Deaths in Linn County reflect long local ties and services
Clarence J. Kissling 74 of Marion died in St Luke's Hospital after a long illness. He farmed in Springville Marion area and is survived by wife Harriet a son Carl of Toddville a daughter Janet Worcester of Marion a sister Edna Galbraith of Countryside Illinois and five grandchildren. Services Friday at Baxter Memorial Chapel Marion with burial in Monticello. Memorials to St Luke's ICU Cedar Rapids or donor's choice. Also noted are the stillborn infant daughter of Shannon and Sarah Burke of York Pennsylvania formerly Linn County with funeral services in Walker and Springville and arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home Center Point. Other obituaries list Helen L Alch Zahat Rose Berry Vera B Karch Richard Allen Waters Leroy McNeal Robert Doubet Ella Mae Mack Donald E Parker and others with service details and memorial funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence J. Kissling
17Th Ave
Marion
St. Luke’s Hospital
Monticello
Harriet Cook
Baxter Memorial Chapel
Jay Miller
Tom Fogle
Oakwood Cemetery
Ave. NE
Cedar Rapids
Nicole Lynne Burke
Shannon
Sarah Bryan Burke
York
Linn County
York Hospital
William Bryan Jr
Springville
Lawrence Burke
Walker
Gertrude Burke
Norway
Henry Smith
William Bryan Sr
Roanoke
Ruchard Smith
Olive Blyth
Spain
Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
William Clark
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Paul Wilcox
United Methodist Church
Murdoch Funeral Home
Center Point
Helen L. Alch
Oakland Rd
Crestview Acres
Collins Radio
Faith United Methodist Church
Robert
Ralph Paeth
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Zahat Rose Berry
Dalewood Ave
Northbrook Manor
Zahat Rahal
Syria
Louis Berry
United States
Vera B. Karch
Franklin Ave
Lafayette
Karl Karch
Karch
Lafayette Christian Church
Norma
Murdoch
Alburnett
Richard Allen Waters
Donald
Pam Waters
44Th St
Travis
Hugh
Delores Bergen
Edgar
Leona Waters
Irma Bergen
Helen Vanourney
Central City
Leroy Bauman
Kenwood Park United Methodist Church
Leroy McNeal
Southland Dr
Tara
Caroline Cross
Chicago
McNeal
Rockwell- Collins
Floyd Conroy
Knox Presbyterian Church
Robert Doubet
Soutter Ave
Ella Mae Mack
Murdoch Chapel
Marion Lodge 6
AF & AM
U.S. Naval Reserve
Anno P. LaBudde
Sheboygan Falls
Wis
Lantern Park
Coralville
Elkhart Lake
Claire Lucille DeVoy
Glenbeulah
Wisconsin
Bemis Mfg. Co
Johnson County Historical Society
Keith
High Falls
N.Y
Kenneth
Kansas City
Ervin
Appleton
George L. Gay
Iowa City
Roy Wingate
Oak Hill Cemetery
Gerald E. Phipps
Grinnell General Hospital
Grinnell
Dorothy
Joe
Arlene
Smith’s
Rock Creek Cemetery
Deaths across Eastern Iowa list many local figures
An obituary column details numerous deaths in Eastern Iowa including Anno P. LaBudde formerly of Sheboygan Falls Wisconsin and Goldie Keister of Iowa City with services and burial notes. It lists survivors, professions from builders to police sergeants, and memorials, plus burial locations and funeral homes.
AIDS victim wins worker's camp ruling in Norwalk
Paul Trejo, 46, will receive workers compensation after a judge ruled Morrison Knudsen condoned prostitution in Zaire where Trejo contracted AIDS. The ruling grants $179.12 weekly benefits retroactive to Dec 26, 1985, with a $95,000 survivor payout. Trejo is treated at USC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Calif
Zaire
Maurice Carey
Paul Trejo
Morrison-Knudsen Corp
Morrison-Knudsen
Boise, Idaho
Trejo
Angola
Carey
University of Southern California
Los Angeles
House panel votes to allow first cousins to marry
Des Moines Iowa. A House Human Resources Committee rejected genetic risk claims and approved allowing first cousins to marry as part of a marriage law revision. Rep Mark Haverland backed the change noting cousins face lower risk than others currently allowed to wed. The panel voted 14 3 on the broader package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
House
Mark Haverland
Dpark City
House Human Resources Committee
Haverland
Woman 22 in fair condition after drunken driving crash
Denise King, 22, of 408 24th St. NW, remained in fair condition at St. Luke's Hospital with a possible head injury after a 2:30 a.m. crash at 15th Avenue and Sixth Street SW in which police say she rammed a parked car. She was charged with drunken driving and failure to have her vehicle under control. Three other Linn County motorists were charged with drunken driving between Monday and Wednesday: Kenneth Whestine, 49, 1301 C St. SW, 10:50 p.m. Tuesday. Esther Robertson, 37, 1063 Fifth Ave. SE, 10:46 p.m. Monday, second offense. DeVance Leahy, 23, 1043 27th St. SE, 2:36 a.m. Tuesday at Seventh Avenue and First Street SW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denise King
24Th St. NW
St. Luke’s Hospital
King
15Th Avenue
Sixth Street
Esther Robertson
Fifth Ave
12Th Avenue SE
DeVance Leahy
27Th St
Seventh Avenue
First Street
Vital Statistics Notices Chronicle Births
Mercy March 4 Mary Bumann and David Anderson 2531 Linwood St SW a son. St Luke's March 3 Shirley and Robert Pierson 2407 Eighth Ave SW a daughter Kimberly Madson 412 17th St NE a son. March 4 Cheryl and Jon Beuter 3119 Pebble Dr SW a daughter. Terry and Eugene Dowie Jr 421 Ninth St NW a daughter. Kathy and Jerry Eggert 941 19th Ave SW a daughter Lugene Isleman 1628 Bever Ave SE a daughter Sharon Lusk 63344 M Ave NW a son Kathleen and Allen Mass 1330 Brockman Ave Marion a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Luke's
Shirley
Robert Pierson
Eighth Ave
Kimberly Madson
17Th St. NE
Cheryl
Jon Beuter
Pebble Dr
Terry
Eugene Dowie Jr
Ninth St. NW
Kathy
Jerry Eggert
19Th Ave
Lugene
Steven Isleman
Bever Ave
Sharon
Allen Lusk
M Ave
Kathleen
Allen Mass
Brockman Ave
Marion
Fire Calls Document A Busy Wednesday Schedule
A recap of identified fire and emergency calls shows a sequence from 12:04 a.m. medical emergency at 4341 First Ave SE to 1:04 p.m. accidental alarm at 418 Second St NE. The list includes nuisance, overheated furnace, cigarette ignition near combustibles, and defective light ballast reports. In 1970 a nuclear non proliferation treaty took effect after 43 nations ratified it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Ave
24Th Avenue
Rompot Street
C St
Second Ave
Southland St
O Ave
Walker St
Third Ave
Second St
Woman Rescued From River by Johnson County Deputy
A Swisher woman was saved from the Iowa River by Deputy Robert Dolezal after he found her unoccupied car on the Iowa River bridge and heard her call for help. He swam through 30 to 40 degree water with aid from a second deputy, using a life ring and rope to reach Barbara Jean Bowersox who was later flown to University Hospitals in fair but stable condition with hypothermia. The sheriff's office was assisted by state patrol, Johnson County Ambulance, Aircare, and the Swisher Fire Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa River
Johnson County
Robert Dolezal
Barbara Jean Bowersox
Dolezal
Bowersox
Iowa State Patrol
Johnson County Ambulance
Aircare
Swisher Fire Department
Address format for Iowa congressional members
The note outlines how to address letters to Iowa's U.S. senators and U.S. representatives in Congress. It specifies Washington, Rep. John Doe House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 as the destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
U.S
Congress
Washington
Sen
John Doe
Senate
Washington, D.C
Rep
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elias Nasr
Brosh Chapel
St. George Orthodox Church Building Fund
10Th St. SE
Goldie Keister
5Th St
Mercy Hospital
Pochhontas
Ark
Thomas Donald Keister
Kansas
Clarence H. Salisbury
Shirley Stiles
Cheektowaga
Lambert Blackwell
Logan
Graceland Cemetery
Sioux City
Mercy Hospital Foundation
George L
Decorah
Lawrence W. Rosendahl
Barthell
Eastern Star Nursing Home
Verna Cronin
David
Leo
Portland
Ore
Gilbert
Burr Oak
First Lutheran Church
Lutheran Cemetery
Fjelstul’s
Marengo
Gladys E. Harned
Marengo Memorial Hospital
Hoover-Valentine’s
Marengo Cemetery
Oelwein
Effie Jensen
Bartels Lutheran
Waverly
Hintz-Geilenfeld’s
Woodlawn
Kenneth C. Whalen
Hap and Ken’s
Ken
The
the Gazette
George
Brant-Kerns- Jamison’s
Joseph L. Miller
Chicago Great Western
Union Pacific
Mary Chicquette
Read Wing, Minn
Martha Hanna
Independence
Madelyn St. Clair
Clinton
Brant-Kerns-Jamison’s
Knights of Columbus
Joseph Snyder
Aase Haugen
Mary
Joseph Jr
Dorothy Scholbrock
Festina
Marie Panos
Jackson Junction
Tony
Ridgeway
Lucy Seifert
Spillville
Christina Phillips
Cresco
Mary Phillips
Fort Atkinson
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Church Cemetery
Balik’s
TRAER
Ida Snyder
Sunrise Hill
Irma Weaver
Mary Patterson
Pittsburgh
Ripley
Waukon
Jack Riley
Elkader
Ed Schulte
Bob Kelly
Virginia Riley
Greg Hastings
Harpers Ferry
Cindy Riley
Denver
Colo
Mike
Ossian
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Hanson’s
West Union
Bob” Landas
Fayette
Arlington
Texas
JoAnn Bruns
Westgate
Rae Jean Biermann
Dee Ann Jellings
Robert Jr
Ruth McChane
Carolyn Werner
Howard
Spencer
Jake
Mankato
Minn
Elmer
Waterloo
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Lima Cemetery
Burnham Wood’s
Anfinson
Palmer Memorial Hospital
Burnham-Wood’s
Africa
Illinois Lottery
Springfield, Ill
LOTTO
House Committee
Kenneth Whestine
Mercy
Mary Bumann
David Anderson
Linwood St
John E. Lapes
Ave. S.E
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