Deaths Chronicle Cedar Rapids Area Obituaries Family, Friends
Notices list multiple deaths and funeral details across Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Independence, West Branch, and surrounding towns. Includes Wallace Bixby, Evelyn Seidler, Paul Boies, Thomas Pendergast, John Eller, and others with ages, birthplaces, survivors, service times, and burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Wally” Bixby
19Th St
Cedar Rapids
Fourth Avenue
Boulder
Colo
Alice Sullivan
Galesburg
Ill
Bixby-Kissing
Cherry-Burrell
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Mizpah
William Kisling
R.H. Meyer
Phoenix
Ariz
Gerald C. Myers
Marion
Frederic Lang
Swisher
Louis Kizer
Gilmore City
Turner Chapel West
John P. Woods
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Mizpah Lodge
Evelyn Grossman Seidler
Des Moines
Normal
Stanley Seidler
Bloomington High School
University of Illinois
Jefferson High School
Sigma Delta Tau
League of Women Voters of
Temple Judah
Red Cross
Lawrence
New York
N.Y
Alan
Columbus
Ohio
Carol
Buffalo
Wyo
Susan
Decatur
Evelyn G. Seidler
Thomas L. Pendergast
Owensville
West Branch
Springdale
Lila Pauline Brown
Sigourney
Collins Radio
Patricia Mehaffey
Laura Fell
West Branch Cemetery
Samuel Hahn
Barker Funeral Home
Kaufman
Glenn D
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
Eugene Hancock
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Mausoleum
Bethany Lutheran Church
Forest Drive
Turner Chapel East
Maintenance men rescue girl held for 119 days
In Memphis, two church workers hid in the Christ United Methodist Church to trap a 250 pound abductor holding 15 year old Leslie Marie Gattas in a concealed crawlspace beneath a balcony. The girl’s four month ordeal ended when the thief was stopped as he fled with her from the church cafeteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Miss Gattas
George Gattas
Chapman
Gattas
Fred P. Gattas Co
Thomas Lee Mungen
Milton Bennett
Bennett
Military plane crashes in Illinois killing 20 aboard
An Illinois National Guard KC 135 crashed Friday night in rural northern Illinois killing all 20 aboard. The craft carried seven crew and 13 passengers from the 126th Air Refueling Wing based at O'Hare. Witnesses heard a loud explosion near the muddy field northwest of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodstock
Ill
Illinois National Guard
Illinois
Michael Fischer
Chicago
Jerry Bilke
Air Force
O’hare International
126Th Air Refueling Wing
Air Reserve Force
O'Hare
WMAQ
Acquitted man Grube faces two new charges
A six juror not guilty verdict on involuntary manslaughter led to immediate arrest of 23 year old Timothy Allan Grube on two new counts. He allegedly carried a concealed weapon without a permit and obstructed justice by moving Leslie's body and altering evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Mittman
Johnson County
Iowa City
Timothy Allan Grube
Grube
Jaylynn Carol Leslie
Springfield
Ohio
West Branch
Leslie
J. Patrick White
Larry Fugate
Michelle Renee Enlow
Elderly Miami Beach driver gives up license after 11 incidents
Gertrude Karmiel, 81, who has struck 11 people since 1978 including three fatally, mailed her Florida license to Tallahassee rather than retake tests. Police say she may face stiffer charges for the latest crash that killed three elderly women and injured five others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Gertrude Karmiel
Tallahassee
Bureau of Driver Improvement
Ms. Frost
Karmiel
Bruce Lehr
Lehr
Fire destroys Petersburg apartment building and damages paper
A Petersburg blaze wrecked a downtown eight unit apartment building and adjacent Progress-Index office. One person died and more than 20 were injured including six firefighters. officials cited basement origin and gas explosions from a beauty salon and restaurant as possible causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Ing City
Russ Rakestraw
Harry Marsh
Marsh
Duffer and Sabotta Birth Announcements Across States
March 18 and 19 bring several newborns: Linda and Benny Duffer Urbana announce a daughter. Deborah and Thomas Sabotta at 310 Cambridge Drive NE have a son. Cathy and Bob Hersom Oklahoma City welcome a son. Additional births involve Sharon and Donald Elliott Watkins Kathy and Michael Moel Solon Carla and Steve Levi 1616 Keith Drive NE Maria and John Moss 817 19th Ave SW Sue and Jeff Robbins Panama. grandpar ents Jack Vander Weg Cedar Rapids area and other listed families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda
Benny D. Duffer
Urbana
Sharon
Donald Elliott
Watkins
Kathy
Michael Moel
Solon
Deborah
Thomas Sabotta
Cambridge Drive
Jane
Albert Sanket
Fairfax
Carla
Steve Levi
Keith Drive
Maria
John Moss
19Th Ave
Panama
Sue
Jeff Robbins
Jack Vander Weg
Terrace Hill Drive
Oklahoma City
Okla
Cathy
Bob Hersom
Robert W. Hersom
20Th St
Correction and clarification from Hiawatha Gazette notes bids for library demolition
The Hiawatha City Council has not approved demolishing the Hiawatha Library, despite reports. The council has asked for bids on the project. The Gazette corrects errors about speaker Michael Robinson of Imperial Media at Coe College and promises corrections for inaccuracies in reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiawatha
Michael Robinson
Imperial
Coe College
Gazette
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paul Stephen Boies
Route 1
Toddville
St. Luke's Hospital
Independence
East Buchanan High School
Winthrop
Jane Anne Nelson
Strawberry Point
Jim Aronson
Cami
Ray
Donna) Armstrong
San Antonio
Texas
David
Hazleton
White Funeral Home
Larry Johnson
Quasqueton Cemetery
White's
John W. Eller
17Th St
Americana Health Care Center
William H. Herbst
Lisbon
Monticello
Morgan's
Ada M. Hughes
Crestview Acres
Linn County
Oelwein
Joseph William Chalder
Leslie B. Hughes
Joseph W. Chalder
Charles W. Hughes
Anna Mae
Iowa
Conroy
Ida M. Heitshusen
Uhlmann
Williamsburg
Trinity Lutheran Church
Decorah
Charles L. Knorr
Congregational United Church of Christ
Phelps Cemetery
Olson-Fjelstul’s
Raymond A. Mikesh
Olson Fjelstul
Earlville
Sarah Jane
Sadie” Phillips
United Methodist Church
Clifton Funeral
Fayette
Hopkinton
Joseph Grathe
Roberson's
St. Olaf
Gunnar Landsgaard
Norway Lutheran Church
Witt’'s
Elkader
Vinton — Palmer Flatberg
Phillips
Vinton
Lawrence E. Yancey
Campbell-Russell
Waukon
West Union
Walter Marti
Martin's
Lansing Ridge Cemetery
Mungen
Johnson
Fugate
Enlow
Mark el
White
Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation
Eldridge
Tim
Michelle Enlow
Fort Myers
Florida
Department of Motor Vehicles
Virginia
Donald Hannuksela
Battalion
A.G. Ashby
St. Luke’s
Jeffrey L. Vance
Crystal A. Brecht
James A. Furnish
Debra G. Reynolds
Raymond J. Cortez
Mary A. Merck
Stephen L. Mead
Atkins
Rose M. Hutchinson
Donnal Lynn
Thomas Dean Tharp
Deena Loraine
Gregory Alan White
Kathryn L
Ronald Joseph Koch
Vernon L
Roselyn M. Brubaker
Bonnie K
David L. Taschner
Aecha Kim
Gary Stewart Wessels
Ellen M
Donald Cary Hedlund
Lisa A
William R. Davison
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
U.S
Associated Press
AP News
John E. Lapes
Center Pt. Rd. NE
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