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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1978

Page

3

Deaths: Sarah Lilledahl 95 longtime Cedar Rapids resident

Obituary notices list Sarah Hamill Lilledahl 95 of 2521 A Avenue NE died at home from an apparent heart attack. Born November 26, 1893 in Belle Plaine, she lived most of her life in Cedar Rapids and was buried at St. Patrick's Cemetery Tama after services at St. Matthew's Catholic Church. Also noted are numerous relatives, church and community memberships, and a prior marriages to Joseph Hamill and Thor Lilledahl.

Sarah Hamill Lilledahl A Avenue NE Thor Lilledahl Belle Plaine Cedar Rapids Joseph Hamill St. Matthew’s Catholic Church Ronald G. Friedell St. Patrick's Cemetery Tama Father Friedell Catholic Daughters of America Daughters of Isabella St. Joan's Circle St. Margaret’s Circle Teahen Funeral Home First Avenue NW Gladys Viola Monnahan Eighth Ave Dale Monnahan West Union Waterloo St. Patrick’s Catholic Church Patrick Michael Percilla Fred Wietenhagen Joe Schmeltzer Red Wing Minn Ray Drewes Carl Stendel Joe Blockhous Martin T. Laughlin Mount Calvary Cemetery Laughlin Teahen Willie King Hamilton 35Th St Marion Iowa City Whittington Ill Wanda Spencer Kenneth Hamilton Wilson Foods Free Will Baptist Church William Austin Robert Rich I Ave Manchester Wilma M. Schultz Garrison Rich Universal Engineering Faith Bible Church Robins Harmony Lodge Joyce Knake Delhi Jeff Alva Arthur Melvin Rich Luella Torrence Brooklyn Center Lois Jasper Norwalk Calif Chapel of Memories Edward M. Bateman Faith Bible Church of Cedar Memorial Cemetery

City Briefs: Story hour events and local incidents

Story hour for preschoolers runs Wednesday at three branches: Main Library basement 9:45 to 10:15, Kenwood Branch 10:30 to 11, and Edgewood Branch 1:30 to 2. Porker notices Adv for Novak Monuments, Emerald Knights Games, Johnny's Parkway specials. Burglary reports include a microwave, TV from Gayle Jacobson home and a firearm, ring, coin collection from Mark Virouch residence. eight guns and a microwave stolen from Earl Dennis residence. 40 to 45 bushels of seed beans stolen from a Fairfax area farm. no dollar figures beyond those listed.

Third Ave Kenwood First Ave Edgewood Edgewood Road

Branstad names Keokuk chairman for Lt. Gov. committee

Iowas Lt. Gov. candidate Terry Branstad appoints Ivor D. Koch of What Cheer as Keokuk County chairman of the Branstad for Lieutenant Governor Committee. Koch will lead local party efforts and fundraising in the county.

Branstad Keokuk What Cheer Ivor D. Koch Keokuk County Terry Branstad

Child shoots mom with purse pistol in parking lot

In Chicago a 22 year old mother Robette Johnson was fatally shot in a West Side grocery store parking lot when her 3 year old daughter discharged a .25 caliber pistol from the purse. Johnson died about an hour after at St Anne's Hospital.

Chicago UPI Robette Johnson West Side

Fire Blazes Near Texas City Refinery After Explosions

The Texas City Refinery area faced a major blaze after initial explosions near a gas plant and storage tanks. Firefighters from eight departments fought the flames while evacuations and water supply challenges hampered efforts. Injured were sent to Galveston and local hospitals, with the incident recalled as one of the Gulf Coast’s worst disasters.

Texas City City Fire Department C.F. Lorber Galveston John Sealy Hospital Gulf Coast Amoco Chemical Monsanto Union Carbide Gulf Amoco Don Gray Marathon Oil Co

Wrong name given for parent of Injured Linn boy

The parent of four year old Brian Davis injured in a Sunday bike crash was misidentified in the Gazette as Larry Sharp. Davis, son of Mr and Mrs David Davis of 6119 Underwood Ave, was treated at St Luke's Hospital and released. The incident involved a motorcycle driven by Jerry Lee Kleinmeyer, 18, Coralville.

Larry Sharp Brian Davis St. Luke’s Hospital David Davis Underwood Ave Young Davis Jerry Lee Kleinmeyer Coralville Davis

ISU audit outlines ticket misdealings and cash gaps

The audit shows a 20 year old Hopkinton man injured in a diving accident and hospitalized with a neck sprain. It details athletic department revenue issues including unreconciled ticket sales, missing sources for $11,480.19 in football home games, and a $6,867.78 misbalance in away game revenue as of June 30 1977. It notes a positive variance of $5,149.05 in roll tickets and recommends tighter controls, new cash register categories, and proper accounting practices. The department finished 1976-77 with a $129,432 profit overall, with football $551,205 in surplus and all other sports in the red.

Tipton Hopkinton St. Luke’s Hospital Cedar Rapids Mark Hayne Cedar Valley Alumni Association Athletic Council Smith Coe College Coed Kim Howard Linn Louis Schultz

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Floyd O. Cook Urbana U.S. Army Merl Cook Edward Cook James Sorensen Murdoch Chapel Center Point Astrosky George D Patterson-Shively Long Beach Ann Astrosky San Jose Heffron Walter C St. Joseph’s Catholic Church J. David Pepper Dunlap Larry E Glen W. Lamb Oak Shade Cemetery Madison Florence Mabel Turner Chapel West Edwin Simon First Baptist Church Richard J. Quinn Independence Wapsipinicon Littleton Jefferson High School Leslie E. Crabbs Chester Upland YMCA Masons Presbyterian Church Joyce Rambo Cochranville Carol Underwood Chatham N.J Ben Bolnow Winfred Crabbs Teckla Adaline Mason A Ave. NW Nadim Saikaly Olivet Presbyterian Church Swedish Congregational Cemetery Clear Lake Wis Turner Chapel East Iowa Waukon Harold Clark First Presbyterian Church Martin’s West Liberty Barbara J. Hedges Snider’s Albert C. Newton Nichols Cemetery Dysart Roy Hahn Zion Lutheran Phillips, Vinton Evergreen Vinton Keystone Ear Selk St. John’s Lutheran Church Fellmer’s. Vinton Roland G. Buel Oakwood Cemetery Monticello Campbell-Russell’s Masonic Eastern Star Novak 14Th Ave Emerald Knights Montrose Hotel Johnny’s Parkway Gayle Jacobson Westwood Drive Mark H. Virouch Hawthorne Drive Earl Dennis Route 1 Palo Sheriff's Deputies Fairfax Dave Burgess 28Th St Linn Sheriff's Deputies The Fred Gross Texas City Ambulance Service Gross Miles Texas Houston Arkansas Shreveport Louisiana Gulf of Mexico Brady Dye First and Third Avenue Benton Johnson Workman ISU Audit Coed Howard Len Lew John. E. Lapes Third Avenue S.E
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