Local obituaries list eight deaths in Cedar Rapids area
A batch of obituaries notes Lloyd W. Bittle 99 of Iowa Falls died at St. Luke's Cedar Rapids after a short illness. Howard G. Oliphant 56 of Marion died at IA City VA Hospital after a long illness. Clara K. McCallum 88 of Cedar Rapids died at Fourth Avenue Care Center after a long illness. Marie C. Strader 25 of Marion died at Allen Memorial Hospital Waterloo after a brief illness. Arthur W. Mehaffey 74 of Cedar Rapids died at St. Luke's Hospital after a long illness. Violet H. Chestnut 69 of Cedar Rapids died at home after a brief illness. Burial and service details listed for each in Iowa and neighboring counties. Funeral homes Suris, Baxter Memorial Chapel, Larkin-Martin, Cedar Memorial, and Stewart referenced. Burial sites include Union Cemetery Iowa Falls, Memorial Park Waterloo, Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Mount Calvary Cemetery. Burial and memorial dates span today through Thursday with multiple church services noted. Memorial contributions requested for Linn County Cancer Society and Camp Courageous.
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Lloyd W. Bittle
Iowa Falls
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Lisbon
Cedar
Iowa Farm Bureau
Eva
Elizabeth Belden
Alburnett
First Methodist Church
Union Cemetery
Suris Funeral Home
Howard G. Oliphant
Veterans Administration Hospital
Iowa City
Marion
Toddville
Newhall High School
Oliphant
James Oliphant
Susan
Colorado Springs
Colo
Douglas
David
Pittman
Nev
Jack
Center Point
Maxine Primmer
Rita Rhodes
LeGrand
Iowa
Baxter Memorial Chapel
Jay A Miller
Oliphant Family Cemetery
Clara K. McCallum
Fourth Avenue
Kingston Hill
Clara Ida Kiplinger
Belmond
Sanford L. McCallum
Younker’s
Trinity United Methodist Church
Madison
S.C
Waterloo
Lloyd Wilson
Robert Stephenson
Lakeland
Fla
Forrest Waldrop
Powell, Tenn
Frederick Moberg
Fargo
N.D
Esther Hartwig
Turner Chapel East
Robert Dennett
Memorial Park Waterloo
Marie C. Strader
Seventh Ave
Allen Memorial Hospital
Marie Snyder
New Hampton
Herman N. Strader
DeKalb
Ill
Parry
Lloyd Snyder
Edward Snyder
Santa Monica
Calif
Alice Schutte
Larkin-Martin Funeral
Tom Fritz
Graceland Cemetery
Linn County Cancer Society
Tenth St. SE
Arthur W. Mehaffey
34Th St
St. Luke’s Hospital
Pierre
S.D
Marita P. Miner
United Fire and Casualty
Collins Radio
Mizpah
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Camp Courageous
P.O. Box
Monticello
Kenwood Park United Methodist Church
33Rd St
Violet H. Chestnut
Regent St. NE
Hanover
Mass
Peter C. Chestnut
Brockton
Leonis
N.J
St. John’s Catholic Church
Ladies Guild
Altar and Rosary Society
St. Pius X Catholic Church
Republican Party
Pete
Joseph O’brien
Wayne Droessler
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Stewart Funeral Home
Services Pending for Rose Neuhaus
Rose Neuhaus age 57 of Walford died Tuesday after a brief illness at Mercy Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Teahen Funeral Home handling services.
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Rose Neuhaus
Walford
Mercy Hospital
Teahen Funeral Home
Memorial services and funerals announced for local residents
Memorial services held today for Julius G Brown at Brosh Funeral Home Solon with burial at Oakland Cemetery. Mae E Chisman at Murdoch Funeral Chapel Marion with Springville Cemetery burial. Elizabeth Betty Travis Edleman at Morgan Funeral Home Mount Vernon with memorial fund. Clarence L Lawyer at St Matthew's Catholic Church with American Legion honors and burial at Mount Calvary Cemetery. mention of daughter Mrs Herbert Stinson of Des Moines and Stewart Funeral Home arranging.
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Morgan Funeral Home
Mount Vernon
Wayne Wasta
Mount Vernon United Methodist Church
Clarence L
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Frederick Fangmann
American Legion Hanford Post
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Herbert Stinson
Des Moines
Stewart Funeral Home
East Iowa Deaths Prompt Multiple Obituaries
A regional obituary listing notes the deaths of Dean Campbell 66 of Monticello Timothy A Steffen 17 from an automobile crash A Schulte 87 of Delhi Millard R Gisleson 77 of rural Clermont Herman G Harris 66 of Communia Vera Reinhart 80 retired postal clerk Philip Benson Sr 70 Mesquakie Settlement John Clarence Keller 78 retired farmer and Zella Rich 85 with services pending at Fawcett's Details include surviving relatives and pending or scheduled services.
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Millard R. Gisleson
Levila
Clifford
Elgin
East Clermont Lutheran Church
Clermont
Muehlethaler
Vera G. Reinhart
Ray
Howard
Jesup
John May
Grinnell
Parker's
Cedar Crest Cemetery
France forms new Cabinet after mass resignation
Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy reshuffles to a lean 14 minister lineup with Delors Cheysson and Herru retained. The move aims to reverse the economy slide after municipal losses and the franc devaluations, as President Mitterrand seeks to bolster Socialist prospects ahead of a televised address.
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France
Paris
Pierre Mauroy
Jacques Delors
Claude Cheysson
Charles Herru
Francois Mitterrand
Mauroy
Mitterrand
Jean-Louis Bianco
Bianco
Radical Left Movement
Jack Lang
Tornado Drill Planned Across Iowa Statewide
The National Weather Service and state disaster offices will run a scheduled tornado drill today as part of tornado preparedness week declared by Gov. Branstad. Local schools hospitals and businesses are asked to participate with drill watches and warnings to simulate storm response.
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National Weather Service
State Office of Disaster Services
Terry Branstad
Iown
Linn County Civil Defense
Bill Bjorenson
Linn County
Iowa
Iowa State Patrol
Linn County backs liquor beer tax hike push
Linn County supervisors urge Iowa House support for a bill raising liquor store sales tax by 2 percent and beer tax by about 3 cents a gallon. In letters to legislators Joe Rinas Jean Oxley and Ken Schriner argue alcoholism costs Iowa 273 million annually while state funding remains low and propose a new prevention and rehabilitation fund funded by the alcohol taxes.
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Wszet
Linn
Iowa House of Representatives
Joe Rinas
Jean Oxley
Ken Schriner
Linn County
Iowa
Vital Statistics March births and emergencies listed
The notice records births at multiple locations including Linda and Ashley Kevin Ferguson in Masonville an unnamed son and St. Luke's Hospital reporting Tara Jeff Forsyth a son Ann Rick Schulte a daughter Anne Daniel Shakespeare a daughter Karen Randall Foct a son Jan Thomas Behrens a son Maria Phillip Brenner a daughter Sally Michael Ford a daughter Judy Mae Santiago Sanchez a daughter. Also births at Spanaway Washington Jan Roger Meeks a son with grandparents Buel and Rosemary Meeks and at Forest City Iowa Gretchen Kent Lewis a daughter with grandparents Ted and Mrs Lewis. Several names listed as parents and grandparents from Cedar Rapids Center Point Marion Swisher and related addresses. Also medical emergencies reported at 189 19th Ave SW 4 34 a.m. and 12 17 p.m. at 1040 Third Ave SE apt G.
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Anne
Daniel Shakespeare
Fairfax
Karen
Randall Foct
Harold Drive
Jan
Thomas Behrens
Toddville
Maria
Phillip Brenner
Midway Drive
Sally
Michael Ford
Swisher
Judy Mae
Santiago Sanchez
Woodland Heights
Marion
Tacoma
Wash
Roger Meeks
Spanaway
Buel
Rosemary Meeks
Jacolyn Drive
Forest City
Iowa
Gretchen
Kent Lewis
Ted Lewis
Aspen Lane
Guatemala Seizure Marks Coup One Year Later
One year after dissident army officers seized power in Guatemala, the shift came 15 days after a conservative general won the presidency of the Central American nation. The upheaval reshaped politics and drew regional attention.
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Guatemala
Centennial film shown at Iowa City Library
A 1939 Iowa City Centennial documentary will be screened at 7 30 tonight in meeting room A of the Iowa City Public Library. Sponsored by the Johnson County Historical Society the event invites attendees with memories or memorabilia from the celebration.
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Iowa City
The Gazette Adopts Longstanding Cedar Rapids Publication Model
The Gazette published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 outlines subscription options by carrier and mail with 7 issues weekly Morning Editions and Sunday pricing $9.20-4 weeks $95.00-52 weeks plus $125.00-52 weeks for out of state. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local and AP dispatches.
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THE
Gazette
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
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METRO
Anamosa
Dean Campbell
Goettsch’s
Decorah
Timothy A. Steffen
Alvin
Margaret Steffen
Mark
Calvin
Connie Knight
Humboldt
Myrtle Plagge
Martin Steffen
Anthon
Decorah Lutheran Church
Stevie
Freeport Cemetery
A. Schulte
John
Delhi
William
Manchester
Leo
Ryan
James
Masonville
Hilda Klosterman
New Vienna
St. John Catholic Church
St. Boniface Cemetery
Clifton’s
Earlville
Elkader
Herman G. Harris
Communia
Ruth
Shirley Meyer
Garber
Sheldon Clinton
Roland Clinton
Freeland
Nyal Clinton
Grimes
Dennis Clinton
Spokane
DeVere Clinton
Edgewood
Roy
Bill
Clarence
Florida
Hope Lutheran Church
Littleport
Witt's
Edgewood Cemetery
Tama
Philip Benson Sr
Mesquakie
Marshalltown
Gladys
Philip Jr
Denver
Robert
Linda Tyon
Horton
Kan
Lucy Lincoln
Mason-Hand's
Waukon
John Clarence Keller
Bernice
Kenneth
Cedar Falls
Winnifred Mullen
la Crosse
Wis
Francis
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Martin's
Gethsemane
Lansing
Winthrop
Zella Rich
Fawcett’s
Linn Board
Iowa Department of Substance Abuse
Linda
Ashley Kevin Ferguson
St. Luke’s
Tara
Jeff Forsyth
St. SW
Ann
Rick Schulte
Michael W. Butterfield
Susan M. Redman
David A. Phelps
Mary J. Pledge
Benito J. Tapia
Kerri L. Heckle
Eddy D. Dirks
Jane L. Plambeck
Norvelle D. Cady
Mary A. Beckman
Donald F. Craig
Julia G. Mitchell
Albert L. Stewart
Mildred L. Kephart
19Th Ave
Second Ave
Third Ave
Apt. G
Business Daily
Pat Trexier
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue St
Associated Press
al AP
Flowershop and Greenhouses, Inc
Ellis Boulevard
Center Pt. Rd
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