Death notices and service details from Cedar Rapids area
Multiple notices report Vera Foglesong Gardner 87 dies after long illness in Keosauqua Iowa with survivors including children and grandchildren Services were held in Farmington burial in Keosauqua Funeral notices for Robert Beatty Eleanor Bruestle Lyle Hamilton Barbara Amsler and Catharine Monahan include service times locations and funeral homes with burial plans and memorial contributions where noted
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Barbara Lee Amsler
Matthew Drive
St. Luke’s Hospital
Teahen Funeral Home
Catharine M. Monahan
Sacred Heart Infirmary
Cedar Rapids
Stewart Funeral Home
Minnie Schafer 73 Dies After Des Moines Hospital Stay
Minnie Mae Schafer 73 died Thursday night at Mercy Hospital Des Moines after a nine day stay. She served 16 years in law enforcement including six years as Tama County sheriff's deputy retiring in 1975. Survivors include two daughters Sharla DuPre Hillsboro Oregon and Ardis Leister West Des Moines a son Tom Christenson Toledo two sisters Leola Pecenka Cedar Falls Susan Faught Marshalltown 10 grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Services Monday 10 am Mason Hand Tama with call after 6 pm Saturday Burial Woodlawn Cemetery Memorial fund established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Mae Schafer
Mercy Hospital
Des Moines
Tama County
Sharla DuPre
Hillsboro
Ore
Ardis Leister
West Des Moines
Tom Christenson
Toledo
Leola Pecenka
Cedar Falls
Susan Faught
Marshalltown
Grassley to appear on 60 Minutes over Japanese trade practices
AP reports U.S. Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa will appear on CBS 60 Minutes to discuss alleged Japanese trade policy violations and U.S. concessions amid political concerns. Grassley pushed a resolution urging the president to withhold tax breaks on high tech Japanese equipment and cited Houdaille Industries findings in Cedar Falls.
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DES Movies
U.S
Charles Grassley
CBS
Grassley
Bev Hubble
Kowa
Congress
Houdaille Industries, Inc
Viking Pump of
Cedar Falls
Vital Statistics Birth Announcements and Local Incident Log
Birth notices list multiple families announcing daughters and sons with addresses in Cedar Rapids Marion Springville and West Branch Houston Boca Raton and local grandparents. The incident log covers medical emergencies gas odors nuisance calls and a faulty electrical issue with locations around Cedar Rapids and nearby cities.
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West Branch
Lori
Rick Hanna
John K. Hanna
20Th St
Marion
Loren Jeffries
Houston
Texas
Debbie
Dart Longeway
Richard Longeway
Indiandale Circle SE
Boca Raton
Fla
Karin
Ben Taylor
Margaret
Dudley Taylor
Cottage Grove
Tip of Day Warns Cold Ashes For Trash Pickup
Sanitation superintendent Dick Gates urges residents to ensure ashes are cold before placing them at curb for regular pickup. Hot ashes risk fires inside truck compactors. Landfill hours extended on four Saturdays November 5 12 19 26 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to aid fall cleanup.
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Dick Gates
Gates
Utility bills blamed on misunderstanding in Davenport survey
A Census survey in Davenport and 11 other cities finds residents overestimate natural gas bills by 50.4 percent and electricity by 24.5 percent, prompting calls for clearer billings. Iowa utility leaders note similar misperceptions amid rising pass‑through costs and discuss potential protections against shutoffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Davenport
Barry O’brien
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
O’brien
Gus Skovgard
Iowa Public Service Company
Sioux City
IPS
Iowa Commerce Commission
Mancini and Boston Pops Wow Cedar Rapids Audience
Mancini and the Boston Pops delivered a classy Cedar Rapids concert blending film music and TV themes. The 85 member orchestra played to 6,100 fans in Five Seasons Center with lighted visuals, while Mancini's scores for The Pink Panther and Peter Gunn drew top responses. The show was part of a 13 city national tour presented by EF Hutton & Company.
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Henry Mancini
Boston Pops
Cedar Rapids
Five Seasons Center
Mancini
Pops
Peter Gunn
Arthur Fiedler
John Williams
Chicago
EF. Hutton & Company
Judge: Drunk jogging beats drunk driving in court ruling
In Hamilton County, Judge released Joseph Mueller who jogged six miles home from a bachelor party after police said he weaved on the road. Mueller, claiming five beers and winded sobriety test, argued jogging home was safer than driving.
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Cincinnati
Joseph Mueller
Green Township
Daniel Eagle
Hamilton County
Common Pleas Court
Mueller
Cracks Found in Cordova Nuclear Unit 2 Cooling Pipes
Eight cracks confirmed in the Unit 2 reactor cooling pipe network at Cordova Nuclear Station near the Quad Cities, with testing of 100 of 207 welds. NRC and utility officials describe crack sizes, potential leakage risk, and repair or replacement steps needed before Unit 2 can resume operation.
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Chicago
Cordova
Quad Cities
Commonwealth Edison
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Irene Johnson
Russ Marabito
NBC
Jan Strasma
Marabito
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Harold Denton
Commission rules subsidy for local calls
The Iowa Commerce Commission rules that after AT T divestiture on January 1 long distance firms must subsidize local service. A 3 cent per minute fee will be charged on long distance calls to or from local exchanges, paid by long distance companies like MCI or Northwestern Bell. The change aims to ease customer telephone bill burdens.
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DES Moines
Iowa Commerce Commission
Bell System
At&t
Andrew Varley
Commission
MCI
Northwestern Bell
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Good Samaritan
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Plainfield
Neil Foglesong
Ray Gardner
Donna Jean Smutz
Madelyn Young
Palo
Bill Foglesong
Agoura
Calif
Vernon Hartman
Donald Hartman
Fairfield
Farmington
Bell
Robert P
Beatty
Bearle-Murdoch
John P. Woods
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Springville
Bruestle
Eleanor N
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Richard L. Thompson
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
First Ave
Turner Chapel
Hamilton
Lyle W
Kuba Funeral Home
Bill Randles
Elgin
Mary E. Bailey
Greensboro
N.C
Wirley Bovis
Alma Tripp
Fayette
Muehlethaler
Elgin Cemetery
Rex M. Mulford
Veterans’ Hospital
Iowa City
LaVona
William Stephenson
Smyrna
Gary Dicks
San Antonio
Richard Dicks
Witchita
Kan
Linda Frieden
Minneapolis, Minn
Sally Stephenson
Hawaii
Pauline Patrick
West Union
Glenda Williams
Washington State
Elva Tillotson
Harlingen
Muehlethaler’s
Elgin American Legion
Stella Frances Dana
Huntington Beach
Newport Beach
Johnson County
John H. Dana
St. Mary’s High School
Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
James H
John E
Columbia
S.C
Donohue Lensing’s
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
American Cancer Society
Edna P. Woodburn
Prairie du Chien Road
Pomeroy
Clark Woodburn
A&p
Clinton Street
Northwestern University
First Presbyterian Church
Order of the Eastern Star
Iowa City Garden Club
Robert
Jane Moses
Newton
Donahue Lensing
Luana
Elizabeth D. Schrader
Good Samaritan Center
Waukon
Beverly Gunderson
Marvin
Islemorado
LaVern
Leonard Fette
Waseca
Minn
Walter Fette
Fairbank
Mildred Meyer
Elkader
Margaret Spores
Minneapolis
St. John Lutheran Church
Schultz’s, Monona
Oxford Junction
William H. Ruchotzke
Jackson County Public Hospital
Maquoketa
Ralph
Elmer
Lost Nation
Ralph Thorne
Durant
William Burgess
Monona
Otto Benischek
Walter Sterk
Wyoming
Henry
Tipton
United Church of Christ
Lowden
Hayden's
Lowden Cemetery
Oxford Junction American Legion
America
Hubble
Maria
Keith Stanley
Sixth St
Cathy
Gary Rozek
Broadview Drive
St. Luke’s
Mariam
Terry Rossey
21St St
Jamiely
Ahmad Hatem
St. SW
Susan
Michael Reisdorph
19Th Ave
Joanne
Fred Doloresco
Grande Ave
Diane
William Jenkins
Glass Road NE
Jacqueline Spinler
Camburn Court
Susie
Gary Marengo
Pamela
Christopher Reedy
Clinton
Rebecca
Bernard Johnson
Boxwood Lane
Debra Jacobus
Rossey Lane
Terrance
Randall Fett
Sioux Drive
William C. Mack
Marcia K. Kruse
Thomas P. Neff
Kimberly K. Gardner
Gregory P. Ciha
Jennifer L. Palmer
Larry L. Schultz
Donna R. McClain
Ave
Joan and
Vern Bredeson
Sherbrook Drive
E Ave
Center Point Road
Deborah Drive
Second Avenue
Second Ave
Third Ave
Trailridge Road
Second St
First St
First Street
Eighth Avenue
Sixth Street
Fifth Avenue
Edgewood Road
Skovgard
Tami O’dell
The
Citizen Labor Energy Coalition
O’dell
O'Dell
Commerce Commission
Varley
Dee Ann Rexroat
Gazette
Strasma
John E. Lapes
Flowershop and Greenhouses, Inc
Ellis Boulevard
East 395
Center
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