Cedar Rapids Obituaries Weaver Cedar Rapids area mourns long illness deaths
Obituaries from Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns list Ella Mae Blom 111 First Avenue SW died after a long illness. Martha L Bliss 86 of 310 Fifth Avenue SE, Carl Roup 77 North Liberty, and Lloyd C Fenton 70 among others are also noted with funeral details and burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Mae Blom
First Avenue
Iowa Falls
Cedar Rapids
Mason City
Leo H. Blom
Tipton
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Our Lady of Fatima Circle
James Smith
Charles Hutchins
Howard Funk
Center Point
Orren Funk
Charles Civy
Toledo
Joseph Hladkey
Mason-Hand's
Tama
William McQuillen
Sheets and Son's
In- Land Cemetery
Bennett
Russell W. Hoskinson
Sheets and Son
Martha L Bliss
Fifth Avenue SE
Aledo
Allen H. Bliss
Bliss
Salem United Methodist Church
WCTU
Donald Wagner
Wheaton
George Prastka
Fairfax
Joe Gould
Stuplen
Minn
Charles Zimmerman
Dumont
Francis Bender
Iowa City
Belle Weston
Minnie Fleming
Harry Fleming
Joe Fleming
San Dimas
Calif
Beatty-Bearle Chapel
Paul Pfaltzgraff
Linwand
Lloyd C. Fenton
Sixteenth Avenue
Strawberry Point
City Cab Co
Patricia Brogan
Turner Chapel West
Turner West
Postal rate shifts spark Senate debate on mail costs
Officials dispute Wenner’s plan to cut air mail reliance and raise various class rates to fund first class subsidies. The Postal Service warns the decision could strain finances, while proposed changes raise postcard, second, third, and fourth class rates with substantial per pound increases for catalogs, circulars, and parcel post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenner
Postal Service
Births and notices from The Daily Record
Births listed for Mercy, Luke, and families with new daughters and sons along with marriages licenses for Cedar Rapids area couples. The page also records a long list of fines for traffic violations and misdemeanors with names and addresses, plus a few public notices of incidents and defective equipment.
Johnson named to Iowa educational advisory committee
Mrs. Johnson has been selected to serve on a special advisory committee to the Iowa Educational Broadcasting Network. The panel will promote advise on and critique all promotional efforts by the IEBN Public Information Department. She previously worked at WMT-TV before taking her current role five years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Information Department
IEBN
Johnson
Wmt-Tv
Cedar Rapids Carpenter Strike Brief Ends By Noon
A carpenters strike halted most Cedar Rapids residential building Thursday while commercial work continued. A one year contract with a 90 cent package was reached after wording changes, ending the walkout by Thursday afternoon.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Home Builders Bargaining Aren
Allied Construction
Iowa highway funds stalled as 38 mph limit bill lingers
Iowa Transportation official Les Holland warned that without passing a key bill this session no federal aid highway projects would be approved. Lawmakers debate the permanent 38 mile per hour speed limit while a separate package remains tied to funding and other measures.
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Les Holland
Iowa Department of Transportation
Nent
Holland
House
Nixon documents access leads to possible suit withdrawal
The Watergate special prosecutor's office says it has access to tapes and papers from the Nixon era and plans to seek court permission to withdraw from ownership disputes. Spokesman John Barker says the office did not take a position on ownership and aimed to obtain materials for potential criminal prosecutions. Mixon challenges a law on government possession and seeks Ford administration to honor an agreement for papers.
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Washington
Watergate
Nixon
John Barker
Henry Ruth
Mixon
Ford Administration
Local Graduates Earn Degrees From Wisconsin and Texas Colleges
Renee E Nekola of 232 Thir ty-first Street NW earned a dental hygiene degree from Marquette University. Dawn J McIntyre and Jeffy Demeter of Cedar Rapids completed bachelor degrees at Carroll College in Waukesha Wisconsin. John B Young of 3617 Skylark Lane SE earned a bachelor of business administration in marketing from North Texas State University in Denton.
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Renee E. Nekola
Thirty-first Street
Marquette University
Milwaukee
Cedar Rapids
Carroll College
Waukesha
Wis
Jeffy L. Demeter
Weing Road
Dawn J. McIntyre
Lost Valley Road
John B. Young
Skylark
Fire at Duck Inn in Wisconsin 1948 note
A fire at the Duck Inn tavern on Sixth Street SW was discovered about 1 01 am by a passer-by. The blaze started in a store room off the tavern and caused heavy smoke spread though the one story frame building. Damage stayed in the bar area and ceiling while investigators probe the incident. ON THIS DATE in 1948 Wisconsin joined the Union as the 20th state.
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Sixth Street
Wisconsin
Loving Named To Toledo Post
Des Moines Iowa UPI Dave Loving 32 assistant superintendent of the Iowa training school for boys at Eldora was named superintendent of the state juvenile home in Toledo His appointment is effective June 16 He succeeds Philip Juhl who left the institution in early April Loving has been assistant superintendent at the boys home for 15 months and joined the staff in 1966 after two years of teaching He has held several positions including cottage director director of family therapy and treatment services director
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Des Moines
UPI
Dave Loving
Iowa Training School For
Eldora
Toledo
Loving
Philip Juhl
Meredith buys Look building for million in Des Moines
The Meredith Corp. purchased the former Look magazine building from Cowles Communications for million. The vacant property since 1971 will be remodeled to house Meredith magazine subscription, computer service and book club customer service operations.
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Whapker
Michigan
Ohio Valley
Middle Plains
Leo Blom
St. Patrick's Church
Martin Laughlin
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Father Laughlin
Teahen Chapel
Iowa
Martha Bliss
Marquette
Millie McGuire
Thornburg's
MrGregor
Council Hill Cemetery
Monticello
Louise Brohenann Leaming
Deg Moines
Oakwood Cemetery
Crist
C. Glenwood
Stewart Funeral Home
Arnold Herbst
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
Burial Cedar Memorial
C.R
Coralville Lake
Fuol
Mississippi
Anchorage
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Bismarck
Lo Conver
Cleveland
Detroit
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Pai Pteldy
Omaha
Syony
Thiasennne Anna
St. Li
Yes
Sioux Fall
Fis
Ag Lansing
McGregor
Guttenberf
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
Cedar of C.R
the Daily Record
Luke's
Leonard Chapman
E Avenue NW
James Bedin
Dale McCarville
Regal Avenue NE
Janes Chalupaky
Swisher
Mercy
Dennis Alvarez
Westwood Drive
Richard Tesar
Shaffer Drive
Deen Carver
Carol Ann Kurth
Sixteenth Street
Patricia Lynn Hoppe
Robert Steven Gore
Oakwood Avenue
Sharlene C. Dunlap
Toddville
Charles Edward Horn
Pepperwood Hill
Gary L. Craven
H Avenue
Ruth Constance Bartell
Northwood Drive
James Alan Johnson
Lone City
Terry Neal Trimpe
Jane Annette Payneer
Delbert John Wyss
Jane Ann Jones
Michael Eugene Terry
Quincy
Lori Ann Petersen
Marion
Darrell Horn
Manchester
Susan Kristine Stansky
Darrel Duane Whiting
Ely
Vicki Linn Kostka
Dennis Allen Ferch
Lisa Marie Haberkorn
St. Paul
First Avenue E
Magistrate's Court
Ling — Thomas Wray Renwal
Langdon Avenue
Romauld Dean Blahnik
Owenstreat NW
James Wes- Severe
Sprucewood Court
Patrick Lee Russ
Eighth Avenue
John Michael Weston
Forty-second Street
Elaine Marie Krepfl
Old Marion Road
David D. Eden
B Avenue
Rosemary Ann Fell
Kenneth James Booth
Palo
Laverne Marie Dostal
Helen Milady Cross
Alan John Hart
Atwood Drive
Rudolph Simms
Ninth Avenue
David Wayne - Sickels
Regal Avenue
Kundie Rae Reeves
Memorial Drive
Nathan Wade Thompson
Oakland Road
Howard Lee Duckett
Prairieburg
Deborsh Kay Rausch
Ronald Norman Fisher
Linnview Drive
Jeff Alan Andersen
Hillside Drive
Shirley Morle O'Dell
Leilani Anne Hull
Glass Road
Janet Meader Humphrey
Orchard Road
Jack Marvin Kondora
Crescent Street
Arthur M. Smith
Johnson Avenue
Frankie Jo Klonda
Twenty-first Street
Richard Rowell
C Avenue
Robert Austin Knake
Cheyenne Road
Larry Lee Croxell
Springville
Jerrold Robert Juell
Diana Sue Cumberland
Richard
Kevin Michael Ealy
Fourteenth Street
Gerald Lee Mottett
Rodney Leroy Pierce
Broadway SE
Steven Joseph Busher
Twenty-ninth Street
Roger Owen Brown
Route One
Walford
Monty Wayne Sandrol
Thirty-fourth Street
Ronald D. Allen, Jr
Huxley Lane
Elva Mae Gaurer
David Wayne
Thrailkill
J Street
Duol
Steven Richard Forsyth
James Allen Landherr
Fernwood Drive
Roger V. Wardenburg
West Post Road
Mark Alan Moeller
Howard Joseph Eichhorn
Seventeenth Street
Marion Elias Fitzgerald
Fruitland Boulevard
Ted Joseph Seacs
Thirtieth Street
Steven Freno
David M. Joslin
Fourth Avenue
John William Perez
Northbrook Lane
Mike Rex Pena
Second Avenue
David W. Turner
Ninth Avenue SE
Gary A. Drakes
Costa
Kirk Allen
Jan Voss Johnson
The
Grant Woodee
Pierson
10Th Ave
John
E. Lapes Sinca
Third Avenue S.E
Judd Fashimpaur
Home Builders Bargaining Assn
Carpenters
Allied
Carpenters Local
Five Rivers District Council of Carpenters
National Labor Relations Board
Carpenters Union
HONDA
Cliff Phelps
Hapgood, Mer
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