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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 27, 2003

Page

12

Obituary notices for Harold W. Carlson and Marcy Carsner

Harold W. Carlson 76 of 3430 Queen Dr SW Belle Plaine died May 26 2003 at Mercy Medical Center after a long illness. Services 1 30 pm Thursday Christ United Methodist Church Belle Plaine with Rev David Crow burial Ohio Cemetery rural Ladora military rites. Survivors include wife Darlene two daughters Karen Carlson and Maryann Ellis four brothers and three sisters. A memorial fund was established. Marcy Aline Carsner services 1 pm Wednesday Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories friends may call today 5 to 8 pm at Cedar Memorial Funeral Home and after 12 30 pm Wednesday at the chapel memorial contributions to Hospice of Mercy.

Harold W. Carlson Queen Dr. SW Belle Plaine Mercy Medical Center Christ United Methodist Church David Crow Ohio Cemetery Ladora Hrabak Marcene Aline Marcy” Carsner Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Hospice of Mercy Frederick William Butschi Monticello Goettsch Funeral Home Oakwood Cemetery Hulda Tjaden Anamosa Lena Eddie Bill Frieda Bunting Olga Ricklefs Linn County Coggon Frederick Rose Kernen Butschi Prairieburg High School Fred Fred Butschi Leana L. Wolken Wayne Zion Lutheran St. Matthew's Sunday School Camp Courageous Alice M. Bechtel First Baptist Church Danny Volbrecht Oakland Cemetery Martin Funeral Home Karl and Anaruth Bechtel Waukon Helen Clark Hopkins, Minn Nancy Bechtel Herb Bechtel Richland Center Wis Randy Bechtel Cynthiana Ind John S. Hillier Good Neighbor Home Manchester United Methodist Church Julie May Leonard Muller Funeral Home Clarence and Inez Starbird Hillier John Iowa Teachers College Cedar Falls Lois Davis Dubuque Prairie Township Knights of Pythias Lois John Lynn Hillier Midlothian Warren Mary Jane) Hillier Charmion Slife Janet Klinghammer Alice Jane Seibert Edgewood Leonard- Muller Funeral Home Ann Daniel) Brown Waverly Julie Gary) Engelken Alicia Marie Brown Nathan Michael Brown Benjamin Clifford Engelken Samuel Clifford Engelken Margaret Marie Baldwin Marion Florence Baldwin Aleta Glenn) Futrell Hampton Arlene Russ) Edwards Granite City, Ill Beth Jim) Coder Annie Paul) Womachka Cedar Rapids Leeon Bud’’ Baldwin Jr Arnold Mary Beth) Baldwin Roscoe, NL Gary Helen) Baldwin LaFayette Ore Lary Hal Karen) Baldwin Patterson, Calif Dale Mari) Baldwin Centreville Betty Carter McLean, Va Aldonn Pearl) Seibert Barbara Seibert del City Okla Dorothy Seibert Shirley Seibert Greeley Sandra Larry) Taken

Iowa Towns List Local Residents in Index Roll Call

A compiled index lists residents across Iowa towns including Cedar Rapids Harold W Carlson Marcene Aline Marcy Carsner Dysart Elva A. Delfs Guttenberg Richard Lee Heber Iowa City Lester J. Kaeser Jr Manchester John S Hillier Alice Jane Seibert Montezuma Elsie Shearer Monticello Martha H Black Frederick William Butschi Stanwood Florence Koering Toledo Russell Ernest John Backen Waukon Alice M Bechtel.

Cedar Rapids Harold W Carlson Marcene Aline Marcy Carsner Dysart Elva A. Delfs Guttenberg Richard Lee Heber Iowa City Lester J. Kaeser Jr Manchester John S. Hillier Alice Jane Seibert Montezuma Elsie Shearer Monticello Martha H. Black Frederick William Butschi Stanwood Florence Koering Toledo Russell Ernest John Backen Waukon Alice M. Bechtel

Elva A Delfs 90 dies after brief Illness in Dysart

Elva A Delfs 90 of Dysart died Sunday May 25 2003 at Covenant Medical Center Waterloo after a short illness. Services set for 10:30 a m Thursday at Dysart United Methodist Church with burial in Dysart Cemetery. Visitation 5 to 8 p m Wednesday at Overton Funeral Home. Survivors include husband Raymond and four children Rhonda Molleston Davenport Richard Delfs Dysart Stanley Delfs West Hollywood Calif Galen Delfs Dysart.

Elva A. Delfs Covenant Medical Center Waterloo Dysart United Methodist Church Dysart Cemetery Overton Funeral Home Raymond Rhonda Molleston Davenport Richard Delfs Dysart Stanley Delfs West Hollywood Calif Galen Delfs

Notable Iowa Obituaries and Funeral Arrangements

Multiple Iowa obituaries list Richard Lee Heber 72 dying May 26 2003 at home with arrangements by Tuecke Allyn Funeral Home. Elsie Shearer 78 dying May 25 2003 in Waterloo with private graveside services at Oak Hill Cemetery Tama. Florence Koering with services at Stanwood Union Church and survivors in multiple states. Russell Ernest John Backen 77 dying May 24 2003 in Marshalltown with services at St John s Lutheran Church rural Tama and burial at Maple Grove Cemetery rural Tama. Survivors named include spouses, children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren across Tama, Cedar Rapids, Lincoln, Neb., and Des Moines.

Richard Lee Heber Tuecke Allyn Funeral Home Elsie Shearer Parkview Waterloo Oak Hill Cemetery Tama Overton Funeral Home Traer Hazel Chaloupek Wilma Wilson Lincoln Neb Betty Young Hudson Russell Ernest John Backen Marshalltown Medical Surgical Center Marshalltown St. John’s Lutheran Church Maple Grove

Monticello Obituaries Highlight Local Notables

Monticello and area residents mourn three deaths with services soon. Martha H. Black 87 died May 24 with visitation and service at Kramer Funeral Home Monticello. Frederick William Butschi 93 died May 25. services at Goettsch Funeral Home with burial at Oakwood Cemetery. Alice M. Bechtel 52 died May 24. services at First Baptist Church and burial Oakland Cemetery. survivors listed.

Kaeser Jr Lester J. dies after three week illness in Iowa City

Lester Joseph Kaeser Jr., 67, of 4426 Driftwood Lane, died May 25 2003 at Mercy Iowa City after a three week illness. Services Wednesday 11 a.m. at Gay Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service officiated by Rev. Bob Lockeby and Rev. Chris Lockeby. Burial Memory Gardens Cemetery. Memorial fund established. Survived by six children and eleven grandchildren, two siblings, former wife Helen. Funeral home arrangements by Gay Ciha. obituaries published with Gazette guidelines.

Lester J. Kaeser Jr Driftwood Lane Mercy Iowa City Gay & Ciha Bob Lockeby Chris Lockeby Memory Gardens Lester Lester Joseph Kaeser Jr Monona Grace Smith Kaeser Iowa City City Helen D. Kaeser Helen Lemme Cl. Co. 109Th Med Iowa National Guard Army Reserves United Methodist Church VFW Iowa River Helen Kaeser I Iowa City Robin Jenks Leonard West Liberty Lori Harpole Cary Belton Texas William Kaeser Jodi Shawnee Kan Tracy Schmidt Steve Cover D'Alene Idaho Scott Kaeser Mikie Rausch Riverside Becky Hix

Obituary notices for Hillier and Seibert from Manchester area

John S. Hillier 91 died May 26 2003 in Good Neighbor Home Manchester. Services May 28 at United Methodist Church Manchester. Burial Oakland Cemetery. Alice Jane Seibert 70 died May 26 2003 in Edgewood Convalescent Home. Services May 29 at United Methodist Church Manchester. Burial Oakland Cemetery Manchester.

Emblems Offered for Obituaries by Local Fraternal Groups

Emblems honoring the deceased are available for obituary notices at ten dollars each. Up to three symbols may be used per obituary. A range of emblems for various organizations and fraternal groups is offered, with additional options for other groups.

The Gazette Perward

In Memory of Guidelines and Submission Details

Announcement outlines how to submit In Memory Of tributes with deadlines Monday through Friday by 4 p.m. and specifies publication date options. It lists price 35 cents per word and pictures at $10 each plus a contact phone number 398 8221 for questions.

Submission deadlines for community notices and Milestones

Submissions must be in writing with a daytime phone number. Camp Tanager items due 9 am Thursday for Sunday print. Church page noon Wednesday before Saturday. Milestones two Fridays before Sunday. Money/Agribusiness noon Wednesday before Sunday. Farm Notes noon Wednesday before Sunday. Youth Plus Scouting awards two weeks before. other youth items 5 pm Thursday one week before Thursday publication. Call numbers listed.

Gazette Cashier Call People News People

Officials evaluate munitions threat at Iowa Army Ammunition Plant

Officials examine unexploded ordnance at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant in Middletown. A MKM Engineers Inc assessment cited UXO hazards from decades of production across three sites. Removal may require federal approval and could take up to a year.

Middletown Iowa

Dubuque Decides Residency Rules Await Iowa Supreme Court

City officials wait on the Iowa Supreme Court ruling after a 2002 Dubuque County District Court decision exempted Virginia Barton from city residency, clarifying only police and other critical workers may be required to live nearby. The case could limit the city’s reach and affect about 33 managers and several others.

Dubuque Iowa Supreme Court Barry Lindahl Dubuque County Virginia Barton Robert Curnan Barton William Roe Supreme Court Iowa Randy Peck

Governor to rename Medal of Valor after the Sullivans

Gov. Tom Vilsack announced in Waterloo that the Governor's Medal of Valor will be renamed to honor the five Sullivan brothers of Waterloo who died together in World War II. The ceremony also saluted firefighters Steve Jordan and Brian Shannon for saving a disabled man from a burning apartment last year. The Sullivans died November 13, 1942, when USS Juneau was torpedoed near Guadalcanal, a loss that spurred changes in military policy on family members serving together.

Waterloo Tom Vilsack Sullivan Brothers Vilsack Steve Jordan Brian Shannon Jordan Shannon Sullivans Juneau Guadalcanal Pacific Ocean

Special Olympics to build training site in central Iowa

Special Olympics Iowa plans a new headquarters and training center near the Grimes Crossing Development northwest of Des Moines. The effort aims to raise 3 million dollars for the facility with land donated by Des Moines businessman Bill Knapp. The center will be named the Richard O Jacobson Special Olympics Training Center after its lead donor.

Special Olympics DES Moines Iowa Grimes Crossing Bill Knapp Richard O. Jacobson Jacobson

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