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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1988
Page
14
Obituary notices report Donald Derr 77 of 2027 Bever Ave SE Cedar Rapids died after a long illness at St Luke's Hospital. Also listed are Ruth Field Marilyn Hohmann Henry Klouda with service details, churches, cemeteries, and visiting hours. Dates span Tuesday services and pre-service visit times.
Mabel Bernards 97 of Beverly Manor Care Center Belle Plaine formerly of Cedar Rapids died Sunday after a short illness. Arrangements pending at Turner Chapel East. Fred W Level Jr 62 of 154 Edgewood Rd NW died Sunday after a long illness. Arrangements pending at Turner Chapel West.
Edna Haerther 83 died Sunday at home after a sudden illness. Services pending at Phillips Keystone. Burton Stanford 82 died Sunday at home after a long illness. Services pending at Watts Montezuma. Ruby Provin Humphreys 78 of Kissee Mills Mo formerly Barnes City died Friday in Kissee Mills after a short illness. Burial Barnes City Cemetery with services Tuesday Watts Montezuma. Ralph M. Taffner 95 died Saturday at Peoples Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Services Tuesday Reiff's. burial Mount Hope Cemetery. Baldwin Maxwell 95 died Saturday at home after a long illness. Services pending at Donohue-Lensing's. Memorials to Immanuel Lutheran Church.
Russell Wilson 68 died at Covenant Medical Center Waterloo after a brief illness. Private services 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Dysart Cemetery with family viewing today. Don Wolf 73 died at his son’s home in Council Bluffs from natural causes. Memorial fund set. William P. Pat Stroehle died of an apparent heart attack at Mercy Health Center Dubuque. Arrangements pending. Roy E. Lindt 74, retired farmer, died in St Luke's Cedar Rapids after a long illness. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday at Phillips Funeral Home Holy Cross Cemetery. Jason Steven Kunkle 8 died on a farm accident near Oelwein. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday Zion American Lutheran Church Floral Hills Cemetery Hazleton. Memorial fund established. Survivors listed for Wilson and Kunkle families.
An 8-year-old boy died when a pipe bomb exploded in a Fort Worth residential area injuring five other children. Three children were taken to Harris Methodist Hospital and two to John Peter Smith Hospital. Investigators recovered fragments. conditions described as serious for two other young victims.
Des Moines businessman John Ruan and son John Ruan III along with associates agreed to pay over 3 million to settle part of a 60 million lawsuit tied to the Carriers Insurance Co collapse. A judge dismissed part of the case accusing them of self dealing while remaining negligence claims persist.
Mercy Oct 1 to Oct 2 reports include Teri and David Pautsch a son. Nancy and Craig Troester a son. Nanette and Chuck Meeker a daughter. Cindy and Richard Seeley a daughter. Mary and Trent Brunssen a daughter. Rhonda Rajonis a son. Susan and Richard Cook a son.
An eight year old Fayette County boy died Saturday on a farm near Oelwein due to suffocation in a grain wagon. Jason Kunkel is named as the deceased son of Steve Kunkle and Judy Clendenen of Oelwein. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Mercy Hospital in Oelwein. Further details were not available.
Du Pont stated that it reported the accidents at the Savannah River Plant near Aiken, South Carolina, to the federal government when they occurred and that the company did not conceal information. Officials said some reports were once considered classified, while others were publicly accessible at the plant reading room.
The Cedar Rapids Symphony under Christian Tiemeyer performed Schumann’s Spring Symphony and Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez with Angel Romero at the Paramount. The program opened with Rossini and closed with Respighi Pines of Rome. Audience encore included Romero’s Andaluzian Suite.
Two stabbing incidents on Cedar Rapids southeast side leave a 17 year old in fair condition at Mercy Medical Center. A 18 year old and a 16 year old were arrested on assault related charges. A separate early Sunday incident left Richard Harris 19 with a stab wound after attempting to break up a fight near Oak Hill Cemetery.
Des Moines AP reports 16 year old Rickey R. Scott of Boone died after a cave-in while digging a ditch four miles west of Luther. He was buried for several minutes, rescued unconscious, and pronounced dead at Des Moines hospital after air transport.
The Daily Game numbers are 4 6 3 and the Pick Four drawing produced 6 9 0 3. The Lotto Jackpot stands at 16 million dollars after Sundays draw.
No one matched all seven numbers in the Lotto America drawing. A dozen players hit six of the numbers 18 19 20 25 32 34 38, each winning 3188 dollars. The estimated next draw rises to 5 million.
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