Deaths in Linn County and nearby areas
Obituary notices report the deaths of Georgia J. Colbert 89 of Mount St. Joseph's Care Center Portland Oregon formerly Cedar Rapids with services at St Wenceslaus Church and burial at St Johns Cemetery Opal M Pardubsky 89 Cedar Rapids died at St Luke's Hospital with service at Turner Chapel West and burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery William Wendl Klepach 92 died at Heritage Acres Care Center with service at Brush Chapel and burial at Czech National Cemetery Obituaries note survivors including spouses children and grandchildren and list church affiliations and former occupations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia J. Colbert
Mount St. Joseph’s Care Center
Portland
Ore
Cedar Rapids
St. Wenceslaus Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Kuba Funeral Home
Anne Pearson
William
Downers Grove
James B. Colbert
Omaha
Joseph
Olive Prochaska Ceynar
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Rosary Society
Christian Mothers
Legion of Mary
Soroptimists Club
Linn County Association For Retarded Citizens
Center For Retarded Children
Linn County Association For
Boy Scout
Catholic Boy Scout
St. George
Colbert Place
Association For Retarded Citizens
North-Central Region
Cedar Rapids Education Association
Karen
Lumir Ceynar
Harry Koelker
Opal M. Pardubsky
Westwood Dr
St. Luke’s Hospital
Turner Chapel West
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Ora Lake
Opal
Thornburg
Dannie L
Ella B. VanWinkle
William Wendl Klepach
Heritage Acres Care Center
Brush Chapel
Czech National Cemetery
Jean Zazza
Yonkers
N.Y
Frances Janko
Freeport, Ill
Klepach
Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church
George Bishop
Schaeffer Dr
Arrangements Pending for Barbara Colberg 88
Barbara Colberg 88 of 1221 15th St SE died Saturday at Mercy Medical Center after a short illness. Arrangements are pending at Teahen Funeral Home. Obituary notices and death notices may be submitted to The Gazette with guidance and fee details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Colberg
15Th St. SE
Mercy Medical Center
Teahen Funeral Home
the Gazette
Local deaths reported across eastern Iowa
Robert J. Bowman 62 died after a long illness in Washington County Hospital. Malinda M. Thompson 81 of Andrew died in Maquoketa. services in Andrew. Catherine M. Jepson 92 died in Winton. graveside in Belle Plaine. Esther E. Hackett 80 died in Oelwein. memorial services in town. James R. Pollard 20 died in a one car accident near Kalona with services in Kalona and burial at Sharon Hills. Survivors listed for several cases.
Dunning and Lundt Victims in Iowa Death Notices
Martha M. Dunning, 69, died after a long illness in Cedar Rapids. Services Tuesday at St. Michael's Belle Plaine. burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include four sons and four daughters with extended family. Donald G. Lundt, 66, died at home. services Tuesday at St. Peter's Oran. burial nearby. Mabel F. Barr, 85, died in Delaware County Hospital. arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther E. Hackett
Aase Haugen
First United Methodist Church
Woodlawn
Oelwein
Fjelstul Funeral Home
Mary Stevenson
Decorah
Marianne Thomas
Cedar Falls
Marge Hackett
Glendale
Ariz
Nancy Campbell
Laurel
Ray
Belleville
N.J
Mack
Guttenberg
Bob
San Jose
Calif
Bernard Thomas
Arlington
Martha M. Dunning
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
Belle Plaine
Oak Hill Cemetery
Hrabak
Norman
Darnell
Dwayne
David
Chelsea
Delane Kalina
Vinton
Joann Chapman
Knoxville
Kathryn Dunning
Hazleton
Debra Ellis
Des Moines
Leander Kubu
George Kubu
Ladora
Helen Upah
Toledo
Adeline Upah
Anna Kubu
Mabel F. Barr
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Shelly Funeral Home
Obituaries and funeral notices from local Iowa towns
Montezuma Wyvenne Freeborn 87 died Sunday in the Senior Home with arrangements pending at Watts Funeral Home. Harold Taylor 73 died Sunday in Grinnell General Hospital with arrangements pending at Watts Funeral Home. Joseph A. Ciesielski 86 died Sunday morning at Covenant Medical Center Waterloo after a long illness. services at 10 30 a.m. Wednesday at St John s Independence, burial at St Athanasius Jesup. Knights of Columbus rosary at Reiff Funeral Home 7 30 p.m. tonight and Rosary Society rosary at 3 p.m. Friends may call after 7 p.m. today. Hulda Stephens 90 died at Hillcrest Home Sunday morning. services 10 30 a.m. Wednesday at St Paul s Lutheran Church, burial at church cemetery. friends may call after 2 p.m. Tuesday at Becker Milnes Funeral Home and one hour before services.
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Malinda M. Thompson
Andrew
Jackson County
Maquoketa
Salem Lutheran
Donald G. Lundt
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Oran
St. Peter’s Cemetery
Woods Funeral Home
Daphine
Daniel
Rural Fairbank
Diane Johnson
Dawn Lundt
Waterloo
David
Hampton, Va
Delores Engelhagrdt
Oelwein
Megan
Matthew
Tim Johnson
Wyvenne Freeborn
Watts Funeral Home
Harold Taylor
Grinnell General Hospital
Joseph A. Ciesielski
Covenant
Hulda Stephens
Hillcrest Home
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Church Cemetery
Becker- Milnes Funeral Home
Former New Zealand PM to speak on The Earth Summit at Iowa
Sir Geoffrey Palmer will lecture on The Earth Summit What Went Wrong at Rio at 7 to 9 p.m. in Boyd Law Building Room 245 on the University of Iowa campus. Palmer, a former prime minister and visiting law professor, is a renowned environmental activist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Geoffrey Palmer
New Zealand
University of Iowa Law School
Rio
Boyd Law Building
U of I
Sumner Restores Daily Whistle Blasts After Public Push
Sumner voters approved restoring the downtown whistle schedule after two months without noon and 1 p m blasts. Council member Gordon Davis called the move meaningful as business owners and residents supported the tradition. Antiques shop owner Lyle Jurgensen criticized the noise, but Todd s Automotive advocate Fred Heller supported the return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
Lyle Jurgensen
Jurgensen
Gordon Davis
Fred Heller
Todd
Two Die in Eastern Iowa Traffic Crashes
Gazette staff report two people died in separate early Sunday crashes in Eastern Iowa. Eunice P. McDowell 57 of Wheaton Illinois lost control on Interstate 80 in Johnson County. her van rolled in the median ejecting the driver and she was not belted. James Roy Pollard 20 of Kalona died after leaving Highway 22 near Riverside striking the 218 overpass. he was pronounced dead at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Roy Pollard
Kalona
Riverside
Washington County
Pollard
Iowa lottery jackpots roll over with multiple winners
Des Moines reports no winner for the 29.5 million Powerball or the 1.4 million Iowa Lotto. The midweek Powerball is estimated at 40 million and the Wednesday Lotto at 1.5 million. Eleven players matched five numbers with no Powerball. Draws: Iowa Lotto 1 4 6 8 19 24. Cash Game 12 15 21 24 33. Powerball 3 8 23 26 35 with Powerball 34. wild card nine of hearts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Judge frees Covin Chubb from penalty in Iowa workers' comp case
In Polk County District Court Judge Donna Paulsen reversed an April 1991 decision and dismissed the penalty against Covia and Chubb Group Insurance for withholding workers compensation from Frederick Robinson Jr. whose wife Diana Patricia Robinson died in the July 1989 Sioux City Flight 232 crash. Robinson plans an appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Covin and Chubb Group
Iowa
Colorado
Polk County District
Donna Paulsen
Frederick Robinson Jr
Denver
Robinson
Diana Patricia Robinson
Covia
United Airlines
Sioux City
Paulsen
Diana Robinson
Covin
Barry Moranville
West Des Moines
People's Law School Offer Aims to Raise Iowa Awareness
Lawyers sponsor free sessions in Des Moines and Council Bluffs on October and November, with a Cedar Rapids session on November 7. Local judges cover landlord tenant issues, small claims court, rights when arrested, and drunk driving laws.
Vital Statistics at Mercy and St Luke's
Mercy births list include Becky and Gary Klein a daughter Oct 9 Rene and Brian Edwards a son Oct 9 Angie and Tim Wallander a daughter Oct 11 Deanna Dziewa nowski a son Oct 11 Anita and Kev in Garin a daughter and others. St Luke's records show Holly and Tim Discher a son Oct 10 Cynthia and Shane Glenn a son Oct 10 Cindy and Brian Kimm a son Oct 10 Sharon Chambers a son Oct 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becky
Gary Klein
A Ave. NW
Deanna Dziewanowski
Southview Dr
Apt. E. Marion
Angie
Tim Wallander
Anamosa
Rene
Brian Edwards
21St St. NE
Anita
Kevin Garin
Burch Ave. NW
ST. Luke's
Holly
Tim Discher
Glass Rd
Apt
Cynthia
Shane Glenn
Summer Circle
Cindy
Brian Kimm
Blairstown
Also Mentioned on This Page
Linn County
Ainsworth
Robert J. Bowman
Washington County Hospital
Jones Funeral Home
Washington
Catherine M. Jepson
Virginia Gay Annex
Winton
Russell-Overton Funeral Home
Lorraine
Joyce Ciesielski
Waverly
Tom
Leo
Independence
Robert
Jesup
Clarence
Kenosha
Wis
James R. Pollard
Route 4
Peterseim Chapel
Sharon Hills
Martha Chalupa
Ogden
Utah
Johnny Pollard
Stidham
Okla
Lee Ann Pollard
John
Keystone
Fairbank
Manchester
Montezuma
The
Law School
Environmental Law Society
Verne Knecht
Seminole Valley Farm
Knecht
Lawyers Offer People’s School
Sharon Chambers
Mount Vernon Rd
Illinois Lottery
Cedar Memorial Wetweeniatay
Moon
Cedar Memorial Park
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