Obituary index notes and several death notices
Cedar Rapids Brandy E Peterson 58 died May 11 2025. Marion Homer B Oxley 92 died May 13 2025. Joy E Tiernan 75 died May 14 2025. Riverside Sarah Jane Gingerich 87 died May 18 2025. West Union Lauretta Pape 84 died May 14 2025. Funeral homes listed: Iowa Cremation Cedar Memorial Park Burnham Wood Gray Yoder Powell. Mercer PA referenced for John Curtis Godlove.
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Cedar Rapids
Brandy E Peterson
Iowa
Marion Homer B. Oxley
Cedar Memorial Park
Marion Joy E. Tiernan
Riverside
Sarah Jane Gingerich
Yoder-Powell
Kalona
West Union Lauretta Pape
Burnham-Wood-Gray Funeral Home
John Curtis Godlove 74 Grove City area man dies at home
John Curtis Godlove 74 of Lake Latonka Mercer County Pennsylvania died May 1 2025 of natural causes with wife Cindy Jo by his side. Born April 12 1951 in Sigourney Iowa he earned a double major from Northeast Missouri State and was CFO at Ivex Packaging for 21 years retiring in 2011. He is survived by wife Cindy children Ross Rachel Linden grandchildren and siblings. Memorials to Michael J Fox Foundation. Private family service held May 3 2025.
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John Curtis Godlove
Lake Latonka
Mercer
Cindy Jo (Streb) Godlove
Sigourney, Iown
Robert
Corrine
Mahannah) Godlove
John
Wellman
Iowa
Mid Prairie High School
Northeast Missouri State
Truman State University
Cindy
Little Brown Church
Vale
Ivex Packaging
Grove City Rotary Club
United Way
Grove City Chamber of Commerce
eBay
Ross
Becky
Rachel
Brian Brahe
Linden
John Finazzo
Madelyn
Josephine
Eleanor Braho
Rowen
Rhett Godlove
Cyndee) Godlove
Luanne
Daniel) Ford
Kristina
Godlove
Walking Tall star Joe Don Baker dies at 89
Joe Don Baker, famed for Sheriff Buford Pusser in Walking Tall, died May 7 at 89 in Southern California. Born in Groesbeck Texas on February 12 1936 he studied acting after service in the U S Army and built a career on stage television and films including Cape Fear The Living Daylights GoldenEye and Tomorrow Never Dies. His family praised his kindness and generosity and noted he retired after winning a 2014 Film Independent Spirit Award for Mud.
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Los Angeles
Joe Don Baker
Sheriff Buford Pusser
Baker
California
Joe Don
Groesbeck
Texas
North Texas State College
University of North Texas
Sigma Phi Epsilon
U.S. Army
New York
Actors Studio
Tom Pierce
James Bond
Timothy Dalton
Bond
CIA
Jack Wade
Pierce Brosnan
Eischied
Officers of the Law
Big Jim Folsom
George Wallace
Ironside
San Francisco
Robert Altman
Matthew McConaughey
Maria Dolores Rivera-Torres
U S faces higher risk of summer power outages
A NERC forecast shows a broad swath of the United States at elevated risk of blackouts this summer as electricity demand surges. Data centers, manufacturing and hotter temps strain aging grids, while wind and solar expansion and storage gaps complicate reliability across 15 states from North Dakota to Louisiana.
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United States
Upper Midwest
Texas
North American Electric Reliability Corporation
NERC
U.S
North Dakota
Louisiana
Supreme Court widens lens on police shootings in toll stop case
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the totality of circumstances must guide judgments on police use of deadly force, reviving a Texas toll tolls case involving Ashtion Barnes. The decision, on Peace Officers Memorial Day, sends the suit back for reconsideration under broader analysis and challenges the narrower moment of threat standard used by some circuits.
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Supreme Court
Texas
High Court
Ashtion Barnes
Roberto Felix Jr
Harris County
Barnes
Houston
U.S. Court of Appeals
5Th Circuit
Felix
Elena Kagan
Appeals Court
Patrick E. Higginbotham
Higginbotham
D.C
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Mercer, PA
Walking Tall
Actor Baker
Cypress
Washington Post
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