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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1988
Page
14
Obituary notices report Anton Prochaska 87 of Linn County died at home after illness with services set at Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home West and burial at Walker Cemetery. Other death notices include Fred Adams 77 of Gardner Kansas and Margaret Driscoll with church services in Marion. The notices list survivors, birthplaces, and funeral details.
Joseph R Juracek 76 died after brief illness in Iowa City burial Brooklyn Cemetery services Tuesday at Nevenhoven's friends may call today after 2 at the funeral home Ervin A Peterson 71 died after long illness in Iowa City burial Lutheran Cemetery services Tuesday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church friends after 2 today and at church before services Dr William R Savage 61 died in University Hospitals tentative services 2 pm Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church George L Gays Vance Spratt 70 died in St Joseph Michigan born 1917 in Oxford burial Mount Calvary Cemetery services Wednesday 10 am no visitation Carl L Burgin 85 died at Edgewood Convalescent Home funeral arrangements include burial at Cass Township Cemetery Strawberry Point body donated to University of Iowa Edna Bacon Morrison 97 died in Des Moines burial Hazelwoods Cemetery services Tuesday Smiths memorial fund established
Debra Sue White of St Olaf died Saturday at her home from natural causes. Survived by parents Arlis and Rebecca White, siblings Russell Arlis Jr Darol Colsch and Darlis White, paternal grandmother Clara White of Postville, maternal grandmother Ramona Lange of Lutz. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday at Norway Lutheran Church St Olaf. visitation after 2 p.m. Tuesday at Schutte's in Postville.
Clarence Carroll 85 former Iowa Manufacturing Co. machinist Cedar Rapids died Saturday at Good Samaritan Center. Survivors include wife Mildred five stepsons and siblings with several grandchildren. Services set 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Patrick's Church Lansing burial at Gethsemane Cemetery. Friends may call after 3 30 today at Martin's with Scripture service at 7 30.
In Grim Ireland Sister Anne Neylon won a charity horse race at Trim near Dublin riding Sweet Divine. More than a dozen orders took part as 8 000 spectators watched the one mile race with several sisters falling or failing to finish.
The ninth annual Iowa Mennonite Relief Sale will raise over $95,000 for Mennonite missionaries toward a $100,000 goal. Sale director Wilbur notes last year’s donations reached $84,000 to support missionaries.
Swartzendruber reported strong turnout at the Johnson County Fairgrounds sale held this past weekend. He noted six more animals will be sold this week, aiding the group in moving closer to its goal.
Law enforcement complete work at the scene of a Sunday crash three miles east of Gladbrook on Highway 96. An 87 year old man driver exited a farm driveway into an eastbound van driven by Marcia Schmidt of Gladbrook. Victim died at Marshalltown Medical Center. Schmidt needed no treatment.
In Ethiopia the war front now dominates coverage as famine relief stalls. Izra Haile, a farmer pictured with an AK-47, embodies a nation mobilizing for conflict amid Eritrea and Tigre battles. Western aid warns 1 to 2 million remain beyond reach as conscription and a state of emergency intensify.
The graveyard at Kurtz prison on the road to Stone City holds the remains of inmates from the 1880s to 1965. Many stones bear only initials or question marks, with mass burials after a century move. One annual marker reads W Dudley Oct 22 1918 age 30, placed by an anonymous donor.
A 17 month old boy, Ryan C. Lee, survived a 100 plus foot fall from a 10th floor Marriott Marco Island balcony after slipping through railings. He landed in soft dirt, bruised but in satisfactory condition at Naples Community Hospital. His parents Paul and Sharon Lee checked into the hotel shortly before the incident.
The Illinois Lottery reports Sunday winning numbers for the Daily Game nine five nine and Pick Four seven four nine five. Jackpot stands at sixteen million dollars.
In Des Moines AP reports no player hit all seven. Next week’s prize climbs to an estimated 3 million. Seventeen players matched six and 956 matched five. Drawn numbers were 1 2 5 9 13 26 33.
May births announced for St Luke's include Deborah Deason in Urbana a son, Peggy Campbell in Marion a daughter, and Nancy Dunn in Atkins a daughter. Other entries list Diane Gerard and Amy Schultz with sons, plus a Campbell couple in Urbana.
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