Deaths in Marion area list long obituary notices
Obituaries and funeral details for Chester Freeman Virginia Armstrong Alice Christy Albert Schilling and others listed by town and church. Services set in Marion Cedar Rapids Ames Charles City and surrounding areas with military and family notes and burial plans included.
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Clifford L. Freeman
Alexandria
Richard L. Craig
Des Moines
Darlene Long
Nancy Thatcher
Clear Lake
Vera Price
Marion
Valley View Baptist Church
David L. Warren
Hanford Post - American Legion
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Bus Driver Walkout Tied to Bereavement Pay Dispute
Regional Transit Corp. bus drivers walked out for about ten minutes after union officials said bereavement pay owed to Tom Vizal, following his mother's death, was the issue. Union President John Riley cited time off and pay as the disputed matter and said the grievance was presented but not acted on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regional Transit Corp
Tom Vizal
Amalgamated Transit Workers Union
John Riley
Riley
Vizal
RTA
Ray Bagley
Elvis Heart Fund Bake Sale in Lindale Plaza Oct 22
The Elvis Presley Memorial Heart Fund Bake Sale runs October 22 from 10 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. at Killian's Department Store Lindale Plaza. All proceeds go to the Iowa Heart Association. A sound equipment valued at 660 dollars was stolen in a break in at Gordon J. Paulsen's residence 1646 34th St NE, police said Saturday.
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Heart Fund
Elvis Presley
Killian’s
Lindale Plaza
Iowa Heart Association
Ona A
Gordon J. Paulsen
34Th St. NE
Cedar Rapids Gazette Ad Rates and Address Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists its establishment in 1883 and postal address at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406. Subscription options include carrier weekly $1.15 and mail rates for multiple issues and regions. The paper notes exclusive use of local news by the Associated Press.
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The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Gazette
Associated Press
Safelifters Strike Hill Top DX in Iowa City
Three suspects robbed the Hill Top DX service station in the 1200 block of Dodge Street near I 80 at about 8 20 p m Saturday. Two attendants were forced to surrender the safe by two men and a woman who fled north on Highway 1. No value was given for the safe's contents.
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Iowa City
Dodge Street
Highway 1
Lost boy found after short search near corn field
Three year old Shane Wedlund wandered from his aunt's home toward a 60 acre corn field. His hood strings snagged him on barbed wire for about three hours before John Clark, the landlord, freed him. Linn deputies aided in the rescue.
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Martelle
Shane Wedlund
Here
Shane
Vickie Krell
Jones County Sheriffs Office
Weather and births reported in Cedar Rapids Gazette item
High Saturday 41 with no precipitation. Oct totals show 0.32 inches since Oct 1 and 31.43 for 1977. Extended forecast fair then cooler with highs in 50s midweek, 60s Thursday. Birth announcements list a daughter for Kevin and Ries family and a son for Wil liam and Lighthall family.
Fired clerk leaves Linn County Clerk post early
George Tresnak, First Deputy Linn County Clerk, resigns after a vacation cut two weeks early at Clerk Ken Perry's request. Tresnak had planned to work through Thursday but was told Saturday that his termination would take effect sooner.
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George Tresnak
Linn
Tresnak
Ken Perry
Ken
Eight charged with drunken driving in weekend incidents
Eight persons faced drunken driving charges Friday and Saturday. Jessie Earl Wright, 37, was arrested after a crash on the 16th Avenue Bridge at 7:25 p.m. Friday and charged with failure to control. Robert V. Short, 24, was nabbed at 1:40 a.m. Saturday on Sixth Street SW and charged with reckless driving. Others listed include Ralph Edwards, Helen James, Neil Schulte, Wayne Butz, Steven Ramey, and Melvin Houser, with additional charges such as suspended licenses, speeding, or striking unattended vehicles.
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Jessie Earl Wright
Seventh Ave
16Th Avenue Bridge
Wright
Robert V. Short
16Th St
Sixth Street
Ralph L. Edwards
A Ave. NW
Willman
Ninth Avenue
Hiawatha
Helen F. James
Hamilton St
Mount Vernon Road
Rosedale Road
Neil A. Schulte
Amana
Melvin Lloyd Houser
Route 1
Marion
Hijack crisis at Dubai airport enters second day
A hijacked jet sits under guard with 12 soldiers on the Dubai airport perimeter. Captain Shahid Mahmoud leads the hijack while Arab Sheik Mohammed Bin Rashid al Makhtoum works with psychologists to negotiate for the release of 31 women seven children and sick aboard.
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Dubai
Shahid Mahmoud
Sheik Mohammed bin
Mahmoud
New Orleans Strike Expands Amid Grain Market Fears
The general strike in New Orleans widens despite ILA leaders' wishes focusing on container ships. Oct 1 start, Oct 8 vote to continue. Carter undecided on Taft Hartley cooling off. European buyers seek grain elsewhere, raising concerns over U.S. grain trade and contract cancellations in Iowa elevators.
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mid-America
New Orleans
ILA
Carter
White House
Brazil
India
U.S
Iowa
Colton Declines Protective Association Meeting Attendance
Colton plans a news release for media. he had not challenged the protective association or commented on its statements. He skipped a Thursday meeting to hear safety commissioner candidate remarks, citing past conflicts and a hostile press release. He said some association members abuse him though most are gentlemen.
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Colton
The
Protective Association
Three arrested on drug charges after traffic stop
Police stopped a car in the 500 block of 40th Street NE Friday night and charged Bert Slaymaker Jr. and a 17 year old Marion youth with possession of a controlled substance after a small amount believed to be marijuana was found. Brian Scott Shean was charged Saturday night with forgery and breaking and entering in a Cedar Rapids case.
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40Th Street
Bert Slaymaker Jr
Lennox Ave
Marion
Brian Scott Shean
Pine Ave
Cedar Rapids
Shean
David van de Roovaart
Blake Blvd
Linn County
Manhurt in auto accident near Eighth Street
Douglas W. Lagerquist, 20, of 2121 10th Ave SW, was in good condition at Mercy hospital after a one car crash on Third Ave SW near Eighth St. He was eastbound at high speed at 5 37 p m when his car toppled at a railroad crossing, hit three parked cars, and ended on its top 480 feet away. Lagerquist was extricated and charged with reckless driving. Damages totaled about 3 500 to his car and 1 000 to each parked vehicle.
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Douglas W. Lagerquist
10Th Ave
Mercy Hospital
Third Avenue
Eighth Street
Laerquist
Lagerquist
Workers Launch Drive for Cedar Rapids Community Chest
Thirty years ago workers opened the campaign seeking 178000 dollars to support the Cedar Rapids Community Chest and its charitable programs.
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Cedar Rapids
Birth of Eugene O Neill on this date in 1888
On this date the American playwright Eugene O Neill was born in 1888. The notable writer would become a towering figure in 20th century drama. He produced enduring works that examined family conflict and human psychology.
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Eugene O’neill
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Chester Veil Freeman
30Th St. SE
Olin
Virginia Gilmore
Milwaukee Railroad
Crescent Masonic Lodge
Nellie M. Armstrong
Springville
Cliff Armstrong
Marion Creamery
Roxanna Blood
Guthrie Center
Thomas Frances Taylor
Alburnett
Lynn Batchelder
Phoenix
Marvin Batchelder
Clearfield
Utah
Alice G. Christy
Memorial Drive
L. Herbert Christy
Newhall
Ames
Bethesda Lutheran Church
Larry
Robert Jensen
Rochester
Minn
Fred Moeller
Howard Stein
Harry Wendel
Atkins
Casper
Milford Risdal
Blaine Risdal
Blairstown
Glen Risdal
Albuquerque
Adams Funeral Home
Turner’s East
Albert Martin Schilling
S. 14Th St
Floyd County
Irene Junge
Charles City
American Legion
France
Norbert
Mary Jane) Schrage
Dorothy Schilling
Leavenworth
Kan
Hauser Funeral
Jay Miller
First Presbyterian Church of
Sunnyside Memory Gardens
Johnson
Sven
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Carl H. Berhenke
First Lutheran Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Filip
Mary Doty
Turner
John P. Woods
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Farley
Thomas Elizabeth Seibold
St. Joseph’s Church
Independence
Darlene) Althaus
St. John’s Catholic Church
White’s. Elkader
Elmer G. Freitag
Peace United Church of Christ
Waukon
F. Joseph O’reagan
San Francisco
Immaculate Conception Church
Wexford
Visitation
Frank
Margaret) Drew
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
West Ridge Cemetery
Hanson’s
Brooklyn
Lyle Reynolds
IOOF
Nevenhoven's
Eldo Stingley
Marshall, Minn
A Republic
Safelifters
St. Luke's
Kevin M. Ries
Ryan
Timothy Wilson
E Ave. NW
Mercy
William Lighthall
First Ave
Second St
16Th Avenue
Edgewood Road
32Nd Street
Johnson Avenue
18Th St. SE
C.R. Weather
General
Sun
Rashid al Makhtoum
Persian Gulf
Flemming Silving
European Feed Manufacturers Association
Novak Monument CO
14Th Ave
Stewart Funeral Home
First Ave. N.E
William J. Stewart
James F. Stewart
John E. Lopes
3Rd Ave
Sovereign
Charles, Henrietta & Charles, Jr
Pocobradsky
MT. Vernon RD
S.E
Samoa
Kell
Designs By
Fredt
NTA
Beatty-Bearle-Murdoch Funeral Home
Murdoch Funeral Home
Lowa
Teahen Funeral Home
John B. Turner & Son
Roland-Wilbert Vault Co
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