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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 26, 1983

Page

15

Death notices and services from Iowa area obituaries

Multiple funeral notices list William E Stepanek 77 of Swisher died after a Highway 218 crash. Survived by family including two daughters and a son. services Monday at Kuba Funeral Home East with burial at Czech National Cemetery. Also Milton Whited 87 Cedar Rapids, service Tuesday at Cedar Memorial Funeral Home with burial Cedar Memorial Park. memorial fund established. Alice C Mac Smejkal Frank F Victorine Edward M Beulah Meek all noted with service details and burial plans.

William E. Stepanek Swisher Linn County Ray Pata Lisbon Robert Julis Cedar Rapids William E. Stepanek Jr Lumir L. Blahnik Mary Votroubek Ludwig Hemsky Emma Morgan Kuba Funeral Home George B. McDill Czech National Cemetery Milton Whited Northbrook Manor Palmyra Neb Lena Cook Nebraska City Wilson Foods Donald Earl Las Cruces N.M Betty Mason Millard Minneapolis Minneapolis, Minn Vivian Shelby Maye Petty Kansas City Cedar Memorial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Matus Alice C Mac St. Patrick’s Catholic Church John W. Hemann Cedar Memorial Park Smejkal Frank F Brush Chapel Charles Mehaffey Asbury United Methodist Church

Death notices from East Iowa honor several locals

A batch of East Iowa obituaries lists Hazel Cash age 79 of Cedar Rapids and Blanche Strawman age 90 of Idaho Falls among others. The notices name survivors, service times and locations including Goettsch's funeral home and area churches with burial details and memorials.

Victor Bohstedt official obituary and services details

Richard A. Bohstedt 41 assistant manager of Bohstedt Grain Elevator died Wednesday at a Cedar Rapids hospital after a long illness. Survivors include his parents Ted and Margaret Bohstedt and sister Kathryn. Services today at 1 30 p m at McAninch-Fremming's with burial at OOF Cemetery. Fern Homewood 65 died unexpectedly Thursday. Survived by husband Arlo Tom and eight grandchildren, five great grandchildren and many relatives. Services Monday at 1 30 p m at United Methodist Church with burial at West Union. friends may call Sunday after 2 p.m. at Burnham-Wood's.

Hazel L. Cash Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids Rural Electric Cooperative J.C Port Charlotte Fla Mary Matthiesen Anamosa Charleen Willey Shawnee Mission Kan Helen Keagle Maxwell Iowa St. Patrick's Catholic Church Goettsch’s Holy Cross Cemetery Blanche Strawman Idaho Falls Idaho Eleanor Amick Mary Jean Strawman Woodward United Methodist Church Riverside Cemetery Leonard Fisher Tom Phoenix Ariz Neil Midland Texas Nancy Ritchie South English Edna Chandler, Ariz Zada Root Belle Plaine Russell’s Oak Hill Cemetery Walter C. Roehrkasse Norma Ida Roehrkasse Williamsburg Richard Roehrkasse San Francisco Calif Gary Gerdes Eau Claire Wis Larry F Immanuel Lutheran Church Ralph Gingerich Iowa City Gertrude Mildred Swartzendruber Imogene Schlabaugh Kalona Shirley Conrad Wayland Dale Wellman Fanny Smucker Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church Mary McAndrew Dubuque Francis Wyoming William Maquoketa Leland Eganhouse Alfred Schwager Amos Noring Clarence Beryl le Fever Appleton Sacred Heart Catholic Church Mayflower Cemetery Hayden’s Arthur Hallett Lucille Hallett Don City Jefferson Ryan Albert Richard Simsbury Cascade Perle Zumbach Golden Cemetery Huebner’s Denison Ruth Ann Kriz Marshalltown Area Tama State Toledo Adolph Charles Kramer Woden Forrest Kramer Donald Kramer Forest City Donna Olson Sylvia Des Jarlais Sturgis S.C Mason-Hand’s Woodlawn Cemetery American Diabetes Association Richard A. Bohstedt Bohstedt Ted Margaret Bohstedt Victor Kathryn Marengo McAninch-Fremming Fern Homewood Arlo “Tom Ardith Larson Edgewood Gayle Kell Abilene Irene Bruce Marion Kenneth Appelman Wichita Lewis Appelman Hawkeye Mary Boyer West Union Bernard Boyer Turlock Burnham-Wood West Union Cemetery

Air Florida Boeing settle crash claims rapidly

Settlements totaling over 50 million have been paid to survivors and victims' relatives from last year's Air Florida jet crash into a Washington bridge. Attorneys expect the final value could reach 100 to 150 million as many claimants receive payments over 20 years.

Washington Post Service Washington — Air Florida Boeing Co Air Florida Washington Bridge Green

Final death toll set at 909 in Jonestown massacre

U.S. officials confirmed five years ago that the Jones Town commune in Guyana had 909 fatalities. The last bodies were repatriated to the United States as part of the closure.

U.S Peoples Temple Jonestown Guyana United States

Four attacked a Greyhound bus in Philadelphia with crowbars

Four unidentified men followed a Greyhound owned Easy Rider Lines bus after leaving the Philadelphia terminal and smashed windows with crowbars injuring the driver. In San Antonio a guard was shot at a Greyhound bus but not harmed. FBI says a bond hearing set for Edwin L. Bunte on destruction of an interstate vehicle.

Associated Press Greyhound Philadelphia San Antonio Texas Greyhound Lines Leslie White Phoenix William Egenlauf Easy Rider Lines Egenlauf Preston Foster Sicklersville N.J Trailways Terminal New York Edwin L. Bunte la Vernia U.S Robert B. O’connor FBI Bunte Bill Dalsey Dalsey Amalgamated Transport Union

Lawyers claim pilots accepted fuel bonus over Russia

Attorney Melvin Belli alleges Korean Air pilots were paid an under the table bonus to fly over Soviet air space to save fuel. He represents about 50 survivors of the Sept. 1 KAL jet shootdown that killed 269. Boeing and Litton are named in the suit. damages sought range from 750000 to 5 million per survivor.

San Francisco Melvin Belli Belli Soviet Union Korean Airlines Seoul Korean Air Lines KAL Washington Boeing and Litton Industries Litton

Laotian refugees move from farm to Alabama settlement

Forty one Laotian Iu Mien refugees evicted from a Greenbrier County West Virginia farm traveled by bus and car to Montgomery Alabama to join about 140 other Iu Mien in the city. They seek resettlement with aid from local churches and state funding while hoping for jobs at a nearby auto parts plant.

Montgomery Ala West Virginia Alabama Greenbrier County W.va San Francisco Dawson Baptist Association State Department of Pensions and Security Thailand Jerry Thompson Thompson

Clayton County arrests in thefts reported by sheriff

Three people were arrested in connection with thefts across Clayton County. Roger Bailey, 18, of Guttenberg released after overnight jail time. two juveniles also arrested. Recovered items include two Holstein calves, tools, gas, a tire and rim, six feeder pigs, and four feeder pigs from several rural farms. Investigation ongoing.

Eleader Clayton County Roger Michael Bailey Guttenberg Bailey Don Lee Colesburg Sheriff's Department Sylvester Altoff Millville Wayne Boardman Elmer Olson

Gas furnace blamed for rural Truro house fire

A gas furnace is believed to have caused a fire that destroyed the Chuck Fitch residence about five miles southwest of Truro in rural Iowa. Firefighters arrived to find the home ablaze and prevented spread to nearby structures. No one was home. damage estimated at $20,000.

Truro Iowa Dan Childers Chuck Fitch

Carlson births and local notices list many new arrivals

Vital Statistics column records numerous births including Cynthia Kleppe, Joan Carlin, Carolyn Nelson, Donna Schaffer, Kay Jordan and others with parent names and addresses. Heidelberg Germany also notes a birth to Susan and Thomas E. Smith. Community incidents include emergency calls and a fireplace incident with times and locations.

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METRO Beulah C. Meek Shellsburg Americana Turner Chapel West Arthur Paul Fowlkes Sr People’s Memorial Hospital White's Manchester Norton Johnson Bohnenkamp-Vernon’s Hal G. Blakesley St. Luke’s Hospital Hogan Brothers Garage Ruth Dora Prince of Middle Amana Dan Carol Stake Glendale, Ariz Robert Independence Doris Kriz Nancy Hurdle Middletown First Presbyterian Church Hoover-Valentine’s Marengo Cemetery Wandling-Wendel Post Oxford Junction Joyce Hens Green Russia Fitch Jerita William Carlson Mount Vernon Cynthia Kleppe Fourth St. NW Joan David Carlin Mount Vernon Road St. Luke’s Carolyn Ronald Nelson Kiowa Trail Jane and Hamilton Cox Ave Kay Larry Jordan Hinkley Ave Pauline Richard Lint Seventh St Donna William Schaffer Twin Pine Drive Kathleen Robert Lewis Maplewood Drive Cathy Charles Knight F Ave Sherry Robert Westercamp 27Th St Linda James Rotter Walford Cindy Gordon Howe 30Th St Heidelberg Germany Susan Thomas E. Smith John L. Phillips Scutter Court SE First Ave 36Th St Stoneybrook Lane John E. Lapes Pierson Estés Boulevard
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