Deaths East Iowa Beatrice Weems 77
Beatrice Weems 77 of 302 H Ave NW died May 27 1997 at Mercy Medical Center after a brief illness. Services 1 PM Saturday Murdoch Linwood Funeral Home with Pastor Derrick Davis. Burial Linwood Cemetery. Survivors include 26 grandchildren 40 great grandchildren and many relatives. Born Lexington Mississippi March 13 1920 she married Leonard C Weems in 1949. She worked 20 years as a housekeeper at the Roosevelt Hotel and was active in Bethel AME Church and Eastern Star. Memorial fund established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Weems
H Ave. NW
Mercy Medical Center
Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home
Derrick Davis
Linwood Cemetery
Leonard J. Weems
Cedar Rapids
Leonard R. Weems
Detroit
Mich
Patrick J. Wright
Waterloo
Mary Williams
Davenport
Myrtle Barnes
Prentiss
Severn Weems
Lillian Stevens
Lassie Ann Sprague
San Antonio
Texas
Hattie Holmes
Tchula
Ruth B. Martin
Chicago
Lennie Jenkins
California
Wells Melton
Lexington
Miss
Barch Melton
Susie B. Brown
Leonard C. Weems
Roosevelt Hotel
Weems Floor Service
Bethel A.M.E. Church
Allen Lincoln Douglas
Eastern Star
Belle Plaine Woman 85 Dies After Sudden Illness
Faye L. Jan, 85, died Tuesday, May 27, 1997, at home after a sudden illness in Belle Plaine. Arrangements are pending with Hrabak Funeral Home.
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Faye L. Jan
Hrabak
Belle Plaine
Decorah Native Elsie Smalley 97 Died After Long Illness
Elsie Smalley 97 died Monday May 26 1997 in Oneota Riverview Care Facility Freeport after a long illness. Services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Burial at Phelps Cemetery. Friends may call 4 to 8 p.m. today at French Balik Funeral Home Decorah and after 1 p.m. Thursday at the church. No immediate survivors.
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Elsie Smalley
Oneota Riverview
Freeport
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Phelps Cemetery
French & Balik Funeral
Decorah
Emma E Novak 101 of Ely dies after lingering illness
Emma E Novak 101 formerly of rural Ely died Tuesday afternoon May 27 1997 at North Brook Manor Care Center Cedar Rapids after a lingering illness Arrangements are pending with Papich Kuba Funeral Home East Cedar Rapids
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Emma E. Novak
Ely
Northbrook Manor
Cedar Rapids
Papich-Kuba Funeral Home
Obituaries of Fassbinder McGavish and Steele in Iowa notices
Gerald William Fassbinder Sr. 66 of Guttenberg died May 27 1997 after a long illness. Services will be May 28 at St Marys Church with burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Verna J McGavish 86 of Bettendorf formerly Homestead died May 27 1997. Services May 30 at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories with burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. William E Steele 74 of Iowa City died May 27 1997. Services May 29 at United Presbyterian Church with burial at Elm Grove Cemetery. Burial with military rites. survivors listed for all.
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William E
Bill’’ Steele
University Hospitals
Iowa City
United Presbyterian Church
Ron McMenamin
James Edwards
Elm Grove Cemetery
Jones & Eden Funeral Home
Washington
Barbara
Drew
Orlando, Fla
Linda Widmer
Iowa
Dora Klay De Jong 98 dies in Iowa Veterans Home
Dora Klay De Jong 98 died Monday May 26 1997 at Iowa Veterans Home Marshalltown. Memorial services are planned at the American Reformed Church Orange City at a later date. She was preceded in death by daughter Leona Haverkamp of Cedar Rapids. Arrangements are by Van Etten Colman Van Gelder Funeral Home Orange City.
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Dora Klay de Jong
Iowa Veterans Home
Marshalltown
American Reformed Church
Orange City
Leona Haverkamp
Cedar Rapids
van Etten-Colman-VanGelder Funeral Home
Mildred Rita Kelleher 91 dies after short illness
Mildred Rita Kelleher 91 of Lansing died May 26 1997 at Lutheran Hospital La Crosse after a short illness. Services 11 a m Thursday Immaculate Conception Church burial Gethsemane Cemetery. Friends call 3 to 8:30 p m today Burke Thornburg Funeral Home Lansing with rosary at 4 30 and Scripture service at 7 p m. She was born August 16 1905 near Wexford and married Leonard Kelleher June 8 1926 in Lansing. They farmed in rural Lansing until 1950. She is survived by son Karl Cedar Rapids daughter Theresa Link Waukon four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren plus siblings and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verna J. McGavish
Bettendorf
Homestead
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Cedar Rapids
Jerry Timmerman
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Betty Roeniig
Omaha
Neb
Beverly Henry
Donna Beitz
Gary
Mesquite
Texas
Verna
Buchanan County
Iowa
Fred
Bessie Sinkey McCalley
Lawrence McGavish
Muscatine
Bill Zuber
Mildred Rita Kelleher
Lutheran Hospital
la Crosse
Wis
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Herbert Tegeler
Gethsemane
Burke-Thornburg
Lansing
Karl
Ruth Ann) Kelleher
Theresa
Tony) Link
Waukon
Robert Link
Paul
Betty) Link
Margaret Schobert
Lori
Mike) Pfiffner
Leonard
Michael D
Catherine Thornton Guider
Norbert
Myron
Joseph Guider
Lila Hawes
Viola Garin
Mildred
Wexford
Dubuque
Leonard Kelleher
Lone Tree Woman Betty Krogh Dies After Sudden Illness
Betty Mae Weekes Krogh 74 of rural Lone Tree died Sunday May 25 1997 at home after a sudden illness. Private family services by Rev James Kledis at George L Gay Funeral Home Iowa City. Burial Memory Gardens Cemetery Iowa City. Visitation 4 to 8 p m today at the funeral home. Survivors include husband Gunnar two sons LeRoy and Gunnar Jr two daughters Carolyn Bickford and Ruth Ann Suiter.
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Betty Mae Weekes Krogh
Lone Tree
George L. Gay
Iowa City
James Kledis
Memory Gardens
Gunnar
LeRoy
Gunnar Jr
North Liberty
Carolyn Bickford
Ruth Ann Suiter
Oxford
Demmel James C. passes away after cancer battle
James C. Demmel 53 died May 27 1997 at his daughter's Cedar Rapids home from cancer complications. Services 10:30 a.m. Friday at Kloster Valentine Funeral Home Marengo with burial at Homestead Cemetery. He leaves a daughter Jennifer Philipp two sons Jeffrey and John and Joel three grandchildren and his mother Adella Hewitt. a sister Cheryl Hiner. a former Army service member and longtime auto mechanic.
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James C. Demmel
Cedar Rapids
Kloster- Valentine Funeral Home
Marengo
Homestead Cemetery
Homestead
Larry Buswell
Jennifer Philipp
Fred
Jeffrey
Sarah
John
Joel
Adella Hewitt
Charles
Deep River
Cheryl Hiner
Conroy
Natalie Demmel
Lindsey Holland
Dean
James Cecil Demmel
Cecil
Adella Meyer Demmel
St. John’s Lutheran School
Guernsey
Schillig’s Auto
Amana Sportsman's Club
Notable funeral services listed for several individuals
Ernest L. Buelow to be buried at Linwood Cemetery after a 1 p.m. service at Murdoch Linwood Funeral Home. Dorothy C. Hutchins to be entombed at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery with 1 p.m. service at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories, officiated by Rev James Blocklinger. Memorial fund established. Donna E. Reynolds service at Colesburg United Methodist Church at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, burial at Zion Cemetery, Colesburg. Lenora M. Wright Webster to be memorialized at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories at 11 a.m., with burial follows and memorial donations to The Webster Scholarship Fund for Handicapped Students. Donations directed to Mary Ferguson, 2273 Holly Leaf Lane, Orange Park, Florida 32073.
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Ernest L. Buelow
Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home
Linwood
Dorothy C. Hutchins
Cedar Memorial Chapel
James Blocklinger
All Saints Catholic Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Donna E. Reynolds
Colesburg United
Lonely is the home without you memorial text
A short memorial verse dated 6 9 27 to 5 28 96 expresses grief and faith after a loss. Irene and family write of longing for the departed and strength from God in their bereavement.
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Irene
Obituary: Maxine Mottet of Iowa City dies at 76
Maxine Mottet 76 of Vin ton formerly of Iowa City died Monday May 26 1997 after a long illness at Vinton Lutheran Home Services are 10 a.m. Thursday at St Patrick Catholic Church with burial in St Joseph Cemetery Friends may call 5 to 8 p m at George L Gay Funeral Home in Iowa City rosary at 7 p m Survivors include three brothers Victor Ivan and Mervin Berger all of Iowa City Interred with forthcoming details for another obituary, Robert Vanda 54 died May 27 1997 in Genesis West Davenport arrangements are with Hayden Funeral Home Oxford Junction.
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Fassbinder Sr
Guttenberg
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Paul Peters
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home
Jaleen
Jolene
Judy
Santa Monica
Calif
Brenda Hansel
Barb Meyer
Colesburg
Jeffrey
Jerry
Brad Smock
Rolling Meadows, Ill
Kathleen Bockenstedt
Maxine Mottet
Vinton
Iowa City
Vinton Lutheran
St. Patrick Catholic Church
James Urba
St. Joseph Cemetery
George L. Gay Funeral Home
Victor
Ivan
Mervin Berger
Robert Vanda
Genesis West
Davenport
Hayden Funeral Home
Oxford Junction
Death notices and obituaries guidelines and charges
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the Gazette
In Memory Of Guidelines Notice
A notice outlines submission rules for In Memory Of notices including deadlines weekdays by 4 p.m. and publication date. It lists 40 cents per word and $10 per picture with a contact phone number 368 8873 for questions.
Marquette council fined for open meetings violations
Judge Lingreen fined Richard Hinkel and Don Hackett $400 each for two Open Meetings Law violations by the Marquette City Council. Findings cite street meetings to discuss a police car purchase and an early meeting before a council vote on purchase order policy. The ruling also notes a prior, separate incident involving a street meet.
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James Q. Lynch
Iowa
Marquette
Randy Leath
Leath
Margaret Lingreen
Lingreen
Clayton County
Richard Hinkel
Don Hackett
Lenth
Hinkel
Hackett
William Dickey
Herb Strentz
Iowa Freedom of Information Council
Cedar Rapids
Alleged bomber aimed to frighten ex girlfriend in Dubuque
John W. Schoenberger, 25, faces federal charges after a pipe bomb exploded outside Hills and Dales Child Development Center and another bomb detonated in his car. He allegedly said the acts were meant to pressure his ex girlfriend and current boyfriend. No injuries reported. damage caused thousands in repairs. He is held without bond in Cedar Rapids awaiting further court dates.
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Cindy Hadish
Dubuque
John W. Schoenberger
FBI
Hills and Dales
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Schoenberger
Rieflin Delusions and Sanity Debated in Court Tape Evidence
Prosecutors and defense experts clash over whether methamphetamine use and delusions affected Rieflin during the shootings. Taylor testifies Rieflin was delusional at the time, yet capable of rational thought, citing post incident calls and a methodical approach. A 15 second police call is reviewed to gauge mental state.
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Taylor
Rieflin
Joan Houser
Bahndorf
Sebetka
Parrish
Dillard
Veto Seen For Attorney Pay Hike In Iowa Action
Governor Branstad signals potential item vetoes as lawmakers push a measure raising the hourly rate for attorneys assigned to represent the poor. To fund this, penalties for minor traffic offenses were eased, removing the requirement for a court-appointed lawyer in those cases. Branstad criticizes the move amid broader vehicle offense crackdowns.
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Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Branstad signs measures raising costs for drunk driving
Iowa laws raise penalties and add fees for drunk driving. A $1,000 fine for first offenses, a $200 license reinstatement fee after revocation, a $200 surcharge, mandatory evaluations, and classes increase costs. Insurance proof rules and stricter penalties, including jail for high BAC, expand financial and legal burdens.
Union Pacific Featured At Railroaders Reunion
Union Pacific is the featured railroad at the Ushers Ferry Historic Village Railroaders Reunion this Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event includes slide and video histories, memorabilia displays, a swap meet, Cedar Valley Garden Railroad Club demonstrations, electric motor car displays, Telephone Pioneer Train rides, a children's coloring contest, and a spring meeting of the Iowa Association of Rail Passengers. Admission is 2 dollars for adults, 1 dollar for 6 to 12, and free for under 6.
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Union Pacific
Ushers Ferry
Cedar Valley Garden Railroad Club
Mem
Bers
Telephone Pioneer
Iowa Association of Rail Passengers
Railroaders
ARP
Amtrak
Cedar Rapids
Maury Anderson
Ushers Ferry Village
42Nd Street
Interstate 380
Edgewood Road
Seminole Valley Road
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Gerald William
Dick Richards
Jesus
Council
Logan
Urbana
Evelyn Vanderpool
Evelyn
Gerry
Brenna
Branstad
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