Death notices from Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices list Walter Louis Adams 65 of Cedar Rapids. Francis J. Blair 75 of Marion. Anna M. Woods 78 of Mount Vernon. Buddy Parker 56 of Americana Healthcare Center. and others with ages, birthplaces, spouses, survivors, and service details. Services span Cedar Memorial Chapel, Murdoch Chapel, and Turner facilities with various callers and burial sites.
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Walter Louis Adams
Cedar Drive
Cedar Rapids
Westgate
Frances M. Kies
Oelwein
Wilson’s
Order of Eagles
Jane Johnson
Coralville
Dave
Marion
Fred
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
Gary Hunstad
First Lutheran Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Francis J. Blair
Eighth St
Independence
Manilla
Harrilee J. Kindig
Lancaster
The
Eagles and Moose Lodges
Francis D
Fruitland Park
Fla
Harry
Murdoch Chapel
B.L. Brown
Noelridge Park
Anna M. Woods
Mount Vernon
Mechanicsville
Leo R. Woods
Lisbon
Woods
St. John’s Catholic Church
Church
Altar and Rosary Society
Robert
Charles
Joyce Gardemann
Ankeny
Marilyn Overman
Kathleen Pitlik
Frank Young
John Barnes
Lisbon Cemetery
Baxter Memorial Chapel
Buddy Parker
Americana Healthcare Center
Iowa
Turner Crematory
Carl J. Besler Jr
23Rd St. SE
Stewart Funeral Home
Esther Shaver Rowe
Northbrook Manor
Turner Chapel East
Weather Picture Shows Unseasonable Cool With Showers
Extended forecast calls for scattered showers and thunderstorms through Saturday, then fair Sunday and Monday. Unseasonably cool with highs in the 50s and 60s, lows in the 40s Saturday and near 30s Monday. Record highs and lows noted. widespread cold snaps and snow in mountains reported across northern states.
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Rockies
High Plains
Great Basin
Boise
Idaho
Pocatello
Rawlins
Wyo
West Yellowstone
Mont
Utah
Montana
Wyoming
Lewistown
Cheyenne
Savannah
Alma
Miami
Fila
Middle Atlantic
Texas
California
Plateau
Oregon
May 6 announces births in multiple families
Vital statistics record several births on May 6 including Anita and Tom Watson Palo a daughter Kimberly and Keith Etzel Alburnett a son Jane and Steve Quint and others in various addresses. The Madison Wisconsin note lists Roberta and Gary Molander a son dated May 3. Grandparents named and fire calls cited with three incidents described.
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Anita
Tom Watson
Palo
Kimberly
Keith Etzel
Alburnett
Madison
Wis
Roberta
Gary Molander
Donald Brosh
Route 1
Toddville
Donald Molander
30Th St
Statue Gift Rejected as Big White Monument Dims Local Appeal
Marion officials decline the fiberglass Happy Chef statue gift citing lack of suitable park spot and rising upkeep costs. The 1967 artifact, stored behind a restaurant, faces removal as towns curb oversized advertising and eye pollution concerns. Local owner McElliott hopes for donation to a city or group willing to repurpose it.
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Happy Chef
Midwest
McElliott
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Falls
Archbishop Runcie Tours Iowa Hog Farm and Hunger Talk
Archbishop Robert Runcie visited a Brenton pig farm near Ames touring 8,000 hogs a year in confinement barns. He praised the hog operation as sophisticated, urged action against world hunger, and received honors from the National Pork Producers Council before an Ames ecumenical service.
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Runcie
Iowa
Berkshire
Berkshire Hog
Central
C. Robert Brenton
Brenton
Des Moines
National Pork Producers Council
Farrow
Rundie
United States
The
Episcopal Church
Africa
Midwest
Evening arts schedule at Luther College and nearby venues
Tonight features Luther Jazz Band at Storre Theater Decorah at 9 p.m. with free admission. Faculty Chamber Music at Daehler Kitchin Auditorium Coc at 7:30 p.m. free. Theater California Suite at Old Creamery Theater Garrison at 8 p.m. with tickets 6 and 5. For more details call 319 477 3165. Movies list on page 10B.
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Luther
Storre Theater
Luther College
Decorah
Daehler-Kitchin Auditorium
Coc
California
Old Creamery Theater
Garrison
Unions plan merger to form large service worker federation
RWDSU and SEIU executive boards approve a merger creating an international union of about 910 000 members making it the fifth largest in the AFL CIO and the largest union representing health care workers The merged body would split into health care and retail lease and department store divisions with joint leadership to start in 1982 and Sweeney and Heaps slated as top officers.
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RWDSU
Quaker Oats Co
Cedar Rapids
Service Employees International Union
Afl-Cio
SEIU
Washington, D.C
New York City
Emmitt Doolin
John J. Sweeney
Alvin E. Heaps
Sweeney
United States
Canada
Nissen faces $19,810 IOSHA safety citation in Cedar Rapids
Iowa OSHA cited Nissen Corp in Cedar Rapids for numerous safety violations after a February inspection of the plant and warehouse. The citation lists risks including manual handling of 500 pound weights, unclean floors, excessive combustibles, unsecured materials, improperly grounded motors, faulty guards and switches, no locking devices on scaffold wheels, lack of respirator training, missing protective gear, inadequate exit routes, and unlit exit signs. Nissen has contested the citation and a hearing date has not yet been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nissen Corp
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Nissen
Mary Bryant
IOSHA
Iosha Review Commission
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Admits Subscription Rates Notice
The Cedar Rapids Gazette outlines its historical pricing for carrier and mail subscriptions. It notes editions and Sunday issues, along with weekly and annual rates, and mentions postal service restrictions for certain areas.
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Gazette Super
Third Ave
Rapids
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
U.S
Gazette
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Reitz
Charles F
Turner Chapel West
Gordon Freeburg
Meth-Wick Manor
Ottumwa
13Th St
Elsie Elizabeth Kruger Smiley
Stanek
John
Czech National Cemetery
Nadim E. Saikaly
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Hanford Post No. 5
American Legion
Anamosa
Sally Johnson
Goettsch’s
Oakwood Cemetery
Glen Newhard
Fairview Baptist Church
Wilcox Cemetery
Arlington
Luman L. Fox
Witt’s
Elkader
Wadena City
Dysart
Wallace D
Wally” Thiesen
Overton's
Marengo
Esther Blanche Lonergan
Waterloo
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Hoover-Valentine’s
Calvary Cemetery
Morley
Audrey Hart Walker
Arlington Heights
Ill
Olin
Nichols
Elsie Kirchner
Nichols Christian Church
Snider’s
West Liberty
Oxford Junction
Glenys von Strecken
United Methodist Church
Hayden’s
Weather Report
CBC EE
Bard Beter Ea Hee Bees
Gila Bend
Ariz
Winnemucca
New
Coralville Lake
Travelers
C.R
Anchorage
Ewes LA
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boston
Nashville
Chicago
N.orleans
Denver
New York
Cee Duluth
Phoenix
Honolulu
Seattle
Houston
Cincinnati
PtCidy
Pete
Detroit
Sunny
Kansas City
Milwaukee
St.Paul
National Weather Service
NOAA
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
St. Luke's
Jane
Steve Quint
Brentwood Drive
Pamela
Bradford Myhr
15Th St. NW
Karen
Samuel Hamilton
Drinkward St
Judith
Bill Folkers Jr
Kohawk St
Patricia
Ronald Jackson
12Th St
Langdon Drive
Wilson Ave
Jacelyn Drive
Ames
Heaps
Dave Rasdal
Gazette Star
Bryant
AP News
John E. Lapes
Dial
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