Obituaries and funeral notices from Cedar Rapids area
Multiple death notices list Lucille S. Baty James G Gantz and others dying in Iowa. Services are pending at various funeral homes with details for Hilda Wiedersberg Lloyd A Lee Iris Omelik Pye Hazel Hamilton and Gloria Remirez. Dates and burial sites include Cedar Memorial Park Cedar Rapids Marion and Resthaven Des Moines.
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Roy R. Armstrong
Viola
Northbrook
Leoma Anderson
Eva Shaffer
Viola United Methodist Church
Springville
Shirley Clarke
Donna Schoon
Marion
Carol Clark
Dubuque
Darold
Oren
Keith Hamilton
Wilcox Cemetery
Murdoch Chapel
Lucille S. Baty
Coggon
St. Luke’s Hospital
Murdoch Funeral Home
James G. Gantz
Swisher
Mercy Hospital
Turner Chapel West
William Hunt
Fourth Avenue
Brush Chapel
Hilda Augusta Wiedersberg
Mount Vernon
Chicago
Otto F. Wiedersberg
Wisconsin
Calvin Sinclair United Presbyterian Church
Linn County
Hallmark
Clifford Moore
Hugh Bell
Arvada
Colo
James C. Hires Jr
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Calvin Sinclair
Lloyd A. Lee
Grand Ave
Guthrie County
Iowa
Gwendolyn Burchfield
Des Moines Register and Tribune Co
Iowa Typographical Union No
John
Phoenix, Ariz
Mary Ann McComas
Elvin
Lake City
Vergie McConnell
Neosho
Lois Nelson
Perry
Catherine Reeves
Fullerton
Calif
Stewart Funeral Home
John Gallagher
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Iris June Omelik Pye
Peoria Heights
Ill
Cedar Rapids
Ladysmith
Wisc
James Pye
Margaret Pyle
Ellen King Sr
Joseph Omelik Sr
American Cancer Society
Hamilton
Hazel S
Jim Simon
First Baptist Church of the Brethren
Remirez
Gloria Renue
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Leon Connolly
St. Pius X Catholic Church
Washington High School
East Iowa Deaths Reflect Multiple Communities
Obituaries from rural Decorah to Washington list Francis Drew 81. Ralph Burkle 84. Elmer Brandt 93. Joseph N. Witte 70. Gertie Schwartz 84. Green Howard 67. Roy Kephart 94. Surviving relatives include sisters, children, and grandchildren across Decorah, Dyersville, Garnaville, Dysart, Vinton, Volga, and Washington. Services span St Benedict's Church to Gospel Hall and local cemeteries with calls at Senior French's, Kramer’s, Roberson's, and Phillips'.
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Francis Drew
Decorah
Bea
Lucy
Mary Jane McCabe
St. Paul, Minn
Loretta Mitchell
Lime Springs
Iowa
St. Benedict's Catholic Church
Green Howard
Volga
Alice
Alice West
Fayette
Brenda
Virginia Penner
Sturgis
Mich
Wanda Schrader
Constantine
Linda Dickson
Rolla
Charlotte Lairme
North Carolina
Julie
Iowa City
Green Jr
Shane
Rex
James
Niota
Ill
Della Neeley
Marshall, Mich
Sally Case
Corning
Calif
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Arlington
Roberson's
Strawberry Point
Hillcrest Cemetery
Weinberger defends missile deployment to deter Soviet blackmail
U S Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger says NATO must deploy 572 Pershing 2 and cruise missiles in Western Europe to prevent Soviet blackmail or attack. He urged progress at Geneva talks and urged West Germany to maintain defense spending. He also criticized Helmut Schmidt and supported Helmut Kohl’s stance in Germany.
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BOM
West Germany
West
Soviet Union
U.S
Caspar Weinberger
German Foreign Policy Association
Poland
Afghanistan
Europe
NATO
Geneva
Switzerland
Weinberger
United States
Reagan
Brussels
Belgium
Manfred Woerner
Woerner
Karl Carstens
Hamburg
Die Welt
Helmut Schmidt
Schmidt
Social Democrats
Christian Democrats
Christian Democrat
Helmut Kohl
Former Nazi confesses to Oradour sur Glane massacre
In a sobbing confession at an East Berlin court Heinz Barth, 62, admitted leading a group that shot 20 villagers and helped burn Oradour sur Glane on June 10, 1944. He described firing into a line of victims and claimed orders to spare nobody. The indictment cites 642 villagers killed, including 203 children and 241 women, with 320 houses burned.
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Berlin
Heinz Barth
East Berlin
Barth
Oradour-Sur-Glane
Adolf) Dickmann
Dickmann
Heinz Hugot
Oradour
Horst Busse
Beverly Hills mail rental business uses famous address
Beverly Hills Mail and Answering Service rents penthouses apartments and offices for ten dollars a month. Owner Jack Wilbanks serves about 500 customers from a small office, offering a prestigious Beverly Hills address to actors, firms and others, sometimes aiding deceptive mail scams.
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Los Angeles Times
Beverly Hills
Calif
Jack Wilbanks
Wilbanks
Brooklyn Bridge
Four Linn County drivers face DUI charges after arrests
Four people were arrested in Linn County on Sunday and Monday for drunk driving. Michael A. Kummerfeldt 21 of 1543 Seventh Ave SE faced DUI and speeding and license suspension charges. Shawn G. Evans 20 of 3875 Oakland Road NE charged with DUI and expired license and muffler fault. David A. Godber 19 of 166 Sunrise Drive NW arrested on Fifth Street NW for DUI. David J. Heitz 22 of 4925 McGowan Drive SE arrested near Wilder Drive on Wilder Drive and charged with DUI speeding and license suspension.
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Linn County
Michael A. Kummerfeldt
Seventh Ave
Eighth Avenue
18Th Street
Shawn G. Evans
Oakland Road NE
E Avenue NE
David A. Godber
Sunrise Drive
Fifth Street
David J. Heitz
McGowan Drive
Wilder Drive
Assault and mischief charges from car dispute
Darrell Osborn of 5406 Sixth St. SW faced assault and criminal mischief counts after a dispute in a car with Irma Mrazek at her Hughes Drive SW residence. Osborn allegedly stuck an arm in a car window, broke a window, punched the woman, then kicked in a rear door and left with keys before being arrested and released on his own recognizance.
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Darrell Osborn
Sixth St. SW
Osborn
Irma Mrazek
Hughes Drive
Mrazek
Linn
May births and medical emergencies reported in Lisbon and areas
Vital statistics list multiple May births for families in Lisbon Anamosa Anamosa area including Hinrichs Willems Johnson Wignall Wolfe Mallett Kraick Ahrendsen Miller Foley Busch and others with addresses. Times note medical emergencies at Johnson Avenue NW Sierra Drive NE and alarm malfunction on A Avenue NE.
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Nancy
Randall Hinrichs
Lisbon
Arlie
Jay Willems
Anamosa
Stacie
Eric Johnson
C Ave
Mary
Tom Wignall
Valley View Drive
Sierra Drive
A Ave
Waterloo boy presumed drowned in Cedar River
Five year old Billy G. Gee II of Waterloo is believed drowned after last seen at 12 25 p m playing by the Cedar River near downtown Waterloo. Police report his clothing found nearby. dragging operations continued despite heavy rain and swift current.
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Waterloo
Cedar River
Billy G. Gee II
Wilbert Gee
Tip of Day: Watch for Children as School Year Ends
The Iowa AAA warns motorists to slow down and be extra careful in areas with blind spots such as driveways and curves as summer vacation begins. Mary Van Sickle urges parents to teach pedestrian safety while noting that over a third of 1981 pedestrian deaths in Iowa involved children 10 and younger.
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Iowa Aaa
Mary van Sickle
Iowa
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Phoenix Products Co
Roger
Schaumburg
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Eva McDermott
Gretchen Marie Hacker
E Ave
Marshall County
James E. Hacker
Americana Health Care Center
Immanuel Baptist Church
Hope
Los Angeles
Robyn Spencer
Nancy Archibald
Jane McIinroy
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Ralph C. Burkle
Helen Sperfslage
Greeley
Marie Becker
Manchester
Arnold
Farley
Louis
Scotch Grove
Lidwina Becker
Celeste Kramer
Worthington
Basilica of St. Francis Xavier
Kramer's
Church Cemetery
Garnavillo
Elmer H. Brandt
Linn Manor
Harold
Gerald
Garnaville
Nettie Tischauser
Bay Center
Wash
Gospel Hall
Tuecke-Allyn
Garnaville City Cemetery
Joseph N. Witte
Phillips
Gertie Schwartz
Sunnycrest
Dysart
Vinton
Kenneth
Alfred
Eldon
Central City
Wayne
Campbell-Russell
Washington
Roy Kephart
Velma Mueller
Lone Tree
Fred
Brighton
Jones
Elm Grove Cemetery
der Fuehrer
France
Normandy
Bordeaux
East Germany
St. Luke’s
Claudia
Jim Wolfe
Sixth Ave
Lori
John Mallett
Shiloh Lane
Jeanne
Bruce Kraick
Lawrence
Johnson Ave
Diai 911
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
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