb 28 at home. Services 10:30 a.m. Friday at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home with military rites. Burial at Linwood Cemetery Mausoleum at a later date. He served in the Navy during WWII and worked as a monotype operator and photographer. Memorials to Indian Creek Nature Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Bowersox
Shueyville United Methodist Church
Shueyville
Shueyville Cemetery
Brush Chapel
Cedar Rapids
Cecil N. Peters
Koehler
Robert G
Bob’’ Mitchell
Juniper Dr
St Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Lois
Robert P. Mitchell
Bonnie
Debra M. Mitchell
Joan M. Thomas
Steve
San Jose
Calif
Anne E. Tisue
Roger
Bettendorf
John G. Mitchell
Rochester
Minn
William Mitchell
Bellingham
Wash
Elaine Condit
Lois Freeman
Robert
Marion
Iowa
Warner G. Mitchell
Hilda M. Stickney Mitchell
Lois M. Parks
Maquoketa
Iowa State University
John Hancock Insurance Co
Beech Aircraft
Cherry Burrell
Naval Air Corps
Carl Emery Franks
16Th Ave
Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home
del Bear
Linwood Cemetery
Dolores
Thelma _ Loufek
Leonard
Port Charlotte
Fla
Robert Loufek
Washington
Jim Loufek
South Carolina
Carl
Hayden
Lillie Bear Franks
U.S. Navy
Sea Bees
Indian Creek Nature Center
Mabel C. Staffenbeal 83 Died in Belle Plaine
Mabel C Staffenbeal 83 died February 27 2001 at home in Belle Plaine after a lingering illness. Services held 10 a m Saturday at First Congregational United Church of Christ Belle Plaine with Rev Al Wagner. Burial Victor Memorial Cemetery. Visitation 2 to 8 p m Friday at Hrabak Funeral Home Belle Plaine. Survived by nephew John Des Moines niece Virginia Zamastil Belle Plaine grandnephew Michael Omaha and grandniece Terri Lopenz Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel C. Staffenbeal
First Congregational United Church of Christ
Belle Plaine
al Wagner
Victor Memorial Cemetery
Victor
Hrabak
John
Des Moines
Virginia Zamastil
Michael
Omaha
Terri
Husband Lopenz
Eroyle J Buscher 62 Dies After Illness In Weslaco Texas
Eroyle J Buscher 62 of 2210 O Ave NW Cedar Rapids died Feb 26 2001 in Knapp Medical Center Weslaco Texas after a short illness. Funeral services 1 pm Friday Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories Rev Brenda Peconge officiating. Burial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials to National Kidney Foundation of Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eroyle J. Buscher
O Ave
Knapp Medical Center
Weslaco
Texas
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Brenda Peconge
Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
John
Marcey Northrup
Jerry
Cedar Rapids
Jeffrey
Eayle
Cheyenne
Wyo
Craig
Peg
Des Moines
Virgil McQueen
Dee
Delwein
Sharon Nemecek
Ken
Shellsburg
Sandy
Wendy
Butch
James
Kenna
Brianna
National Kidney Foundation of Iowa
William F. Ryan obituary notes eight children and two siblings
William F. Ryan 81 died February 28 2001 after a long illness at his home. Services 11 a m Saturday at St Patrick Catholic Church Ryan burial Calvary Cemetery Ryan. Visitation 2 to 9 p m Friday at Leonard Muller Funeral Home Manchester with rosary at 4 p m and Scripture service at 6 30 p m. Friends may also call 10 a m to service time Saturday at the church. He leaves eight children Beverly Burke Rae Lyness Thomas Ryan Sandra Miller Iteves Scherbring Patricia Lyness Jean Avis and Dennis Ryan, two sisters Bernita Moore and Mary Coutier, and two brothers Mark and Robert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Ryan
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Ryan
Kenneth Glaser
Calvary Cemetery
Leonard Muller Funeral Home
Manchester
Beverly Burke
Walker
Rae Lyness
Thomas Ryan
Sandra Miller
Clarence
Iteves Scherbring
Patricia Lyness
Jean Avis
Cedar Rapids
Dennis Ryan
Clifton
Bernita Moore
Kalamazoo
Mich
Mary Coutier
Bloomington
Minn
Mark
Burnsville, Minn
Robert
St. Paul
Obituary notices for Ellen Carpenter and three others
Obituaries announce Ellen Carpenter 90 of Walker Minnesota died February 27 2001 after a brief illness. Services February 27 2001 at Trinity United Methodist Church with burial in Aitkin Minnesota. Memorials to Salvation Army. Also notice William T Werden 83 of Maquoketa Iowa died February 25 2001. Services February 28 2001 at Carson and Son Funeral Home with burial Buckhorn Cemetery. Edward D McLaud Jr 72 of Cedar Rapids Iowa died February 27 2001. Services February 29 2001 at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories and entombment following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T
Bill’’ Werden
12Th Ave
Baldwin
St. Luke’s Hospital
Carson & Son
Maquoketa
Buckhorn
Diane Hollingsworth
Naples
Fla
Cindy McMann
Dora Burns 98 Oakwoll retirement dies after illness
Dora Gretchen Schroeder Burns 98 of Oakwoll Retirement Residence Iowa City died February 26 2001 after a lengthy illness. Services at St Patrick's Ma rengo and graveside at St Joseph's Cemetery with friends visiting at Kloster Funeral Home Marengo. She left three sons three daughters twenty one grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren. Surviving relatives include husband Lawrence died 1986. Dora born 1902 Jamaica NY married 1922 Cosgrove Iowa farmed Oxford Atalissa West Liberty later Iowa City. Also notes Terry Cooper Helen Beardsley deaths follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora G. Burns
Oakwoll
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Marengo
Joseph Roost
Raymond Ruppencamp
St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery
Kloster Funeral Home
Donald
Jean
Muscatine
Jerrold
Eunice
Elcho
Wis
Joseph
Marijane
Cary
N.C
Doris Crowe
Roswell
Laurine Jarrell
Dallas
Lois Fettkether
Kenneth
Dora Gretchen Schroeder
Jamica
N.Y
John B
Gretchen Maybohn Schroeder
Lawrence E. Burns
Cosgrove
Iowa
Oxford
Atalissa
West Liberty
Iowa City
Lawrence
Dora
Ruth Vondersitt Humnker Rites Planned
Ruth Vondersitt Humnker 81 of Lancaster California formerly Calmar died of cancer on February 24 2001. Her body was cremated and burial at a later date will be announced. Survived by husband Felix a daughter Carole Stevenson of California a son Lanny of Tennessee and sister Marie Vondersitt of Calmar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Vondersitt Humnker
Lancaster
Calif
Calmar
Felix
Carole Stevenson
California
Lanny
Tennessee
Marie Vondersitt
Grinnell Resident Hank Fortner 71 Dies After Cardiac Arrest
George Hank Fortner 71 of Grinnell died at Grinnell Regional Medical Center from a cardiac arrest. Memorial services are 1:30 p.m. Friday at Smith Funeral Home Grinnell with burial at Hazelwood Cemetery. Visitation today 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the funeral home, family present 6 to 8 p.m. Survivors include wife Eva three sons Danny Harold both of Grinnell Billy of Brooklyn and three sisters Viola Knapp Betty Sandstrom and Margie Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Hank’’ Fortner
Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Smith Funeral Home
Grinnell
Hazelwood Cemetery
Eva
Danny
Harold
Billy
Brooklyn
Viola Knapp
Newton
Betty Sandstrom
Portland
Ore
Margie Madison
Marselles, Ill
Obituary notices for Fern Sells and Gerald Gray
Fern M Sells 88 of Toledo died Feb 27 2001 after a short illness. Services 10:30 Friday at Christ United Methodist Church Toledo burial Woodlawn Cemetery call 4 to 7 today Henderson Overton Funeral Home. Surviving: husband Rex son Ray and three daughters Gail Davis Kay Purvis Karen Smith. Gerald Rector Gray 81 former Tama County resident died Feb 26 2001 at Iowa Veterans Home Marshalltown. Services March 3 10:30 a.m. Harrison Funeral Home Tama interment Haven Cemetery rural Tama. Born Aug 2 1919 near Haven Tama County son of James E and Maud Gray. Married life details include farming logging Army service 1941 1945 849th Air Engineers Squadron earning EAME ribbon and Good Conduct medal. Surviving nieces nephews and cousins. affiliations with veterans and American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fern M. Sells
Marshalltown Medical and Surgical Center
Christ United Methodist Church
Toledo
Woodlawn
Henderson- Overton Funeral Home
Rex
Ray
Gail Davis
Marshalltown
Kay Purvis
Gladbrook
Karen Smith
Gerald Rector Gray
Tama County
Harrison Funeral Home
Tama
Brian Squires
Haven Cemetery
Gray
Iowa Veterans Home
Veterans Home
Iowa
Gerald Gray
Haven
James E
Maud _ Rector Gray
Montana
Wichita Falls
Texas
United States
England
849Th Air Engineers Squadron
390Th Air Force
Gerald
EAME
390Th Bomb Group Veterans Association
Disabled American Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion Post 39
Belle Plaine
Warren
Ardyth Nath
Elaine Robinson
Fenton, Mich
Evelyn Watson
Lime Springs
James Gray
Spring Valley
Minn
Howard Gray
Sauk Center
Harpers Ferry Woman Agnes Melsha Dies at 89
Agnes Melsha 89 of Davenport, formerly Harpers Ferry, died Feb 26 2001 in East Genesis Hospital Davenport after a lingering illness. Services 2 p.m. today at Hanson Funeral Home Waukon by Pastor Lynn Gore burial Sixteen Cemetery rural Monona. Survivors include two daughters Delores Dittmer Davenport and Karen Melsha Los Angeles. two sons Larry Cedar Rapids and Leo Phoenix. a sister Bertha Swanson Muscatine. a brother Fritz Schlitter Bettendorf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Melsha
Davenport
Harpers Ferry
East Genesis Hospital
Hanson Funeral Home
Waukon
Lynn Gore
Rural
Monona
Delores Dittmer
Karen Melsha
Los Angeles
Larry
Cedar Rapids
Leo
Phoenix
Bertha Swanson
Muscatine
Fritz Schlitter
Bettendorf
Raymond L. Peters 82 dies after long illness in Iowa
Raymond L. Peters 82 of Delhi Iowa died February 27 2001 after a long illness. Services 2 PM Saturday at Delhi United Methodist Church burial Evergreen Cemetery. Calling hours 4 to 8 PM Friday at Clifton Funeral Home Earlville. Peters farmed worked as a shipyard welder and later sold farm equipment and seed. He loved baseball basketball hunting fishing horseshoes and was active in the Iowa Horseshoe Association. He married Mildred Clark in 1940 and they had a large family including children Carol Donna Julia and Robert with many grandchildren and great grandchildren. The family includes siblings Lewis Peters Jr Josephine Shaffer Velma Brockhouse and a son Richard Peters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond L. Peters
Edgewood
Delhi United Methodist Church
Thomas Connors
Evergreen Cemetery
Clifton Funeral Home
Earlville
Raymond
Ludwig
Emma Thies Peters
Delhi
Delhi High School
Delhi Dam
Mildred Clark
Long Beach
Calif
Iowa
Ray
Patz
Iowa Horseshoe Association
Mildred
Robert
Sharon) Peters
Carol Ross Peters
Cedar Rapids
Donna
Dennis) Pilgrim
Julia Peters
Ankeny
Douglas Peters
Russell Peters
A. Michael Peters
Eric Liedtke
Jason Liedtke
Jessica Ross
Jamie Pilgrim
Jody Pilgrim
Dan Pilgrim
Ryan Peters
Lewis Peters Jr
Josephine Shaffer
Manchester
Names listed by city in Iowa voter directory
A long roster of residents by town includes Ruth Popeika Ruth Vondersitt Edna Bowersox Eroyle Buscher Ellen Carpenter Carl Franks Edward McLaud Bob Mitchell Cecil Peters Bill Werden Pearl Waterman Allan Marrigan George Former Agnes Melsha Mabel Staffenbeal Ben Davis Helen Beardsley Dora Burns Terry Cooper Marjorie Hanna Dennis Mollenhauer Betty Williams Clarence Breitbach Shorty Breitbach Helen Jensen William Ryan Dennis Tremmel Gerald Gray Fem Sells Shirley Drennan Robert Duggan Arnold Halford and other residents by city such as Belle Plaine Calmar Cedar Rapids Delhi Edgewood Grinnell Harper’s Ferry Hartwick Hazleton Iowa City Marion Monticello Oelwein Ryan Sigourney Toledo Williamsburg Winthrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Edna Bowersox
Eroyle J. Buscher
Ellen Carpenter
Carl Emery Franks
Edward D. McLaud Jr
Robert G
Bob”’ Mitchell
Cecil N. Peters
William T
Bill’’ Werden
In Memory Of Guidelines Reminder for Obituary Submissions
Notices provide submission rules for In Memory Of tributes including deadlines 4 p.m. weekdays contact number 398 8221 and pricing 35 cents per word 10 dollars per photo with publication date specification required.
Birthday Tribute to Clifford J Kruger Sr
A birthday remembrance for Clifford J Kruger Sr dated March 1 1935 to December 17 1997. A sister writes I think of you every day and signs Love Always, Sis wishing their dad a happy birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford J. Kruger
Dad
Sis
In Remembrance of Emma Jean Turner on Birthday
To our mother Emma Jean Turner on her birthday March 1 we miss you daily You are always in our thoughts and memories with love from family members and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Jean Turner
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Hartwick
Heritage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Trinity United Methodist Church
Kim Crummer
Aitkin
Teahen Funeral Home
Maxine Carpenter
St. Cloud
Luella
Sally” Buck
Independence
Marian Scott
Albuquerque
N.M
Irene Vig
Pauline Fulton
Elbert
Annie Gunderson Sherrett
Carl Carpenter
Rowley
Minnesota
Ellen
Salvation Army
26Th St
Richard Speight
Christ Community United Methodist Church
Ruby
Cindy Cohn
Rick
Robins
Claudia McLaud
Kristine
Mandi
Brian
Raady
Brooke
Joseph McGiveren
Tayla
Frederick
Tracy McLaud
Edward
Martha Quandt McLaud Sr
Ruby Williams
Lefebvre
Terry T. Cooper
Arthur St
Tyler
Lisbon
Jim
Carol Cooper
Jeff
Mike
Cedar County
Andy
Austin
Helen K. Beardsley
Willow St
Lensing
Richard Peters
Nathaniel R. Pilgrim
Velma Brockhouse
Ruth Popeika Calmar
Ruth Vondersitt
Humker
Pearl Minnie
Waterman
Eleader
Allan Dale
Marrigan Grinnell
Hank
Mabel C
Hazleton
Ben Davis
Marjorie Mae Hanna
Dennis J. Mollenhauer
Betty L. Williams
Monticello
Clarence L. “Shorty” Breitbach
Oelwein
Helen L. Jensen
Sigourney
Dennis Tremmel
Gerald R. Gray, Fem M. Sells
Williamsburg
Shirley L. Drennan
Winthrop
Robert J. Duggan
Arnold Halford
Chuck
Dave
Reid
Hawkeye Downs Rd
Murdoch Funeral Homes
Love
Lori Burdell
Derek & Kyle and
Our Children
Roth Ira
Woodmen
Roth
A.M. Best
Duff & Phelps
Tim O'Loughlin
FIC
PO Box
Octwein
Mick Culbertson
Lutce, Pic
Oas
Modern Woodmen OF America
Fraternal Life Insurance Society
Orrick Rock Island Illinoes
Modern-Woodmen
Nick Meyer
Gene Edeien, Fic
Dark Hollow
Johnson Ave
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