Globe-trotter J Hart Rosdall dies at 63 in Chicago
J Hart Rosdall a Springville native billed as the world s most traveled man died Saturday in a Chicago hospital He was born Feb 10 1914 and was a University of Iowa graduate He taught social studies in Chicago and held executive roles in insurance and shipping He authored travel and genealogy books Surviving are his wife Dorothy mother Christina Bailey two daughters and five grandchildren Services set for Elmhurst Illinois and burial in Springville.
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J. Hart Rosdall
Springville
Chicago
University of Iowa
Continental Casualty Company
Marshall Field
Phelps Shipping Company
Mount Kilimanjaro
Sahara Desert
America
Dorothy
Christena Bailey
Maren Wernick
Lake Geneva
Wis
Malinda Lyons
Golden
Colo
First United Methodist Church
Elmhurst
Ill
Pedersen
Robert’s
Frank Mills
Ridgeway Drive
Cedar Rapids
Champaign
Ruth Arlene Cunningham
St. Louis
Kenwood Moving and Storage Co
Mills
Illinois Wesleyan University
North American van Lines
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Cedar Rapids Elks Club
Iowa Warehousemen’s Association
Marcia Walters
Minnetonka
Minn
Marianne Mills
Jane Gelvin
Chapel of Memories
John Tanner
Immanuel Baptist Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
American Cancer Society
Notable Eastern Iowa Obituaries List
Obituaries from multiple Eastern Iowa towns note deaths and funeral plans for diverse individuals including Vinton Charles W. Correll 93 burial Pilot Grove Cemetery Williamsburg. Barbara Hauth 71 funeral St Wenceslaus Catholic Church Iowa City. Stanwood Oka Swift 90 Long Beach CA viewing Clarence. Anna Moran 91 burial St Joseph Catholic Church Elkader. Emil Rebik 71 Harrison Independence Waymeffert 81 Mason Howe's. Elmie Dalen 89 Calmar Lutheran Church. Joseph Borovsky 89 St Joseph's Chels ea. Ora R Hines 91 Hrabaks Chelsea. Marie Dubrava 81 Marengo former resident. Lloyd E Hole 78 Wellman. Mrs Emil Lasche 67 St Patrick's Calvary. Rose E Lasche visitation Shelly's Manchester with rosary. Waldo Long 66 Phillips Vinton. burial Evergreen.
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Chapman’s
Clarence
Elkader
Anna Moran
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Witt’s
Tama
Emil Rebik
Harrison’s
Independence
Wayne Meffert
Mason- Howe’s
Fairview Cemetery
Winthrop
Calmar
Elmie Dalen
Calmar Lutheran Church
Chelsea
Joseph Borovsky
St. Joseph's
Hrabak’s
Ora R. Hines
Iowa City
Marie Dubrava
Marengo
Hoover-Valentine’s
St. Patrick’s
Calvary
Visitation
Shelly’s
Manchester
Rosary
Shellsburg
Waldo
Obituary notices for Bristol Verna E and Erma Mae Klopp
Services were held today at the Murdoch Chapel in Marion for Verna E Bristol and Erma Mae Klopp. Burial for Bristol followed at Cedar Memorial Cemetery and Klopp at Oak Shade. Rooks Jay Lindsay funeral 1 30 p.m. Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church with military honors at Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at Turner Chapel West and the church. Casket will not be opened after the service.
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Clyde H. McDonald
Adirondack Drive
Cedar Rapids
Cleveland
Ohio
Hudson
Martha Millicent Day
McDonald
Bailey Meter Company
U.S. Army Air Corps
Frances Huff
Lakeview
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
David Larson
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Mary Charles Carr
Sacred Heart Convent
Solon
Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy
Mary Charles
S . St. Wenceslaus
St. Patrick’s
Fairfax
Sacred Heart
Oelwein
St. Benedict’s
Decorah
Waterloo
St. Joseph’s
Marion
Immaculate Conception
Elma
Charles City
St. Mary’s
Grand Junction
New Haven
St. John’s
Clarion
Bernadette Lehner
David Remy
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Stewart Funeral Home
Anton Vacek
Crestview Acres
Male Cakovice
Czechoslovakia
Anna Titera
Council Bluffs
Vacek
LeFebvre Corp
Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church
Western Fraternal Life
Karel IV Lodge
Bristol
Verna E
Murdoch Chapel
Cedar Memorial
Klopp
Erma Mae
Oak Shade
Rooks
Jay Lindsay
Trinity Lutheran Church
Richard L. Thompson
Linwood Cemetery
Fleet Reserve
Turner Chapel West
City Briefs Summary of Local Thefts and Notices
City briefs report thefts from vehicles and a residence including firearms a radial saw and extinguishers from a Haunted House. A National Association of Retired Federal Employees Chapter 133 meeting is announced. Funeral services are set for Arthur B. Schenken in Beaumont Texas. survivors include a Cedar Rapids brother and two sisters.
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Cedar Rapids
National Association of Retired Federal Employees
Chapter 133
Holiday Inn
Williams Boulevard
Beaumont
Texas
Arthur B. Schenken
Schenken
Keystone
Paul Schenken
Wendell Baum
Vinton
W.C. Pickard
Springville Man Hurt in Rural Car Train Crash
A 25 year old rural Springville man, Ricky Lee Canny, was injured early today when his car on County Road 28, two miles southwest of Springville, was struck on the right side by an eastbound Milwaukee Railroad freight train. Deputies from Linn county reported the collision.
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Springville
Linn
Ricky Lee Canny
Milwaukee Railroad
Episcopalian Lay Leader Oscar Carr Jr. Dies at 54
Oscar Clark Carr Jr., an Episcopal Church lay leader active in the civil rights movement in Mississippi, died Saturday in New York after a battle with cancer at age 54.
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New York
Episcopal Church
Oscar Clark Carr Jr
Mississippi
Tragic Flood Devastates Toccoa Falls Area
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports floods sent red water rushing down Toccoa Creek early Sunday. Survivors describe a swift escape as a Jeep was swamped and partners disappeared. First Lady Rosalynn Carter visited the scene and pledged federal aid. Gov. Busbee noted the dam above Toccoa Falls is a declared high hazard by the Army Corps of Engineers.
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Toccoa Creek
Elsberry
Rosalynn Carter
Washington
George Busbee
Toccoa Falls
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Shootings in New Orleans. man shot near Merrill Lynch office
Police say a suspect was arrested outside the Merill Lynch brokerage in downtown New Orleans after a gunman opened fire in the French Quarter. Witnesses report a green car, a man shooting a bench occupant, another man nearby, then fleeing on foot. Joyce Laylan describes a quick, shocking office attack at the brokerage.
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Merill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, & Smith
Joyce Laylan
Clark comments on treaties abortion and energy policy
Senator Clark discussed treaty misunderstandings about the canal and Panama. He argued the abortion funding issue hinges on federal aid, noting four exceptions in the Senate versus three in the House. He criticized the rider as improper and predicted ongoing 30 day funding extensions while energy, welfare, health costs, and tax reform shape the next session.
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Panama
Clark
Supreme Court
Congress
House
Senate
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Appropriations Committee
Carter
Marion fire destroys Atlas firm building after explosions
Eight workers were inside the one story Atlas firm building in Marion when smoke appeared through floor registers and a series of explosions blew the front off the structure. The initial fire was reported at 12 15 p.m. with the fire reducing the building to rubble by 1 30 p.m. Fire crews fought to keep flames from spreading to a nearby sheet metal shop. Ward Vanderpool, owner of Atlas, was out of town and unavailable for comment.
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Vera Englehart
Valerie Tollefson
Marion
Culligan Water Conditioning Inc
Ward Vanderpool
Atlas
Vanderpool
High Court to Decide Nuclear Damage Limit
The Supreme Court agreed to hear whether the Price-Anderson Act cap of 560 million dollars on nuclear accident damages is constitutional. The case from North Carolina will be decided by written opinion. Other orders included denials on regulation challenges and libel damages in Florida.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Congress
North Carolina
U.S
James McMillan
Charlotte
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Duke Power Co
Vero Beach
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Miami Beach
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Clarendon Coonley
California
Dennis North
Des Plaines
C.J. Anthony
Turner Chapel East
Allen S. van Cleve
Central Park Presbyterian Church
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Meth-Wick Manor
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Raymond F.rieck
Cedar Falls
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Evelyn H. Sires
Lee Wayne Advertising Co
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Mary Ferguson
Minneapolis
Denelia Wurch
Evelyn Wurch
Webster City
Nazareth Lutheran Church
Richardson Funeral Home
Fred Sloan
Bever Ave
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Reformed Presbyterian Church
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James A. Sloan
George Sloan
Union City
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Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Dale Darnell
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Celia M. Prabel
C St
Carl B. Prabel Sr
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Tuscon
Ariz
John Miller
Carson
Maud Hall
Teahen Funeral Home
Leo Wood Bowdish
Mercer
Albuquerque
N.M
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Waubeek
Elizabeth Zahn
Fort Dodge
Appanoose County
Centerville
Bowdish
Bernita Kessel
Upland
Manning Miller
United Methodist Church of
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Eugene Robert Kurseth
19Th Ave
St. James
Collins Radio
Noland Corp
Kurseth
World Wide Church of God
Dennis Kurseth
Clifford Kurseth
St. Peter
Iowa
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Soutter Ave
Target
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16Th Ave. S.W
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