Memorial notices from Cedar Rapids area deaths and services
Multiple obituaries list Martin H. Wright of Oak Hill Manor 53 Cedar Rapids. Jack Gilliam 61 Ottumwa to Cedar Rapids. Lissette Kunzmann 83 Cedar Rapids former Quaker Oats employee. Everett Thede 69 Cedar Rapids ex restaurant owner and sailor. Donald Witousek 64 Cedar Rapids area resident. Funeral arrangements by Turner Chapel East Cedar Memorial Cedar Rapids Stewart Funeral Home Brush Chapel with services and memorial funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin H. “Cookie” Wright
Oak Hill Manor
Dubuque
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Myrtle Wright
Donald Wright
Mount Vernon
Ruby Forde
Columbia
Ohio
Mary Lou Knepper
Kaye Hanzlik
Toddville
Dee Gephart
Anchorage
Alaska
Don
Jerald
Larry
15Th St
Apt
Turner Chapel East
Memorial services for Murray couple in Cedar Rapids
Cremains committal service for C Emmet Murray and Frances J Murray held at 11 a.m. today at Mount Calvary Cemetery led by Rev. Phil Auffrey of St. John's Episcopal Church. They died in 1981, donated bodies to Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minn. Arrangements by Stewart Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
C. Emmet
Frances J
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Phil Auffrey
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Murrays
Cedar Rapids
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Stewart Funeral Home
Services Pending for Theresa Bredl in Mercy Hospital Death
Theresa Bredl, 72, of 599 Cobban Court SE died Friday after a sudden illness. Funeral services are pending at Brosh Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theresa Bredl
Cobban Court
Mercy Hospital
Brosh Chapel
Deaths of David Child and Fred Hupfeld Sr
David Child 37 formerly of Aurora died in Riverside California after a long illness. Survivors include his parents, a daughter Tiffany and son Jason, three siblings, and burial in Masonville with private services. Fred W Hupfeld Sr 83 died at St Luke's Cedar Rapids after a brief illness. Survived by wife Flossie two sons and three daughters, eight grandchildren, one great grandchild, and multiple siblings. services and rosaries set in Keystone and Donohue Lensing and burial at St Josephs Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Ellis Gilliam
Ninth St. S
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
Mercy Hospital
Betty J. Curry
John Deere
Toni J. Gulick
Hiawatha
Michele L. Bascom
Kyle
Texas
Candy L. Heeren
Eagle River
Wis
Teddy A
Spokane
Wash
Benny Gilliam
Walter Rockett
Aurora
Colo
Twila Dalbey
Lampasas
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Toni Gulick
Northwood Drive
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
First Ave
David Child
Riverside
Calif
George Child
Tiffany
Jason
Donald
Mason City
Iowa
Douglas
Fawcett
Fred W. Hupfeld Sr
St. Luke’s Hospital
Flossie
Duane
Robert
Belle Plaine
Dorothy Hupfeld
Mardean Hellopeter
Ladora
Clifford
Keystone
Leota Lorenzen
Frieda Roth
Dysart
Fellmer’s
Keystone Cemetery
Memorial for Lone Tree Farmer Everett Buline
Everett Buline 70 a Lone Tree farmer died Friday at a local nursing home. Surviving are his mother Ella a Lone Tree two daughters Judy Mills Iowa City and Cheryl Kopf Muscatine two sisters Esther Curtis Lone Tree and Darlene Schott Riverside a brother James Lone Tree and three grandchildren. Services Monday 11 am United Presbyterian Church Friends may call after 530 pm today at Sordens Burial Lone Tree Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett B. Thede
Crestview Drive
Mercy Hospital
Franklin Township
Linn County
Helen Minnick
Cedar Rapids
Thede
Fort Myers Beach
Fla
Silver Sands
Star Fixture Co
Fisher’s of Men Lutheran Church
Pine Island
Elk’s Club
St. James, Fla
Civic Association
Cedar Boat Club
Carol Teahen
Mike
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Don
Maquoketa
Turner Chapel East
Theodore G. Lilley
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
American Heart Association
Seventh Ave
Marion
Everett Buline
Lone Tree
Ella
Judy Mills
Iowa City
Cheryl Kopf
Muscatine
Esther Curtis
Darlene Schott
Riverside
James
United Presbyterian Church
Sorden’s
Lone Tree Cemetery
Obituaries: Roy Ellis and Delia Steen Pass Away
Roy Ellis 66 of Castalia died Friday at Community Memorial Hospital Postville. Survived by two sons Donald Scott and a daughter Deborah Brainard. two brothers Kenneth and Clifford. Lloyd. two sisters Naomi Hull and Iva Bruckner and one grandchild. Services Tuesday 1 30 p m at Schutte's Postville. Burial Postville. Delia Steen 91 of Marion died Thursday at Willow Gardens Care Center Marion. Survived by four sons Merlin Carsten Arthur Lester. daughter Mrs Myron Spiltle. 13 grandchildren. 10 great grandchildren. Services Monday 2 p m Christian Life Center. Visitation Sunday afternoon and Monday 1 2 p m at church. Burial Pontoppidin Cemetery rural Decorah.
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Roy Ellis
Community Memorial Hospital
Postville
Donald
Scott
Castalia
Deborah Brainard
Kenneth
Clifford
Lloyd
Moline
Naomi Hull
Diamond City
Ark
Iva Bruckner
North Fort Myers
Fla
Schutte’s
Postville Cemetery
Carl
Delia) Steen
Willow Gardens
Marion
Merlin
Timmonsville
S.C
Carsten
Waterloo
Arthur
Lester
Manitowoc
Wis
Myron Spiltle
Cedar Rapids
Christian Life Center
Pontoppidin
Decorah
Minnie Calta 92 Former Iowa City Resident
Minnie Calta age 92 formerly of 502 E Fairchild Sr Iowa City died Friday at Iowa City Care Center after a brief illness She was born March 15 1891 in Iowa City married James Calta on April 17 1910 and belonged to St Wenceslaus Catholic Church and the Altar and Rosary Society Survivors include two grandchildren and six great grandchildren Services are Monday at 11 am at St Wenceslaus Church Visitation after noon Sunday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Calta
E. Fairchild Sr
Iowa City
James Calta
Esther Suckow Rites Set in Maynard
Esther Luella Suckow 75 died Thursday at Mercy Hospital. Survived by husband Helmuth, six children Betty Ball Lois Bruehahn Shirley Bender Raymond and Robert, three brothers Julius John and Ted Wegner, four sisters Vernita Berdinea Dorothy and Frances, 21 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Services Monday at 10 a.m. at St Pauls Lutheran Maynard. Visitation after 7 tonight at Brant-Kern’s Oelwein. Burial Long Grove Cemetery Maynard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Luella Suckow
Mercy Hospital
Helmuth
Betty Ball
Lois Bruehahn
Monona
Shirley Bender
Maynard
Raymond
Postville
Robert
Julius Wegner
Fayette
John Wegner
Strawberry Point
Ted Wegner
Arlington
Vernita Thompson
Berdinea Gardiner
Waldorf
Dorothy Bright
Cedar Falls
Frances Carr
Milwaukee
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Brant-Kern’s
Oelwein
Long Grove Cemetery
Lois B Fritz 87 dies at Community Memorial Hospital
Lois B Fritz 87 died Thursday at Community Memorial Hospital Survivors include son Lawrence Auburn Alabama daughter Mrs Richard Friederich Luana two sisters Josephine Powers Prairie du Chien Grace Westprahl Oelwein ten grandchildren eleven great grandchildren Services Monday 1 30 pm Bethel United Presbyterian Church West Union Friends may call Sunday at Schutte s Burial West Union Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois B. Fritz
Community Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Auburn
Ala
Richard Friederich
Luana
Josephine Powers
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Grace Westprahl
Oelwein
Bethel United Presbyterian Church
West Union
Schutte’s
West Union Cemetery
Spillville Woman Rose Triska 87 Dies in Decorah Care Home
Rose Triska 87 died Thursday at the Elsie Hogan Home in Decorah. Survivors include son Leonard of Decorah, daughter Mrs Clarence Mrachek of Charles City, six sisters, eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Services today at 11 a.m. at St Wenceslaus Catholic Church with burial in the church cemetery. Balik's Funeral Directors in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Triska
Elsie Hogan
Decorah
Leonard
Clarence Mrachek
Charles City
Mary Frana
Spillville
Lou Milota
Protivin
Ed Opat
Martha Hoshek
Anna Samec
Lillian Pechonsky
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Balik’s
Campbell C. Clair Campbell, ex‑CIO of McCurdy Seed dies
Clair C. Campbell, 62, former chief operating officer of McCurdy Seed Co. in Vinton, died last night at Virginia Gay Hospital. Services are pending at Campbell-Russell's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair C. Campbell
McCurdy Seed Co
Vinton
Virginia Gay Hospital
Campbell-Russell’s
Land fraud case targets Bernard Whitney and co-conspirator
Federal authorities charged Bernard Whitney and fugitive Reink Kamer in a sweeping land fraud that bilked thousands of investors from the United States and Europe out of up to two billion dollars. The scheme sold non owned land in Utah New York Texas and the Antelope Valley claiming a 10 000 home development and involved as many as 75 projects. Whitney bail was set at five million dollars and prosecutors labeled the case an enormous international shell game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Times Service
Los Angeles
Bernard Whitney
Netherlands
Manhattan Beach
Reink Kamer
U.S
Stephen S. Trott
Antelop Valley
Utah
New York
Texas
Antelope Valley
Whitney
Kamer
James W. McMahon
Henry H. Rossbacher
Rossbacher
FBI
Internal Revenue Service
Man justified in slapping worker in on the job clash
The Iowa Job Service Appeals Board ruled Darrell M. Morris of Des Moines justified for slapping a Swift Independent Packing Co. worker after the man bit Morris’s finger while his jaw was wired shut. Morris had sprayed water, was accused of fighting, but the board found he did not provoke the incident and reversed a previous decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Job Service of Iowa Appeals Board
Darrell M. Morris
Morris
Contract Cleaners Inc
Burlington
Swift Independent Packing Co
Swift
U S official urges ban on Soviet forced labor imports
Washington reports say Customs Commissioner William von Raab recommended barring about three dozen Soviet made products due to evidence of forced labor. If approved by Treasury, customs officers would withhold release of such items as car parts tubes cabinets and clothing.
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New York Times
Washington
Commissioner of Customs
Soviet Union
United States
William von Raab
Treasury
Donald Regan
Treasury Department
Europe
Raab
U.S
George Shultz
Schultz
Davenport woman nets 740 for saving Job Service idea
Anita Hanson of Davenport is 740.95 richer after proposing a VIP suggestion that streamlined microfiche listed jobs. The idea would save the state 7409.52 annually, and has spurred 15 to 20 more employees to submit ideas, with the saver earning 10 percent of the first year’s savings.
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Davenport
Anita Hanson
Hanson
Iowa
Joe Keeney
Keeney
Iowan Killed in Army Copter Crash Near Panama Canal
Richard J. Thompson of rural Houghton Iowa died in a nighttime UH-60 Blackhawk crash two miles northeast of Fort Sherman Panama near the canal mouth. Maj Larry Sloan survived in good condition, while William Tuttle remained missing. The 101st Airborne Division crew had left Fort Campbell and was to return by October 17.
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Houghton
Iowa
Richard J. Thompson
Caribbean Sea
Panama Canal
Thompson
Fort Sherman
Panama
Army
Navy
Larry Sloan
Fort Campbell
William
Tuttle
101St Airborne Division
Fort Madison
State Patrol Swears In Two New District Commanders
Sgts. Lee Meinert and Charles Hauck were sworn in Friday as district commanders for the Iowa State Patrol in Oelwein and Davenport. Both were promoted to lieutenant.
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Lee Meinert
Charles Hauck
Iowa
Oelwein
Davenport
Toro Co. expands Mason City facility to national distribution
Toro Co. announces its Mason City building will serve as a national distribution center for snow blowers and lawn care equipment. The company plans to hire 10 to 12 local workers and begin transferring products this month from a leased Hudson Wisconsin warehouse.
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Mason City
Iowa
Toro Co
Dave Mona
Toro
Bloomington
Hudson
Wis
Vital Statistics Notices and Emergency Calls
Local birth announcements list several Octobers including Jeanie and Gary Mally in Marion a son and Sue and Rich Blattler in Shellsburg a son along with other October births and grandparents. The text also records multiple out of town births and names various Cedar Rapids residents. Police and emergency calls log medical emergencies alarms electrical short fires and an extrication at local intersections and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanie
Gary Mally
Bowling St
Sue
Rich Blattler
Shellsburg
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METRO
Lissette H. Kunzmann
12Th St. NW
Quaker Oats
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Daughters of
Isabella
Laura Smith
Louise Hanson
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Dennis Cain
Daughters of Isabella
Donald A. Witousek
Route 2
Shueyville
Army Air Force
Swisher American Legion
Brush Chapel
Douglas Pope
Donohue-Lensing’s
Altar and Rosary Society
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
State Patrol
St. Luke’s
Janice
Dean Zachmeyer
Eastview Ave
Kimberly
Troy Caspers
Lisbon
Jeanne
Burt Slaymaker
12Th Ave
Vickie
Jim Klenk
Wisconsin St. SW
Debra
Warren Wood
A Ave. NW
Chris
John Parmenter
Walker
Seattle
Nick Oakley
Steven J. Oakley
10Th Ave
San Clemente
Laura
James “Sparky” Glynn
James J. Glynn
Franbrook Terrace NW
David J. Dillon
Charlotte A. Benter
David J. DeLano
Eva J. Ward
Larry L. Cahow
Lynda J. Brewer
Cecil F. Smith
Barbara S. Demuth
Independence
Tracy T. Adams
Jayne A. Diederich
Center Point
David W. Riggs
Bethesda
Judith A. Urquhart
Kathy K
Stephen Amthauer
June Ann
Richard D. Prosser Jr
Sharon K
George L. Teachout Jr
Norma Jean
Lester L. Warren
Neva Thomas
Gordon Max Nolte
18Th St
Spy Glass Hill
Wyoming Drive
16Th St
McKinley St
E Avenue
15Th Street
E Ave
McCarthy Road
Memorial Drive
First Avenue East
16Th Street
John E. Lapes
Pierson’s Flowershop and Greenhouses, Inc
West
Ellis Ballilow
East 395
Center Pl. Rd
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