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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1998

Page

8

Daniel Cliburn 66 Ottumwa Army veteran dies after illness

Daniel A. Cliburn, 66, of Ottumwa, formerly Cedar Rapids, died May 24 1998 at Ottumwa Regional Hospital after a short illness. Services Thursday at Cedar Memorial Chapel with burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery and military rites by Hanford American Legion Post 5. Survivors include his wife Wanda mother Mae Cliburn son David and wife Karla of Norway IA two daughters Danette Fults and Tina Beltz with spouses, two brothers and two sisters, eight grandchildren. memorial fund established.

Daniel A. Cliburn Ottumwa Cedar Rapids Cedar Memorial of Memories William Harnish Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Wanda Mae Cliburn David Karla Norway Iowa Danette Fults Bruce Tina Beltz Norman North Liberty Carl Elmer Florida Betty Craig Virginia Harwood Michael Mitchell Serena Jo Fults Oscar Velma Archer Daniel Truman Mae Tickle Cliburn Wanda Terry Iowa City Cherry-Burrell Hanford American Legion Post 5 Hanford American Legion Eighth St. NW St. Luke’s Hospital Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories Laurie McNeill Kathy Hanks Texas Bill Jeri Miller Marion Dale Powers Jack Powers Oklahoma Bill Tucker Sandy Seeman Carol Fleck Prairie du Chien Wis Kathy Allbones Center Point Rivers Mac” McNeill Mildred Mickey” Johnson Kings Concrete L & L Pelling Co Cedar Rapids Asphalt Teamsters Hanford American Legion Post

Grinnell Louise Neister 93 Dies in Grinnell

Grinnell E Louise Neister 93 died of congestive heart failure Monday May 25 1998 at Friendship Manor. Services set for 10 a m Thursday at Smith Funeral Home Grinnell with burial at Hazelwood Cemetery. Friends may call 9 a m to 9 p m today at the funeral home and the family will be present 7 to 8 p m.

E. Louise Neister Friendship Manor Smith Funeral Home Grinnell Hazelwood Cemetery

Center Point Woman Laura Boisvert 92

Laura A. Boisvert 92 of Northbrook Manor Cedar Rapids formerly Center Point died May 23 1998 after a long illness. Graveside services 10 30 a m Friday Center Point Cemetery. Arrangements Murdoch Marion. She is survived by a sister Leona Holloway and several nieces and nephews. Born December 30 1905 in Walker she was a nurse and a Center Point Methodist Church member. Memorials to Center Point United Methodist Church.

Laura A. Boisvert Northbrook Manor Cedar Rapids Center Point Mercy Laura Ossian Nellie Maxson Abbe Walker Edward Boisvert Center Point High School University of Iowa Detroit Summit St Iowa

Obituaries: Mildred Carley Neomia Graham Elizabeth Ruley

Mildred J. Carley 70 of 2685 25th Ave died May 26 1998 at home Arrangements pending at Murdoch Funeral Home Marion Neomia P Graham 380 Village Place died May 26 1998 after cancer services 10 30 a m Friday Christ Community Church United Methodist Marion burial Cedar Memorial Park Cedar Rapids friends may call 4 to 8 p m Thursday at Murdoch Marion and one hour before service Friday Neomia survived by her children eight grandchildren 13 great grandchildren and other relatives born Sept 19 1917 Perry worked as LPN at several facilities retired 1979 member Christ Community Church United Methodist memorial established Elizabeth M Ruley 85 of 1254 13th Ave died May 26 1998 at her daughter's Cedar Rapids home arrangements pending at Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Cedar Rapids.

Mildred J. Carley 25Th Ave Central City Murdoch Funeral Home Marion Neomia P. Graham Village Place Christ Community Church United Methodist Dick Speight Cedar Memorial Park Cedar Rapids Dorothy Lea Martin Harold Des Moines Carole Ann Canavan James Neomia Benny Ray Madren Clovis Kingman, Ariz Rhonda Craig Glenda Lisa Linda Donna Leah Robbie Amos M. Graham Lloyd LeRoy Forrest Bailey Ben Nellie Stevens Perry Woodward State Hospital Woodward Mercy Hospital Crestview Elizabeth M. Ruley 13Th Ave Cedar Memorial Funeral Home

Obituaries for Bruce Brooks and John Howden in Decorah area

Bruce Brooks 46 of San Lorenzo California formerly Decorah died May 24 1998 at home of heart attack. Services 11 a.m. Friday United Methodist Church Burial Phelps Cemetery call 4 8 p m Thursday at French Balik Funeral Home Decorah and after 10 a.m. Friday at church Survivors wife Jackie son Matthew daughter Michelle William Dorothy sisters Becky Halverson Beth Kirby. John Howden 77 died May 23 1998 at home after sudden illness. Services 2 p.m. Saturday First Lutheran Church Burial Lutheran Cemetery call 4 8 p m Friday at Balik Funeral Home Decorah Survivors son John daughter Jane Lee Stensenson brother Carsten sister Genevieve Dvorak.

Bruce Brooks San Lorenzo Calif Decorah United Methodist Church Phelps Cemetery French & Balik Funeral Home Jackie Matthew Michelle William and Dorothy Becky Halverson Cresco Beth Kirby Whiting Iowa John Howden First Lutheran Church Balik Funeral Home John Phoenix Ariz Jane Lee Stensenson Ohio Carsten Genevieve Dvorak

Florence Peters 97 dies after long illness in Independence

Florence M. Peters 97 died Sunday May 24 1998 at People's Nursing Care Center after a long illness. Services set for 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. John's in Independence with graveside rites at 2 p.m. at St. Mary's Cemetery Williamsburg. Visitation after 2 p.m. today at White Funeral Home Independence with rosary at 3 and vigil at 7. Survived by son James of Cedar Rapids and brother Donald Rock of San Francisco.

Florence M. Peters People’s Nursing Care Center St. John’s Catholic Church Independence St. Mary’s Cemetery Williamsburg White Funeral Home James Cedar Rapids Donald Rock San Francisco

Joyce C. Reddick 63 funeral held in Iowa City

Joyce C. Reddick 63 of 4052 Kitty Lee Rd SW died May 25 1998 at home. Services Friday 10 a.m. at George L Gay Funeral Home Crematorium Iowa City burial Memory Gardens Cemetery. Memorials to Iowa City Hospice. She was born October 12 1934 in Tekamah Neb daughter of Lloyd M and Doris Metzler. She married William L Reddick Sr on November 3 1952 in Mountain Home Ark and lived in Iowa City since 1948. She worked as a bookkeeper for several firms retiring in 1997. She is survived by her husband two sons two daughters mother brother and two sisters and eight grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her father and a nephew.

Joyce C. Reddick Kitty Lee George L. Gay Iowa City Harlan Gillespie Memory Gardens Joyce C. Metzler Tekamah Neb Lloyd M Doris Jackson Metzler Joyce Coralville University High School William L. Reddick Sr Mountain Home Ark F.W. Means ARA ARM First United Methodist Church Bill William Reddick Jr Carol Lloyd Reddick Barbara Remlap Ala Shelley Tony Cone Smyrna Tenn Laura Ted Hershberger Doris Metzler David Metzler Jane Joe Featherston Roy Utah Sharon Metzler John Featherston

Obituaries: Elma Rohrig and Leo Schima Die in 1998 Oelwein

Elma J. Rohrig 85 dies after a sudden illness on May 25 1998 at home in Oelwein Iowa. Memorial service May 30 at Christ United Presbyterian Church. Body donated to University of Iowa. Inurnment later at Floral Hills Hazleton. Leo J. Schima 86 dies May 26 1998 in Independence Iowa. Funeral Friday at Jamison Schmitz in Oelwein with military rites at Floral Hills Hazleton. Survivors include wife Dorothy son Gary two brothers and two sisters. American Legion Post 9 of Oelwein notes services.

Elma J. Rohrig Christ United Presbyterian Church John Kerr University of Iowa Floral Hills Hazleton Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Ocelwein Leo J. Schima People's Independence Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home Oelwein Richard Emery Floral Hills Cemetery Dorothy Gary Jesup Victor Des Moines Marie Dibble Dorothy Campbell Ross Reid American Legion Post 9

Genevieve E. Ague obituary services in Independence

Genevieve E. Ague of Rowley died May 26 1998 after a short illness in People's Memorial Hospital Independence. Services set for 2 p.m. Friday at White Funeral Home Independence with an Order of Eastern Star service at 7 p.m. Burial at Quasqueton Cemetery. Survived by three sons Larry Rowley LeRoy Cedar Rapids and Dean Tempe Ariz a sister Edna Ball Independence and a brother Vernon Arnold Waterloo.

Genevieve E. Ague People’s Memorial Hospital Independence White Funeral Home Quasqueton Order of Eastern Star Larry Rowley LeRoy Cedar Rapids Dean Tempe Ariz Edna Ball Vernon Arnold Waterloo

Maquoketa Woman Die in Brief Illness at 31

Charlotte D Benton 31 died May 25 1998 in Crestridge Nursing Home after a brief illness. Services 10 30 a m at Haylock O Hara Lah Odell First United Methodist Church burial Mount Hope Cemetery friends may call 4 to 8 p m today Survivors include son Jack and two brothers Clarence and Al Gartman all of Maquoketa.

Charlotte D. Benton Crestridge Haylock O’hara & Lah- Odell First United Methodist Church Mount Hope Cemetery Jack Clarence al Gartman Maquoketa

Mary L. Lohrer obituary notice

Mary L. Lohrer aged 56 died at Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids from cancer complications. Arrangements are pending at Kloster Valentine Funeral Home Marengo. Anna Margaret Schulz services set for 10 a m Thursday at First United Methodist Church burial in Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call 4 to 8 p m today at Kloster Valentine Funeral Home Marengo.

Mary L. Lohrer Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids Kloster-Valentine Funeral Home Marengo Anna Margaret Schulz First United Methodist Church Allen Wiese Calvary Cemetery

Mabel I. Vacek 36 Dies in Oxford Junction

Mabel Irene Vacek of Wheatland Manor Nursing Home Oxford Junction died after a lingering illness. Services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Hayden Funeral Home in Oxford Junction with Rev. Scott Pope Joy. Burial will be at Mayflower Cemetery. Friends may call after 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. She is survived by a sister Ruth Beasley of Leon a brother George Cook of Lamont and several nieces and nephews.

Mabel Irene Vacek Wheatland Manor Wheatland Hayden Funeral Home Oxford Junction Scott Popejoy Mayflower Cemetery Ruth Beasley Leon George Cook Lamont

Ernest R Smyth 83 longtime Solon area resident dies

Ernest R Smyth 83 of Hallmark Care Center Mount Vernon formerly Solon died May 26 1998 at Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids after a lingering illness Funeral services 10 30 a m Thursday Brush Chapel Cedar Rapids burial Anderson Cemetery near Swisher Survivors include sons Elmer and Roy both of Solon nine grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren born March 15 1910 in rural Solon married Mary Sedlacek Sept 26 1933 Iowa City He farmed in Johnson County most of his life until two years ago Known for fence making he used John Deere tractors and enjoyed mushroom hunting horses and mules.

Ernest R. Smyth Hallmark Care Center Mount Vernon Solon Mercy John Clara Lee Smyth Mary Arlene Ernest Mary Sedlacek Iowa City Johnson County

West Liberty Man Rockwell Dies After Illness

Rockwell 74 died Monday May 25 1998 at Muscatine General Hospital after an extended illness. Graveside services 11 a.m. today at Oak Ridge Cemetery officiated by Rev Frank Schultz. Barker Funeral Home West Liberty in charge. Survived by four brothers Wesley Willard William all of West Liberty and Lowell of Tampico Illinois.

Rockwell Muscatine General Hospital Oak Ridge Cemetery Frank Schultz Barker Funeral Home West Liberty Wesley Willard William Lowell Tampico

Death notice for Donald D. Von Lienen connects family and services

Donald Dean Von Lienen 50 died May 25 1998 after a three year cancer illness. Services 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul United Methodist Williamsburg with Rev. Carol Kress. Burial at Marengo Cemetery. Visitation 6 to 8 p.m. tonight at Uhlmann Powell Funeral Home Williamsburg. Survivors include Lois a son Chad a daughter Theresa Glandorf grandsons Ethan Christian Tyler Glandorf and his mother Evelyn of Williamsburg. A memorial fund is established.

Donald Dean von Lienen St. Paul United Methodist Church Williamsburg Carol Kress Marengo Cemetery Marengo Uhlmann-Powell Lois Chad Theresa Larry) Glandorf Ethan Christian Tyler Glandorf Evelyn von Lienen

Deaths of Donald Hargrave and Margaret Holiday in Tipton area

Donald R. Hargrave 79 of Bettendorf formerly Tipton died May 26 1998 at home after a sudden illness. Services at Fry Funeral Home Tipton 1:30 p.m. Thursday burial Tipton Masonic Cemetery Rev Gene Miller officiating. Margaret Holiday 82 formerly of Tipton died May 24 1998 at Mechanicsville Nursing Center after a sudden illness. Services 10:30 a.m. Friday Fry Funeral Home Tipton burial Masonic Cemetery.

Margaret ‘‘Peg’’ Holladay Tipton Mechanicsville Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Fry Funeral Home DeLane Wright Masonic Cemetery George L. Gay Funeral Home Iowa City Ron Atkins Clarence

Benjamin F. O'Dell Funeral Service Details

Services set for Benjamin F. O'Dell at 1 p.m. today at Oak Hill Cemetery with military rites by American Legion Hanford Post 5. Rev. David Young will officiate. No visitation. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home.

Benjamin F. O'Dell Oak Hill Cemetery American Legion Hanford Post David Young Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home

Birthday Tribute Communicated From Mother to Heaven Son

A mother writes a birthday greeting to her son in heaven, marking one year since his passing. She expresses love and loss, notes their three daughters as reminders of him, and says he is looking down from heaven.

Son

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