Obituary notices for Oppenheimer Gruca and others in Cedar Rapids area
Deaths include Edwin A. Oppenheimer 83 Liberty Missouri longtime Penick and Ford master mechanic and Cedar Rapids connections with church and Masonic affiliations. Also listed are Jim Gruca homicide death in Los Angeles and several funeral notices for Jeanne Bowdish Floyd Campbell Winifred Kohl with service times and burial info in Cedar Rapids area.
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Edwin A. Oppenheimer
Liberty
Cedar Rapids
Fort Madison
Iowa
Lillian N. Dain
Penick and Ford
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
el Kahir Shrine
Shriners Hospital For Crippled Children
East River Road
Minneapolis
Minn
East Iowa Obituaries Record Multiple Local Deaths
A consolidated East Iowa death notice lists Donald Vandivier 68 of Belle Plaine died in Montana with services pending at Hrabak's. Betty Troutman 49 of Ames died after ill health with services at Zion Lutheran Church and burial at Dysart Cemetery. Charles F. Anciaux 91 died in Solon Care Center with services pending. Herbert L. Hartzler 87 of Sharon Center died at Pleasantview Home with multiple survivors and church services. Edna A. Clemen 77 of Manchester died at Manchester hospital with funeral details and wake arrangements noted.
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Donald Vandivier
Belle Plaine
Great Falls
Mont
Hrabak’s
Betty Troutman
Gary Troutman
Mark
Ames
Beth
Iowa City
Juli
Joe McClure
Alta Vista
Kan
Hal McClure
Shawnee Mission
Paulie Hagedorn
Barnes
Karolyn Leary
Washington
Iowa
Zion Lutheran Church
Dysart Cemetery
Overton's
Charles F. Anciaux
Seventh Ave
Solon Care Center
George L. Gay’s
Herbert L. Hartzler
Sharon Center
Pleasantview
Emma
Ronald
Vernon
Eugene
Kalona
Herbert J
Lawrence
Fairfax
Robert
Eagle River
Alaska
Marietta Yoder
Judith Weise
Colorado Springs
Colo
Ruth Southwick
Aurora
Ill
Wilma Hawkins
Torrance
Calif
Sharon Center United Methodist Church
Peterseim’s
Edna A. Clemen
Manchester Hospital
Robert H
Masonville
Richard A
Charles F
Kenneth J
Manchester
Mary C. Helmrichs
Margaret J. Palmer
Mancester
Dorothy Helmrich
Bernadette Fessler
Earlville
Theresa Pape
Darlene Kafer
Edgewood
Frances Clemen
Farley
Dorothy Voulett
Texas
Clara Tins
Cedar Rapids
Viola Smith
Dyersville
Mildred Pettit
St. Cloud
Minn
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Shelly's
Funeral Home
Obituaries: Violet Schott and Morris Fay Die in Iowa
Violet G. Schott aged 83 dies at Prairie du Chien Memorial Hospital. Survivors include three sons, a daughter, siblings, and nine grandchildren. funeral 2 p.m. Thursday at Thornburg's McGregor with burial at Pleasant Grove. Morris R. Fay, 79, dies in Independence after a brief illness. services 1:30 p.m. Friday at Murdoch's Center Point with burial at Troy Mills Cemetery. memorial fund established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet G. Schott
Prairie du Chien Memorial Hospital
William
Grand Marsh
Wis
Charles
Minneapolis
Donald
Savanna, Ill
Lorraine Walters
McGregor
John Goltz
Monona
Leona Helmer
Janesville
Anna Royston
Ethan, S.D
Mary Tapper
Waterloo
Winnifred Lawton
Madison
Thornburg’s
Eastern Star
Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Morris R. Fay
Vinton
East Towne Manor
Independence
Vinton Food Co
Luella Sloan
Newton
Clarissa Trammel
Fulton
John
Quasqueton
Sherman
Texas
Vernon
Hiawatha
Doris Thompson
Turlock
Calif
Murdoch’s
Center Point
Troy Mills
Emergency crews ill prepared for nuclear waste spills
Environmental Policy Institute warns most emergency responders lack nuclear waste spill training. Fred Millar says 80 percent of crews are volunteers with limited training. Shipment plan includes 114 truckloads from western New York through Ohio Illinois to Wisconsin and 30 rail moves from Nebraska across Iowa Illinois over six years amid a de facto moratorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Midwest
Fred Millar
Environmental Policy Institute
New York
Ohio
Illinois
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Iowa
Hubcap chase ends in wreck on Milwaukee Road tracks
Steven Twitty, 18, parked to retrieve a hubcap on Highway 67 north of LeClaire. He failed to notice a private road crossing the Milwaukee Road tracks and his 1974 Chevrolet Nova was struck by a train, destroying the car but causing no injuries. The engineer warned him it was a bad place to park.
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Twitty
Vinton Man Charged With Insurance Fraud
A 44 year old Vinton man James A Schmuecker was arrested at his home and charged with first degree fraudulent practice after fabricating a theft report on November 28 1982 claiming a pickup and other property valued over 14000 were stolen. He is jailed in Benton County on 10000 bond awaiting magistrate appearance.
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Vinton
James A. Schmuecker
Benton County
Schmuecker
Burma Kills Suspected Korean Bomber in Rangoon
Burma police killed one suspect and captured another among three Koreans said to be tied to a bombing at a Rangoon memorial that killed four Burmese and 16 South Korean officials. A third fled into the jungle as police chased a grenade attack on officers. Unverified reports suggested North Korean involvement.
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Rangoon
Burma
State Radio
North Korea
South Korea
Chun Doo-hwan
Chun
Pasundaung Creek
Thakhutwa
U.S. Defense Department
Vinson
Pentagon
Benjamin Welles
U.S
Wyoming man to face hearing in wife murder case
Jerry Lee Emerson of Wyoming is scheduled for a preliminary hearing in Jones County District Court on first degree murder charges in the Sept. 22 stabbing death of his wife Linda Krutzfield Emerson. Emerson, 30, held on a $1 million bond after gunshot self infliction. autopsy cites abdomen stab wound. Prosecutors say he shot himself after the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones-Cedar Bureau
Anamosa
Jones County
Jerry Lee Emerson
Wyoming
Emerson
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Linda Krutz
Supreme Court declines review in AT&T antitrust case
The Supreme Court refused to reinstate a $1.8 billion AT&T judgment while upholding findings that AT&T violated federal antitrust law by seeking to monopolize the long distance market, harming MCI. Iowans for Tax Relief faces disclosure orders for 1980 contributions and expenditures, prompting debate over privacy and campaign finance rules. The case leaves unresolved the broader issue of private associations’ rights to organize and influence ballot questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
At&t
MCI Communications Corp
Iowa Campaign Finance Disclosure Commission
Iowa Supreme Court
U.S
David Stanley
Muscatine
Iowans For Tax Relief
Stanley
Congress
Tom Riley
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Former Coggan resident killed in Los Angeles homicide
The body of 34 year old Jim Gruca, formerly of Coggan and now of LaVerne California, was found after firefighters responded to a room fire at the El Dorado Hotel in Skid Row. Gruca died from a stab wound and the death is ruled a homicide. police say the fire was set deliberately with no suspects yet.
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Jim Gruca
LaVerne
Calif
Coggan
Los Angeles
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
el Dorado Hotel
Skid Row
Gruca
Plastic window wraps risk in older homes says expert
Ames report notes plastic sheets used for window insulation can reduce air leaks and save on bills but trap moisture cause peeling paint wet insulation stained walls and wood decay. Experts advise caulk weather stripping and storm windows for safer insulation.
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Ames
Dean Prestemon
Iowa State University
Prestemon
Brazil Secures Formal Independence From Portugal in 1822
In 1822 Brazil won formal independence from Portugal, establishing its status as a sovereign nation after a struggle for autonomy and recognition.
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Brazil
Portugal
Vital Statistics Highlights Local Births and Observations
A sequence of birth notices from Oct 10 to Oct 11 lists Deborah and Michael Geralds in Marion with a daughter, Kerri Westen in Cedar Rapids with a son, Jerri Boots in Shellsburg with a son, and several other births across Gainesville, Downey, and Mesa with various parents and grandparents named. Additional entries note ongoing investigations on local railroad tracks, address 1232 Third Ave SE, and multiple emergency responses and incidents including medical emergencies and alarms in Cedar Rapids and surroundings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deborah
Michael Geralds
10Th Ave
Marion
Kerri
Jerry Westen
Cedar Rapids
Jerri Boots
Kevin Boots
Shellsburg
Cynthia
Kenneth Volz
38Th St. SE
Rene
Stephen Ridge
Candlewick Drive
Tracie
Terry Morgan
Center Point
Soon Hee Chang
Bever Ave
Gainesville
Joan
Allen Millen
Richard Millen
Meadowbrook Drive
Robert Franzenburg
Keystone
Downey
Calif
Howard
Dana Johnson
Marian Johnson
Ravenwood Terrace
Mesa
Ariz
Richard
JoAnne McGrath
Gerald
Mary McGrath
Kerry Lane
North Western Railroad
Third Ave
Third Street
16Th Avenue
15Th St
Edgewood Road
20Th St
Interstate 380
A Avenue
Eighth Street
Kirkwood Blvd
Regent St
Second Ave
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METRO
North Linn High School
Loras College
Roosevelt University
Chicago
Cook County
Loddy Gruca
Mary Jo Byer
Michael
Ankeny
Chris
Manly
Marty
St. Patrick’s Church
Monti
Bowdish
Jeanne Ruth
Murdoch Funeral Home
Nick Longworth
First United Methodist Church
Wilcox
Viola
Campbell
Floyd E
Calvary Baptist Church
Frank Mercer
Cedar Memorial Park
American Legion Hanford Post
Turner Chapel
Calvary Baptist Church Memorial Fund
Johnson Ave
Kohl
Winifred E
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Paul Otting
Holy Cross Cemetery
Stewart Funeral Home
Dysart
Marquette
Toledo
Nicholas J. Vale
Henderson's
Millar
Institute
Martyr's Mausoleum
Seoul
Welles
Field Emerson
Johnson County
C.J. Matthiessen
Monticello
Robert Shimanek
St. Luke’s
Ronald P. Colwell
Michel Thomas
David E. Bergmann
Dolly S. Nielsen
Terry Lewenson
Lisa E. Stahle
Emil J. Pnovsky
Pauline M. Easter
Daniel T. Dolan
Marilyn L. Jandik
Robert A. Fish
Amy M. Larson
James M. Roth
Debby A. Gagliardi
Palo
Clark A. Peterson
Danette K. Proctor
Mount Vernon
Pamela Sue
Mark Kenneth Greenwald
Helen Frances
John Robert Hutchinson
Nola B
Bruce Bucknell
Virginia L
Roger A. Rynearson
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
Pierson’s Flowershop and Greenhouse, Inc
Ellis Boulevard
East 395
Center Pt. Rd
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