Local Obituaries From Mount Vernon Area
Multiple deaths reported from Mount Vernon area with detailed funeral arrangements. Mark Alan Graber, 23, died after injuries from a June 29 crash near Lisbon. Minnie E. Collins Towne, 86, died at Hallmark Care Center. Annis A. McKibben, 93, former Central City and Mechanicsville resident, passed away in Dysart. Maurice L. Olson, 68, former Cedar Rapids resident, died in Sioux Falls after a long illness. Raymond E. Walters, 65, of Central City area, died at St. Luke's Hospital. James B. Cooney Sr., 67, Cedar Rapids area, died in Iowa City after a short illness. Services and memorial gifts noted.
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Mark Alan Graber
Mount Vernon
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Lisbon
Lawrence
Kan
Mount Vernon High School
Knox College
Galesburg
Ill
Memorial Services and Graveside Rites Held for Local Residents
Memorial service for Winifred Mayne Van Etten at 2 p.m. Wednesday in King Chapel on the Cornell College campus Mount Vernon conducted by Dr. Richard H. Thomas. Graveside services for John W. Wymer were held Friday at Linwood Cemetery led by Rev. Alexander George. Memorials preferred to charity of choice. Arrangements by Turner Chapel West.
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van Etten
Winifred Mayne
King Chapel
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Richard H. Thomas
Wymer
John W
Linwood Cemetery
Alexander George
Turner Chapel West
Services Pending for 95-year-old Alice Jakubec
Alice M. Jakubec age 95 of Heritage Acres died Friday after a long illness. Services are pending at Janeba Kuba Funeral Home West.
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Alice M. Jakubec
Heritage Acres
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
East Iowa Obituary Roundup Reports Multiple Deaths
Viola Hayes 88 died at home with services pending Devaney-Reiff's. Mamie Nicholson 89 formerly Savannah GA died in Waterloo care center with sister Ella Lucas surviving. Graveside service 11 a.m. Monday Dysart Cemetery. Wilma F Bartholow 68 died at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after long illness. Born 1914 Aug 14 Springdale. Survived by husband three sons six grandchildren two sisters. Services 11 a.m. Monday George L Gay Funeral Home. Burial Memory Gardens. Memorials to American Lung Association or Mercy Hospital Foundation. Lloyd G Schroeder 73 died Postville hospital. Survived by three sons one daughter eight grandchildren three great-grandchildren and sister Violet Jollymore. Services Monday 10:30 a.m. St Paul Lutheran Church. Burial Postville Cemetery. Masonic service Sunday 8:30 p.m. at Shutte's. Mark Pat Campbell 64 died Friday Waukon hospital. Survived by wife Arlene three sons one daughter six brothers and six sisters. Services Monday 11 a.m. St Patrick's Catholic Church. Burial Mount Olivet Cemetery. Robert L Starry 62 formerly Olin died Sunday near Chicago. Retired Navy chief petty officer. Survived by wife Jeanne two daughters Betty Blanchard and Sandra Niemietz four sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie E. Collins Towne
Hallmark Care Center
Mount Vernon
Lisbon
Arthur Collins
Sigfred Tonne
Tonne
Presbyterian Church of
Arthur
West Liberty
John
Robert
Richard
Wanda Kaplan
Mildred Thompson
Mabel Whitman
Marion
Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Baxter Memorial Chapel
Annis A. McKibben
18Th St
Central City
Mechanicsville
Sunnycrest Nursing Center
Dysart
Cedar County
Kenwood Park Presbyterian Church
Cedar Rapids
Lois A. Potter
Alhambra
Calif
Isabelle B. Sullivan
Rosehill Cemetery
David N. Roth
Turner Chapel West
35Th St
Camp Good Health
Gazette Co
Third Ave
Raymond E. Walters
Alburnett
St. Luke’s Hospital
Strawberry Point
Lorraine Wildman
Iowa City
Iowa River and Tool
Kenneth
David
Pat Coats
Rae Lynn Spinler
Waubeek
Robert Simmons
Oren Simmons
Anamosa
Ann van Zetten
Wanetta Brunscheen
Wyoming
Iowa
Paula Weis
Dean and Dale
Chicago
Calvin
Memphis
Tenn
Edwin
Moline
Ill
Donna Shale
Lawler
Marie Harvey
Salem
Ore
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Charles R. Mehaffey
Asbury United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
American Cancer Society
10Th St
James B. Cooney Sr
30Th St
Oelwein
Mildred Blanchard
Life Insurance and Investments
St. Matthew
Leukemia Foundation
Hoak
University
Mamie Nicholson
Savannah
Waterloo Care Center
Ella Lucas
Waterloo
Overton's
Wilma F. Bartholow
Pickard Sr
Mercy Hospital
Springdale
Des Moines
Oral D. Bartholow
Savanna
First United Methodist Church
Beta Sigma Phi
Mercy Hospital Guild
Steven
Elmhurst
Shoreview
Minn
Zona Fogg
Oakdale
Arthene Schilling
Roscoe
George L. Gay
Wilbur Wilcox
Memory Gardens
American Lung Association
Mercy Hospital Foundation
Lloyd G. Schroeder
Postville Hospital
Huxley
Keith
Wintona
Wayne
Postville
Marian Friederich
Violet Jollymore
Naples
Fla
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Postville Cemetery
Mark
Pat” Campbell
Waukon Hospital
Arlene
William
Perry
Waukon
Mary Jo Soride
Michael
Michigan
James
Tom
Macon
Charles
Danny
Coralville
Paul “Manny
Kansas City
Kan
Dale Goltz
Michael Burke
Milton Mchwinkle
Dallas
Texas
Emmett Magner
Esther Campbell
Tony Cornielionson
Hopkins, Minn
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Martin's
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Robert L. Starry
North Chicago
Olin
U.S. Navy
Jeanne
Betty Blanchard
Grays Lake
Sandra Niemietz
Lucille Ray
Maquoketa
Lorene Edwards
Hazel Pettit
Dorothy Taylor
West Liberty farmer Phillip Nussbaum dies at 65
Phillip Nussbaum 65 retired farmer who worked for Walnut Grove Feeds died Friday at home in West Liberty. Survived by wife Arlene daughter Delores Krizan of Iowa City son Lloyd of Evanston Ill sister Marie Anderson Aledo Ill brother Clifton Rochelle Ill and two grandchildren. Services Monday 2 p.m. at West Liberty United Methodist Church. Friends may call Sunday at Snider's. Burial Oak Ridge Cemetery. Memorial fund established.
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Phillip Nussbaum
Walnut Grove Feeds
Arlene
Delores Krizan
Iowa City
Lloyd
Evanston
Ill
Marie Anderson
Aledo
Clifton
Rochelle
West Liberty United Methodist Church
Snider’s
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Grady Receives Deferred Sentence In Phony Bill Scheme
Former Marion councilman Pat rick Grady aged 20 and Mark D. Evans 19 pleaded guilty to feeding two Marion laundromats with counterfeit dollar bills. Judge Larry Conmey sentenced them to two years deferred probation with restitution and warned of prison if they fail.
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Marion
Patrick Grady
Larry Conmey
Grady
Mark D. Evans
Evans
Conmey
Puppeteers Delight Local Preschool Crowd
Five year old Ben Kettler and two year old Seth watch from their mother Carolyn’s lap during a Cedar Rapids Museum of Art show by the Junior League Puppeteers. The performance titled Grandma Liz and Friends drew about 250 children from eight to ten area preschools. the Kettler family hails from Vinton.
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Ben Kettler
Seth
Carolyn
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Grandma Liz
Kettler
Vinton
Two Red Russian Orthodox nuns stabbed to death in Jerusalem
In Jerusalem the bodies of Barbara Vaspenko and daughter Veronika Vaspenko were found with multiple stab wounds at a convent of the Red Russian Orthodox Church. Israeli police launched a special inquiry and top detectives investigated the scene amid reports of vandalism on the convent walls and a nearby break-in at a French convent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Ziv Rotem
Rotem
Barbara Vaspenko
Veronika Vaspenko
Yehoshua Caspi
Israel Radio
Caspi
Iowa's lone brewery closes after decades in Dubuque
Dubuque Star Brewing Co. ends operations as Iowa's last brewery after failing to reach sustainable sales and profits. The 85 000 barrel capacity operated at about 35 000 barrels annually under AGRI Industries ownership. AGRI VP Maurice Van Nostrand said potential buyers were discussed but no prospects looked promising. The site may become a Mississippi River grain terminal.
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Dubuque
Dubuque Star Brewing Co
Iowa
Star Brewing
B.J. O’dowd
Joseph Pickett
Agri Industries
Maurice van Nostrand
AGRI
Rhomberg
Pickett
Star
van Nostrand
Vital Statistics Births and Emergencies in Cedar Rapids Area
May records show several births at homes and hospitals across Iowa including Janet Munson in Cedar Rapids and Kathy Hall in Waterloo with multiple daughters and sons, plus a Steamboat Springs birth. Emergency calls by time stamped from Thursday and Friday report medical crises, gas leaks, and an extrication in Cedar Rapids and neighboring towns with listed addresses and responders.
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A Ave
Prairie Drive
Glass Road
Burch Ave
Memorial Drive
Hamilton St
First Avenue SE
Paratroopers Evacuate Kolwezi Amid Rebel Unrest
Five years ago French and Belgian paratroopers evacuated 2,500 Europeans from Kolwezi in Zaire as rebels destabilized the copper center, drawing international intervention and humanitarian action.
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Zaire
Kolwezi
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METRO
Harlan
Kay Ewert Graber
Jack
Helen Ewert
Abilene
United Methodist Church of
Wayne Wasta
Tom Stewart
Mount Vernon Bank and Trust
First St. West
Morgan Funeral Home
Maurice L. Olson
Sioux Falls
S.D
Madison
S.C
Geraldine Kreisel
Minneapolis
National Oats
Mary Jo Olson
Victor
O.E
Watertown
Beatrice Lear
Pearl Beckstead
Seattle
Janet Long
Denver
Colo
Royal C. Johnson Veterans
Cascade
Viola Hayes
Devaney-Reiff's
Columbus
Fort Sheridan National Cemetery
Bill
Conrey
Red
New York City
Holy Land
Lone Brewery
Janet
Gunnar Munson
Lynda Drive
Kathy
Joe Hall
C Ave
St. Luke's
Sandra
Jack Fichtner
van Horne
Denise
Mark Long
Jonadel Lane
Judy
Richard Heeren
33Rd Ave
Linda
James Gorsch
Marengo
Cecilia
Charles Visek
Chandler St
Joan
Douglas Thompson
Solon
Steamboat Springs
Doris
Vern Glawe
Oak Creek
Arnold W. Andes
Ninth Ave
Susan
Joseph D. Prull
Virgil C. Johnson
Victoria Drive
Mary Prull
Monticello
Lloyd L. Banks
Donna M. Enneking
Gunnison, Colo
Charles B. Vernon
Mary S. Freiburger
Scott A. Papesh
Luann S. Engelking
Belle Plaine
Kenneth D. Core
Michele L. McDougal
Paul E. Kitzki
Wanda L. Baker
Roy A. Graham
Shalam D. Petersen
Rick R. Newmarch
Julia L. Newton
C. Garberson
Nancy J. Willett
George A. White
Lillian A. White
David P. Dostal
Anna Vosdingh
Thomas L. Murray
Kathleen C. Husmann
Myron R. Armbruster
Sun Boots
Steven W. Livermore
Lisa J. Hamilton
Walker
Daniel J. Olson
Theresa L. Daw
David G. Gerleman
Joyce A. Kofron
Robert R. Beltch
Deadwood
Elizabeth J. Birmingham
Craig A. Peters
Marilyn S. Smith
la Porte City
John E. Lapes
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