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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 2012
Page
5
Dorothy Mae Holmes 87 of Oxford Junction died March 14 2012. Funeral arrangements by Goettsch Funeral Home Monticello. Rudolf William Humpal 14 of Spillville died 2012. Balik Funeral Home Spillville.
The notices list eight deaths with ages and funeral homes across Iowa communities including Arlington Garnaville Lansing Maquoketa Oelwein Washington and Wellman. Individuals named Dale L Gifford Carroll D Harbaugh Richard Anderson Leona C Weets Lucille Hennager Kramer Mary D Tusing and Michael J Humble are reported as having died in March 2012 with respective funeral service arrangements indicated.
Frances Biermann aged 94 died Thursday March 15 2012. Funeral arrangements are with Burnham Wood and S K Rogers Funeral Homes in West Union.
The Gazette outlines obituary submission rules with a 4 pm daily deadline. Names ages residences dates of death and funeral home info appear free in the daily index, while additional details and eulogies cost 50 cents per word plus photo fees of 10 dollars each. Second day notices and out of town deaths cost 50 cents per word. symbols for affiliations cost 10 dollars each.
Myron J. Bisek 84 of Cedar Rapids died March 15 2012 at Crestview Acres. Services 4 p.m. March 18 at Murdoch Linwood Funeral Home Cedar Rapids with burial at Adel VA Cemetery. Survived by husband Michael and children plus seven grandchildren and great grandchildren. Sharol A. Chevalier 68 Cedar Rapids died March 14 2012. Memorial service 10:30 a.m. March 20 at Olivet Presbyterian Church. Body donated to University of Iowa Hospitals. Survived by husband Ken and daughters Julia and Kathy. Memorials may be directed to the family.
Genevieve G Wombacher 94 of Iowa City died March 13 2012 after a brief illness. Funeral Mass March 19 at St Wenceslaus with burial at St Joseph Cemetery. Visitation March 17 at Lensing Funeral and Cremation Service. She was cafeteria manager at Regina High School and later Hoover Elementary. Survived by seven children 24 grandchildren 53 great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren. Burial at St Joseph Cemetery. Memorials to St Wenceslaus Church Regina Foundation or Iowa City Hospice.
Norma Kay Wells 57 of Marion died March 14 2012 at Willow Gardens Care Center. Private services will be held. Brush Chapel in Cedar Rapids is assisting the family. Memorials may be directed to the family. Expressions of sympathy may be sent through www.broshchapel.com.
Karen L. Vandeventer memorial gathering set for March 17 at St. Pauls United Methodist Church with a 2 p.m. service officiated by Rev. Gillespie and private interment. Lloyd L. Matt 82 of Elkader died March 14 at St. Luke’s Hospital. Frederick Lee Clark 70 of Oxford Junction to have memorial services March 17 at Fry Funeral Home Tipton. general memorial fund established.
University of Iowa designs for four major projects go to the state Board of Regents for approval. Hancher Auditorium and School of Music replacements along with an Art Building, plus a new west campus residence hall, with costs totaling about 405 million dollars. Construction timelines span 2013 to 2016 with funding from flood insurance, FEMA, bonds, gifts, and rising room and board rates for 2015.
At the University of Northern Iowa 77 academic programs including majors minors and graduate tracks with historically low degree output are slated for termination pending state Board of Regents approval in Iowa City. Regents meet Wednesday with full details to follow and may extend UNI faculty buyout incentives deadlines.
Campus police logged 2 439 alcohol related charges across the University of Iowa Iowa State University and UNI in 2011 with 1 062 involving students The UI saw 1 428 such charges 39 percent student related while ISU had 886 charges 49 percent student and UNI 125 charges 58 percent student Total campus charges reached 3 770 with 46 percent student related The three universities began reporting student charged counts in 2010 third quarter making full 2010 comparisons unavailable.
The Iowa Board of Regents weighs a plan to name Patrick Clancy as superintendent of both the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School in Vinton and the Iowa School for the Deaf in Council Bluffs. Jeanne Prickett resigns as Deaf School head to lead the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind. if approved, Clancy would start April 1 with a $138,580 salary and a $25,000 raise plus a $20,000 annual deferred compensation increase.
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