Multiple Cedar Rapids Deaths Pass On Within Week
Doris E. Mosher Freel 69 of El Paso Texas former Marion Cedar Rapids died Wednesday. Ann V De Witt 89 Cedar Rapids resident formerly Detroit died Thursday. Amos Melberg 93 Cedar Rapids longtime builder died. Roman Vecerka 80 Cedar Rapids care center died. Joseph Mercurio 79 Oklahoma City former Cedar Rapids died. Alma Crofta 80 Cedar Rapids former Solon beauty shop owner died. Leslie G. Kral 75 Cedar Rapids resident for 27 years died in Sun City Arizona. Services the pattern, memorials and burial details listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris E. Mosher Freel
el Paso
Texas
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Independence
Donald Freel
Kirksville
Freel
Credit Department
Sears
Methodist Church
Ronald Meythaler
Carole Zingula
Bernice Kuper
Hazleton
Iowa
Murdoch
Katz Drive
Nick Longworth
Linwood Cemetery
Ann V. de Witt
Detroit
Mich
Americana
Sunbury
Jefferson University of Nursing
Philadelphia
Church of the Nazarene
D. Russell de Witt
Lulu Hunsinger
Lancaster
Orphanel Baugh
Tampa
Fla
Catherine Smith
Irvington
N.J
Alice de Witt
Laura de Witt
la Jolla
Calif
Charles Stepps
Bedford
Woodlawn
Turner Chapel West
Amos Melberg
Vinton
Norway
Iowa State University
Elizabeth Ross
Columbus
Ohio
Association of General Contractors of
Camp Good Health
American Red Cross
Elizabeth Rae
Paul Evans
Marshalltown
Neal Thomas
Hubbard
Turner Chapel East
Calvin de Vries
Ted Lilley
Oak Hill Cemetery
First Presbyterian Church
Fifth St
Roman Vecerka
Cedar Rapids Fifth Avenue Care Center
Brush Chapel
Joseph Mercurio
Oklahoma City
Okla
FMC Corp
Mercurio
Waterloo
Vera Bondi
Chicago
Lucille Nelson
Gusty Balghera
Teresa Nipert
Evansdale
Alma A. Crofta
Fourth Avenue
Solon
Rosemary
Mary Mohn
Martha Oldham
Tipton
Alfred Brosius
Lisbon
Mercy Hospital Endowment Fund
10Th St. SE
Leslie G. Kral
Sun City
Ariz
Vail
Marine Corps
Iowa State University Agricultural Extension Service
St. Ludmila’s Parish
Irene Lalley
Bronx
Memorial services and burials listed for Achey Hutton Vopalka
Thelma L Achey memorial service at 1 30 p m today in Lisbon at Morgan Funeral Home with burial in Woodbridge Cemetery. Ruth Hutton Booze service at 1 p m today Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories. Camp Courageous memorials. Joseph L Vopalka service at 2 p m today First Christian Church Center Point. burial Center Point Cemetery. Murdoch Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Grove City
Murdoch Funeral Home
Center Point
East Iowa Obituary Highlights Multiple Local Figures
A list of recent deaths from the East Iowa area includes Irene A. Swenson 81 of Decorah and Greeley Harold D. Hansel 76 of Dundee with services planned in Decorah and Edgewood. Other notices cover James F. Berns 67 Maquoketa Clarence Walter Clark 79 Rowley and George J. Dvorsky 82 Newport Township with church ceremonies and burial details.
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Irene A. Swenson
Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital
Otis Swenson
Waukon
Stella Swenson
Newport Richie, Fla
Myrtle Swenson
Decorah
Alma Swenson
San Francisco
Calif
Decorah Lutheran Church
Old East Paint Creek
Olson Fjelstul
S. Greeley
Harold D. Hansel
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Helen
Kenneth
Dundee
Joanne
Husband leaps to river as wife rescued from bridge
Henry Scott Jr. 31 of Columbia South Carolina jumped from the Interstate 74 bridge into the Mississippi River near Bettendorf early Friday. His wife Pauline 26 was saved by police from a girder under the span and treated at Moline Public Hospital before release.
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Bettendorf
South Carolina
Mississippi River
Henry Scott Jr
Columbia
S.C
Here
Pauline
Moline Public Hospital
Donovan rejects notion of no show jobs in Queens subway case
Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan told Brooklyn court he resents the phrase insufficient credible evidence used by a special prosecutor. He said he had no knowledge of no show jobs and insisted the phrase boils his blood.
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NEW York
Raymond Donovan
Donovan
U.S. District Court
Brooklyn
Queens
Schiavone Construction Co
Schiavone
Leon Silverman
Donvan
Louis Sanzo
Amadio Petito
U.S
Laura Brevetti
Senate
Teamsters
Manhattan
Miss Brevetti
63Rd Street
Silverman
Sanzo
Blasters, Drill- Runners and Miners Union
Petito
Friends High
Anamosa Man Survives 7200-Volt Electrical Shock
Anamosa man Junior Hinz, 56, survived a 7200 volt shock after his pole touched a live wire while rebuilding power lines near Maquoketa. He lost consciousness briefly, but remained conscious and in fair condition four hours later. He did not wear rubber gloves and was treated at Jackson County Public Hospital before transfer to the University of Iowa Hospitals burn unit. His boss, John Parham, said Hinz has worked over 25 years for Maquoketa Valley Rural Electric Cooperative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
Anamosa
Junior Hinz
University of Iowa Hospitals
Iowa City
Hint
Ruth Kuper
Jackson County Public Hospital
Hinz
Cedar Rapids burglaries report 14300 in stolen items
About 14300 in property was reported stolen across eight break ins in Cedar Rapids. Victims include Rick Parazil at 504 C Ave NW and others at 2126 J St SW 1612 Hillside Dr NW 112 Second Ave NW 2140 Edgewood Rd NW 1290 Staub Ct NE 816 Camburn Ct SE 2317 Blakely Blvd SE 129 Fourth Ave SW and 911 Eighth Ave SE. Stolen items include car parts tools a television a stereo a camera a grill and cash.
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Cedar Rapids
Rick Parazil
C Ave
J St
Vernon Votroubek
Hillside Drive
Votroubek
Joan Tharp
Second Ave
John Low
Edgewood Road
Vern Malster
Staub Court
Wendell Stewart
Camburn Court
Doug Gatewood
Blakely Blvd
Theordore
Cent-A-Gallon Day aids Camp Courageous in Iowa
Money from a penny per gallon of gasoline purchased in town and surrounding states next Wednesday goes to Camp Courageous near Monticello. The 1983 effort is sponsored by Iowa petroleum marketers with Sun, Getty and Amoco matching dealer contributions. Stations display orange posters and accept checks. the camp serves about 2,000 handicapped individuals annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Courageous
Monticello
Iowa
Norbert Bahl
Jesup
Sun
Getty
Amoco
Camp Courageous of
Road condition numbers listed for Iowa cities
Road reports available at Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Fort Dodge and other cities with local non toll free phone numbers including Cedar Falls Fairfield and Aurves and Shikes. Citizens may call 319-396-3330 319-266-7575 319-359-4471 515-239-1493 515-288-1047 515-472-5194 515-955-4678 for updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Falls
Davenport
Des Moines
Fairfield
University of Iowa Engineering Reorganizes Into Six Departments
The State Board of Regents authorized the University of Iowa College of Engineering to reorganize from four to six departments: biomedical, chemical and materials, civil and environmental, electrical and computer, industrial and management, and mechanical engineering. A study of curricula at Iowa and Iowa State was approved to address academic duplication. The board also approved a Center for Computer Aided Design to support faculty research with no start-up costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson County
Iowa City
University of Iowa
College of Engineering
State Board of Regents
U of I
Iowa State University
Vital Statistics Births and addresses listed for newborns
The bulletin records numerous birth announcements from November including Elaine and Norman Jacobson of Springville a son and Cindy Werling of Anamosa a daughter. Other couples welcomed daughters and sons in Toddville Fairfax Solon Hiawatha Stanwood and Edwards Air Force Base California with dates and parental names.
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Elaine
Norman Jacobson
Springville
Cindy
Scott Werling
Anamosa
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Wendy
Steve Mertka
Glen Unruh
Ave. NW
Louis Mertka
Stanwood
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METRO
N.Y
Edward
Boise
Idaho
Stephen
Hollywood
Guttenberg
James F. Berns
Marguerite
Richard
Diane Dickson
Suzanne Smith
Dubuque
Patti Szemkus
Garnaville
Marie O’brien
Stockton
Evelyn Meehan
Avis Whitlock
Azusa
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Tuecke-Allyn’s
Clarence Walter Clark
People’s Memorial Hospital
Mallard Seed Co
Plainview
Minn
Adeline
Charles W
Noblesville
Ind
J. Victor
Rowley
Jerry W
Mount Vernon
White’s
Rowley Cemetery
George J. Dvorsky
F St
Mr. Dvorsky
Newport Township
John Deere
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Eagles Lodge
Ethel
Ernest
Coralville
Paul
Lone Tree
Adelaide Hradek
Kathryn Smith
Hiawatha
Joseph B. Denning
Gay’s
Memory Gardens
Ossian
Arthur W. Einck
LaCrosse
Wis
Mildred
Robert
Mel
Postville
Jerome
Amanda Schultz
Castalia
Irene Schissel
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Schmitz’s
South
Amana
Hilbert C. Schaefer
Mercy Hospital
Lois
Bethann Teggatt
Williamsburg
Mary Fast
Omaha
Neb
William
Ralph
Marengo
Victor
South Amana
Alice Bier
Fresno
St. John Lutheran Church
Rural Homestead
Uhlimann's
St. Lukes
3Rd Ave
C.R
U of Plans
St. Luke's
Linda
Keith Weber
Toddville
Bobbie
John Klopp
Fairfax
Robin
Paul Hackey
Samoa Drive
Julie
Mark Divoky
Susan
William Schettler
Fifth St. NW
Maureen
Timothy Dahl
32Nd St
Angela
Robert Rodriguez
Underwood Ave
First Ave
Sixth St
Oakland Road
12Th Avenue
Third Avenue
Rockford Road
B Avenue
Grande Avenue
17Th Street
Redbud Road
16Th Ave
Pierson’s
Ellis Boulevard
Center
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