Multiple Cedar Rapids area obituaries and funeral notices
A batch of death notices from Cedar Rapids area papers reports Clara J Specht Merkel 75 dying in Tucson after illness and detailing survivors, marriages, church affiliations, and funeral plans. Other notices list Robert L Hubacek 59, Oscar S Busenbark 99, Harriet H Scriven 89, Dorothy Sebern Borst 31, and others with service times, burial sites, and memorial funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara J. Specht Merkel
29Th St. NW
Tucson, Ariz
East Iowa Deaths Toll Grows With Local Obituaries
A string of memorial notices from Cedar Rapids to Ladora lists Richard Fulwider and Mabelle Young among others. Survivors, service times, and burial details are provided for each late resident, with cemeteries including Riverside IOOF Frankville Garnaville Oakland and Ohio.
Roberta Short, 70, Dies After Short Illness in Waterloo
Roberta Short of Winthrop, a 70 year old mother of two sons Phil and Paul and daughter Mary Jo Schroeder, died Thursday at a Waterloo hospital. Services are Monday at St. Patrick's Church Monti with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may visit after 6 tonight at the Phil Short home south of Winthrop with rosaries at 8 tonight and 8 p.m. Sunday. Arrangements by Fawcett's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
John Gossman
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Teahen Funeral Home
Robert L. Hubacek
Hollywood Blvd
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Carol Brush
Collins
FMC
Susan Bowen
San Diego
Calif
Schary Shouse
Eldridge
Iowa
Libbie Hubacek
Richard
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Robert L. Bouton
Christ United Presbyterian Church
Baker Cemetery
Harriet H. Scriven
Willow Gardens
Marion
John B. Scriven
South Dakota
Quaker Oats
Malta
OES
Grand Chapter
White Shrine of Jerusalem
Navy Mothers
National Federation of Republican Women
John B. Jr
Robert L
Richardson
Texas
Mary L. Person
Hazel Triebel
Fairfax
Turner Chapel East
Raymond L. Hess III
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
Acacia
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
CES
Upper Iowa University
First United Presbyterian Church of
Andrea
Zachary
Lowell Sebern
James Sebern
Whitefish Bay
Wis
Nancy Sebern
Marshalltown
Jay A. Miller
Oak Shade
Murdoch Funeral Home
Richard L. Fulwider
Rexco Equipment Company
St. Luke’s Hospital
Rilla
John
Scott
Nancy
Laverne
Robert
Anamosa
Mary Postel
United Methodist Church
Goettsch’s
Riverside Cemetery
Hazel Lang
Decorah Hospital
Forrest
Decorah
Congregational United Church of Christ
Laura M. Schlake
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Waukon
Garnaville
LaVerne Yohe
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Tuecke- Allyn’s
Garnaville City Cemetery
Barney DeFrance
Windham
Neva Booth
Rock Island
Ill
Jerry
Iowa City
Robert Booth
Larry Booth
Coralville
Beckman-Callahan’s
Robert Welsh
Oakland Cemetery
N. Dubuque St
Sa Dee
Vietnam
University of Saigon
Saigon
Nhi Pham
Luong
Phai
Tuyet
Huong
Bich
Joseph Sparks
Donohue Lensing’s
Mike Conley
Oelwein Chemical Company
Nathalie
Thomas
Susan Lewis
Cartinteria
Esther
Oelwein
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Brant- Kern's
Knights of Columbus
Woodlawn Cemetery
Bernice Nicol
Milton
Ronald
Hazleton
Jerald
Independence
Roger Dooley
Minneapolis
Oelwein Order of Eastern Star Chapter
Roberta Short
Waterloo
Phil
Winthrop
Paul
Walker
Mary Jo Schroeder
Omaha
Neb
Monti
Phil Short
Fawcett
May 13 births and incidents in Cedar Rapids area
May 13 and May 12 births listed for families in cities including Carmen Knott Fairfax Hershberger Short Hormann Meyer Nathan Harris Kofoot. Additional couples from Cedar Rapids, Fairfax, Anamosa, Marion and Springville named. Then times report medical emergencies at 15th Avenue and A Street SW 12:50 a.m. 3:09 a.m. lightning at Owen Street and 3:40 a.m. Clive Drive with a power surge at 200 Clive Drive SW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samantha Hershberger
Fairfax
Diana Morgan
Ellis Blvd
Rhonda
Daniel Short
Masonville
Cynthia
Kevin Hormann
Country Club Drive
Marion
Jacklyn
Wendell Meyer
Ely
Kathleen
Kenneth Nathan
Concord Lane
Maureen
Randal Harris
St. SW
Linda
Dean Kofoot
Central City
15Th Avenue
First Ave
Owen St
Clive Drive
Robbers steal 1.5 million in gems at Midtown store
Two armed men wearing stockings barged into Zebra jewelry on 16th floor of a 47th Street building in New York. They forced owner David Kami to open a safe and stole emeralds diamonds and rubies before tying Kami and his secretary and fleeing in about 20 minutes. Police warned offices on the floor hold large gem inventories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Times Service
New York
David Kami
Zebra Jewelry
47Th Street
Diamond District
Kami
Jerry Johnson
Rami
Nuclear waste storage deemed safe by 2000 reports
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the National Academy of Sciences voiced confidence that radioactive waste can be disposed of safely by the next century. The academy urged test-site selection this year for geologic disposal, with six states under study for a first permanent repository, and potential certification by 1987.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
National Academy of Sciences
Academy
Department of Energy
Energy Department
Utah
Texas
Nevada
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tory
Congress
DeLorean loses appeal on sealed documents
The 9th Circuit refused to delay public access to sealed papers in the cocaine trafficking case against John Z. DeLorean and two co defendants. The court ruled the blanket sealing order unconstitutional and ordered motions to seal specific post order documents by Friday noon. DeLorean, 58, free on 5 million bail, faces trial August 9 with co defendants William Hetrick and Stephen Arrington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Times Service
Los Angeles
U.S. District Court of Appeals
John Z. DeLorean
DeLorean
Howard L. Weitzman
Appeals Court
Robert M. Takasugi
Takasugi
William Morgan Hetrick
Mojave
Calif
Stephen Lee Arrington
San Diego
Lewis and Clark depart St Louis for Pacific Coast voyage
On this date in 1804 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark began their expedition from St Louis aiming for the Pacific Coast, embarking the historic Corps of Discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meriwether Lewis
William Clark
St. Louis
Pacific Coast
Merger of Hudsons Bay and North West in 1821
In 1821 the North West Company and the Hudsons Bay Company merged forming the Hudsons Bay Company. The consolidation united rival fur traders under a single organization operating across Canada and the northern territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest Co
The
Hudson’s Bay Co
Hudson's Bay Co
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METRO
Dubuque
James G. Glynn
George Kettering
Lester Merkel
Hanford Post American Legion
Catholic Daughters of America
Eagles Auxiliary
James J. Glynn
Donald G. Glynn
Tucson
Ariz
Robert A. Glynn
Austin
Gilbert M. Glynn
Fruit Port
Mich
Joan M. Hinton
Karen A. Kleinmeyer
Clare Wiesender
Ralph Numbers
Phoenix
Rick Merkel
Ashville
Ala
Gary Merkel
Oscar S. Busenbark
Mount Vernon
Hallmark Care Center
Emily Carpenter
Busenbark
Prairie Chapel United Methodist Church
Byron A
Marilyn Hamilton
Cedar Memorial Park
Dorothy Sebern Borst
Ottumwa
Larry Borst
Marion High School
University of Wisconsin At
Hoglan
Inez M. van Note
First Christian Church
Center Point
Earl D. Luginbuhl
Krejci
Wendl
Jerry Avise- Rouse
Linwood Cemetery
Norris
Kenneth B
Turner Chapel
Alexander George
Silver Creek
Ryan
Rieke
Kenneth R
Maranatha Bible Church
Steve Breedlove
Brooklyn
Mabelle
Young
BGM
Max
Doug
Dianne Dalton
Albuquerque
N.M
Kenneth Means
Greenfield
Maysel Farmer
Ames
Wilma Bross
Auburn
Wash
Naomi Batten
Carlisle
Grace United Methodist Church
Nevenhoven’s
Ioof Cemetery
Farmersburg
Wallace O. Marting
Cindy
Steven
Shawnee Mission
Kan
Debra Peckuma
Des Moines
Michele
Cedar Falls
Lanny
Postville
Eileen Meyer
Antioch
Shirley Holm
Tustin
Mary Lou Krambeer
Carroll
Lawrence Bray
Monona
Schultz
Garnavillo
Vu Dinh Duong
University of Iowa
Sigourney
Earl Bensmiller
Holm’s
TRAER
Eletha Cherveny
Windfield
Kaw
Wayne
Jane Rappuchi
Alexandria
Russell Green
Rocheport
Overton’s
Buckingham Cemetery
Williamsburg
Basil L. Davis
Long Beach
Mildred
Virginia Swenson
Russell
Marengo
Clarence
McAninch-Fremming’s
Victor
Ohio Cemetery
Ladora
Carmen
David Knott
Cheyenne Road
St. Luke’s
Alan G. Everson
Lisa M. McClure
Micheal W. Mitchell
Justine R. Soderberg
Leonard K. Ferold
Susan A. Cross
Ron R. Earnest
Beverly K. Linman
Donald R. Bruce
Lori L. Haas
Robert W. Symonds
Tamara A. Perry
Gerald E. Allen
Mary J. Regan
Mark R. Bortle
Melissa M. Miller
Ronald L. Dunek
Terrie L. Mohr
Richard L. Kittrell
Janet L. Ammeter
Springville
NRC
Victor Gilinsky
Weitzman
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
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