Deaths in area include several local residents
Obituaries note Owen W. Darrow 67 of Clear Lake dies after brief illness in Iowa City. Barton L. Taylor 19 of Marion dies. cremation planned with memorial fund for drug abuse. Anna Kosek 88 former Cedar Rapids resident dies in Montezuma Senior Home. Martha S. Harwood 65 of Cedar Rapids dies. services set. Bessie O. Coplin 93 former Hebron resident dies in local hospital. Multiple funeral services and arrangements listed for Braverman Sarah Graveside, Norton Anna C, Erick J. Rosdail, Frances Nielsen and others with calls and donations details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen W. Darrow
Clear Lake
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Elkport
Eleanora Schaerer
Rock Island
Local 234
Amvets
Robert Loss
Levi Lehman
Manchester
Henry Tietge
Cape Coral
Fla
John Morey
Orville Bruger
Gerald
Glenn
Newell Jr
Donald F. Maple
Lovely Lane United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Barton L. Taylor
Third Ave
Marion
Des Moines
Marion High School
University of Iowa
Faith United Methodist Church
Larry N. Taylor
Kimberly
Wesley Taylor
Indianola
Max I. Hall
Anna Kosek
17Th Ave
Fred A. Kosek
Montezuma
Putim
Czechoslovakia
United States
Mr. Kosek
Fred J. Kosek
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Bessie O. Coplin
Hebron
Ind
May Felzer
F Ave
Indiana
Cedar Christian Church
Geraldine Johnson
Phoenix
Ariz
Neville G. Clayton
Teahen Funeral Home
Linwood
Erick J. Rosdail
Brush Chapel
Frances Nielsen
Harold Nielsen
Brockman Ave
University Hospital
Murdoch Chapel
Iowa Obituaries and Funeral Details From Various Towns
Local death notices list Ike Brady 50 Independence Freeman 53 and McGrath 96 with calls and services. Names include Bral 31 Huber 85 Henderson 72 Barrack 85 Nekola 88 Reitz 83 Schuster 78 with church services burial wakes and visitation details across multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgewood
Harold
Ike” Brady
Appleton-Vernon’s
Independence
Robert
Jean) Freeman
White’s
Hazleton Cemetery
Rowley
Joseph McGrath
St. John's Catholic Church
All Saints
Parish Rosary
White's
Marengo
Roy E. Bral
St. John's Lutheran Church
Hoover- Valentine's
Calmar
Anthony N. Huber
St. Aloysius Church
French's
Milton T. Henderson
Shelly's
Strawberry Point
Ennc
Alfred Barrack
Emanuel Lutheran Church
Roberson’s. Chelsea
Charles Nekola
Hrabak’s
Belle Plaine
Wyoming
Ernest ‘Purdy’ Reitz
Methodist Church
Hayden's
Vinton
Ida Schuster
Sioux City
F.H. Schuster
Phillip’s
Eight arrested in Linn County drunk driving charges
Eight people were charged with drunk driving in Linn County Friday and Saturday. The list includes Thomas J. Rogers 29 of 737 37th St NE arrested after a collision on 35th Street NE, and Arthur F. Woolf 44 of 424 Cherry Hill Road NW. Others named are Thomas S Hufford 22 from Marion, Craig J Stephan 19, Thomas M Kline 18, Orville E Butz 43, Sam W Schminkey 68, and Mary K Jackson 35. Jackson also faced a speeding charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Thomas J. Rogers
37Th St
35Th Street
Rogers
Arthur F. Woolf
Cherry Hill Road
Blairs Ferry Road
Thomas S. Hufford
Ninth St
Marion
Sixth Avenue
10Th Street
Craig J. Stephan
Hickory Hill Lane
31St Street
Cottage Grove Avenue
Thomas M. Kline
Third Ave
10Th Avenue
Orville E. Butz
Norway
Benton County
Sam W. Schminkey
Westdale Mall Burglary Targets Contractors
A fifth construction firm reports burglary at Westdale Mall last weekend. E and S Electrical Contractors say five speaker assemblies worth 150, other items valued at 400 feet of electrical cord totaling 120 were taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westdale
Westdale Mall
E and S
Hopkinton Man Shot. Suspect Held on Attempted Murder
A 25 year old Hopkinton man David Osterkamp was wounded Friday evening by a .410 shotgun and treated at Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids where he remained in serious but stable condition Saturday. The shooting occurred at the Kenneth Williams home in Hopkinton. James Dement Peck 21 also of Hopkinton was jailed in Manchester on a $25000 bond on attempted murder charges related to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
David Osterkamp
Kenneth Williams
Osterkamp
James Dement Peck
Delaware County
Manchester
Assault arrest follows Friday argument in Linn County
Martin L. Fritz aged 34 of 59 Leisure Boulevard NE was charged with assault after his wife Linda Fritz reported being struck around 12:20 a.m. Saturday. He was arrested at his home about an hour later and detained in Linn County Jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin L. Fritz
Leisure Boulevard
Linda
Linda Fritz
Martin Fritz
Linn County
Marengo man dies in silo accident
Roy E. Bral, 31, of rural Marengo suffocated Friday night while feeding cattle from a silo on his farm. He was found about 9:30 p.m. by his father-in-law Leo Posselh. Deputies said a hay chute loosened and blocked him, with the medical examiner ruling death due to suffocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy E. Bral
Marengo
Bral
Leo Possehl
Iowa County Sheriff's Office
Iowa County
Decorah Woman Injured in House Fire
Ruth Evanson 86 listed in fair condition after smoke inhalation in a fire that heavily damaged her Decorah home Friday evening. Her husband Chellis 87 also affected. fire believed to have started in a basement crawl space from malfunctioning heating tape on water pipes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Ruth Evanson
Decorah Hospital
Chellis
Youth's death ruled death by own action
The Linn County Medical Examiner has ruled the death of Barton L. Taylor, 19, of 2725 Third Ave Marion, occurred by his own hand from a gunshot wound to the head. The report attributes the cause to a self inflicted gunshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Barton L. Taylor
Third Ave
Marion
March births and local weather brief update
Weather report notes NW wind at 15 mph and dawn sunrise at 6 24 with sunset at 6 09. Extended forecast predicts rain or snow Tue and Wed with highs in the 40s to 50s and lows in 20s to 30s. Birth notices list multiple families and locations including Wennekamp, Britcher, Hofer, Drakos, Delp, Rooney, Gottschalk, Hansen, Brecht, Stoltz, Hamilton, Weiderman, Meyer with dates March 9 and 10 and various addresses. Local incidents include a string of Saturday alarm malfunctions, gas leak, electrical short, and medical emergency reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Ave
Third Ave
34Th St
Third Street
Sixteenth Avenue
Brush
Jacelyn Drive
Second Avenue
Sixth Street
Hamilton St
Sixteenth Ave
Carter arrives in Israel amid protests and guarded crowd
President Jimmy Carter rides from Ben-Gurion Airport as hundreds of troops guard a 37 car motorcade. Demonstrators shout Go Home and Dont Treat Us Wrong while others cheer. Begin greets Carter who waves from his limousine. In Cairo, Sadat warns of difficult issues yet optimism grows for a possible peace treaty. Begin claims Israel has made enormous sacrifices, giving up Sinai and its oil fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lem
Ben-Gurion
Sadat
Jerusalem
Carter
Billy
Jimmy Carter
Teddy Kollek
Washington Post
Cairo
Israel
Egypt
Begin
Sinai Desert
Burglary Suspects Charged In Local Tavern Break-In
Two men and a woman were charged Friday night with second degree burglary for the early break-in at the 320 Club on Second Ave SE. Suspects Hope Blue Earth Norman Blackcloud and Dale Blackcloud, all from Cedar Rapids area, were in Linn County Jail on prior DUI related charges when questioned. Police report entry was by breaking a door glass. liquor worth over 150 dollars was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Ave. SE
Linn County
Hope Blue Earth
Norman Blackcloud
Dale Blackcloud
Seventh St
Linn Sheriff's Deputies
Cedar Rapids
China Vietnam clash widens as casualties rise
Vietnam News Agency reports Chinese forces shelling areas they occupy and raids on civilians while Vietnam mounting counterattacks reportedly kill 500 Chinese troops. Analysts question casualty accuracy as China withdraws and Pol Pot forces claim gains near Phnom Penh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietnam
China
Hanoi
Cambodia
Pol Pot
Bassac
Phnom Penh
Iran protesters press for equal rights in new Iran constitution
About 3,000 women marched to the Justice Ministry in Tehran and a delegation met Prime Minister Bazargan to demand equal rights guarantees in a constitution to be drawn after a March 30 referendum on Iran’s Islamic republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Justice Ministry
Mehdi Bazaran
Iran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Three juveniles charged in Oelwein vandalism spree
Three 16 year old males from Arlington were arrested by Oelwein police on Friday night and charged with criminal mischief after vandalizing eight cars in Oelwein and six in Hazleton with a tire iron. The suspects are described as Arlington youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Oelwein
Hazleton
Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscriptions by carrier and mail priced weekly and yearly. foreign rates apply. AP exclusive republication rights noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S Territories
Gazette
Associated Press
Two Men Arrested in Drug Bust at Cedar Falls Center
Douglas Pagel age 25 from Sumner and Allen Donald Taylor age 28 from Hazleton were jailed in Linn County after being caught selling drugs to an undercover agent at a Cedar Falls shopping center. Authorities said the month-long investigation ended with the seizure of $20,000 worth of heroin cocaine and MDA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Pagel
Sumner
Allen Donald Taylor
Hazleton
Linn County
Cedar Falls
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Martha S. Harwood
19Th St
Highland Park
Mich
Forest Harwood
Detroit
Glenview
Ill
First Presbyterian Church
Women's Club
Kappa Gamma
P.E.O
Forest Harwood Jr
Brookfield
Wis
Susan Richardson
Judith Achilles
Granada Hills
Calif
Helen Goddard
Brooklyn
Turner Chapel East
Calvin DeVries
American Cancer Society
Second St
Second Street
Eighth Avenue
Mary K. Jackson
First Street
Silo
Stewart Funeral Home
William J. Stewart
James F. Stewart
Novak Monument CO
14Th Ave
C.R. Weather
Robert Wennekamp
Harold Drive
Brad Britcher
Pirie Drive
Hiawatha
Mary Hofer
Central City
Duane Drakos
Mount Vernon
Richard Delp
Anamosa
St. Luke's
Thomas K. Rooney
Loren G. Gottschalk
Walker
Larry M. Hansen
20Th St. NW
Donald J. Brecht
Stuart A. Stoltz
Eastern Drive
Robert L. Hamilton
16Th Ave
Bill Weiderman
Lisbon
Caer D’alene
Idaho
Daniel Meyer
Albert Witt
Newport Drive
Midway Drive
White Pine Drive
Aristor
Mideast
Frederick IX of
Denmark
John E. Lopes
3Rd Ave
Khomeini
John B. Turner & Son
Turner's
Second Ave
Pierson
Flowershop & Greenhouses. Inc
Ellis Blvd
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