Deaths in Linn County and surrounding areas
Essie Mae Hill 91 of Sun City Arizona formerly Linn County died March 15 1994 after a lingering illness at Brighton Gardens nursing center Sun City Burial in Hill family cemetery Wright County Rowan Survivors include two sons six grandchildren and a great grandchild Born June 29 1903 in Linn County she taught geology at Cornell College and was active as a teacher in multiple states In 1972 the moved to Sun City Arizona She authored four books Memorials to All Saints of the Desert Cornell College Geology Department or Pickerel Lake United Sunday School. Lois E Deizell 76 of The Meth-Wick Community died March 16 1994 of a heart ailment Services Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories Burial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Several survivors included a daughter a son and a sister A memorial fund supports American Diabetes and American Heart associations S L Sam Huston 86 of Springfield Ohio formerly Gladbrook and Cedar Rapids died March 16 1994 Private graveside services at Ferncliff Cemetery Memorials to First Lutheran Church Moved from Cedar Rapids to Springfield in 1948 He and his wife owned Dairy Queen franchises and he was a broker with Huston Realty J Daniel Miller 65 Marion died March 15 1994 Body donated to University Hospitals Memorial viewing Friday at Murdoch Funeral Home Bette Elizabeth Goldsberry 80 Boulder Colorado formerly Cedar Rapids died March 15 1994 Memorial services later Frank Francis II and Frank III among survivors Faye E Smith memorial service held at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories with donations to Kidney Foundation or American Cancer Society.
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Essie Mae Hill
Sun City
Ariz
Linn County
Brighton Gardens
Burial Hill Family
Wright County
Rowan
George Hill
West Orange
N.J
Thomas Hill
Buffalo
N.Y
Essie
William Henry Thompson
Sadie D. Randall
Lisbon
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Cornell
Gerald Leslie Hill
Clarion
Arizona
PEO Sisterhood
All Saints of the Desert Episcopal Church
Sun City Rockhound Club
Sun City Poetry Club
Arizona State Poetry Club
All Saints of the
Lois E. Deizell
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Turner Chapel East
Larry Hayward
First Presbyterian Church
Jane Carlstrom
Urbandale
Jim
Palantine
Ill
Mary Roberts
Tampa
Fla
Milford M. Delzell
Lois
Central City
Marion
American Diabetes and
American Heart Associations
S.L
Sam” Huston
Springfield
Ohio
Gladbrook
Cedar Rapids
Ferncliff Cemetery
First Lutheran Church
David Imhoff
Littleton & Rye Funeral Home
Diane H
James F. Walsh
Susan J
William P. Toppari
Orlando
Twyla Smith
Prescott
Harry E
Carrie Schwartz Huston
Huston
van Dyke Club
American Auto Club
Sam
Dairy Queen
Clark
Greene Counties
Huston Realty
First Lutheran Church Memorial Fund
J. Daniel Miller
35Th St
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Iowa City
University Hospitals
Murdoch Funeral Home
Lee
Bette
Elizabeth Goldsberry
Boulder
Colo
Boulder Community Hospital
Crist Mortuary
Francis
Francis II
Sacramento
Calif
Frank
Arrangements Pending for Dorothy Hovey Olson
Dorothy Hovey Olson 79 of Wheat Ridge Colorado died March 15 1994 in Lutheran Hospital Wheat Ridge after a long illness Arrangements are pending at Cedar Memorial Funeral Home The Gazette lists obituary guidelines and submission details including rates and contact numbers.
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Dorothy Hovey Olson
Wheat Ridge
Colo
Cedar Rapids
Lutheran Hospital
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Deaths in Eastern Iowa Two Obituaries
Donald R. Smith 46 died March 14 1994 at home after a sudden illness. Services at Decorah Lutheran Church with burial at Lutheran Cemetery. Freda W. Osthoff 91 died March 15 1994 in Guttenberg Care Center after a lengthy illness. Services at Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home with burial at Guttenberg City Cemetery.
Urban J. Besler Dies at 74 in Dyersville
Urban J Besler 74 of Worthington died Tuesday morning March 15 1994 at home after a sudden illness. Funeral services 10:30 a.m. Friday Basilica of St Francis Xavier Dyersville with burial at St Paul Cemetery Worthington. Visitation 2 to 9 p.m. today at Reiff Funeral Home Dyersville wake at 7 and military service at 8 p.m. He is survived by three sons Richard Urban Jr and Daniel and three daughters Barbara Linda and Carol, a sister LaVina and eight grandchildren plus three great grandchildren. Preceded by wife Margene died 1973 two sons Thomas 1984 William 1979 and daughter Mary Ann in infancy. Urban J Besler Memorial Fund established. Full military honors by Sherrman Peterson American Legion Post 656.
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Urban J. Besler
Worthington
St. Francis Xavier
Dyersville
St. Paul
Reiff Funeral Home
Richard
Daniel
Milpitas
Calif
Urban Jr
Springville
Barbara Dutmeyer
Linda Billmeyer
Marion
Carol Besler
Dubuque
LaVina Becker
Margene Reiff Besler
Thomas
William
Mary Ann
Sherrman Peterson American Legion
Three Iowa obituaries for Whitford Cox and Sutherland
Beverly Whitford 75 of Fayette died March 16 1994 after a long illness at Maplecrest Nursing Home Services 130 PM Friday Volga United Methodist Church burial Hillcrest Cemetery Volga cremation arranged by Becker Milnes Funeral Home Survivors include three sons James Robert Don and Marilyn Hogue Gail Bochek Evert Cox 85 of What Cheer died March 15 1994 after a sudden illness services 1030 AM Friday Harden Funeral Chapel burial Sixteen Cemetery near Thornburg survivors include wife Ina son Larry three daughters and five siblings Carrie O Sutherland 96 of Monticello died March 16 1994 at Senior Home Memorial services 2 PM Sunday First Presbyterian Church flowers omitted memorials to First Presbyterian Church Goettsch Funeral Home in charge Survivors include husband Donald a daughter Judith Pahnke two sons Stuart and F R Dick Sutherland ten grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren
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Beverly June Whitford Chase
Maplecrest Nursing Home
Volga United Methodist Church
Michelle Williamson
Hillcrest Cemetery
Volga
Becker-Milnes Funeral Home
Fayette
James
Farmersburg
Robert
Evanston
Wyo
Don
Manchester
Marilyn Hogue
Sioux City
Gail Bochek
Boise, Idaho
Evert Cox
Harden Funeral
Thornburg
Ina
Larry
McGregor
Sharon Homan
Keswick
Virginia Cox
Des Moines
Ralph
Lewis
G.C. Jr
Ruth Boss
June Camenisch
Elma Schuhart
Louise Harmon
Mildred O'Conner
Carrie O. Sutherland
First Presbyterian Church
Goettsch
Mary Louise Woolley Christianson 70 dies after long illness
Mary Louise Woolley Christianson 70 died March 16 1994 at Parkview Manor following a long illness. Services are at 7 p.m. Friday at Powell Funeral Home Wellman with Rev. Dr. Charles Klink and graveside services Saturday at Memorial Park Cemetery Mason City. Survivors include Gilbert her husband James of Chester Va and Barbara Baumann of Norwalk. Edward Eddie Christensen 77 died March 16 1994 at Palmer Lutheran Health Center after a long illness. Arrangements pending at Burnham Wood Funeral Home.
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Mary Louise Woolley Christianson
Parkview Manor
Powell Funeral Home
Wellman
Charles Klink
Memorial Park Cemetery
Mason City
Gilbert
James
Chester
Barbara Baumann
Norwalk
Edward “Eddie” Christensen
Palmer Lutheran Health Center
Burnham-Wood Funeral Home
Obituary: Wilber A. Block 59 Dies After Illness in Guttenberg
Wilber A. Block 59 died Wednesday March 16 1994 at Guttenberg Municipal Hospital after a lingering illness. Services at 10 30 a m Saturday at St John s Lutheran Church with Rev Harold McMillan. Burial in Guttenberg City Cemetery. Friends may call 2 to 9 p m Friday at Tuecke Allyn Funeral Home Guttenberg.
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Freda W. Osthoff
Guttenberg
Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home
Harold McMillin
Guttenberg City Cemetery
Edwin
Keith
Dubuque
Hirma Landolt
Wilber A. Block
Guttenberg Municipal Hospital
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Mediapolis Board Bans Judy Blume Novel Forever
Mediapolis Iowa school board votes 5 2 to remove Forever by Judy Blume from junior and senior high library shelves. Superintendent Newman says the 1975 book does not align with the district emphasis on abstinence and violates policy after last year’s abstinence instruction mandate.
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Mediapolis
Judy Blume
Des Moines
William Newman
FEMA inspector probes Benton County flood aid for Randalls
A FEMA inspector examined Gene and Janet Randall in Shellsburg to assess eligibility for flood relief after nine months of appeals and six prior inspections. If damage exceeds 50 percent of value, ECICOG may pursue a direct buyout with block grant funds, leaving the land restricted and possible mortgage payoff.
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Gazette
Benton County
John Miller
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
Gene
Janet Randall
Shellsburg
Randalls
Iowa Council of Governments
Ecicog
Small Business Administration
Open enrollment reform divides Iowa school leaders
Iowa Senate backed bill would let home districts keep half of property taxes for students who transfer. Local reactions split by net gain or loss Tom Kirsch reports. College Community District, gaining 243 in etc
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Iowa
Senate
College Community
Jim Steffen
William Jacobson
Marion Independent School
Jacobson
Nelson Evans
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Davenport
Evans
Grandy unveils new ad focus on Iowa economy
Rep. Fred Grandy launches a television ad campaign in Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Sioux City promoting a plan to freeze spending cut property taxes and return taxes to Iowans to spur job creation. He argues Branstad favors symbolic tax cuts while his own plan requires eliminating the budget deficit.
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Ken Sullivan
Gazette
Des Moines
Iowa
Fred Grandy
Terry Branstad
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Grandy
Regents OK field house plans at UNI high school
The State Board of Regents approved rebuilding UNI Price Laboratory School field house at Cedar Falls. Project cost about 2.75 million with state lawmakers debating up to 3 million, construction to start in September and opening in August 1995.
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Regents OK
UNI High School
UNI
Constantine Curris
Cedar Falls
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Cedar Memorial Chapel of
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Marion Christian Church
Kidney Foundation
American Cancer Society
the Gazette
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Fjelstul Funeral Home
Alice
Kristoffer Smith
Las Vegas
Donald Neff
San Antonio
Texas
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Austin
Phyllis Crump
Rochester, Minn
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Betty Martins
Luana
Ida
Irene
Jeff
Omaha
Neb
Steven
le Mars
Randy
Dennison
Lisa Block
Linda Horstman
Dale
Monticello
West Union
Hunt
Miller
Jim Nussle
Dave Nagle
Kansas City
Board of Supervisors
Kristie Fisher
The
By John Kirsch
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Price Laboratory School
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
Evelyn
East Main Anamosa
IRA
Modern Woodmen Solutions
Paul Kiecksee
Johnson Ave
N.W
Ted Messer
FICF
11Th Ave
Belle Plaine
Mick Culbertson
Craig Burtis
1St Ave. N.E
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