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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1981
Page
2
Multiple deaths announced including Thomas Jason Engle 85 of 228 19th St NE and Helen C. Hardy 73 in Marion, with service details, survivors, and memorial preferences. Also notes Francis M. Buresh 72 and Beulah K Crumpacker 82 previously of Cedar Rapids, plus Blanche E. Martin 78 and Mary J. Jensen 86 with burial plans and family info.
Obituaries list multiple Iowa area deaths with ages and funeral details. Belle Plaine Lester Auten 78 Hrabaks Oak Hill. Decorah Margrethe Omdahl 66 Olson-Fjelstul Lutheran. Independence Clio Bossman 86 White's pending. Iowa City Paul Schump 54 George L Gay’s call after noon. William Stephens 80 Donohue Lensing’s graveside Rose Hill Missouri. Scotch Grove Henry Hagen 80 Wayne Zion Lutheran Monticello Oakwood. Tipton Emma Munn 101 Methodist Church. Toledo Tony Chamberlin 34 pending Hendersons. Dorman Herbert L 10:30 at Teahen burial Linwood Cemetery military honors. Miller Ross C 11 at Grace Episcopal burial Cedar Memorial Park Masons. Etta Williams 3 Turner Chapel East Oak Hill. Leta Smith 4:30 Turner Chapel East entombment Cedar Memorial Mausoleum. Muriel Snyder 11 Marion burial Savanna Illinois. Memorials to Hospice of Mercy or American Cancer Society.
Edward J. Stallman, 50, of Route 2, Marion, was found in a car in a Marion parking lot. A vacuum hose was used with the tailpipe, and the body was found by a meter reader at 10 19 am. The death was ruled a death by own action by Dr. David Kresnicka.
Overcooked eggs or high heat create ferrous sulfide in yolks iron in the yolk and sulfur in the white combine forming a green coating. This shifts flavor and texture and may look unappealing, but the egg remains safe to eat.
Tony Chamberlin, 34, of Toledo died Friday at St. Luke's from an illness unrelated to the ambulance collision in Cedar Rapids Thursday. He was being transported to the hospital when the crash occurred. Services are pending at Henderson Funeral Home in Toledo.
In Des Moines a legislative panel heard that more than 13 million dollars in federal funds may be cut from the Department of Social Services including Medicaid and many family programs. The plan to reorganize 16 district offices into eight was approved unanimously, with staff cuts exceeding 100 positions and a total staff of about 2,357 authorized. Reorganization details remain uncertain but aim to streamline administration while maintaining services.
Linn County supervisors discussed placing General Assistance Veterans Affairs and Linn Health Services in one office with a shared intake form. Differences in income guidelines and staff constraints were noted, but officials stressed efficiency and client service without job cuts.
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 204 was allowed to join the Iowa Commerce Commission case on Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. rate increase of 26.5 million dollars. The union represents 800 Cedar Rapids utility employees and seeks to protect the 13.5 percent employee discount, with testimony and hearings limited to avoid delaying the case. The commission and the utility have agreed on 24 million dollars of the proposed increase, while the fate of the remaining matters remains undecided.
Vital statistics list multiple births including a daughter for Kathleen and Charles McDonald of Marion on Nov 13, and a son for Jodi Blood and Timothy Strong on Nov 12. Additional births include Pushap Singal, Dev Raj Singal, and others with addresses in Marion and nearby towns.
The Gazette corrects two items from Friday editions: Hawkeye Wholesale Grocery will expand at its present Highway 6 West location, not at the northwest corner of Highway 6 and First Avenue. Lincoln Community School District is not on DPI probation for librarian contracts. corrections policy noted.
One person died in a single-vehicle crash Friday afternoon around 3 p.m. one mile north of Conroy on Highway 149. Identity withheld pending notification of relatives per Iowa Highway Patrol.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette is a daily and Sunday paper established in 1883. It lists its address at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 and provides subscription rates for carrier and mail editions, with special notes on mailing areas and AP republication rights.
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