Deaths in Linn County Area Honor Long Lives and Service
Multiple obituaries note residents of Linn County and nearby areas dying after brief or extended illnesses. Frances C. Ellis 87 of Toddville, Frances Petersen 91 of Marion, Elwood Scandrett 70 formerly of Marion, Clara Peters 90 of Marion, Clara Throndson 68 of Cedar Rapids, Duane Bizek, Idella Floyd, and Vivienne Ogilvie are memorialized with service details, survivors, and donation wishes. Services occur in Turner Chapel East, Lisbon United Methodist, and Bethany Lutheran Church among others, with burial at Oliphant Cemetery, Campbell Cemetery, Spragueville Cemetery, and Jerico Cemetery. Memorials may aid local churches, hospitals, and veterans groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances C. Ellis
Toddville
St. Luke’s Hospital
Center Point
Clair Ellis
Cedar Rapids
Ellis
Golden Age Group
Virginia Crissinger
Paulina Hoglan
Turner Chapel East
David Roth
Kenwood Park Presbyterian Church
Oliphant Cemetery
American Heart Association
Collins Rd
Kenwood Park
Sarah Ann Marker Petersen
Crestview Acres
Marion
Bertram
Lisbon
Mercy Hospital
Somerset
Penn
Chris Petersen
Rockton
Ill
John Hayes
Marengo
Ruth Butterfield
Loretta McGee
Anapolis
Eva Huffman
Donegal
United Methodist Church of
Karen Fristad
Campbell Cemetery
Morgan Funeral Home
Clara D. Peters
Vasey Ave
Clinton County
Vance Peters
Waterloo
Spragueville
Delmar
Leslie
Pat Rose
Springville
Salem Lutheran Church
Ronald Drury
Spragueville Cemetery
Miller Funeral Home
Preston
Clara J. Throndson
27Th St
Jerico
Ralph Throndson
Throndson
Cedar Room
Armstrong’s
Bethany Lutheran Church
Larry
Terry
Joyce
Watertown
Wis
Lawrence Olson
Ronald Pfluger
Stewart Funeral Home
Clara Throndson
Duane G. Bizek
Theodore Lilley
VFW
Czech National Cemetery
Idella M. Floyd
J. Reginald Daniel
Daniels Park Church of God
Troy Mills
Friends
Vivienne A. Ogilvie
Grace Episcopal Church
E. William Strauser
Oak Hill Cemetery
Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home
Carl E. Winkler
Arlington
Edgewood
Elkader
Army Security Command
Margaret
Deborah
Irene Cook
San Diego
Margaret Katholi
Springfield
Stella Winkler
Irene O’connor
Fort Myer
Richard Laverne Wendling
Marlene
Emil
Gary
Jim
Manchester
Cindy Hamlett
Penny Wallace
Don
Frank
Anchorage
Alaska
Joyce Ross
Fannie Wendling
First Lutheran Church
Oakland Cemetery
Vernon’s
Deaths in Eastern Iowa Embrace Long List of Siblings and Service Plans
Obituaries from Eastern Iowa note Lloyd M. Aanes 92, West Union. lla J. Schaffer 57 Guttenberg. Carl E. Winkler 70 Arlington VA. Stan L. Christensen 41 Iowa City. Albert J. Buchan 68 Edgewood. Richard Laverne Wendling 57 Manchester. Evelyn Rieck 83 Waverly. Emma Schroder 83 Des Moines. Diane Sedlacek 33 Cedar Rapids. Albert L. Strefling 68 Cedar Rapids area. Details include survivors, burial sites, and service arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Rieck
Bartel
Waverly
William “Allen
Janesville
Marlowe
Waterloo
St. John Lutheran Church
Spring Fountain
Lutheran Cemetery
Sumner Township
Becker-Milnes
Emma Schroder
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Melba Brummett
Ed Hagedorn
Frederika
Louie Hagedorn
Ionia
Bertha Hagedorn
Fredericksburg
Marie Hagedorn
Charles City
Anna Priebe
New Hampton
Sumner
Rose Hill Cemetery
Diane Sedlacek
Route 1
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Brush Chapel
Cedar Rapids
Gorbachev urges expanded UN authority and court power
Gorbachev calls for a comprehensive UN system to regulate military conflicts economics and environment and to empower the International Court of Justice. He envisions a strengthened Security Council expanded peacekeeping and new UN bodies including a terrorism tribunal and a world space organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Keller
New York Times
Moscow
United Nations
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Pravda
Izvestia
West
Security Council
Kremlin
Persian Gulf
International Court of Justice
The
Hague
United Nations Tribunal
Europe
World Space Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency
Soviet Union
International Monetary Fund
United Nations General Assembly
Falwell related groups fined for illegal funds transfer
The FEC ruled illegal the sale of Bibles by the I Love America PAC to the Old-Time Gospel Hour both controlled by Rev. Jerry Falwell. Each group was fined 6000 dollars for inflating Bible prices by 28000 dollars to shift funds, with agreements signed in May admitting the transactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jerry Falwell
Federal Election Commission
FEC
Fred Eiland
I Love America
Falwell
Eiland
Gospel Hour
Political Action Committee
PAC
Mark DeMoss
The
I Love America Committee
Moral Majority
Liberty Federation
Coyotes kill 48 flamingos at Los Angeles Zoo raid
Wild coyotes entered through an unlocked flamingo cage at Griffith Park by night, killing 15 American and 33 Chilean flamingos and leaving 38 alive. Zoo officials say the animals scavenge scraps and deny blaming the coyotes, which roam the park’s hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Zoo
Los Angeles
Zoo
Warren Thomas
Michael Wallace
Griffith Park
Wallace
Fleetwood Mac and Def Leppard Set for November Five Seasons Center
Fleetwood Mac plays November 21 with general admission tickets 16.50 in advance 17.50 day of show. Def Leppard headlines November 9 with Tesla as opener at 7 30 p m and tickets 15 50 in advance 16 50 day of show. Both go on sale Saturday at 10 a m at the Five Seasons Center box office. Fleetwood Mac lineup change noted after Lindsey Buckingham departure. Def Leppard last played Five Seasons Center in 1983 during Pyromania tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleetwood Mac
Def Leppard
Five Seasons Center
Tesla
No winner in Iowa Lotto draws grows jackpot to six million
Iowa Lotto failed to produce a six number winner last night as 950,000 tickets were sold. The $5.14 million jackpot rises to $6 million for Saturday’s drawing. No one matched all six numbers 5 13 17 32 34 35. Fifty nine players matched five for $500, 2,173 matched four for $20 and 31,645 matched three for a free play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Bret Voorhees
Lotto numbers drawn in Springfield Illinois
Illinois Lottery results reveal Daily Game 1 0 5 Pick Four 2 3 1 2 Lotto 08 12 14 18 22 26 39 Lotto Jackpot 4 million Lotto 7 Jackpot 4 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield, Ill
Rolling truck kills man at Bard Concrete yard
Ken Nielsen 26 of Central City dies when a cement mixer truck rolls backward onto him at Bard Concrete company grounds in Central City about 5 p.m. Wednesday. Linn County officials and sheriff’s deputies respond and a continuing investigation is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central City
Bard Concrete
Ken Nielsen
Nielsen
Linn County
Linn County Sheriff's Department
Sheriff's Department
Linn County names new financial adviser from 37 applicants
Linn County hires Steve Tucker, CPA, from the Department of Human Resources Management as the county's first financial adviser. The position pays 40000 annually, starts November 9, and duties include implementing a new accounting system, advising on cash flow, and analyzing service costs for potential fee increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Steve Tucker
Department of Human Resources Management
Board of Supervisors
Tucker
Joe Rinas
Jean Oxley
George woman killed in northwest Iowa crash
Anna Johnson 70 of George died in a one car crash north of Boyden aboard a vehicle driven by her husband Arthur Johnson 68. At about 9 am the vehicle left a county blacktop went through a ditch and struck a tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyden
Iowa
Sioux County
Vital statistics births recorded in Mercy and St Luke's
Oct 7 Ruth and Dee Fuessley Alburnett welcomed a daughter Rae Ann and Anthony Quinata at 2908 D Ave NE. Oct 6 Tammy and David Slifer at 3435 Hemlock Place NE welcomed a daughter Jacqueline Spinler at 3214 Soutter Ave SE. Oct 7 Sandra and Randy Boots Mechanicsville welcomed a son Mary and James Stick at 5400 Klinger St SW welcomed a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy
Ruth
Dee Fuessley
Alburnett
Rae Ann
Anthony Quinata
D Ave. NE
ST. Luke’s
Tammy
David Slifer
Hemlock Place
Jacqueline Spinler
Soutter Ave
Sandra
Randy Boots
Mechanicsville
Mary
James Stick
Klinger St. SW
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Iinn
Elwood “Dill” Scandrett
Titusville
Fla
Jess Parrish
Winnebago
Minn
Louise Cippera
RCA
Scandrett
Collins Radio
Kewanee
WKEI
Florida
University of Minnesota
James
Orlando
Robert
Fullerton
Calif
Dean
Austin
Texas
Marjorie
Gresham
Ore
Ruth Slama
Apache Junction
Ariz
Brevard Funeral Home
Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens
Clermont
Lloyd M. Aanes
Good Samaritan Center
West Union
Lyle of
Earl of
Colesburg
Lla J. Schaffer
Guttenburg Hospital
Tuecke-Allyn’s
Guttenberg
Stan L. Christensen
Hollywood Blvd
Boulder
Colo
Sheryl Waggoner
Powell
Wyo
Christensen
University of Iowa Hospitals
Steve
Scott
Inez
Sidney
Neb
Callahan
Wilbur Wilcox
Iowa City Mercy Hospital Foundation
Iowa City Mercy Home Health Care
National Cancer Institute
Albert J. Buchan
Clifton’s
Earlville
Swisher
Tipton
Albert L. Strefling
Sheets and Son
U.N
Lindsey Buckingham
Christine
John McVie
Mick Fleetwood
Stevie Nicks
Lotto
Illinois Lottery
Linn
County
NW Lowa
John E. Lapes
Ave. S.E
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