Local Obituaries Kern Cedar Rapids Area Losses Compile Mournful Notices
Multiple Cedar Rapids area deaths reported with services and burial details. Julie DeWitt dies at home in Clear Lake. Alton Fuller, Clara Thurston, Raymond Schaefer, Tessie Wickham, Charles Novotny listed with parish, church, and memorial information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julie B. DeWitt
Valley View Drive
Clear Lake
Iowa
Julie Barron
Cedar Rapids
Marvin C. DeWitt
John B. Turner
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Frank W. Barron
New York
N.Y
Turner Chapel
Edmund J. Becker
All Saints Catholic Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Camp Good Health
Gazette
Third Ave
Memorial services and obituaries from Cedar Rapids area
Memorials and funeral notices for Dora Tarpy Esther McNabb Elsie Thomsen Margaret Randall White list services, locations, and survivors. Tarpy funeral today at St. Jude's. McNabb memorial Friday Cedar Memorial Chapel. Thomsen private Davenport graveside. Randall White services in West Helena Ark. Survivors named across individuals with locations and burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton B. Fuller
Newhall
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Milo
Iowa
Ruth Adkins
Link Belt Speeder
Olivet Presbyterian Church
White Shrine
10Th St
Tarpy
Dora
St. Jude’s Catholic Church
Eugene Kutsch
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Teahen Funeral Home
Esther S. McNabb
Heritage Acres Care Center
Covington
Corbin D. McNabb
Marion
Sylvia Davis
Henry D
Ralph D
Jacksonville Beach
Fla
Ralph Williams
Cedar “Memorial Funeral Home
First Ave
Elsie F. Thomsen
Eastern Ave
Mercy Hospital
Lyons
Carl F. Thomsen
Davenport
Irma Thomsen
Clara Hintermeister
Fairmount Cemetery
Christian Meyer
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Stewart Funeral Home
Margaret Clark Randall White
West Helena
Ark
Clarion
Walter
Jack
George
California
George Miller
Charles J. Clark
Fischer, Texas
East Iowa Deaths Highlight Local Notables
Obituaries from East Iowa announce Regina Rausch 78 of Fort Atkinson, Walter Brady 63 of St Louis, Vivian Grady Smith 67 of Iowa City, and Glenda Ferguson Roseann Olmstead Cheryl Cloudy Dixie Bierschenk Bonnie Wendel Joyce Vogt with services, burials, and family survivors listed. Funeral details include church services, rosaries, and memorials links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenda Ferguson
Marion
Roseann Olmstead
Allanta
Cheryl Cloudy
Urbana
Dixie Bierschenk
van Horne
Bonnie Wendel
Watkins
Joyce Vogt
Vinton
Don
Sidney
Cedar Rapids
Leona Rick
Betty Lahue
Grace van Fossen
Pansy Hawley
Lela Hepker
Rowley
Phillips
Cox Cemetery
Shellsburg
Vital Statistics births and emergency incidents listed
A sequence of birth announcements lists multiple families in Des Moines area with names and addresses. Later entries log medical emergencies, gas lines, chemical spills and odor investigations with locations on Knollcrest Court NE First Ave NE 12th St NE Council Street NE Center Point Road NE Edgewood Road NW and other street addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charcoal Grill
Council Street
First Ave
17Th Street
I Avenue
30Th St
18Th Ave
Langdon Ave
Center Point Road
Edgewood Road
23Rd St
12Th St
First St
17Th St
200-Pound Woman Acquitted in Son's Death by Sitting
A San Jose jury acquitted a 200-pound mother of involuntary manslaughter after finding she did not kill her son by sitting on him for two hours as punishment. The nine women and three men on the Superior Court jury delivered the verdict Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Calif
Superior Court
Reagan calls for peace through strength and arms talks stance
The article cites Ronald Reagan arguing a weapons freeze rewards Soviet expansion and hinders U S and allied defenses. It notes a legal defense statement about Betty Mentry, age 45, found indifference to life, and details of Steven Mentry's fatal beating on May 31 1982 after a punishment for playing with matches. The prosecution links the case to alleged parental discipline and police statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Reagan
Soviet Union
U.S
Steven Mentry
Services Pending for Alma M Meyers 78
Alma M Meyers 78 of 426 First St SW died Monday at home. Services are pending at Stewart Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma M. Meyers
First St. SW
Stewart Funeral Home
Obituaries for Erwin Briggs and Howard Boyles
Erwin Briggs 70 died Tuesday in Manchester with services pending at Bahnenkamp Vernon’s. Howard J. Boyles 63, a Cedar Rapids native and retired from Iowa Steel and Iron Works in 1980, died Tuesday. survived by wife Geraldine of Shellsburg and children including Gary of Cedar Rapids and Beverly Schwarzing of Williamsburg and Marcia Cook of Urbana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwin Briggs
Bahnenkamp-Vernon’s
Manchester
Howard J. Boyles
Iowa Steel and Iron Works Inc
Cedar Rapids
Geraldine
Shellsburg
Gary
Beverly Schwarzing
Williamsburg
Marcia Cook
Urbana
Obituaries for Edith Buchanan and Edward Prusha
Edith J. Buchanan aged 87 died Tuesday with services pending at Powell’s in South English. Edward J. Prusha, 75, of Marshalltown and formerly of Tama, died Tuesday night with services pending at Mason-Hand’s in Tama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith J. Buchanan
Powell’s
South English
Edward J. Prusha
Marshalltown
Tama
Mason-Hand’s
Springer claims self defense in fatal March 1 fight
John Springer 19 of Marion is charged with voluntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Stastny 21 of 12 25th Ave SW. The incident followed a Feb 25 fight in the Wendy's parking lot at 1316 First Ave NE and ties to a probation violation document filed Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Springer
Michael Stastny
Linn District Court
Marion
Stastny
25Th Ave
Wendy’s
First Ave
Sharon Johnson
Springer
Man held for lunching in store restroom
Edward L. Powell 19 of 1216 22nd Ave SW was arrested after using the Hy Vee Food Store restroom for a two hour lunch. He took ham cheese beer and sausage totaling 9.25 before police arrived. charged with shoplifting and released on good behavior after appearance. Bonds and other legal notes follow in the lengthy report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L. Powell
Cedar Rapids
Powell
22Nd Ave
Wilson Ave
House GOP calls for EPA chief Burford firing
Congressional support for EPA head Anne Burford eroded further as House Republican Leader Robert Michel asserted that all logic dictates her firing. Michel said the agency has been poorly managed and Burford should depart to address its problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
Anne Burford
House
Robert Michel
EPA
Mrs. Burford
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METRO
Clara Belle Thurston
Eighth Ave
Morley
Arthur H. Thurston
Plankington
S.D
A.W
Jim
Herbert H
Harlan D
Turner Chapel East
Edwin J. Simon
First Baptist Church
Linwood Cemetery
Raymond M. Schaefer
22Nd St
Mary M. Streeter
Schaefer
Gladys Schaefer
Winnetka
Ill
Adele Schaefer
Cleda Remington
Esther Merrifield
Trinity Lutheran Church
Richard L. Thompson
Oak Hill Cemetery
Tessie J. Wickham
Center Point
Northbrook Manor
Tessie Kramer
Springville
Roy Wickham
United Methodist Church
Marie McArthur
Hiawatha
Helen Owens
Jennie Dvorak
Hackensack
Minn
Ozzy
Ila Kramer
Walker
Charlotte Mallet
Murdoch Chapel
Charles F. Novotny
Solon
Iowa City
Johnson County
Agnes Dvorsky
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Catholic Order of Forresters
Alma Funk
Irene Shima
Raymond
John
Frances Lenoch
St. Mary’s Church
Order of Forresters
Lenoch
Brosh Funeral Home
Fort Atkinson
Otto
Regina) Rausch
Melvin
St. John’s Catholic Church
Chekal’s
Greeley
Walter L. Brady
St. Louis
Anheuser-Busch
Helen Bolinger
Edgewood
Eleanor Engel
Donald
Strawberry Point
Marge
Jay B. Smith
Maplewood
Appleton-Vernon’'s
Vivian Grady Smith
Richmond
Kalona High School
Timothy Grady
University of Iowa Hospitals
Larry T. Smith
Gilroy
St. Thomas More Catholic Church
Catholic Daughters
Kathleen Nora
Saratoga
Daniel Grady
Colorado Springs
Colo
Jerry Grady
Des Moines
Coralville
Saundra Bruemmer
Aptos
Thomas Smith
Los Angeles
Cletus Kern
Donald Kern
Indianola
Arlene Marr
Rita Young
Caroline Wetzell
Donna Onstot
Norwalk
St. Thomas More
Joseph Sparks
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Beckman-Callahan’s
St. Luke’s
Kathleen
David Fuchs
Atkins
Mary
Dennis Tiernan
Bowling St
Greer
Richard Fry
Blake Blvd
Sherry
George Patrick
27Th St. NE
Suzette
Daniel Thomas
16Th St
Marsha
Johnny Smith
Urbandale
Vernon
James Gilchrist
Marion Bryant
William D. Gilchrist
Elsinore
Lori
Chuck McLaud
Charles McLaud Sr
H Ave
Waterloo
Laurie
Brian Purdy
Ralph F. Purdy
Larry Drive
Eddie M. Hooke
Judith A. Claypool
William A. Rose
Carolyn K. Hoeger
Eugene M. Michael
Babette E. Beck
David T. King
Penny E. Mershon
Kurt A. Ehlert
Chillicothe
Sabra D. Arnold
James E. Steele Jr
Patricia G. Murphy
Virginia M
John J. Fattig
Karen M
Michael E. Adamek
Catherine J
Dennis L. Tebbe
Bonnie Lee
Dennis Wayne Lousar
Mary F
James J. Myers
Cathryn E
Robert L. Olsen
Lori A
Jon A. Sarchett
Cynthia Ann
Gerald Louis Wilson
Knollcrest Court
Betty Mentry
Cyril Ash
35Th St
Linn County
Johnson
Linn
Michel
Owi
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
Raymond Schaefer
Schaefer’s
Dow Ets
Flowershop and Greenhouses, Inc
Ellis Boulevard
Center Pt. Rd
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