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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1983

Page

2

Marion and Cedar Rapids Obituaries Featured in Monday Deaths

Marion and Cedar Rapids area notices report Mae E. Chisman 91 of 455 31st St Marion died after a lingering illness at Willow Gardens Care Center. Clarence L. Sawyer 73 of 1039 31st St NE died at St Luke's Hospital after a brief illness. Multiple services planned with burial at local cemeteries and memorial funds established.

Mae E. Chisman Marion Willow Gardens Mae Bolton Springville Marion Chisman Anamosa Waukegan Hal Bolton Des Moines Zula Lingren Gowrie Iowa Edith Roever Waverly Hazelle O’keefe Murdoch Funeral Jay A. Miller Clarence L. Sawyer St. Luke’s Hospital Bancroft Margaret Ann Schwab Osage Collins Radio Larry K Cedar Rapids Kenneth Walla Walla Wash E.G. Jr Junction City Kan Lynn Ernestine Losh St. Matthew’s Catholic Church A.A. Sodawasser American Legion Hanford Post Mount Calvary Cemetery Stewart Funeral Home Howard G. Oliphant Veterans Hospital Iowa City Baxter Memorial Chapel Clara McCallum Cedar Rapids Fourth Avenue Turner Chapel East Arthur W. Mehaffey 34Th St Cedar Memorial Funeral Home

Services Rescheduled Graveside for Frances C. Randa

Frances C. Randa graveside services scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday at Oak Hill Cemetery with Rev. Robert A. Dennett of Trinity United Methodist Church presiding. Friends may register at Turner Chapel East from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday.

Randa Frances C Oak Hill Cemetery Robert A. Dennett Trinity United Methodist Church Turner Chapel

East Iowa Deaths Weave Service, Family, and Memorial Details

Obituary notices list Millard Gisleson 77, retired farmer, dies in West Union with services pending. Mabel O Meara 73 dies with three daughters and two sons surviving and services at St Joseph Church. Arlington United Methodist Church to host funeral for one memorial, burial at Strawberry Point Cemetery, with interment details and wakes noted.

Edwin Cedar Rapids Floyd Elkader Howard Fayette Virgil Marion Faith Mitchell Arlington Elsie Dills Florence Boynton Strawberry Point Wm. Ralston Jewett Dubuque Mabel Walt) O’meara James Konzen Farley Wilbur Hartman Richard Brandenburg Epworth James P Cascade Leslie Streif Manchester Arnold Wall St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Reiff’s

Obituary notices for Maquoketa area figures and families

Multiple obituaries from Maquoketa and surrounding towns detail deaths of Ford Schmidt 76 a Black Angus feeder of Maquoketa died Saturday and Bill Hoth 76 retired Sumner shoe owner, Edna Neve 82 longtime Vinton resident, and Helen Ullom 85 longtime Eden Mutual official. Services and burial plans listed with church and cemetery details and in charge firms. Survivors named include spouses children grandchildren and extended relatives in Iowa Illinois Indiana and Arizona. Graveside or church services scheduled in coming days with arrangements by local funeral homes.

Ford Schmidt Maquoketa Adena Herkelman Cedar Rapids Ruth Albers Keystone Owen Bernice Briggs Geneseo Ill Grace Lutheran Church de Witt Haylock-O'hara-Kudley’s Pine Hill Cemetery Bleidhorn Iowa

Oelwein Businessman Melvin Costley Dies at 56

Melvin Wesley Costley 56 of Oelwein, owner of Modern Business Equipment, died Sunday afternoon of a heart attack. Survived by wife Eileene. Services Wednesday 11 a.m. at Brant-Kern's. friends may call. Burial at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Melvin Wesley Costley Oelwein Eileene Brant-Kern’s Woodlawn Cemetery

West Branch farmer Neal Paulsen dies at 89

Neal Paulsen 89, a retired farmer of West Branch, Iowa, died with survivors including two sons Harold of Walcott and Alvin of West Branch, a daughter Wanda George of Pomeroy, ten grandchildren, six great grandchildren, two sisters Ada Olsen of Arcadia and Karen McClure of Anaheim, and a brother Paul in Florida. Services are Thursday at 11 a.m. at Bethany Lutheran Church with burial in West Branch Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday afternoon and evening at Barker's, and a memorial fund is established.

Bill Hoth Sumner Ella Marilyn Gordon Eugene Ore Karen Quibell Waverly Alvin St. John American Lutheran Church Burial Church Cemetery Becker-Milne’s Edna Neve Vinton Tempe Ariz Leland Glenn Peterson Spokane Wash Lyle Peterson St. Petersburg Fla Jerry Peterson Knoxville Leila Quigley Mesa Marcella Tyler Denver Colo Elsie Grimm Garrison Phillips Evergreen Cemetery Neal Paulsen Harold Walcott Iowa West Branch Wanda George Pomeroy Ada Olsen Arcadia Calif Karen McClure Anaheim Paul Florida Bethany Lutheran Church West Branch Cemetery Barker’s

Democrats push women to win construction contracts in bond bill

Iowa House Democrats move Jobs Week with an amendment to a $150 million road bond that requires 5 percent of proceeds go to firms majority owned by women. The measure aims to boost women entrepreneurs and non traditional jobs while lawmakers consider related $3 million buy down loans for housing construction and a separate $63.8 million Regents bonding bill.

Judy Daubenmier Gazette Des Moines House Democrats House Finance Committee Minnette Doderer Diona City House Appropriations Committee Iowa Department of Transportation Jean Lloyd-Jones Connolly Iowa Terry Branstad Tom Jochum D-Dubuque Board of Regents

Cordes resigns from Grant Wood AEA amid restructuring debate

John Cordes quit as director of educational services at the Grant Wood Area Education Agency during a board meeting. The board will hear Dwight Bode's restructuring plan at the April 18 session and approved a $51,837 settlement. Cordes says autonomy of the division should be preserved. He joined in 1970 and received applause as he left, while the employee group urged a new management direction.

Kurt Rogahn John Cordes Grant Wood Cordes Dwight Bode Division of Educational Services

Nicaragua faces cross border invasion by exile forces

Nicaragua accuses 1 200 Somoza loyalists based in Honduras of invading from border sanctuaries and capturing two towns near Managua. Defense Minister Humberto Ortega warned that U S backed exiles aim to trigger war with Honduras while Washington contested the reports.

Managua Nicaragua UPI Honduras Washington Humberto Ortega Anastasio Somoza Honduran Ortega

Search continues for eight year old swept into creek

Cedar Falls authorities and the Cedar Valley Underwater Search and Recovery Unit intensified a missing child search after an 8 year old boy, Brian Crook, was swept from a flooded road into Snag Creek at Black Hawk Park. Divers and the Cedar Falls Fire Department aided while bicycles were recovered.

Cedar Falls Cedar Valley Brian Crook David Crook Snag Creek Sheriff's Brian Miller’s Quarry Waterloo

Vital Statistics births and medical emergencies listed

A community notice lists multiple births with parent names and addresses on March 21. It also records medical emergencies at Cedar Rapids locations with times from Sunday night to Monday morning. The events include numerous couples and their newborns, plus addresses and times for the emergencies.

Thought for today quote by Mohammed on true wealth

A thought for today notes that a man's true wealth lies in the good he does in the world. The quote attributes wisdom to Mohammed the Arab prophet born in 570 and died in 632.

Mohammed

The Gazette Publication Details

The Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates list carrier and mail options with various weekly and yearly prices and restrictions on some areas.

THE Gazette Gazette Company Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa U.S

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