Local obituaries and memorials from Linn County Iowa
Linn County deaths include Constance Marie Barnes 58 of Des Moines with services in Gospel Tabernacle Church and burial at Cedar Memorial Park. Also listed are D. Bruce Gibson 63 of Cedar Rapids cremated. Joey Dean Wells 40 of Cedar Rapids with service in Cedar Memorial Chapel. Chris Vikesland 18 of St. Charles Ill in train crash memorials. Florence Folkerts 85 of Reinbeck. Bess Barry of Pebble Beach California with Cedar Rapids roots and graveside plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance Marie Barnes
Fifth Ave
Des Moines
Gospel Tabernacle Church
Mary Robinson
Cedar Memorial Park
Estes Funeral Home
Joseph
Debra Barnes
Delores Scharf
Cedar Rapids
Francine Greene
Osan
Korea
Cameron
Frances Jeter
Arbella Jeter
Sharon Carter
Maryin Thomas
Teresa Douglas
Vernon Jeter
Carl Jeter
George Jeter
Murfreesboro
Tenn
John
Angela Vikesland
St. Charles
Ill
Peter
Iowa City
Philip Vikesland
Lila Olmstead
Toddville
Edna Vikesland
William Olmstead
Chris
Norwich
England
St. Charles (Ill.) High School
Chris Vikesland
St. Charles High School
Florence M. Folkerts
Second St. SW
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Reinbeck
Ronald Pfluger
Bethany Lutheran Church
Adolph
Edna Jans
Bess B
Nee White
Pebble Beach
Calif
Dixon
Halford T. Barry
Capt
James H. Barry
USN
la Jolla
Anne B. Snell
Downers Grove
Arrangements Pending for Four Local Died in May 1994
Homer H Bunnell 75 of Bertram died May 16 1994 after a long illness. Leonard Drevikovsky 84 formerly of Cedar Rapids died May 14 1994 in Lawrenceville Illinois. Ricky Scott 20 of Palo died May 15 1994 in a boating accident. Ernest W Soukup 73 of 4918 McGowan Rd SE died May 16 1994 after a long illness. All arrangements pending at local funeral homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer H. Bunnell
Bertram
Cedar Memorial Funeral
Leonard Drevikovsky
Robinson, I
Cedar Rapids
Lawrenceville Medical Center
Lawrenceville
Ill
Ricky Scott
Palo
Teahen Funeral Home
Ernest W. Soukup
McGowan Rd
Brosh Chapel
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the Gazette
Deaths in Eastern Iowa Reach Double Digits
A roundup of obituary notes from Eastern Iowa lists Charlies D. Viktora, A. Schneider, Raymond P. Goettelman, E. Leone Shaffer, Marjorie C. Upton, Steven R. Sanger, Marie Gundling, Mary Magdalene Tank, Opal S. Mead Groth, Marion F. DeWitt, and Russell E. Mullins. Services and burial details, plus surviving relatives or lack thereof, are given for each, with locations including Belle Plaine, Iowa City, West Union, Clermont, Maquoketa, Middle Amana, Tipton, Shellsburg, and Sumner. Arrangements vary, with many in local funeral homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Gundling
Colonial Manor
Middle Amana
Middle Amana Community Church
Roy Setzer
South Amana
Hoover-Valentine Funeral Home
Marengo
Amana Community Church
Opal S. Mead Groth
Vinton Lutheran
Zion Lutheran Church
Shellsburg
Oakwood Cemetery
Phillips Funeral Home
Vinton
David
Galveston
Texas
Charlotte Alden
Newhall
Iowa Falls Teen Sentenced to Life for Murder
George C. Eason, 17, was sentenced by District Judge Carl Baker to life in prison for first degree murder of 46 year old Goldie Vallandingham. A Hardin County jury convicted him as an adult. Vallandingham was found stabbed 60 times in her Iowa Falls apartment last November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Falls
Eldora
Carl Baker
George C. Eason
Goldie Vallandingham
Hardin County
Eason
Vallandingham
Scranton Water Tower May Be Oldest In Iowa History
Scranton Mayor B A MacDonald notes the nearly 100 year old water tower built in 1897 remains functional though modest in height. Ames ISU and Stanton hold other ancient towers. steel is preferred for longevity and maintenance. The Stanton tower is painted as a Swedish coffeepot and is a local landmark with annual summer visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Munns
Associated Press
Ona
Scranton
B.A. MacDonald
Greene County
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State University
ISU
Ames
University
Bill Whitman
Marston
Whitman
Montgomery County
Stanton
Bob Johnson
Steel Plate Fabricators Association
Des Plaines
Irl
Dedham
Mass
Tom Neumann
Pitt-Des Moines Inc
Paul Husby
Linn-Mar Board Defers City Road Priority Decision
Linn-Mar school board declines to advise Marion on which 29th or 35th Avenue link to finish first. They say the city should choose, but express willingness to address safety impacts with planners as the project proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn-Mar
Marion
29Th
35Th Avenues
North 10Th Street
29Th Avenue
Campus
Jeff Schott
Schott
Linn-Mar Board
Gary Keoppel
Russian ensemble in Marion performs to aid travel fund
The Russian children's folk ensemble Cassadata performs at McLeod Academy in Marion at 7 p.m. Donations to the YWCA Food Bank or the Russian students travel fund requested. Thirteen musicians aged 12 to 16 visit six Iowa cities in May under Stavropol Savings Bank and Iowa Sister States sponsorship. ICAP to fund HIV AIDS education in Johnson Linn and Black Hawk counties starting fall. A May 20 seminar on program evaluation set for Cedar Rapids Library Beems Auditorium with Harder Kibbe reps. Marion staff recognition set for 2 30 p m in the high school auditorium. six retirees named. Mount Vernon High presents Annie Get Your Gun May 27 28 at 8 p m tickets $5 adults $3 students seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassadata
McLeod Academy
Second Ave
Marion
YWCA
Iowa
Stavropol
The
Savings Bank of Russia
Iowa Community Aids Partnership
ICAP
Johnson, Linn
Black Hawk
Greater Cedar
Marion Independent School District
Marilyn Carstens
Evelyn DeLancey
Ralph Gaede
Mavis Lovik
Mount Vernon High School
Illinois man leaps from train and dies in Geneva
Christopher Vikesland an 18 year old from St. Charles Illinois died after leaping from a westbound freight train near Geneva while with three juveniles They planned to retrieve a car then return Police said Vikesland suffered multiple injuries and severe head trauma The other teen rode to Rochelle and alerted authorities Vikesland has Cedar Rapids grandparents with services planned at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Ill
Christopher Vikesland
St. Charles
Chicago
Vikesland
Rochelle
Cedar Rapids
Toddville
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Also Mentioned on This Page
Linn County
Frances Wells
Jason Davies
Matt Konicek
Jeff Wells
Brian
Kenneth
York
Neb
Cheryl Abram
Mount Vernon
Susan Bergan
Elkader
Ivan Wells
Joey
Christopher William Philip
Chris” Vikesland
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
Robert Bouton
Christ Church Presbyterian
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Friends
Belle Plaine
Charlies D. Viktora
Fountains Nursing Home
Daytona Beach
Fla
Hrabak Funeral Home
Coralville
Ben A. Schneider
Seventh Ave
Mercy Hospital
Donahue-Lensing Funeral Home
Decorah
Raymond P. “Coli” Goettelman
Aase Haugen
Fjelstul Funeral Home
Phelps Cemetery
Elgin
E. Leone Shaffer
Good Samaritan
West Union
Illyria Community Church
Judy Deweber
Church
Muehlethaler Funeral Home
Shirley Schmidt
Janice Reinig
Garwin
Anla Jean Hubbard
Ferne Bennett
Nona Torson
Marjorie C. Upton
Wadena
Volga
Clermont
Great River Care Center
McGregor
West Clermont Lutheran Church
Hillcrest Cemetery
Muehlethaler
Joseph Nesheim
Charles
William
Luana
Gene
Middletown
Del
Ronald
Michael
Leslie
Plainview
Minn
Postville
Nadine West
Jane Uptown
Karen Guyer
Connie Lauer
Howard Berger
Catherine Taylor
LaVida Harnack
Maquoketa
Steven R. Sanger
Vienna
W.va
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Carson & Son Funeral Home
Ann
Steven
Rex
Dorothy
Mike
Joel
South
Amana
Tipton
Mary Magdalene Tank
Fry Funeral Home
Tipton Masonic Cemetery
Kathy Vance
Sandy Miller
Twenty-nine Palms
John Ford
Harold Fell
Winton
Waukon
Marion F. DeWitt
Good Samaritan Center
Martin Funeral Home
Larry Olson
Oakland Cemetery
Westgate
Russell E. Mullins
Community Memorial Hospital
Sumner
Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home
Maynard
Council Bluffs
Virginia Christine
Johnson
Gary Reynolds
By Kevin Kane
Metro-Iowa
Aids Services
Beems
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Harder+Kibbe
San Francisco
National Community Aids Partnership
Icap Project
Greater Cedar Rapids Foundation
Illinois
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