Obituary Highlights From Cedar Rapids Area Deaths
A long obituary list notes multiple deaths from auto accidents and illnesses in Cedar Rapids and nearby towns. Christine Marie Williams and James Edward Gerlich died in an Bellevue area crash Oct. 10 wedding plans, plus Walter A. Hensch Sr., Maude Stahl Miller, Harold Mackey, Leo H. Blom, Jennie Batchelder, Patricia Novak, John D. Thomson, Ethel Ann Beardsley, Veronica M. Koett, Anna S. Boxa, Sharon Rose Gaines, and others read with birth, marriage, church, and service details. Funeral rites are scheduled across local churches with military honors and graveside ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Marie Williams
Eighth Ave
Hiawatha
Bellevue
Cedar Rapids
Kennedy High School
Iowa Manufacturing Co
Zion Lutheran Church
James E. Gerlich
David F. Williams
Gary D
Donald L
Randy L
James Edward Gerlich
Indiandale Road
Washington High School
Kirkwood Community College
University of Northern Iowa
Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel
All Saints Catholic Church
Christine M. Williams
James W. Gerlich
Bill
Mark Dolter
Dubuque
Julius Gerlich
Monticello
Edmund J. Becker
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Becker
Larry Brelje
Stewart Funeral Home
Highway 150
Willman, Hiawatha
29Th St. SE
Walter A. Hensch Sr
LaVerna Elizabeth Hale
Anamosa
Calvary Baptist Church
Iowa Electric Light and Power
Walter Jr
Northridge
Calif
Gary
Ida Mae Heafner
Cathy
Beth Hensch
Marlene Aswegan
Marion
John
Robert
San Antonio
Texas
Luella Laufer
Chicago
Ill
Jack Quick
Calvary Baptist
Turner Chapel West
Calvary Baptist Memorial Fund
Johnson Ave
Harold Mackey
Hamilton St
Marcella Sedlak
American Legion
H. Tim
Jon P
Marguerite Scheer
Elmer
Donald
Richard
St. Ludmila’s Catholic Church
Edward Roling
St. John’s Cemetery
Hanford Post No. 5
The
Brush Chapel
Ethel Ann Beardsley
Ninth Ave
Mercy
Margaret Scott
Sacramento
Goettsch
George Moore Jr
Payne Memorial Church
Waterloo
Eli Chastine
Bethel Ame
Riverside Cemetery
Alexander George
St. John’s Eastern Orthodox Church
Veronica M. Koett
Fairfax
Ottumwa
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
St. Ann’s Circle
Mission Sewing of Immaculate Conception
Daughters of Isabella
Catholic Order of Foresters
Gertrude
Eugene
Marshalltown
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Alfred G. Brosius
Kuba Funeral Home
William Arquitt
American Cancer Society
10Th St. SE
National high and low temperature extremes reported
The day saw a high of 103 degrees at Blythe California and Yuma Arizona, while Hibbing Minnesota recorded a low of 26 degrees. Coralville Lake level stands at 679.62 feet and is rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blythe
Calif
Yuma
Ariz
Hibbing
Minn
Coralville Lake
Record rainfall, record cold sweep across Midwest and South
Grand Rapids and lower Michigan report over 5 inches of rain in just over 24 hours, beating the 1905 record. A winterlike storm brings heavy snow to southern Montana and northern Wyoming while temperatures sink across Nebraska Iowa Kansas and Texas sets multiple all time lows including Waco and Dallas Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Lower
Michigan
Iowa
Texas
Louisiana
Nebraska
Kansas
Waco
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
Atlantic States
Montana
Wyoming
Lake Charles
Oklahoma City
Okla
Port Arthur
Red Oak
San Antonio
Shenandoah
Topeka
Kan
Dallas/Fort Worth
May births and a political shift in France noted
The report lists multiple May births in Springville and nearby areas, naming several couples and newborns by name and address. It also covers a French national election where Francois Mitterrand defeated incumbent Barre, signaling a leftward transfer of power and upcoming parliamentary elections in late June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rand
Barre
Paris
Jacques Chirac
Giscard d’Estaing
Chirac
Mitterrand
Elysee Palace
Charles de Gaulle
Fifth Republic
de Gaulle
National Assembly
France Faces Institutional Crisis as Mitterrand Takes Office
France awaits a May inauguration as François Mitterrand prepares to assume the presidency with a pledge of deep domestic economic change while promising continuity in foreign policy. A Paris crowd estimated at over 50,000 Socialists and Communists gathered at the Place de la Bastille to celebrate his victory as horns blared in the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitterrand
Place de la Bastille
Paris
Lebanon tensions rise amid Syria-Israel border fears
In an Israel Radio interview Peres warned of heightened regional risk as northern towns like Kiryat Shmona and Metulla prepare bomb shelters and security reviews. Reports say Syria has not increased troop strength in Lebanon since early hours, while smaller celebrations were noted in other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peres
Israel
Kiryat Shmona
Metulla
Golan Heights
Syria
Lebanon
Seniors Theses Exhibit Opens at Mount Mercy Gallery
An art exhibit featuring senior theses opens tonight at McAuley Art Gallery Mount Mercy. Opening reception runs 7 to 9 p.m. A Pro Musica concert by the Cornell Recorder Ensemble and Chamber Singers follows at 7:30 p.m. in King Chapel at Cornell College Mount Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Thomson
Iowa City
Mr. Thomson
Onawa
Sioux City
Miriam L. Benner
Army Air Corps
Morningside College
University of Chicago
University of Iowa
U of I Department of Physiology
Sigma Xi
American Physiological Society
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Richard
Barbara
Randall Harman
Mount Vernon
McAuley Art Gallery
Mount Mercy
Pro Musica
Cornell Recorder Ensemble
Chamber Singers
King Chapel
Cornell College
Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details and Rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa subscription rates by carrier 165 per week by mail afternoon editions and Sunday seven issues 8054 weeks 85 80 52 weeks other states and U S territories 123 00 52 weeks no mail subscriptions in areas with Gazette carrier service Associated Press has exclusive republication rights USPS 095680.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
AP News
Correction notice on Moore and Associates merger report
In the Sunday Gazette financial page a merger story mis-stated figures for last year. The Moore firm designed facilities with a construction cost of 93 million dollars, missing the word million in the figure. Corrections will follow in this space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S Gazette
Larry R. Moore
Also Mentioned on This Page
Maude Stahl Miller
Lisbon
Mechanicsville
Morgan Funeral Home
Thomas J. Gibne
Watkins
Covington
Elsie Schmidt
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
St. Joseph’s Court
Norway
Thomas Jr
Toledo
Ohio
Edward
Rosemary Trimble
Newhall
Dorothy Gibney
Everett Frese
SS. Patrick and Paul
George Brosh’s
Altar and Rosary Society
Parish
Foresters
Leo H. Blom
First Ave
Ella Blom
Cedar Falls
Ella Funk
Tipton
Broulck Painting Co
Forrest J
John Dalton
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Teahen Funeral Home
Jennie Batchelder
Winslow House
Marion Care Center
Lyons
Elmer Linkenback
Linwood Cemetery
Patricia Novak
Visalia
California
Gary Novak
Leo
Anna S. Boxa
Coralville
Anna Suchomel
Cedar Bluffs
Michael J. Boxa
Mary Benda
Alfred Brosius
Czech National Cemetery
Brosh Chapel
Sharon Rose Gaines
Rosemary
Steven Gaines
St. Luke’s Hospital
First Avenue East
Rebecca
Robert Gaines
Ray Carrell
George Gaines
First Presbyterian Church of
Gary Burnett
First Presbyterian Church
Marion van Manen
Word of God Lutheran Church For the Deaf
Mount Vernon Cemetery
Visitation
Uhlmann’s
Williamsburg
Carl D. Davis
George L
Chesmore
Willard L
Gene Richter
Bethany Congregational Church
Oliphant Cemetery
Toddville
Bowler
Alfred L
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Grishaber
Kelly Marie
First United Methodist Church
Nick Longworth
University of Iowa Hospitals
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Pirnie
Lauree C
Turner Chapel East
Judith A. Urquhart
Peoples Unitarian Church
Cedar Memorial Mausoleum
Perrine
Mercy Hospital
10Th St
Kolar
Mabel
Calvin DeVries
Koch, Roland
Rollie
Springville United Methodist Church
John Lippincott
Steve Parker
Cedar Memorial Park
Murdoch Chapel
Springville
James Gerlich
Christine Williams
Weather Report
C.R
Des Moines
PtCidy
Detroit
Kansas City
Milwaukee
St.Paul
Renee St. Louis
Peewee
PtCldy
Sioux Falls
Atlanta
Miami
Bismarck
Travelers
Catherine
Michael Hines
Margene
William Willis
Oakland Road
Douglas Cook
11Th St. NW
St. Luke's
Irene
Jim Boelman
Stratford Lane
Cynthia
Gerald Jones
Walker
Sandra
James Young
West Post Road
Pamela
Bruce Towe
Robert Coppess III
Stanwood
Christine
Robert Plueger
Clarence
France
Gazette
John E. Lopes
3Rd Avenue S.E
Sixteenth Avenue
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