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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1998
Page
11
William Quigley 71 died Sunday November 29 1998 at Sunnycrest Nursing Center Dysart Arrangements are pending with Hand Funeral Home Tama
John D. Happel of Seattle formerly of Vinton died Sunday November 29 1998 in Seattle after a sudden illness. Arrangements are pending in Seattle.
Harold Charles Fisher, 91, died November 28 1998 at the M L McCreedy Home after a lengthy illness. Graveside services 1 30 p m Tuesday Elm Grove Cemetery officiated by Rev Robert Bell. Friends may call after 9 a m today at Jones Eden Funeral Home Washington with family present 7 8 30 p m. Survivors include son Gerald Crossville Tennessee daughter Betty Craig Milwaukee and sister Phyllis Reif Washington Iowa.
Byron Pearl Yeager 76 of Paxton Nebraska died at home on Friday November 27 1998 Graveside services will be 11 am Tuesday at Memorial Park Cemetery Burlington Arrangements by Draucker Funeral Home Ogallala and Sheagren Burlington Survivors include wife Marguerite Ruth two daughters Diana Yeager Mount Pleasant Barbara Ann Tonie Wheeler Walker four sons Arthur California Carl Sharon Casper Don St Paul Dennis Oklahoma City 21 grandchildren 23 great grandchildren He was born July 25 1922 in Burlington Iowa and married Marguerite Ruth Smith in 1941 He was a machinist in Burlington Denver and Univar Aircraft later janitor at Paxton school and started Grampa's Workshop Memorials to American Cancer Society.
Funeral services for Homer W. Hopp were set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories with Rev. William Harnish officiating. Entombment will follow at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call today from 4 to 8 p.m. at Cedar Memorial Funeral Home and after 9 a.m. Tuesday at the chapel.
Teresa Moberg an 18 year old art major at Grandview College was crowned Miss Iowa Teen USA at the Crowne Plaza Five Seasons Hotel in Cedar Rapids about 5 p.m. The Des Moines student will compete in August in Shreveport Louisiana on CBS. Deena Cary 18 of Cedar Rapids was first runner up with Adrian Wade of Des Moines as second runner up in a pageant featuring 44 contestants and judged on swimsuit gown and interview.
Wanda Bates, 41, moved from farm work to an assembly line at Duro-Last to secure weekly pay and benefits for her family in Sigourney. In Edgewood, hog price declines push farmers toward selling to friends or quitting, with Edgewood Locker’s Terry Kerns warning of longer butcher times and potential industry collapse if small producers exit.
Local readers get a rapid-fire roundup listing poll questions city council schedules and IOWA LOTTERY events plus public notices. Entries include Cedar Rapids and Linn County meetings, holiday tours at Brucemore, the Fantasy of Lights at Ellis Park, Santa House in Coralville, and various fire and EMS calls.
Robert Doubek, 46, of Atkins, was seriously injured when a farm sprayer’s 15-foot wings ripped off his car top after being pulled by a tractor driven by Brian D. Olson of Vinton. Olson faced up to 7 years in prison. Doubek's recovery includes memory and cognitive challenges with long rehab ahead.
The Iown family started in 1919 with Ruthven and Emmetsburg stores. Ruthven closed this year as traffic and farmer customers shrink. Ted Wentzel of Wentzel's True Value says all town businesses rely on farmers, with price sensitivity and competition from large chains driving small stores out.
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