Obituary notices and memorials across Iowa towns
Obituary summaries list Charlene Wilson 84 of Cedar Rapids and others across Independence Maquoketa Marion Masonville Tama with details of deaths May 12 13 14 2017. Memorial services and funeral home arrangements noted for Cedar Rapids Independence Maquoketa Marion Manchester Tama and related organizations.
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Cedar Rapids
Charlene Theone Wilson
Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home
Masonville
Kathy
Kate" Riniker
Leonard Muller
Manchester
Verla Bente of Garnavillo dies at 71
Verla Bente 71 of Garnavillo died at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City on Saturday May 13 2017. Services are 11 am Wednesday May 17 at St Pauls Lutheran Church Garnavillo with Pastor Gary Hatcher officiating. Visitation is 4 to 8 pm Tuesday May 16 at Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home Garnavillo and one hour before services at the church. Interment will be Garnavillo City Cemetery.
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Donna Dickinson Adams
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home
St. Ansgar
Iowa
Earl
Mae Dickinson
Iowa State College
Iowa State University
Coe College
University of Iowa
Coe Forum
Tanger Place
Reading
Donna
Kenwood Park Methodist Church
Rosa Parks
Eleanor Roosevelt
Malta
Order of the Eastern Star
Daughters of the Nile
el- Kahir
Gary
Louise
Kelowna
British Columbia
Randall
Jaime
Pasadena
Calif
Jenni
Kerry
Jill
Sawyer
Shaye
Norma Rutz
Burton
Pat) Dickinson
Earl and
Leroy
Wayne
Dale
Kenwood Park United Methodist Park Church
Adam
Cedarmemorial.com
Garnavillo
Wayne B. Wilson, 92, dies in Independence
Wayne B. Wilson, 92, died May 11, 2017, at Buchanan County Health Center in Independence. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. May 15 at White Funeral Home, Independence. Funeral service set for 11 a.m. May 16 at First United Methodist Church, Independence. Website www.White-MtHope.com
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Independence
Wayne B. Wilson
Buchanan County
White Funeral Home
First United Methodist Church
White-MtHope.com
Mother's Day founder Anna Jarvis battles commercialization
Anna Jarvis organized the first Mother's Day and spent decades fighting to keep the holiday from becoming a marketing tool. She campaigned against florists cards and candy firms, wrote letters to presidents and governors, and even claimed a copyright to the observance. Jarvis died penniless, while Mother’s Day became a lucrative national event, a fact she would likely resent.
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Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
Anna Jarvis
Jarvis
Katharine Antolini
Eleanor Roosevelt
Antolini
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Grafton
W.va
Webster
Ann Reeves Jarvis
Anna Jarvis Remem
West Virginia
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
Washington Post
Post
U.S
National Retail Federation
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Donna Adams
Verla Bente
Frank E. Gallup Sr
Maquoketa
LeRoy Stampe
Carson
Marion Patricia
Pat" Luse
Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service
Marion
Marion Ruth Elaine Starr
Murdoch Funeral Home
Tama
Robert
Bob" Herman Backen
Kruse-Phillips Funeral Homes
Tama- Toledo
The
Gazette
Funeral Home
Thegazette
Thegazette.com
Nancy Jane Fielder
Nancy Jane
Holiday
Action
Mark Twain
Theodore Roosevelt
Wanamaker
St. Andrew’s Methodist Church
Wanamaker’s
Pennsylvania
Katharine Antolin
Eugene Nassif
Dpm
Blairs Ferry Road
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