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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 2000
Page
13
David M. Brown Sr. 96 of Guttenberg dies after a sudden illness. Services at St. John’s Lutheran Church with visitation at Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home. Merle J. Elliott 87 dies after a short illness in Strawberry Point Lutheran Home. Services at Grace United Methodist Church with burial at Campton Cemetery.
Lester P. Thibodeau 75 died March 27 2000 of cancer at home in Manchester services 2 pm today Clifton Funeral Home Earlville burial Fairview Cemetery Earlville friends may call 1 to 2 pm today survivors include his mother Zelda McCartney of Edgewood three sons two stepsons a stepdaughter and two brothers Joann R. Read 63 died March 28 2000 at home arrangements pending at Haylock O'Hara Lahey Funeral Home Maquoketa
Mel Suchomel died of congestive heart failure Sunday March 26 2000 at home in Tipton Iowa A memorial service 10:30 a.m. Friday at St Marys Catholic Church Tipton with burial at St Brigads Cemetery Solon friends may call 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday Fry Funeral Home Tipton He was a World War II PT Boat Squadron 46 veteran and owned Tipton Oil Co for eight years and Cedar Bluff General Store from 1957 to 1987 He was survived by his wife Margaret Morris Suchomel son Barton Joseph Suchomel Karen of Aurora Colorado grandsons Bryce Lucas and Jesse his sisters Mildred and Dorothy and other relatives. A memorial fund has been established.
Adolph Walters, 76, died Tuesday March 28 2000 at home after a sudden illness. Arrangements are pending at Uhlmann Powell Funeral Home in Williamsburg.
Community notice requests written submissions for memorial tributes to loved ones. Deadline is 4 p.m. on weekdays. specify publication date. forms available. Pricing includes 35 cents per word and ten dollars per photo with contact at 398 8221.
The Gazette publishes death notices and obituaries with deadlines and format rules. Arrangements pending notices, including immediate survivors and a photo, appear as a news item, with other obituary material charged at 35 cents per word.
Linn County lays 6 to 8 foot plastic targets and 18 stainless monuments on public rights of way for an aerial photography project. The system will produce 57 reference points with precise coordinates to assemble seamless county maps for planning snow routes, road design, and property descriptions. Flights begin today weather permitting, at 5 000 feet over cities and 9 000 feet over rural areas, primarily 10 am to 2 pm.
Plans for a 29th Avenue extension provoke opposition as critics question a curved alignment and bridge design intended to slow traffic and move the road away from Linn-Mar schools. The $6.8 million project includes a 400‑foot arch bridge, a parkway, offset intersections, and bikeway, with federal funding unlikely before 2004–2005 and construction not before 2007.
The Iowa Senate on Tuesday passed a 797.8 million dollar human services budget, up 9 million from last year’s 788.5 million. The 35 to 14 vote largely split along party lines with Democrats opposing cuts and urging restored funds for public assistance, food stamps, nursing home checks, and child abuse registry placement.
Instructions for submitting today’s question via CITYLINE use numbers 363 7000 or 337 7000. Enter category 1111 and call before 5 p.m. The note provides contact steps to participate and contribute responses.
An evening of Andrew Lloyd Webber selections performed by an orchestra and chorus at Hancher Auditorium featured choreography and dramatic lighting. The show repeats tonight at 8 as Helen Chadima prepares a full review to publish Thursday.
March 29 2000 Linn County schedule lists meetings at Cedar Rapids City Council Linn County Board of Supervisors Linn-Mar Community School Board and MH DD Services Dialogue with events at Witwer Building and Kernels program featuring John Rodgers. Also arts music lectures film exhibits and birth announcements from Mercy St Luke's in Marion and surrounding communities.
The log lists Richard L. Schrader 31 arrested Monday at Highway 30 and Skillman Road Lisbon on a second offense drunken driving charge. Gregory G. Fitch 33 arrested Tuesday in Marion on a drunken driving count. Eddie Ayers Jr. 49 charged with domestic assault against Carlene Ayers Tuesday at their residence. Steven W. Burns 32 charged with assault causing bodily injury Tuesday at Buck's Bar. Michael D. Dukell 28 charged with possession with intent to distribute in Cedar Rapids.
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