Deaths in Linn County
Obituary notices list Warren G. Rinderknecht Clara Rinderknecht and extended family with services at Trinity Lutheran Church and burial at St Stephens Cemetery. Other names: Ethel L. Strong Opal F. Sample Emma Vorel Vera Cooley Elva Koranda Robert Krob with memorials and funeral details across Cedar Rapids Marion Toddville and Fairfax. Military rites noted for Rinderknecht.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma
Cob Hill
Emil “Elmer” Vorel
Cedar Rapids
Fairfax
Fairfax Methodist Church
Elva Koranda
Turner Chapel West
Linwood Cemetery
Robert W. Krob
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Ely
Czech National Cemetery
Ely American Legion
St. Quentin Post
Brush Chapel
Arrangements Pending for Two Local Obituaries
Bessie Warner Jones 73 of Reno Nevada formerly Cedar Rapids died Sunday in a Reno nursing home. Arrangements pending at Kuba Funeral Home East. Walter W. Sutcliffe 87 of 1616 80th St NW rural Palo died Monday after a sudden illness and vehicle accident. Arrangements pending at Teahen Funeral Home.
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Bessie Warner Jones
Reno
Nev
Cedar Rapids
Kuba Funeral Home
Walter W. Sutcliffe
80Th St. NW
Palo
Teahen Funeral
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Arrangements and death notices are published without charge for survivors including parents siblings spouses children and step relatives in those categories. Other survivors may be listed at 35 cents per word with photo at 35 cents per word. Second day announcements and out of town death category information also 35 cents per word. Funeral homes submit or families may appear in person 8 am to 5 pm weekdays. Call 398-6221 1:30–6 Mon–Sat 4–6 Sun and holidays for details.
Obituaries from Eastern Iowa
Arthur Johannes 81 of rural Deep River dies at home. Sylvester A. Steffen 75 of Dyersville dies after heart attack. Mark Thomas Favourite, 28, dies from bicycle auto accident in Coconut Creek Florida. Carol Ruppert Herman 47 of San Jose California dies of brain aneurysm in Omaha Nebraska. Andrew Andy Oftedahl 92 of Davenport Street dies at Mercy Hospital. Dorothy Grant 82 formerly of Montezuma dies in Evanston Illinois. Edna Rhatigan 86 dies in Senior Home. Rev Walter C Leibfarth 89 dies at Hillcrest Home. Services and burial details listed for each. Survivors noted for several.
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Mark Thomas Favourite
Iowa City
Coconut Creek
Fla
George L. Gay
Obituaries: Laurabel McCrea and Wilma Pancratz
Laurabel G. Laurabel McCrea 69 died Sunday in Cedar Manor Nursing Home. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday Sheets & Son Funeral Home with calling hours today 5–8 p.m. and 11:30 a.m. to service time Wednesday. Burial Olin Cemetery. Survivors include son Robert Helm Milan Illinois stepson Dwain McCrea Mission Texas three sisters Kathryn Shilling Tipton Alice Arnold Creston Florence Clark San Diego and brother G Stanley Gleason Terre Haute Indiana. Wilma Skinner Pancratz 78 formerly of Tipton died Saturday in Columbia Missouri. Services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Sheets & Son Funeral Home with calling hours today 3–5 p.m. and 6:30–8 p.m. and 9 a.m. to service time Wednesday. Burial Tipton Masonic Cemetery. Survivors include two sons Jerry and Keith both of Columbia sister Tillie Thoeming Tipton three brothers Fred Edler Stanwood Myrl Edler Clarence and Ed Edler Tipton seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Warren G. Rinderknecht
Eighth Ave
Mercy Medical Center
Trinity Lutheran Church
American Legion Hanford Post
St. Stephens Cemetery
Atkins
Teahen Funeral Home
Clara
Roy
Swisher
Gary
What Cheer
Frank
Cedar Rapids
Gloria Carr
Helen M. Rinderknecht
John Rinderknecht
van Horne
Louis
Helen Rinderknecht
Arthur Johannes
Deep River
White Oak
Thornburg
Watts Funeral
Montezuma
Naomi
Calvin
Keswick
David
Osceola
Everett
Mason City
Juanita Brandt
Huntsville
Ala
Homer
Oskal
Sylvester A. Steffen
St. Mary’s Anit-Mercy
Dyersville
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Epworth
Reiff's
Farley
Marie
Lloyd
Loras
Coralville
Norma Jean King
Cascade
Lois Ann Scherbring
Gerald
Dubuque
Raynold
Guttenberg
Jerome
Peasta
Andrew
Dickeyville
Wis
Lorraine Heisler
Carol Ruppert Herman
San Jose
Calif
Iowa City
Red Oak
Clarkson Hospital
Omaha
Neb
Sellergren-Mandel
Oakland Cemetery
Hoover-Valentine Funeral Home
Marengo
Keith
Brian
Cheyenne
Wyo
Wilma Ruppert
Sherry
Jerry) Havener
Keith Ruppert
Tempe
Ariz
G. Laurabel McCrea
Cedar Manor
Sheets & Son Funeral Home
Olin Cemetery
Olin
Robert Helm
Milan
Ill
Dwain McCrea
Mission
Texas
Kathryn Shilling
Tipton
Alice Arnold
Creston
Florence Clark
San Diego
G. Stanley Gleason
Terre Haute
Ind
Wilma Skinner Pancratz
Columbia House
Columbia
Tipton Masonic Cemetery
Jerry
Columbia, Mo
Tillie Thoeming
Fred Edler
Stanwood
Myrl Edler
Clarence
Ed Edler
Linn-Mar delays bus purchase as enrollment climbs
Linn-Mar school board votes to delay buying a school bus for one budget year to shave 39 000 from the general fund and shift funding to the site fund. The district projects 1990-91 budget balance aided by higher enrollment and 11 open enrollment transfers, with 3 309 official students.
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Wazemtéwe
Linn-Mar
General Fund
Easterday
Marion couple sue restaurant over daughter's injuries
Independence couple Rick and Barb McFerran sue The Choice Smorgasbord in Marion in Linn County District Court on behalf of their daughter Kristine. They allege the 1450 Twixt Town Rd. eatery failed to operate safely when a refrigeration unit toppled onto the girl in October 1988, seeking past present and future damages.
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Marion
Rick
Barb McFerran
Linn County
Daugh
Ter
Kristine
McFerrans
Town Rd
Wisconsin couple wins 27.8 million Lotto America jackpot
Beaver Dam residents Wayne and Donna Goetsch claimed a 27.8 million Lotto America prize the fourth Wisconsin win in a row with a 20 year payout of about 1.4 million annually. Donna said she chose 3 4 10 19 27 47 from birthdays of men in her life. Wayne plans retirement from Alto Dairy Cooperative near Waupun.
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Beaver Dam
Wis
Wayne
Donna Goetsch
Wisconsin
Lotto America
Wayne Goetsch
Alto Dairy Cooperative
Waupun
Wisconsin Lottery
Steve Madsen
Vital Statistics Section Birth Announcements
Mercy and St. Luke's report multiple birth notices in Marion and surrounding areas. Entries include Amy and Gene Watkins and Kristi Netolicky with newborn daughters and sons. numerous couples listed with addresses in Cedar Rapids, Hiawatha, Belle Plaine, North Liberty, Norway, Mount Vernon, Coralville, Ely, Anamosa, and other locales.
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Mercy
Amy
Gene Watkins
35Th St
Marion
Kristi
Scott Netolicky
20Th St. SW
Jane
Garth West
Carolina Dr. NE
Bradley A. Winn
Gail M. Treft
Coggan
Boyd M. Johnson
Kimberly K. Buch
North Liberty
Randy L. Lane
Brenda L. Hoeppner
Norway
Daniel L. Molitor
Terrie L. DeWitt
Mount Vernon
Allan R. Olrogge
Hiawatha
Pamela K. Batey
Belle Plaine
Douglas B. Struss
Carol J. Fritz
Cedar Rapids
Bradley J
Illinois Lottery Winning Numbers Drawn Monday
Illinois Lottery info from Springfield lists Daily Game 9 9 1 Pick Four 6 7 7 7 Little Lotto 2 12 18 21 34 6 of 54 Jackpot $16 million.
Lansing Man Killed in Accidental Hunting Shot Near River
An 18 year old Lansing man Ricky Lee Stahl died from an accidental self inflicted gunshot while hunting with friends on a bluff north of Lansing overlooking the Mississippi River. Authorities say the wound was self inflicted. The Allamakee County Sheriff s Office Iowa DNR Lansing Police and emergency crews assisted.
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Lansing
Mississippi River
Allamakee
Ricky Lee Stahl
Stahl
Allamakee County
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Ex Iowa City man killed in Florida bicycle crash
Mark Favourite 28 formerly of Iowa City and now from Boca Raton died after riding his bicycle into the path of a passing car on a six lane Coconut Creek road. Beth Coker 19 who drove the car was not charged in the Broward County incident.
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Iowa City
Coconut Creek
Fla
Mark Favourite
Boca Raton
Beth Coker
Favourite
Broward County
Coker
Shots fired at two teens in Waterloo scene
Police report two teens Willie Early Johnson aged 18 and Kendrick Bruce 17 were fired at near 217 Dawson St Waterloo as an older brown vehicle with several occupants pulled up. Bruce says another shot at him occurred near Franklin and Irving. One boy was a witness to a prior shooting in Sullivan Park where two people were shot.
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Waterloo
Dawson St
Willie Early Johnson
Kendrick Bruce
Bruce
Franklin
Irving Streets
Sullivan Park
Guttenberg Receives Grant for Mississippi River Boat Ramp
Guttenberg secured a $24,578 grant from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to fund a boat ramp project on the Mississippi River. The grant supports construction or improvement of access for recreation and safety along the riverfront.
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Guttenberg
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Mississippi River
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Ethel L. Strong
Crestview Acres
Cedar Memorial Park
Turner Chapel East
Armstrong
Leslie W
Sarah M. Balden Abney
Free Methodist Church
Toddville
Free Methodist Church Mission Fund
Opal F. Sample
Central Ave
Murdoch Chapel
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Hugh
Garnet Hoffner
Harold Pilcher
Ottumwa
Lucille Pence
Bloomfield
Elva Ritz
East Moline
Jodi Schultz
Clair Odell
Sylvester
Ada Jessup Pilcher
Floris
Hugh Sample
First United Methodist Church
Grove City
Rebekah Lodge No
Noble
Emma Vorel
Heritage Acres
Jean Berry
Anna
Marguerite Schlotterbeck
Thomas Reed
Vera L. Gatrelle Cooley
Rick Klouda
Chuck Stevens
Dunkard
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Iowa
Andrew “Andy” Oftedahi
E. Davenport St
Mercy Hospital
Zion Lutheran Church
Selma Robinson, Thompson
Dorothy Grant
Evanston
Evanston Memorial Hospital
Pleasant Township
Ewart
Watts Funeral Home
James
Sierra Vista
Thomas
Skokie
Judith Oglesby
Akron
Ohio
Monticello
Edna Rhatigan
Goettsch’s
Sumner
Walter C. Leibfarth
Hillcrest
St. John Lutheran Church
Church Cemetery
Becker-Milnes Funeral Home
Helen
Esther Leibfarth
Brighton
Mich
Gazette
Lisa Powell
Consolidated Freightways
Interstate 80
Tiffin
Kansas City
Wahid Ali
Rio Linda
Fremont
Johnson County
Glen Easterday
ST. Luke's
Shannon Grove
First Ave
Catherine
Ray Marner
Echo Lane NW
Rudaena
Matt Miller
Bever Ave
Nancy
Darrell Sparks
C Ave. NW
Eldon C. Neill
Holly M. Northrup
Donald G. Heisler
Judith A. Elliott
Tyler W. Bontrager
Christine M. Fitzpatrick
John C. Matthews
Muna Koudsi
David R. Mangold
Kelley L. Carlton
Larry M. Jenkins
Jenifer L. Flauding
Maurice R. Veverka
Kathryn E. McIntosh
Donald L. Carr II
Joyce E. Brady
Eugene R. Carlton
Kristine M. Larson
Randy R. Tietz
Joyce M. Franzen
Michael S. Nash
Christine L. Duffy
Donald G. Allcutt
Nancy K. Hoffman
Illinois Lottery
Third Avenue
River
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