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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 2015
Page
10
The Gazette memorials report deaths of Betty Bohrofen 95 Wellman Dan Gafeller 66 West Branch Dave Barger 69 Cedar Rapids Wava Willett 76 Cedar Rapids Jan Niebel 66 Keystone John Bickford 85 Maquoketa Virginia Dyer 96 Marion Lucille Barkley 92 Marion Jack Theobald 92 Oelwein David Neighbors 72 Sumner and tributes for Sara Berger and Allen Conrad families. Funeral homes named with service locations.
June I Geiger age 89 of Cedar Rapids formerly Amana died May 9 2015 surrounded by family. Born February 5 1926 in Stanwood Iowa she is survived by son Larry Crock granddaughters Denise Helle Amanda Ingram stepchildren Pam Knott and Philip Geiger and many great grandchildren Her husband Robert and other relatives preceded her. A private service will be held with Stewart Baxter Funeral Services. Memorials may be directed to the Cedar Valley Humane Society.
Betty M. Sedlacek of rural Iowa City died Saturday May 9 2015 at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Funeral Mass scheduled 10 am Thursday May 14 at St Marys Catholic Church Iowa City Visitation 4 to 7 pm Wednesday at Gay Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service Parish vigil at 4 pm Burial at St Joseph Cemetery City Town City A complete obituary will appear in Tuesday's Gazette and on the funeral home website.
Richard Lee Dick Chizek 77 of Toledo died May 9 2015 at Covenant Medical Center Waterloo Memorial Mass May 14 at St Patrick Tama Interment Buckingham Cemetery Traer May 14 Following luncheon Visitation May 13 5 to 7 p m Kruse Phillips Tama Survived by partner Cindy Kearney wife Alice Chizek children Julie Green David Welby Chizek grandchildren great grandchildren and a sister half sister plus stepfamily Preceded by parents stepmother daughter Rebecca and stepbrother Wayne Kos.
Warren A Hedlin 94 of Bemidji MN and Marco Island FL died May 8 2015 at Cottage Grove Place Cedar Rapids IA Private family services will be held Pastor Steven J Knudson officiating He is survived by daughter Anne Lenzen and son Andy Hedlin five grandchildren and a sister memorials to UND Bridston Hedlin Endowment for Business and Music at UND Foundation.
Marian A Scheffert of North Liberty died May 9 2015 after a long battle with congestive heart failure and lung cancer at Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids. Funeral 11 a.m. May 12 at Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories with one hour visitation. private burial at Mount Calvary Cemetery. She worked 43 years in banking, rising to senior vice president of operations at Guaranty Bank and Trust. She is survived by husband Arlen, son Tony, daughters Terry Gorman Tracy Winker, five grandchildren, and two brothers. Donations suggested to Anna Purna Ghosh Foundation in her memory.
Lyle Butch Stout 71 died Saturday May 9 at Mercy Hospice in Iowa City. Services 10 30 a m Wednesday May 13 Henderson Barker West Branch with visitation 4 7 p m Tuesday. Burial Evergreen Cemetery near Cedar Bluffs. Memorial fund established. Born May 8 1944 in Iowa City son of Gerald and Blanche Stout. He served in the U S Army 1962 1964. He married Janet Eberhart Oct 1967 Monticello. Survived by wife Jan, sons Bret West Branch Jim Moscow and Kevin West Branch with spouses and grandchildren Laressa Zac Madelyn Ty Jase, plus siblings and in laws. He worked 32 years with FS Feeds in Tiffin and enjoyed outdoors and gardening.
Mary Elizabeth Betty Biddick will be honored with services at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Pius X Catholic Church led by Rev. Philip Thompson. Burial will follow at Mount Calvary Cemetery. A rosary is scheduled for 5 p.m. Monday at Teahen Funeral Home with family visit hours 4 to 7 p.m. and again Tuesday after 9 a.m. at the church.
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City kicks off Bike to Work Week with events planned today through Friday to promote biking benefits. The annual Mayor's Bike Ride is set for Friday morning. For details see the Cedar Rapids official site.
Public safety records list charges from March 30 to April 29 involving suspects in Iowa City and surrounding towns. Individuals include Dakota D. Higdon 19 Fairfield, and Quinton B. Kruger 20 Davis Junction, among others, facing burglary drug and theft related accusations across multiple locations including Iowa City Cedar Rapids Coralville and Johnson County.
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