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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1992
Page
12
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices from Linn County area. Bea Hartig of Kingston Hill dies after long illness. services at Bethany Lutheran Church with burial at Cedar Memorial. Others include stillbirth Breanne Ellis in Marion, LeRoy Babcock of Willow Gardens in Marion, and names of survivors, relatives, and funeral details across Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.
Hazel Carrothers 74 of Coggan died Tuesday at Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids arrangements are pending at Murdoch Funeral Home Central City Elizabeth Lizzie Marie Kloubec 93 of 135 19th Ave SW died Tuesday at St Luke's Hospital arrangements pending at Janeba Kuba Funeral Home West Scott Edmond McMaster 48 of Philadelphia formerly Cedar Rapids died May 8 at home arrangements pending at Cedar Memorial Funeral Home John B Platz 70 of 4200 Pioneer Trail SE died Tuesday morning at Mercy Medical Center after sudden illness arrangements pending at Turner Chapel East
The Gazette publishes death notices with immediate survivors and a photo as a news item. Additional obituary material such as survivors, employment, education, and hobbies costs 35 cents per word. Second day and out of town notices also 35 cents per word. Call 398 8221 for details.
Agnes M Corbin 72 died Tuesday at Mercy Hospital Oelwein after a lengthy illness arrangements pending at Kerns Jamison Funeral Home LeRoy P Johnson 83 formerly of Delmar died Tuesday at Jackson County Public Hospital arrangements pending at Haylock O'Hara Lahey Funeral Home R Earl Cox 83 died Tuesday morning at home after lengthy illness arrangements pending at Hrabak Funeral Home Michael Mike Kelly 69 died Monday at Mercy Hospital Dubuque after a short illness services Thursday 11 a m Carson Funeral Home burial Mount Hope Cemetery survivors include wife Catherine and son Tim of Maquoketa
Charles J. Mausser aged 88 died Tuesday afternoon at St Joseph Anit-Mercy Health Center in Dubuque. Arrangements are pending at Reiff Funeral Home Cascade with calling hours from 2 to 9 p.m. Thursday for friends to pay respects.
Olive Lois Brown died at 90 in Mercy Hospital after a short illness. Services Thursday at Donahue Leasing Funeral Home, burial Memory Gardens Cemetery. three nieces and three nephews survive. Bruce E Hiscock, 72, of 1153 Duck Creek Dr, died in Iowa City. Services Friday at Zion Lutheran Church, burial Memory Gardens Cemetery. viewing Thursday at Donohue-Lensing Funeral Home and at the church prior to services. Survived by wife Margaret, two daughters, a son-in-law, two granddaughters, two cousins. He was born November 4, 1919, in Iowa City, worked 35 years for the U.S. Postal Service, and belonged to Zion Lutheran Church and several retirees and postal groups. Memorials to Zion Lutheran Church or Senior Center Men’s Pool League.
Malcom Lodema McCormick 84 died Monday in Friendship Manor Grinnell. Services 10:30 a.m. Thursday Watts Funeral Home Montezuma where friends may call after 9 a.m. today and an Eastern Star service at 7 p.m. Burial Pleasant Township Cemetery Ewart. Surviving sister Dorothy Flemming Norwalk.
Jack Whiting 67 died Tuesday morning at Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids after an extended illness. Private family services will be Thursday at Oakwood Cemetery Monticello. Friends may call today at Goettsch Funeral Home Anamosa. Survivors include wife Lois two sons Steve Denver and Greg Eden a daughter Leslee Stejskal Newton two sisters Norma Fosnacht Cedar Rapids Marion Houts Loveland Colo and three brothers Robert Central City Glen Cedar Rapids Le Roy Des Moines plus three grandchildren. He was a 25 year employee of Collins Radio retiring in 1985.
Iona Colbert died Monday in Mercy Hospital Iowa City after a short illness. Services set for 2 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home with burial at Garrett Cemetery Delta. Survived by five daughters Marguerite McKinney Des Moines Claudette Burgess Henderson Nev Judy Railsback Cedar Rapids Iona Adrian Iowa City Carol Wehr Washington a son Lloyd Rocklin Calif and two sisters Lenora VanPatten What Cheer Edna Walker Hiawatha. Also Harold Kerr 79 dies in Iowa City after long illness. Services 10:30 a.m. Thursday Eden Funeral Home. viewing today after 9 a.m. and family greet 2-4 and 7-8:30 p.m. Burial Elm Grove Cemetery. Survivors wife Mary two sons Harold Jr Norfolk Va Thomas San Jose Calif a daughter Julia Carlson Burlington and brother Floyd Horseshoe Bend Ark.
Marian Mae Crowell, 77, of Winthrop died Sunday at home after a sudden illness. Services set for 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Fawcett Funeral Home with visitation after 2 p.m. today. Burial at Fremont Cemetery. Survivors: son Larry Crowell of Friendsville Tennessee, daughter Carole Kimball of Winthrop, two grandchildren, two great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a brother and a sister.
Rep. Jim Nussle joins a push for a congressional investigation and GAO audit of about 46 million dollars in unspent funds tied to House operations. The Gang of Seven pressed reforms while Nussle wore a bag over his head to highlight the House bank scandal and accountability concerns.
Gov Branstad signs House File 2475 directing the Iowa DNR to allocate 500000 to establish a waste tire collection pilot program in the 19 largest counties. Grants range 15000 to 60000 based on population, with Linn Johnson Dubuque and Winneshiek named. Whole tires banned from landfills. sites must secure an annual permit and financial guarantee per tire.
The mother of 5 year old Timothy Wiltsey provided multiple versions of how he vanished at a Sayreville carnival, with investigators questioned about the reports. Skeletal remains were later found in an Edison industrial park marsh. Prosecutors declined comment.
Vital statistics report births on May 18 and 19 at St. Luke’s and local addresses, including Danele Gentzler and Trinda Brooks, with multiple parents and newborns. A long list of marriage licenses shows Cedar Rapids and Marion couples across several pairings with hometowns.
The report lists degree days as of May 18 with totals through May 18 and May 31, showing 6 409 through May 18 and 901 am cate 6 480 percent of normal year 98 and total normal year 531 compiled by Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Co.
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