Deaths in Cedar Rapids area mark a quiet week
Elna Marie Litts 61 Mount Vernon resident for 35 years dies at home after a sudden illness. World War II Women’s Army Corps veteran and former shop owner, she is survived by daughter Cindy Joy Litts. Memorials to American Heart Association and Lisbon Mount Vernon Ambulance Fund.
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Elna Marie Litts
Mount Vernon
Clinton
Iowa
Stanwood High School
Bill Litts
Chicago
Women’s Army Corps
An- Nu
Bauman Ard Co
Cindy Joy Litts
Minneapolis
United Methodist
Lewis A. Welton
First St
Mercy Hospital
Clarinda
Helen L. Harman
Cedar Rapids
Welton
Sanitary Farms
Land of Lakes
U.S. Marine Corps
David L
Stephen M
Cynthia Schoner
Stephenie Vanderandschalp
Paul and
Earl
Delores Williams
Beatrice Williams
Lincoln, Neb
Vivian Randall
Mesa, Ariz
Czech National Cemetery
Turner Chapel East
Blanche W. Spencer Benson
Heritage Acres
Richwood
W.va
Carl W. Benson
Springfield
Ill
Alice Cemetery
Center Point
Alfred Clark
Murdoch
Charles Lowell Underwood
Springville
Veterans Administration Hospital
Des Moines
Bagley
Lois Coker
Olin
Iowa Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Iowa Veterans Home
Marshalltown
Hayden’s
Oxford Junction
Kenneth Homann
Troy Mills
Cynthia L. Easterday
Alburnett
Walters Trucking Co
Frankfurt
Germany
Brandy Lee
Nikki Rae
Mary McIntosh
Central City
Lorraine Walters
Robert
Kenneth
Patricia Coats
Rae Lynn Walters
Waubeek
Turner Chapel
Larry Holder
American Legion
Hanford
John F. Welbes Sr
Chandler St. SW
Helen Schmidt
Floyd County
Catholic Church
Teamsters Union
Bruce Hite
Marion
Tech
Sgt
John Jr
U.S. Air Force
Great Britain
Thomas
Franklin
Rose Mefford
Clifford Dinnell
Kuba Funeral Home
Donald Peters
Mount Calvary Cemetery
East Iowa Deaths Chronicle A Time of Farewells
A roundup of rural Anamosa to North English obituaries notes Bessie M. Austin 78 of Anamosa and Wayne Zirkel 80 of Marengo died within days. Edward L. Little 44 of Omaha previously Brooklyn, Stella Groth 94 former Elkport postmaster, Walter Schreiber 84 of Dysart, Ruth Field 74 Iowa City teacher, and others are listed with survivors, services, burial sites, and memorials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie M. Austin
Anamosa
William Carlson
Robert Carlson
Redlands
Calif
Forest Cemetery
American Cancer Society
Goettsch
Wayne Zirkel
Marengo Memorial Hospital
Claire Kusel
South Pasadena
Emelyn Zirkel
Santa Ana
McAninch-Fremming
Victor
Ioof
Edward L. Little
Omaha
Neb
Brooklyn
Nevenhoven’s
Stella D. Groth
Edgewood
Elkport
Ernest
Garber
George
Guttenberg
Harold
San Antonio
Tex
Colesburg Methodist Church
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Brown Cemetery
Colesburg
Appleton-Vernon’s
Walter Schreiber
Americana
Waterloo
Eva
Dysart
Jack
Osceola
Jean Lane
Clarence
Washburn
Stanley
Tama
Berniece Schreiber
Ankeny
United Methodist Church
Overton Funeral Home
Washington
Kenneth
Roger
Mesa
Ariz
William
Mexico
Walter
Richland
Powell’s
Keota
Senate rejects nuclear freeze amid debt bill vote
The Senate voted 58 to 40 against a nonbinding resolution for a verifiable U S Soviet nuclear freeze. Iowa Senators Jepsen and Grassley joined 44 Republicans in opposing. The measure sought halting testing production and deployment of weapons and would have tied to the debt ceiling bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette Wire Services
Washington
Senate
United States
Soviet Union
House
Iowa
Roger Jepsen
Charles Grassley
Reagan
Congress
Garn
Sen
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Vital Statistics births and emergency calls recap
Oct 31 Ina and James Boeke announce a daughter at 84 Cherry Hill Road NW. Oct 28 Dawn Crawford reports a daughter in Marion. Oct 30 Sheryl and David Forde of Manchester welcome a daughter Jill Kohl at 3000 St. SW. Oct 31 Julie and Craig Fisher at 1530 Bever Ave SE have a daughter. The notice lists numerous couples and grand-parents across Iowa and nearby states with births and medical emergencies at multiple addresses and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ina
James Boeke
Cherry Hill Road
Dawn Crawford
Eighth St
Marion
Sheryl
David Forde
Manchester
Jill
Kevin Kohl
St. SW
Julie
Craig Fisher
Bever Ave
Reagan aide resigns over Grenada credibility issue
White House says deputy press secretary for foreign affairs Les Janka resigned citing damage to his credibility from the Grenada invasion. Captain Robert Sims will replace him, with NSC press duties retained. questions linger about information reach and reporting accuracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
White House
Reagan
Grenada
Speakes
Pentagon
Les Janka
Caribbean
Janka
Capt
Robert Sims
Navy
National Security Council
NSC
Sims
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Evelyn G. Barnes Dale
Tolano
Kent M. Dale
St. Joseph
Dale
Tipton
Janet Kiburz
Sherrill Roberts
Myrta Spiers
San Jose
Georgia Holguin
Silver City
N.M
Helen Lynch
Anna Petticrew
Chrisman, III
Murdoch Funeral Home
Oakwood Cemetery
Monticello
Williard Muters
Fifth Avenue
Markham
Mr. Muters
Pierre
S.C
Elizabeth Foster
College Food Products
Robert H
Long Grove
Glen W
Linda Moran
Stegar, Ill
Dina Irvine
British Columbia
Canada
Baxter Memorial Chapel
Oscar French
Livermore
Hopkinton
Louise Church
French
Milwaukee Railroad
Iowa Manufacturing
California
Masonic Lodge
Harriette Grace
Acampo
Fairfield
Regena French
Lodi
Turner Chapel West
Romaine H. Barber
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
Palo Cemetery
Friends
10Th St. SE
Robert E. Dolan
Fifth Ave
Runaway Bay
Texas
Teahen Funeral Home
Lawrence “Larry” O. Howe
Oakland Road
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
George L. Burge
Fort Myers
Fla
Fort Dodge
Belle Plaine
Elgin
Kenneth Morse
Palmer Memorial Hospital
West Union
Lois
Stephen
Lisle, Ill
Rachel
Hawkeye
Lorenzo
Wesley
Randalia
Viven
Cedar Falls
Roxanna Ward
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Violet Franks
Esther Morse
Oelwein
Burnham Wood Funeral Home
Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Iowa City
Ruth Y. Field
W. Benton St
Ruth Young
Dubuque
Marshall R. Field
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
TIT Club
Delta Kappa Gamma
Iowa State Education Association
National Education Association
Marshall
Roy Wingate
Memory Gardens
Beckman-Callahan’s
Heart Fund
Harold Pepper
Eva Neuman
Elsie Medaus
Peace Lutheran
Rena Fruendt
English Valleys Care Center
North English
Lela Peterson
St. James Lutheran Church
St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery
Lincoln Township
U.S
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Geneva
Kennedy
Kremlin
Jake Garn
St. Luke’s
Knaack
Vinton
Caroline R. Johnson
Randall J. Walker
Tracy L. Camp
Lafayette
Colo
Robert W. Rowden
Sherri A. Elliott
Urbana
Marten D. Calvin
Lorena K. Klemmer
Palo
Marilyn J
Gary K. Rutledge
Kathleen J
Michael J. Barnotes
Shelley S
Kenneth C. Glawe
Emma P
Harold L. Walton
Michele Ann
William Wesley Martin
Fort Collins
Sue
T.N. Bovorasmy
Paul Thompson
22Nd St. NE
Virginia Beach
Lea Ann
Stuart Scott
Darrell L. Goodall
Solon
Fred Scott
Marilyn Vennell
Ave
48Th St. NE
12Th Ave
Iowa Ave
14Th Ave
Melvin T. Lucier
Patricia S. Jones
Phillip J. Longo
Sheryl A. Barger
Mark L. Ralston
Gina A. Netser
Michael P. Hunt
Colleen A. Miner
Billy C. Burris
Nancy J. Clark
Darrell M. Walters Jr
Glenda M. Johnson
Carlyn R. Bradley
LouAnn E. Kennedy
Milton H. Giersberg
Jo Lynne M. Kiesel
David C. Olson
Burns
Larry Speakes
Diai 911
John E. Lapes
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