Obituary Notices from Cedar Rapids Area Dated March 2 1997
Multiple death notices across Cedar Rapids Anamosa and surrounding areas report Kenneth Beardsley 56 of 4406 Ozark St NE dies following a one car crash on Highway 30 west of Cedar Rapids. Services scheduled at First Congregational United Church of Christ Anamosa. Burial Wilcox Cemetery Viola. Survivors include his mother Venus and siblings. Other obituaries include Becker, Barney Barton Becker and Helen Hope among others with locations Cedar Rapids Anamosa Iowa City and Crookston Minnesota.
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Kenneth D. Beardsley
Ozark St
Mercy Medical Center
Cedar Rapids
First Congregational United Church of Christ
Anamosa
Billy Duay
Wilcox Cemetery
Viola
Goettsch Funeral Home
Venus
Kim
Becky
Brad
Jan
Laura, Ill
Kenneth Dale
Ralph
Venus Buehnemann Beardsley
University of Iowa
Mervyn P. Moore services scheduled at Murdoch Funeral Home
Funeral services for Mervyn P. Moore are set for 1:30 p m today at Murdoch Funeral Home in Marion. Burial will follow at Springville Cemetery in Springville.
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Mervyn P. Moore
Murdoch Funeral Home
Marion
Springville
Clarence E Meier 95 Former Clarence Resident Dies
Clarence George E Meier 95 of Mechanicsville Care Center died March 3 1997 after a long illness in the care center. Services 10:30 a m Wednesday at St John s United Church of Christ with Rev Rodney Sles sor. Burial church cemetery. Friends may call 4 to 7 p m today at Chapman Funeral Home Clarence. Survivors include wife Dorothy and sisters Leona Banks Clarence and Milda Ekdahl Fort Dodge plus nieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Meier
Mechanicsville
Fort Dodge
Obituary of Gerald C. J. Doeppke Die
Gerald Carl Julius Doeppke, 78, died March 3 1997 in Lutheran Hospital La Crosse Wisconsin from pneumonia complications. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church with Rev Ruth Ann Shriver. Burial at church cemetery. Visitation 2 to 7 p.m. today Leonard Funeral Home Elkader and Wednesday afternoon at the church. Survived by three daughters Linda Werger Garnaville Sharon Mueller Elkader Gayle Larson Elkader and three sisters Dorothy Bossard Elkdder Florence Bente Postville Ellen Zurcher Farmersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Carl Julius Doeppke
Lutheran Hospital
la Crosse
Wis
Zion Lutheran Church
Ruth Ann Shriver
Church Cemetery
Leonard Funeral Home
Elkader
Linda Werger
Garnaville
Sharon Mueller
Gayle Larson
Dorothy Bossard
Florence Bente
Postville
Ellen Zurcher
Farmersburg
Agnes Catherine O'Brien Jackson 79 dies at home
Agnes Catherine O'Brien Jackson of Delhi died March 3 1997 at home after an illness. Funeral services are at 10 30 a m Thursday at St John s Catholic Church Delhi with Rev Paul Weis. Burial follows at St John s the Baptist Catholic Cemetery Centralia. Visitation 3 to 8 p m Wednesday at Leonard Muller Funeral Home Manchester with a 4 p m Scripture service. No immediate survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Catherine O’brien Jackson
St. John’s Catholic Church
Delhi
Paul Weis
St. John’s the Baptist Catholic Cemetery
Centralia
Leonard-Muller Funeral
Manchester
Raymond G. Smith 84 Earlville native dies in Kentucky
Raymond G. Smith 84 of Edgewood Ky formerly Earlville died Sunday March 2 1997 after an illness in St Elizabeth North Hospice Covington Ky Graveside services 1130 am Thursday Fairview Cemetery Earlville Rev Jean Rabary Clifton Funeral Home Earlville in charge Survived by wife Anna and two sons Ralph Edgewood Ky and Doug Newport Ky
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond G. Smith
Edgewood
Earlville
St. Elizabeth North
Covington
Fairview Cemetery
Jean Rabary
Clifton Funeral Home
Anna
Ralph
Doug
Newport
Vorwald Garnavillo resident dies after short illness
Garnavillo Vorwald 386 of rural Garnavillo Guttenberg Municipal Hospital after a short illness. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday at St Joseph Catholic Church Garnavillo by Rev Richard Gaul. Burial St Mary Cemetery Guttenberg. Friends may call 2 to 9 p m today at Tuecke Allyn Funeral Home Garnaville wake service 8 p m. Survivors include Karla Dettman McGregor Mary Dettman St Olaf Joyce Vorwald Marion and two sons Harold Monona Lloyd Holy Cross.
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McGregor
Mary Dettman
St. Olaf
Joyce Vorwald
Marion
Harold
Monona
Lloyd
Holy Cross
Hazleton Infant Jordan Hogan Dies at Seven Days
Jordan Michael Hogan seven days old died of heart complications Friday February 28 1997 at University Hospitals Iowa City. Private family services today Reiff Funeral Home Independence burial Pleasant Valley Cemetery Pleasant Valley. Survivors include parents Douglas and Christina Hogan Jesup paternal grandmother Martha Ciesielski Aurora maternal grandparents Ricky and Janet Dague Hazleton paternal great grandmother Arlene Hogan Dubuque maternal great grandmother Eldon and Mary Dague Brainerd Minn and Paul and Lillian Emery Le Claire an uncle Ricky Dague Jr Hazleton and maternal grandmother Janet Dague and maternal great grandfather Eldon Dague born February 21 1997 in Oelwein.
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Jordan Michael Hogan
Jessica Dague
Martin Hogan
Hazleton
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Reiff Funeral Home
Independence
Pleasant Valley Cemetery
Pleasant Valley
Douglas
Christina) Hogan
Jesup
Martha Ciesielski
Aurora
Ricky and
Janet Dague
Arlene Hogan
Dubuque
Eldon and
Mary Dague
Brainerd
Minn
Paul and
Lillian Emery
le Claire
Ricky Dague Jr
Ila L. Hearn Dies at 77 in California
Ila L. Hearn 77 formerly of rural Manchester and Ankeny died Sunday March 2 1997 in Rubidoux Convalescent Home Perris California after a short illness. Services 10 a m Thursday at St Marys Catholic Church Manchester burial at church cemetery Friends may call 6 to 9 p m Wednesday Shelly Funeral Home Manchester with a Scripture service at 7 p m Survivors include sister Irene Rosheim Perris California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ila L. Hearn
Manchester
Ankeny
Rubidoux
Perris
Calif
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Church
Shelly Funeral Home
Irene Rosheim
Obituary of George M Edwards of Marengo Iowa
George M Edwards 35 died Sunday March 2 1997 at Marengo Memorial Hospital Extended Care Unit after a lengthy illness. Private inurnment at Koszta Cemetery with no public services. Survived by four children and eight grandchildren with spouses in Minneapolis Marengo Erfenbauch Iowa City and Iowa. Born June 14 1911 in Marengo Township son of Harriet Merritt and James Edwards. Married Vera Gunderson March 2 1938. lifelong farmer in Iowa County.
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George M. Edwards
Marengo Memorial Hospital
Koszta
Marengo
Kloster-Valentine Funeral Home
George
Welles Emerson
Minneapolis
Gary
Kathy
Larry
Georgia
Erfenbauch
Germany
Linda Edwards
John Kane
Iowa City
Roy
Davenport
Richard
Vera
Barbara
George Was
Marengo Township
Iowa County
Harriet Ruth Merritt
James Blaine Edwards
Vera Elizabeth Gunderson
John G. Drummy dies in Manchester at 33
John G. Drummy, 33, died Monday in Delaware County Memorial Hospital Manchester. Arrangements are pending with Bohnenkamp Murdoch Funeral Home Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Drummy
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Manchester
Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home
Clarence Brant 91 of Oxford dies after sudden illness
Clarence Sylvester Brant aged 91 of rural Oxford died at home on March 3 1997 after a sudden illness. Services set for 11 a.m. Thursday at George L Gay Funeral Home Iowa City with burial at Memory Gardens Cemetery. He leaves daughters Betty Scheetz Morris and Joanne Brant nine grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. survived by siblings and his wife Marie. Born December 13 1905 in Johnson County he married Marie Amish in 1927 and belonged to the North Liberty United Methodist Church. Contributions may be made to the Clarence Brant Memorial Fund.
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Lisa
Justin
Cedar Rapids
Leigh Ann
Erin
Jay
Sumner
Barney
Dakota City
Neb
Robert
Virginia Barton Becker
South Sioux City
St. Louis College of Mortuary Science
63Rd Armored Infantry Division
Third Army
Normandy
France
Rhineland
Europe
Elizabeth Jane
Betty” Liewer
St. Mary Magdelene’s
Omaha
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Helen Hope
Northbrook Manor
Cedar Memorial Park Mausoleum
Brush Chapel
Robert M.L. Johnson
Edna Mae
Barbara Gerhold
Atkins
Judy Then
Rex Johnson
Max
Nell Lanphear Johnson
Paul
Phylliss
Wiles
Kansas City
Kan
Helen
Paul R. Hope
Dayton
Ohio
Hope
Lillian A. Coufal Knock
Hiawatha Care Center
Mercy Medical Center
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
del Bear
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Anita Burke
Bill
Elaine Griffith
Don
Indianapolis
Merle Coufal
Vinton
Irene Barnett
Darlene Pennington
Lillian
Fairfax
Frank
Elsie Feyerabend Shebetka
Leonard J. Coufal
Ely
Clarence A. Knock
St James United Methodist Church
St. James United Methodist Church
Clarence Sylvester Brant
Oxford
George L. Gay
Iowa City
Scott Lothe
Memory Gardens
Betty
Betty Scheetz Morris
Kim
Swisher
Joanne Brant
Dorothy
Vince) Wetrich
Elmer
Inez) Brant
Marie
Kenneth
Donna Heisdorffer
Johnson County
Sylvester
Catherine Brant
Marie Mary Amish
North Liberty United Methodist Church
Clarence Brant
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Services on Wednesday for Bowen Mineck and Hofmann in Iowa churches
Ivan E. Bowen dies with service at 10 a.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist in Marion led by Rev. Karen Nelson. Shirley Hofmann to be mourned at Turner Chapel East at 10:30 a.m. with viewing tonight. Ernest Wayne Mineck to be laid to rest at Cedar Memorial Park after services at First Lutheran and burial at Murdoch-Lindwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan E. Bowen
First United Methodist Church
Marion
Karen Nelson
Eleanor
Bob
Diane Bowen
Pat
Tom Buser
Letts
Jean
Steve Taylor
Des Moines
Tom
Bobbi Bowen
Colfax
Peg
Marco Adasme
Muscatine
Nancy Haney
Grand Mound
Patti
Darrin Cisar
Grand Junction
Colo
John
Jackie Bohl
In Memoriam Ray Helms 1/23/43 to 2/29/96
Memorial notice for Ray Helms born January 23 1943 died February 29 1996. Family expresses love and remembrance stating we miss you dearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray
Senate OKs English as common language in Iowa
The Iowa Senate approved 36 to 12 a plan to declare English the common language and to require English instruction for those who speak another language. Democrats added changes preserving multilingual notices and the option to keep some forms in other languages while English-only tests remained for licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Des Moines
Senate
Iowa
Steve King
R-Kiron
King
Bob Dvorsky
Coralville
Mary Neuhauser
Iowa City
Neuhauser
Mike Gronstal
Council Bluffs
Department of Human Rights
Elaine Szymoniak
Civil Rights Commission
Department of Workforce Development
Attorney General’s Office
Reporter at White House held on theft warrant from Iowa
A Reuters journalist assigned to cover Yasser Arafat was arrested at the White House gate after Secret Service matched her details to a theft warrant from Iowa City. She was handed to police. Reuters did not confirm details. Arafat was in Washington for a two day visit and meetings with Clinton.
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White House
Iowa City
Washington
Clinton
Yasser Arafat
Secret Service
Northwest Gate
Marty
Ratchford
Reuters News Agency
Arafat
Iowa City Police Department
Congress
National Press Club
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