Marion area obituaries recount several local deaths
Multiple deaths are announced from Marion and Cedar Rapids including Jeanne Bowdish a 62 year old dietitian and U.S. Army veteran who served 26 years in Germany and Panama Canal Zone. Barbara Zavodsky a 98 year old former Quaker Oats employee. Valentine Roshak 67 a Cedar Rapids resident with Benson Optical ties. Floyd Campbell 57 ex Cedar Rapids Transit worker and church member. Winifred Kohl 92 longtime private nurse with Clarke College and Mercy nursing roots. Services, burials, and local arrangements listed with funeral home notes and memorial fund or charity requests.
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Valentine E. Roshak
Third Ave
Americana Healthcare Center
Stevens Point
Wis
Cedar Rapids
Benson Optical Service
Aerie
Order of Eagles
Stanley P
Menomonee Falls
Michael S
Milwaukee
Josephine Hassell
Marie Tulka
Dorothy Zmuda
Claire Clegg
Wauwautosa
Lucile Kampscheer
Park Ridge
Stanley P. Roshak
Albert Place
Stewart Funeral Home
Winifred E. Kohl
34Th St. Drive
Mercy
Mary Jane Smith
Lambert Lacy
Oelwein
Memorial services and funerals listed for three individuals
Memorial services set for Hans Christian Ebsen at Baxter Memorial Chapel Marion at 3 p.m. with burial at Forest Home Cemetery Thursday. George H Fox to be buried at St Joseph's Cemetery after a Wednesday St Patrick's Church service and Teahen Funeral Home visitation. Frank A Gronert to have a graveside service at Dunkard Cemetery with Murdoch Funeral Home handling arrangements. A memorial fund for Shriners Hospital is noted.
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Ebsen
Hans Christian
Baxter Memorial Chapel
Marion
Dick Lehmann
Lutheran Church of the Resurrection
Trojan Lodge
Forest Home Cemetery
Forest Park
Ill
Shriners Hospital For Crippled Children
East River Road
Minneapolis
Minn
Dunkard Cemetery
Eugene McDaniel
Murdoch Funeral Home
Center Point
East Iowa Deaths Include Rudd and Dundee Cards
Mary Agnes Rudd 87 died Thursday at Anamosa Community Hospital after a long illness. Survivors include two sisters Mrs. Mike Shoppe Anamosa and Mrs. John Swarbrick Nokomis Ill. Services Saturday at Oakland Cemetery Fort Madison Barr Memorial Chapel in charge. Vern Dundee 385 retired farmer died Saturday at Postville Community Hospital. Survived by brother Kenneth Waukon and sister Ruby Bray Boone IA. Services Today 1 30 p m at Martin Funeral Home Waukon Burial Oakland Cemetery Waukon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Agnes Rudd
Anamosa Community Hospital
Mike Shoppe
Anamosa
John Swarbrick
Nokomis
Oakland Cemetery
Fort Madison
Barr Memorial Chapel
Vern Dundee
Postville Community Hospital
Kenneth
Waukon
Ruby Bray
Boone
Iowa
Martin Funeral Home
Multiple Obituaries From Cedar Rapids and Surrounding Areas
Clarence Buckley 73 retired bowling alley employee dies after long illness at St. Luke’s Cedar Rapids. Survived by sister Mrs Clifford Robertson and brother Roy of Davenport. Services Wednesday 10:30 a.m. at Chapman’s. burial Clarence Cemetery. George Babka 63 farmer dies at Veterans Hospital Iowa City. Survived by wife Joyce son Craig and mother Julia Babka of Belle Plaine. Services 10 a.m. Thursday at Clarence United Methodist Church. burial Cedar Memorial Cedar Rapids. Florence Smith 80 dies at Sunnycrest Dysart. Survives husband Basil, son Melvin, brother Paul Hummel, stepmother and half siblings. Services Wednesday 2 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Dysart. burial Dysart Cemetery. Betty Troutman 49 dies at home. services pending at Overton’s Dysart. Howard E. Shorty Scovel 72 dies at Delaware County Hospital Manchester. retired farmer and groundskeeper. Alva V. Swartzendruber 89 dies at Pleasantview Home Wellman. survived by daughter Ada Mae Yoder Wellman, son Glenn G. Hydro Oklahoma, seven grandchildren, four great‑grandchildren, three brothers and three sisters. Services Wednesday 10 a.m. at Powell’s Wellman. burial Pleasantview Mennonite Cemetery Hydro. Memorial fund established for Pleasantview Home Kalona.
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Europe
Tommy L. Sr
Roger P
Mark A
Cedar Rapids
Anita B. Campbell
Virgie
Hazel Walker
Gulfport
Miss
Calvary Baptist Church
Frank Mercer
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
American Legion
Hanford Post
Turner Chapel
Calvary Baptist Church Memorial Fund
Johnson Ave
Charles Buckley
St. Luke’s Hospital
Clifford Robertson
Roy
Davenport
Chapman’s
Clarence Cemetery
George Babka
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Joyce
Craig
Clarence
Julia Babka
Belle Plaine
Clarence United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Alva V. Swartzendruber
Pleasantview
Ada Mae Yoder
Wellman
Glenn G
Hydro
Okla
Powell’s
Pleasantview Mennonite
Oklo
Pleansantview
Kalona
Joseph V. Schima
Mercy Hospital
Oelwein
Inez
JoAnn Schima
Jo Harrison
Waterloo
Irvin
Leo
Brant-Kern’s
Hazleton Cemetery
Obituary notices from Oelwein and area deaths
Obituaries note J Alton Medberry 81 farmer dies at Good Samaritan Home West Union with survivors include wife Eva and children Lyle Charles Lois Donna. Services set in Elgin and burial at Illyria church cemetery. Additional notices cover Earlville area deaths of Earlville residents and others in Oelwein Waterloo Cedar Rapids Des Moines with services and burial plans pending or announced.
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J. Alton Medberry
Good Samaritan Home
West Union
Eva
Elgin
Lyle of
Charles
Casper
Wyo
Lois Amundson
Clermont
Donna Murphy
Harrisburg
Kenneth of
Mabel Dennler
Memorials and Deaths for Kenneth Norman Winthrop and Elizabeth Fee Arnold
Kenneth Norman Winthrop 74, farmer, died at home. Survived by wife Ruth. Service 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Fawcett's. burial Fairview Cemetery. Elizabeth Fee Arnold 79, Los Angeles, former college faculty, died Sunday at Virginia Gay Annex. Survived by husband Gerald, children, and grandchildren. Services Thursday 2:30 p.m. at Phillips' in Vinton. burial Fort Collins, Colorado. Memorial fund established to Arnold Wittenberg Scholarship Fund through Gamma Phi Beta.
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Kenneth Norman
Ruth
Fawcett’s
Fairview Cemetery
Elizabeth Fee Arnold
Los Angeles
Calif
Virginia Gay Annex
San Jose State
Brookings
S. C
Fort Collins
Colo
Colorado State University
Trinity University
Waxahachie
Tex
Keith Ervin
Vinton
David Caldwell Fee
Elm Grove
Wis
Phillips
Arnold Wittenberg
Gamma Phi Beta
Sir Ralph Richardson Dies at 80 in London Theatre World
Sir Ralph Richardson, a dominant figure alongside Olivier and Gielgud, dies at 80 after a six decade career spanning Shakespearean stage work and film. He withdrew from Inner Voices due to illness and his passing prompts tributes from Gielgud Heston and peers.
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Sir Ralph Richardson
London
Ralph Richardson
Laurence Olivier
John Gielgud
Britain
King Edward VII Hospital
Richardson
Nottingham
Laurence Evans
Shakespeare
Gielgud
Olivier
France
Evans
Nicholas Wapshott
Times of London
Sir Ralph
St. Nicholas Players
Brighton
Lorenzo
The
Old Vic
Peer Gynt
Richard Ivi
Vanya
Hollywood
Safe Halloween Pumpkin Lighting Tip
A carved pumpkin can glow safely using a small flashlight. Cut a bottom hole just deep enough for the light, improving safety and extending the glow longer than a candle.
Alabama Tops Entertainer At 17th CMA Awards
The country rock group Alabama won entertainer of the year for the second straight year and shared top album honors. Lee Greenwood and Janie Fricke won best male and female vocalist, while John Anderson took single of the year for Swingin. Ricky Skaggs Band named instrumental group, Chet Atkins instrumentalist of the year. Selections decided by CMA members at the Grand Ole Opry House.
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Nashville, Tenn
Alabama
Fort Payne
Ala
Lee Greenwood
Janie Fricke
Grand Ole Opry House
John Anderson
Births and marriages in the Des Moines area
Birth notices list new arrivals for Mercy Oct. 10 and Oct. 9 in several families including LeHew Brokens Knee Cooling Vavrick Mellrath. Des Moines area births note a Mellrath infant. marriages include Seiler Merta Thirnbeck Riley Daniels Hewitt Petersen Zeilstra and others from Cedar Rapids Central City Watkins Almeada. Also listed are local service calls and a few notices.
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Merta
Gregory J. Thirnbeck
Lisa A. Riley
Richard L. Daniels
Tonya L. Hewitt
Cedar Rapids
James J. Vanis
Glenda M. Taylor
Central City
Dale R. Frese
Watkins
Colleen A. Boland
Nixon consulted Congress before selecting Agnew successor
Ten years after Spiro Agnew's resignation, President Nixon sought counsel from Congress before naming a successor to the vice presidency. The move reflected careful political maneuvering as the administration navigated succession questions.
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Richard Nixon
Congress
Spiro Agnew
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METRO
Jeanne Ruth Bowdish
Sixth Ave
Miss Bowdish
Marion High School
Iowa State University
U.S. Army
U.S
Germany
Panama Canal Zone
Nellie Bowdish
Nick Longworth
First United Methodist Church
Wilcox Cemetery
Viola
Barbara Zavodsky
Eighth Ave
Johnson County
Charles Zavodsky
Marengo
Leola A
Chauncey
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Camp Courageous
P.O. Box
Monticello
Floyd E. Campbell
Eighth St
Chattanooga
Tenn
Laverne Braden
Aberdeen
Cedar Rapids Transit Co
Assembly Department
Johnson Gas Appliance Co
United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
Linn County
Izaak Walton League
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Paul Otting
Holy Cross Cemetery
Daughters of Isabella and
St. Martha’s Circle
Castalia
Dysart
Florence Smith
Sunnycrest Care Center
Basil
Melvin
Paul Hummel
Wessaco
Texas
Dysart Cemetery
Overton's
Betty Troutman
Earlville
Howard E. “Shorty” Scovel
Delaware County Hospital
Manchester
Ethel E
James R
Dubuque
Clifton’s
Illyria Community Church
Church
Muehlethaler
Elizabeth M. Warner
Allen Memorial Hospital
Veterans Administration Center
Des Moines
Kathleen Crahan
Arthur O’leary
San Diego
John O’leary
Harlingen
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Oak Cliff Cemetery
Dallas
Brant-Kern
Shellsburg
Bernard
Mac) Mcllrath
Winthrop
Winton
Charlton Heston
Lord Olivier
Sir Michael Redgrave
Sir John Mills
New York
Mercutio
Muriel
Muriel Forbes-Robertson
Dr. Zhivago
David Copperfield
No Man’s Land
Peter Plouvier
Actors’ Union Equity
Willie Nelson
Ricky Skaggs
Merle Haggard
Barbara Mandrell
Miss Mandrell
Anderson
Horizon
Johnny Christopher
Mark James
Wayne Thompson
Nelson
Anne Murray
Haggard
Pancho
Lefty
Little Jimmy Dickens
Country Music Hall of Fame
CMA
Geraldine
Kenneth LeHew
Harriet Ave
St. Luke’s
Lucinda
Gary Brokens
Scotch Grove
Mary
Carl Knee
Grand Ave
Susan
Mark Cooling
Victor
Jacelyn Richard
Williams Blvd
Molly
Elmer Vavricek
M Ave
Karla
Paul J. Mellrath
Paul N
Millie Mellrath
48Th St. NE
Allan R. Seiler and
Connie S
Lorrie Sue
Robert Paul Petersen
Melinda Sue
David Lee Zeilstra
Mary L
William Edward Lee
Almeada
Peter
Michael Pash
Linda K
Ronald D. Abernathey
Dorothy Jean
Anne Joel Vine
H Ave
Broderick Drive
John E. Lopes
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