Deaths fill Cedar Rapids area obituary notices
Multiple memorials and services announced for Gladys F. Thelken 91, Dr. Jerome J. Jeemenek 78, infant Tanya Marie Geiger, and others. The notices list origins, affiliations, survivors, and scheduled funeral rites across Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Center Point, Vining, Decorah, and nearby towns with church, cemetery, and fund details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys F. Thelken
C Ave
Northbrook Manor
Gladys Whitney
Boston
Mass
Frank Thelken
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
St. Theresa’s Circle
Altar and Rosary Society
A.A. Sodawasser
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Stewart Funeral Home
St. Matthew’s Memorial Fund
First Ave
George McCord
Donald Teply
James Wilbur
Louis Wegner
Rochester
Minn
Estelle Motis
West
Texas
St. Ludmila’s Catholic Church
Clarence Frana
St. John’s Cemetery
St. Ludmila’s Memorial Fund
21St Ave
Meskimen
Lottie Loretta
Turner Chapel West
Vernon D. Bundy
The
Free Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Snyder
John E
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Gary Hunstad
First Lutheran Church
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Lewis
J. Leone
United Methodist Church
Center Point
Sheridan Mallett
Spring Grove
Covington
Murdoch Chapel
Anamosa
Inez Davis
Forest Hill Cemetery
Goettsch’s
Clutier
Emil J. Hala
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Vining
Hand
Holy Trinity Cemetery
Decorah
Esther A. Ruffridge
Decorah Lutheran Church
Stevie’s
Phelps Cemetery
Dyersville
Frank Weber
St. Francis Xavier
Church Cemetery
Kramer
Independence
Viva L. Melick
Walnut Ridge Baptist Church
Waterloo
Wilson Cemetery
White’s
John Demuth
St. John’s Catholic Church
Glen Hertzberg
Cushing, Minn
Iowa City
Clarence
Shorty” Schindhelm
Memory Gardens
George L
Oakhill Cemetery
Williamsburg
Osterbeck
Hannah L. Barrett
Tuecke-Allyn’s
Bethel Cemetery
Vinton
Merle Burriss
Campbell- Russell’s
T. Maurice Talmadge
Wesley United Methodist Church
Campbell-Russell’s
Talmadge
Evergreen Cemetery
Virginia Gay Hospital Annex Capital Improvement Fund
Iowa City teens charged in west-side knife point burglary
Two Iowa City youths, Jeff Hoover and a 17 year old, face two counts of second degree burglary after a 79 year old woman was tied up during an early morning break in on Douglass Court. They allegedly entered another home at 311 Douglass Court before fleeing with cash and a gun.
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Gazette
Johnson County
Iowa City
Jeff Hoover
Orchard St
Madelin Mahaffy
Douglass Court
Towncrest
Mahaffy
Vital Statistics Listings Dated May Life Events
Vital statistics blurbs record multiple births and parent names across several cities with dates May 1 through May 3. Daughters and sons are listed for families in Omaha, Minneapolis, Waterloo and Cedar Rapids with accompanying grandparent addresses and several unrelated notices.
Procter & Gamble Moves to Overturn Tampon Verdict
Procter & Gamble seeks to nullify or order a new trial after a $300,000 verdict in Cedar Rapids federal court in favor of Michael Kehm over his wife Patricia Kehm who died after using Rely tampons. The motion cites insufficient evidence linking Rely to toxic shock and claims courtroom prejudice and trial errors.
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Procter & Gamble
Tim White
Steve Warbasse
Kehm
Tom Riley
Riley
Max” Hahn
Earle Haas
Reagan weighs October Brezhnev summit or informal get-together
The Reagan administration quietly weighs a full summit with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev in October or a less formal get-together. Officials say no decision has been made and emphasize that any meeting must be carefully prepared and justified by the state of relations.
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New York Times
Washington
Reagan
Leonid Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Austria
Ireland
Washington Post
Ana
Toly Dobrynin
Soviet Union
Fisher
Fischer
White House
Marion man leads police on 100 mph chase into fire
Cecil Lamphier, 28, of Marion, led deputies on a 15 minute chase south of Center Point at speeds over 100 mph. The car caught fire from hot exhaust. a Center Point officer extinguished it. A 15-year-old boy and Lamphier’s 3-year-old son were in the vehicle. Lamphier faces multiple charges including drunk driving, eluding police, reckless driving, speeding, improper passing, driving left of center, and disobeying an officer. He was held at Linn County Jail pending arraignment.
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Center Point
Cecil Lamphier
First St
Marion
Toddville
Lamphier
Linn County
Waterbed Creations Warehouse Destroyed by Fire
A blaze at Waterbed Creations in Grand Mound destroyed about 90 percent of the warehouse and its contents. The fire began around 4 30 p m and was put out after five hours by 45 firefighters from Grand Mound Calamus and DeWitt. No injuries were reported. Fire officials know the cause but will announce it Tuesday. Owner Chuck Gregoire of Grand Mound identified.
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Grand Mound
UPI
Meryle Haack
Waterbed Creations
Chuck Gregoire
Two Women Die In Plymouth Area Car Ambulance Crash
Two Mason City women died after a car and ambulance collided head on about 3 PM on a Cerro Gordo County road 14 miles south of Plymouth. The dead were Lucille Schulte 78 driver and Lena Lewis 80 passenger in the car. An ambulance passenger Ethel Neibauer 64 of Hampton was injured and listed in good condition. she had been returning from a Rochester Minnesota hospital where she recovered from earlier injuries in a double fatality on April 5.
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Plymouth
Mason City
Iowa Highway Patrol
Lucille Schulte
Lena Lewis
County Road
Ethel Neibauer
Hampton
Rochester, Minn
Harlan Infant Drowns in Farm Sanitation Pit
Kaylene Rasmussen, 19 months old, daughter of Rick and [unreadable] Rasmussen, drowned Sunday night after falling into a sanitation pit at a dairy building on the family farm northeast of Harlan. Sheriff's deputies report the tragedy occurred on the rural Shelby County property.
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Harlan
Kaylene Rasmussen
Rick Rasmussen
Shelby County Sheriff's Department
Algiers mediator in hostage crisis dies in plane crash
Beir ut Lebanon reports Algerian Foreign Minister Mohammed ben Yahia, who helped secure the release of U S hostages from Iran, was killed along with all aboard when his plane crashed on a flight to Tehran. Iran announced the loss early today. Ben Yahia had played a key role in the hostage crisis and had formally handed over the hostages at Algiers airport in February 1981.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Mohammed Ben Yahia
U.S
Iran
Tehran
Ben Yahia
United States
Algiers
Coral Sea Battle Opens With Heavy Losses For Japan
On this date in 1942 the Battle of the Coral Sea began. By its end Japan lost 39 ships while the United States lost an aircraft carrier in the engagement.
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Coral Sea
United States
Oxford classes canceled after teacher's death
Joy Gnade a 39 year old kindergarten teacher in the Oxford Junction Consolidated School District was electrocuted when a plugged in hair dryer fell into a bathtub. Classes were canceled Monday following her death as the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department reported she was found by her daughter around 9 15 p m.
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Monmouth
Oxford Junction
Joy Gnade
Gnade
Jackson County Sheriffs Department
Clarifications Correct Registration Fee and Underpass Figures
The Gazette corrects earlier errors: The Other Great Iowa Ride registration is $60 through June 15, not $50. An AP story on IDOT bids for I 380 underpass for Cedar Valley Nature Trail misstated Rails to Trails share. correct amount is $5,200 with $68,400 federal and $2,400 state funds. Corrections policy noted with contact.
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Iowa
Gazette
Associated Press
Iowa Department of Transportation
Cedar Valley Nature Trail
Linn County
Iowa Rails To Trails
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette founded in 1883 by The Gazette Company operates daily and Sunday editions from 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates list carrier and mail options with weekly and yearly prices for various zones.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
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Jerome J. Jeemenek
15Th Ave
West, Texas
Marie S. Dostal
St. Louis
St. Louis University College of Dentistry
Catholic Order of Foresters
Train
Tanya Marie Geiger
Marilyn Geiger
Third St
Cedar Rapids Fifth Avenue
Donald Geiger
Virgil Fritz
Palo
A. George
St. John’s Eastern Orthodox Church
Teahen
Bennett
Mark S
Maranatha Bible Church
Charles Moore
Murdoch Funeral Home
George W. Beals
Hallmar
Frances Beals
Quincy
Universal Foundry Co
Crescent Lodge No. 25
el Kabir Shrine
Dorothy B. Wilcox
Margaret B. Fitch
Robert George
George J
Ruby Steward
Inl
Ill
Crescent Lodge
10Th St
Opal Johnson
Bettendorf
By Tom Walsh
Phyllis Svatos
Svatos
William Kidwell
C.A. Monsanto
Hoover
Kidwell
Dawn
Wally Beck
St. SE
Veronica
James Spaight
St. Luke’s
Linda
Daniel Rickels
Suburban St. NE
Sheryl
Michael Leonard
Monticello
Lorie
Edward Holmes
K St. SW
Terrance Wilson
Diana
Gordon West
Barbara
George Neff
42Nd St. NE
Omaha
Neb
Julie
Dale Ernster
Villisca
Walter Peters
26Th Ave
Arthur Ernster
Westview Drive
Minneapolis, Minn
Mary
John Bred Jr
John Bred, Sr
Bever Ave
Jerald Weiland
Second Ave
Karen
Craig Jensen
William G. Johnson
Northwood Drive
Merriage Licenses
David M. DeFord
Terri L. Vogt
Rickey A. Wells
Theresa E. Lines
David L. Packingham
Nancy W. Freel
Jody W. Harkness
Debra L. Janey
Larry K. Trout
Sara C. Dye
Joel E. Wells
Barbara J. Denneny
Robert K. Dittmar
Barbara T. Cejka
Craig S. Yuill
Sheri L. Hall
John K. Hagge
Judith R. Petersen
Damon B. Shilhanek
Clinton
Linda J. Hendrickson
Timothy S. Dudley
Victor
Christina J. Crowley
Coggan
Keith R. Cherryholmes
Ruth R. Elliott
Timothy S. Levasseur
Sheila J. Beitz
Hiawatha
Bruce A. Butz
Norway
Tina R. Cortez
Ivan K. Grimm
Alice C. Sexton
Walker
Jerry F. Noah
Dianne L. Berry
Robert E. Riffey
Delores M. Bailey
James R. O’con
Nor
Central City
Luella M. Allen
Kay I
Ronald G. Alleger
Krista Ann Leyse
David Wayne McIntyre
Charles William
Pamela Jean Troup
John Thomas
Patty Jo Wedding
Geraldine Mae
Carleton Duane Strand
Sharon J
Timothy L. Booker
Sandra Elizabeth
Terry Lynn Conrad
Sheryl Anne
Howard Frank Bellow Jr
John Charles
Gabriel Ann Elliott
Cheryl Ann Beck- Schropp
Randal Joseph Schropp
Janice Elsie
Albert Henry Bailey
Loren E. McAdam
Thomas J
Joyce M. Shaheen
Old Ely Road
First Avenue
38Th Street
Norwood Drive
Mount Vernon Road
J St
City Hall
May’s Island
By Roland Krekeler
Appeals Court
Oxford
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue S.E
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