Betty Cherry 75 East Post Road SE death in 1995
Betty Cherry of East Post Road SE died Friday 1995 after a short illness at Mercy Medical Center. Funeral services set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Turner Chapel East with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include husband Howard H. Cherry Jr a son Howard H. III a daughter Jane Berger and two more sons. Betty born August 7 1920 in Perry Iowa attended Drake University and was active in Mount Mercy College and several local groups. Memorials to Mercy Medical Foundation or YWCA.
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Betty
Drake University
Howard H. Cherry Jr
Des Moines
Mount Mercy College
Tanager Place
Ladies Literary Club
PEO
American Cancer Board
First Presbyterian Church
Junior League of
Cedar Rapids
YWCA
Childrens’ Home of
Public Health Nursing Association
Mercy Medical Foundation
10Th St. SE
c/o
Madge Phillips Foundation
Fifth St. SE
Obituary of John B. Gosen 82 Dyersville area native
John B. Gosen 82 formerly of Luxemburg died October 15 1995 after a long illness in Guttenberg Care Center Guttenberg. Services planned 10 30 a m Wednesday at St Francis Xavier Basilica Dyersville burial Holy Trinity Cemetery Luxemburg. Friends may call after 2 p m Tuesday at Kramer Funeral Home Dyersville with a parish Scripture service at 7 p m. Survivors include two daughters Mary Gosen and Theresa Clemen both of Dyersville a son John of Dyersville and two sisters Emma Friedmann Manchester and Frances Gosen Guttenberg Care Center.
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Luxemburg
Guttenberg
St. Francis Xavier Basilica
Dyersville
Holy Trinity Cemetery
Kramer Funeral Home
Mary Gosen
Theresa Clemen
John
Emma Friedmann
Manchester
Frances Gosen
Guttenberg Care Center
Grinnell residents Grinnell L Ecker dies at 66
Grinnell L Ecker 66 of rural Grinnell died Oct 15 1995 at home from cancer. Services at 1 30 p m Wednesday Smith Funeral Home with the family present Tuesday 6 30 to 8 p m Burial Hazelwood Cemetery. Survived by husband Karl two daughters Penny Milburn Johnston and Vicky Paulson Grinnell and brother Keith Kline Ames. Myrtle Osborn 80 also died Oct 15 1995 in Mercy Medical Center Des Moines of congestive heart failure.
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L. Ecker
Grinnell
Smith Funeral Home
Hazelwood Cemetery
Karl
Penny Milburn
Johnston
Vicky Paulson
Keith Kline
Ames
Myrtle Osborn
Mercy
Ratchford Jr. Franks Dies at 63 in Independence
Frank T. Ratchford Jr. 63 died Oct 15 at home in Independence after an apparent heart attack. Visitation 7 p.m. tonight at White Funeral Home with a military service at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Services Wed 11 a.m. at Hope Wesleyan Church. Burial Mount Hope Cemetery. Survived by wife Vera. five daughters Barbara Hodgman Joan Cotton Rhonda Takes Mary Ratchford Jackie Hogan. son Michael. brothers Lloyd Norman. stepbrother Leonard Easter. sisters Betty Adamson Rita Bright Gloria Loughren Betsy Stoner.
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Frank T. Ratchford Jr
Hope Wesleyan Church
Mount Hope Cemetery
Independence
White Funeral Home
Vera
Barbara Hodgman
Joan Cotton
Rhonda Takes
Mary Ratchford
Cedar Rapids
Jackie Hogan
Michael
Lloyd
Jesup
Norman
Leonard Easter
Betty Adamson
Dewar
Rita Bright
Cedar Falls
Gloria Loughren
Walker
Betsy Stoner
Two Iowa City women mourned in death notices
Gloria Denison 66 of 514 N Dodge St died Oct 15 1995 after a short illness. Services Oct 17 at Grace Fellowship 2 PM. burial Memory Gardens. Survivors: daughters Sonja Rock Sally Denison Sheila Coyer. Lucy Carberry Paulus Frederick 93 formerly of Iowa City died Oct 14 1995 in Lone Tree Health Care Center. Services Oct 18 1 30 PM at George L Gay Funeral Home burial Oakland Cemetery. survivors include son Rev Richard Paulus and multiple daughters grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Gloria Denison
N. Dodge St
Grace Fellowship
Gary Miller
Memory Gardens
George L. Gay Funeral Home
Sonja Rock
West Liberty
Sally Denison
Moreno Valley
Calif
Sheila Coyer
Oxford
Lucy Carberry
Paulus Frederick
Iowa City
Lone Tree
George L. Gay
Dick Watkins
First United Methodist Church
Oakland Cemetery
Richard
Ellyn) Paulus
West Branch
Barbara
Lawrence) Barnes
Joanne
Eldon) Moss
Sonya Lee Paulus
Delbert O. Carberry
Vienna
Lucy
Robert J. Paulus
Lugar: Can't stamp out gambling boom
Indiana Senator Richard Lugar warned that legalized gambling is a dominant, growing industry and not a realistic target for elimination. He urged conservatives to balance anti gambling rhetoric with recognition that expansion remains likely as states seek revenue.
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Lugar
Associated Press
West Des Moines
Indiana
Richard Lugar
Internal Revenue Service
Campaign Trail Roundup for Perot and GOP Contenders
Timeline of key campaign dates from Oct to Feb detailing Perot’s California ballot bid deadline, GOP nominating decisions by Powell and Gingrich, Maine and Florida straw polls, Nov city votes, late year spending, Des Moines debate, and Iowa New Hampshire leadoff caucus emphasis with Dole’s frontrunner status.
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Perot
California
Ross Perot
Florida
Dole
Ruby Mae Hansen obituary port Lowden dies at 87
Lowden Ruby Mae Hansen, 87, died Sunday in Jackson County Public Hospital Maquoketa after a long illness. Services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Zion United Church of Christ Lowden conducted by Rev. Vernon Clausing. Burial Lowden Cemetery. Friends may call 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Chapman Funeral Home Clarence. She is survived by daughter Betty Alexander of Lowden and sister Ferne Osborne of Lowden.
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Ruby Mae Hansen
Jackson County Public Hospital
Maquoketa
Zion United Church of Christ
Lowden
Vernon Clausing
Chapman Funeral Home
Clarence
Betty Alexander
Ferne Osborne
Obituaries from Maquoketa area noting two deaths in Jackson County
Nora Louise Westphal 88 of Maquoketa died Oct 15 1995 in Jackson County Public Hospital with arrangements pending at Haylock O Hara Lahey Funeral Home. Floyd E Wirth 72 formerly of Lost Nation died Oct 14 1995 in Maquoketa after a sudden illness with services at First United Methodist Maquoketa and burial at Elwood Cemetery. Friends may call 4 to 8 pm today at the funeral home. Survivors include six daughters two sons three sisters and a brother.
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Nora Louise Westphal
Jackson County Public Hospital
Maquoketa
Haylock-O’hara & Lahey Funeral Home
Floyd E. Wirth
Lost Nation
First United Methodist Church
Clair Odell
Elwood Cemetery
Elwood
Haylock-O’hara & Lahey
Susan Richardson
Harrisburg
Ore
Sally Anderson
Judy Hollowell
Freemont
Calif
Jo Ellen Claeys
Welton
Jennifer Teague
Siloam Springs
Ark
Sandy Jackson
Pineville
Steven
Seal Beach
Jim
Maxine Kolb
el Paso
Texas
Phyllis Goldensoph
DeWitt
Gladyce Butt
Lombard, Il
Gerald
Baldwin
Iva West 103 Dies in Mechanicsville Care Center
Iva West aged 103 died Sunday October 15 1995 at Mechanicsville Care Center. Arrangements are pending at Morgan Funeral Home Mechanicsville.
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Iva West
Mechanicsville
Morgan Funeral Home
Ossian Obituaries for Humkner and Jaster
Ossian mourns 77 year old Ossian resident Ossian Humkner who died October 14 1995 after a sudden illness at Veterans Memorial Hospital Waukon Funeral Mass will be held at St Francis De Sales Ossian with burial at the church cemetery. Survivors include wife Josephine two sons Steve and Gary two daughters Jody and Vernelle and siblings. Marie Jaster 83 died October 13 1995 at home after a sudden illness Services at Ossian Lutheran Church burial Hillside Cemetery. Survivors include son Edward and daughter Lois Strand.
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Louverne Humnker
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Waukon
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Ossian
Ossian Funeral Chapel
Josephine
Steve
Calmar
Gary
Jody Humker
Monona
Vernelle Throndson
Fort Atkinson
Gene
St. Lucas
Joe
Garner
Evelyn Molumby
Decorah
Marie Jaster
Ossian Lutheran Church
Hillside Cemetery
Edward
Spring
Texas
Lois Strand
Acworth
Doris M. Kent, 75, dies after lengthy illness in Iowa
Doris M. Kent of Sumner, 75, died October 15 1995 in Allen Memorial Hospital Waterloo after a lengthy illness. Services 11 a m Tuesday at St John Lutheran Church with Revs John Sorenson and Norman Stubbendick. Burial Wilson Grove Cemetery Sumner. Visitation 3 to 8 p m today Becker Milnes Funeral Home Sumner and after 10 a m Tuesday at church. Survivors include husband Walter Sr two sons Walter Jr and Richard both of Sumner a daughter Eileen Paulus of Oelwein and sister Ruby Volker of Washburn.
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Doris M. Kent
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
St. John Lutheran Church
John Sorenson
Norman Stubbendick
Wilson Grove
Sumner
Becker-Milnes Funeral
Walter Sr
Rita Sojka dies after lingering illness in Washington
Rita Mary Sojka, 60, died Sunday October 15 1995 at home after a lingering illness. Services are 10 a.m. Wednesday at St James Catholic Church with burial at Elm Grove Cemetery. Friends may call after 9 a.m. Tuesday at Jones Funeral Home with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. The family will be present 7 to 8:30 p.m. Burial follows, survivors include husband Franklin four sons Matthew Martin Marvin Myron two daughters Angela Renee, three brothers and one sister.
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Rita Mary Sojka
St. James Catholic Church
Dennis Martin
Burial Elm Grove Cemetery
Washington
Jones Funeral Home
Franklin
Matthew
Martin
Winnebago
Ill
Marvin
Doylestown
Ohio
Myron Sojka
West Des Moines
Angela Sojka
Jacksonville
Fla
Renee Anderson
Chesapeake, Va
Jess Schultz
Raymond Schultz
Crawfordsville
George Schultz
Fairfield
Virginia Kurtz
Brighton
Oxford C T Tomash 74 died after short illness in Mercy Iowa City
Elmer Tomash 74 died Oct 15 1995 in Mercy Hospital Iowa City after a short illness. Funeral Mass 11 30 a m Wednesday at St Mary s Oxford with burial at Mount Calvary Oxford. Visitation Tuesday at Donohue Leasing Iowa City with rosary and parish vigil. Survivors include wife Elsie children grandchildren sisters a brother and two aunts. burial fund memorials requested.
West Liberty Resident Earnest Evans Dies After Illness
Earnest Ray Evans 84 of De Witt formerly of West Liberty died Sunday Oct 15 1995 at Maquoketa Care Center Maquoketa after an extended illness Services 11 am Tuesday at West Liberty Chapel of Barker Funeral Home with visitation after 9 am Burial Nichols Cemetery Survivors include a son Ray of Welton five daughters Ruth Campbell Patricia Maylone Martha Johnson Ruby Wheeler Roberta Briggs five sisters Irene Watson Fern Lewis Lena Peterson Margaret Palmer Darlene Hansen and a brother Orville all listed residents of Iowa communities
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Earnest Ray Evans
de Witt
West Liberty
Maquoketa
West Liberty Chapel
Barker Funeral Home
Nichols Cemetery
Ray
Welton
Ruth Campbell
le Claire
Patricia Maylone
Martha Johnson
Muscatine
Ruby Wheeler
Roberta Briggs
Letts
Orville
Kalona
Irene Watson
Fern Lewis
Lena Peterson
Riverside
Margaret Palmer
Washington
Iowa
Darlene Hansen
Cedar Rapids
Death notice for Chester A. Bud Cotton Jr. of Albert Lea Minnesota
Chester A Bud Cotton Jr 77 of Albert Lea Minn died Thursday Oct 12 1995 at St Johns Lutheran Home services 11 am today at Salem Lutheran Church Albert Lea with Rev Jerry Merkouris officiating burial Graceland Cemetery arrangements Bannerup Funeral Service Albert Lea survivors include three sons Allan Dark Cotton and wife Mary Ann of Idaho Falls Idaho Terry Lee Cotton and wife Karen of Solon and Robert Bates Cotton and wife Patti of Albert Lea seven grandchildren 10 great grandchildren a sister Bette Mrs Byron Berg a brother in law Ray Hoeft a special friend Marge Kemp of Owatonna Minn and many nieces and nephews he was preceded in death by his father Chester A Cotton mother Arabella Cotton Nichols stepfather Floyd Nichols a sister Bobbi Hoeft and a brother in law Byron Berg born Gatun Panama Sept 9 1918 he lived in Chippewa Falls and Eau Claire Wis before moving to Albert Lea in 1934 he graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1936 married Lucille Kansa on July 19 1936 worked for Wilson and Co First Federal Savings and Loan operated an insurance company and City Liquor for 16 years later lived in Owatonna Minn member of Rotary Elks Masons Shriners enjoyed traveling
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Chester A
Bud” Cotton Jr
Albert Lea
Minn
St. John's Lutheran Home
Salem Lutheran Church
Jerry Merkouris
Graceland Cemetery
Bannerup Funeral Service
Allan Dark Cotton
Mary Ann
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Terry Lee Cotton
Karen
Solon
Robert Bates’ Cotton
Patti
Bette
Byron) Berg
Ray Hoeft
Marge Kemp
Owatonna
Chester A. Cotton
Arabella Cotton Nichols
Floyd Nichols
Bobbi Hoeft
Byron Berg
Bud
Gatun
Panama
Mary Arabella Bates Cotton
Chippewa Falls
Eau Claire
Wis
Albert Lea High School
Lucille Kansa
Wilson and Co
First Federal Savings and Loan
City Liquor
Rotary, Elks, Masons and
Shriners
Services for Diane Lynn Novak Held at Two Venues
Funeral services for Diane Lynn Novak are at 11 a.m. today at Murdoch Linwood Funeral Home. Committal services follow at 3:30 p.m. at Brown Cemetery near Colesburg.
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Diane Lynn Novak
Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home
Brown Cemetery
Colesburg
Pentecostal convention and suburban church oppose gambling
A large Pentecostal convention and a major suburban Methodist church unite against gambling. Some skepticism surfaced about Lugar's approach with one legislator calling it tepid. Jack Holveck, a state legislator and gambling foe, voiced concern.
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Big Pentecostal Convention
Jack Holveck
Des Moines Shooting Leaves Man Dead Woman Critical
A man, Fred R. Schultz, 37, died at a Des Moines mobile home early Sunday after a presumed argument led to a woman, Lisa Beukenhorst, 32, being shot in the shoulder and head. she remains in critical condition. The incident began when her son called 911 around 1 30 a.m.
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Des Moines
Judy Bradshaw
Lisa Beukenhorst
Beukenhorst
Fred R. Schultz
Jody Stokes
TNT
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