William J. Redmond 38 Dies After Illness in Mercy Hospital
William J. Redmond of 1400 Second Ave SE died Sunday after a long illness. Born December 16, 1894 in Garryowen Iowa, he married Johanna Noonan in Garryowen on October 30 1923. He farmed in Dubuque County and east of Marion, worked for the Iowa State Liquor Commission Collins Radio and as a real estate agent. He joined State Farm Mutual Insurance in 1939 and retired as an agent. He was a parish member and charter St. Vincent de Paul member, Knights of Columbus council 909 and Bowen General Assembly. Survived by his wife. Services Tuesday 1 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church. Burial Mount Calvary Cemetery. Visitation today 3 to 9 p.m. at Stewart Funeral Home with rosaries and wake services. Memorials to St. Vincent de Paul Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Redmond
Second Ave
Mercy Hospital
Hallmar Center
Garryowen
Iowa
Johanna Noonan
Grace
Dubuque County
Marion
Iowa State Liquor Commission
Collins Radio
State Farm Mutual Insurance Co
Redmond
Immaculate Conception Church
St. Vincent de Paul Society of
Cedar Rapids
Knights of Columbus Council
Bowen General Assembly
Knights of Columbus
Alfred Brosius
Mount Calvary
Stewart Funeral Home
St. Rita’s Circle and Sanctuary Society
Memorial Services for Meek and Crane Held Today and Wednesday
Memorial services are held for Beulah O Meek at Turner Chapel West today at 1 p m with burial at Parker s Grove Cemetery. Donations may go to Parker s Grove Church or Shriner s Hospital. Joseph F Crane is honored at Turner Chapel East Wednesday at 11 a m with burial at Troy Mills Cemetery and military rites by Hanford Post 5. A memorial fund is established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crane
Joseph F
Joe
Turner Chapel
Gilbert H. Dawes
Faith
Buffalo United Methodist Churches
Troy Mills
Hanford Post No. 5
The
American Legion
East Iowa Deaths Prompt Local Obituary Sketches
A string of East Iowa obituaries lists Emilie Unglenk and others died in Amana and nearby towns. Notices cover ages 81 to 97, with services, burial plans, and funeral homes in Amana, Waterloo, Independence, and other communities. Survivors, visitation hours, and cemetery details accompany each listing. Local churches and funeral homes coordinate arrangements across multiple towns including West Amana, Elgin, North English, and Elkader.
Volga Woman Leta Sloan Dies In Macomb Hospital
Leta M Sloan 76 a Volga Iowa native and retired school cook died Sunday in a Macomb Illinois hospital where she had lived with her daughter since 1982 Survivors include daughters Donna Sloan and Doris Buckley two grandchildren and a brother Services will be 11 am Wednesday at United Methodist Church Volga Burial Hillcrest Cemetery Friends may call after 2 pm Tuesday at Witt Funeral Home Elkader greeting hours 7 to 8 30 pm Tuesday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace E. Culbertson
Edgewood
Donald “Scottie
Earlville
Samuel “Burton
Westminster
Calif
Greeley United Methodist Church
Grant View Cemetery
Appleton-Vernon Funeral Home
John P. McTaggart
Strawberry Point
Irene
Lucy Hefel
Dubuque
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Elkader
Witt Funeral
Ladies Guild
Leta M. Sloan
Volga
Macomb
Donna Sloan
Ill
Doris Buckley
Des Moines
Glen Oldfather
United Methodist
Britain weighs Grenada peacekeeper role in police training
Britain considers joining U S and OECS in Grenada peacekeeping by training a new Grenadian police force. Officials say Commonwealth forces may be deployed, with Britain potentially leading police reform while U S troops remain for security.
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Britain
Grenada
Bados
Jamaica
Reagan
Maurice Bishop
U.S
Braithwaite
Scoon
Washington
Jack Farris
United States
Advisory Council
Barbados
Dominica
St. Lucia
St. Vincent
St. Kitts-Nevis
Antigua-Barbuda
Trinidad and Tobago
Guyana
Farris
Brian Graves
Belize
Graves
Briish
Caribbean
Shamir Begins Washington Visit Citing Common Goals
Israel's new prime minister Yitzhak Shamir started his first official Washington trip as the United States and Israel have resolved Lebanon disagreements and prepared to pursue defined common goals. Shamir arrived in Washington, telling reporters the situation in Lebanon and the broader Middle East would be addressed in talks with U.S. leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Israel
Yitzhak Shamir
United States
Lebanon
Shamir
Moshe Arens
U.S
Reagan
George Shultz
National Press Club
Vandalism hits Mason City as pellet guns blamed
Mason City police seek tips after about 150 car window breakages, reported across all city sectors Saturday night. Authorities say pellet guns caused the vandalism, with police asking the public for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Iowa
Italy receives first components of NATO cruise missiles
The Defense Ministry said 112 cruise missile components have arrived in Sicily for Italy to install at Sigonella and Comiso as part of NATO plans. The shipment marks Italy as the third NATO country to begin receiving these missiles amid tensions with the Soviet Union.
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Rome
Sicily
Defense Ministry
Italy
NATO
Britain
West Germany
Yuri Andropov
Sigonella
Catania
Comiso
U.S
Joe Johnson
Netherlands
Belgium
Europe
Geneva
Cedar Rapids burglaries report thefts from two homes
Property valued at 1250 dollars stolen in two Cedar Rapids burglaries. Items include a microwave, snowblower, and bicycle totaling 1000 dollars from 1363 Hertz Drive SE after prying a storm door and breaking a deadbolt. A window entry at 109 Fifth St SW yielded a 250 dollar television.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Terrance K. Brady
Hertz Drive
Fifth St
$40 Million Gold Heist Baffles Scotland Yard at Heathrow
London police admit no solid clues after thieves looted Brinks Mat Ltd warehouse near Heathrow, stealing about 6800 bars of gold worth 40 million dollars and a quantity of unmarked diamonds. The haul may have been melted to erase marks or moved out of the country, with insurance offering 3 million for information and six robbers possibly exploiting insider knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Scotland Yard
Heathrow Airport
Hounslow
Heathrow
Brinks-Mat Ltd
American Security Company
Bank of England
Robert Gordon
Brinks
Tehran Conference Shapes World War II Strategy
On this date in 1943, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin met in Tehran to map Allied strategy for the war. The summit set the stage for coordinated attacks on Axis powers and laid groundwork for postwar diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Tehran
Iran
Daughters and Sons Reported in Local Vital Statistics
Vital statistics record newborns for November 26 and 27 including Joanne Huber with a daughter in Springville and Kristine Seeley with a daughter in Anamosa, plus Cindy McWherter and Melinda Glade with daughters in Des Moines area addresses, and Patricia Beck Jr. with a son in Belle Plaine, followed by a series of police and medical calls across Johnson, Linn, and surrounding streets on Saturday night and Sunday morning including downed wires and medical emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joanne
William Huber
Springville
Candace
Timothy Shelton
Toddville
Kristine
William Seeley
Anamosa
Cindy
Dan McWherter
Tenth St. NW
Melinda
David Glade
Samoa Drive
Hiawatha
Kathy
Michael Krantz
Lth
Ave. SE
Patricia
Nathan Beck Jr
Belle Plaine
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METRO
Knight of Columbus and Bowen General Assembly
St. Vincent de Paul Society
Seventh St. SE
Amana
Emilie Unglenk
West Amana
Amana Society
Amana Community Church
Amana Cemetery
Hoover-Valentine Funeral Home
Marengo
Dysart
John J. Krug
St. Francis Hospital
Waterloo
Phillips Funeral Home
Vinton
Elgin
Fred W. Grimm
Sumner Hospital
Eva Grimm
Hawkeye
Muehlethaler Funeral Home
Elgin Cemetery
Phyllis Postel
Independence
Chuck Bauer
Elmhurst
First United Presbyterian Church, Independence
Mount Hope Cemetery
White Funeral Home
Charles W. Tudor
Scholtz Medical Center
Eva Roche
Kansas City
Mary Paxton
Maude Balkly
Sylmer
Mason Funeral Chapel
Masonville
Merton O. Hinder
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Mollie
Thelma Walter
North English
Lois Carney
Williamsburg
Otto
United Methodist Church
Ioof
Victor
Powell Funeral Home
Greeley
Richard Forsythe
People’s Memorial Hospital
Mental Health Institute
Leola
Donald
Dutch
Harold
Augusta
Kan
Edwin Skripsky
Winthrop
Duane Clinton
Danny Johnson
Kathryn Straw
Lucinda Brandhurst
Harry
Bob Pint
Witchta, Kan
Monte Cue
Francis Rodgers
Donald Roe
Gazette Wire
ST. George's
India
Nicholas Braithwaite
Paul Scoon
OECS
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
Andrews Air Force Base
California
White House
Middle East
Amin Gemayel
Mideast
Donald Rumsfeld
Tripoli
Beirut
Druse
Chouf Mountains
Metn Mountains
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Arafat
Ahmed Abdul. Rahman
Rashid Karami
Damascus
New York Times Service
John E. Lapes
3Rd Avenue
St. Luke’s
Johnson Avenue
29Th Street NW
42Nd. St
Fourth St
18Th Ave
Ninth St
Elis Boulevard
Din’s Screenhouse
Center Pl
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