Deaths in Linn County and surrounding areas
Barbara Svoboda Erusha 96 of Hallmar died Saturday in Mercy Hospital after a short illness. Born February 15, 1892 near Amana she married John L. Erusha in 1911. She moved to Cedar Rapids in 1948 and was a St. Ludmila’s parishioner. Survivors include son Vernon and three daughters. Services Tuesday at St. Ludmila’s. burial at St. John’s Cemetery. Verna Magnus Bruce 51 of Irvine California died Friday. Born December 23, 1936 in Avoca Minnesota she lived in Cedar Rapids Marion area before 1980 then California. Survivors include husband a son and three daughters and five grandchildren. Services Wednesday at Avoca Faith Lutheran Church. Burial at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery rural Avoca. Richard Lewis Marsh 80 of 3714 Richmond Rd. NE died Saturday at St. Luke’s Hospital after a short illness. Born October 9, 1908 in Cedar Rapids he married Alberta Straubinger in 1927. Survivors include wife a son and three grandchildren. Private graveside Tuesday at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials to Camp Goodsea. Arrangements by Cedar Memorial Funeral Home.
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Barbara Svoboda Erusha
Hallmar
Mercy Hospital
Amana
John L. Erusha
Erusha
Cedar Rapids
St. Ludmila’s Catholic Church
Vernon
Dorothy Votroubek
Wilma Novak
Verna Magnus Bruce
Irvine
Calif
Avoca
Minn
Robert Bruce
Bruce
Marion
California
University of California, Irvine
Blake
Nancy Bruce Comisar
Kalamazoo
Mich
Lisa Bruce Wahl
Lake Zurich
Ill
Robin Bruce Garrett
Santa Ana
Avoca Faith Lutheran Church
Immanuel Lutheran
Richard Lewis Marsh
Richmond Rd
St. Luke’s Hospital
Alberta Straubinger
Dennis
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Nick Longworth
Camp Good
Cedar Memorial Funeral Ome
Ida Child
Stone City
Roland
Mercy
John W. Kooksley
Edgewood Convalescent Home
Edgewood
Delhi
Earlville
Clifton’s
Mount Hope Cemetry
Dyersville
Ellen
James
Keswick
Louis
Marina
Ronald
Ankeny
John
What Cheer
Daryl
Molokai
Hawaii
Robert
la Grange
Texas
Mary Ann Leer
Earnest
Colorado
David
Junior
Rich Hill
Myrtle Cox
Indiana
Thelma Sheets
Pittsburg
Kan
Billie Vandenberg
Harden
Golden Rod
Deep River
William R. Maginnis
Parsons Ave
Carl O. Tangen
Aase
Lawrence L. Lubbock
St.Luke’s Hospital
Shellsburg
Dorothy
Paul
Teresa Whitehurst
Garner
Russell Lubbock
Glendora
Katherine Garmer
Milwaukee
Wis
Harriet Batty
Vinton
Helen Maxwell
Fruita
Colo
Margaret Green
Oakwood Cemetery
Benton City Lodge
Parker’s Grove Church
Phillips’s
Eleanor Haberman
Cedar Falls
Tama
Royal Dairy
Diane Pleis
Oscar Peterson
Armstrong
Harrison’s
North Hill
Wayland
Lloyd D. Frey
South Central Bell Telephone
Nashville
Tenn
Geraldine
Flagstaff
Ariz
Steven
Jeff Metheny
van Horne
Dana Pierce
Medford
Ore
Carol Medcalf
Central Point
Nancy Womack
Ignacio Zulaica
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Homer
West Liberty
Eustalia Partida
Esther Renteria
Consuelo Garcia
Eagle Pass
Aurora Ozuna
Crystal City
Esperanza Fuentez
Rita Florez
Allende
Mexico
Tomasita Chio
Satillio
Funeral notices and burial arrangements from area churches
Multiple obituary and funeral notices list services for Schultz Larson Morris Johnson Turner and Turner with funeral details. Burial locations include Linwood Cedar Memorial Park and Czech National Cemetery with military rites by Cedar Valley Marine Corps League. Families may call at specified times and arrangements are pending at local funeral homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schultz
Ernest Larson
Linwood Cemetery
Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home
Robert Jay Scroggins
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Douglas Peters
Solon Methodist Church
Czech National Cemetery
Cedar Valley Marine Corps League
Deaths in Eastern Iowa Region
Obituary notices list Dustin A. Downing seven weeks old among several deaths. Services set for Tuesday at Senior French's with burial at St. Agnes Cemetery Plymouth Rock. Additional notices include Homer J. Hershberger 89 at Pleasantview Home and John W. Kooksley 83 at Edgewood Convalescent Home. Memorials to church funds and ongoing calls for viewing times are noted for multiple individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dustin A. Downing
Jeff Downing
Shannon Darling
Robert and
Shirley Downing
Independence
Alvin and
LaVonne Darling
Mabel
Minn
Mona Brown
Elmer McCauley
Decorah
Kenneth and
Pearl Darling
St. Agnes
Plymouth Rock
Ossian and Cedar Rapids Obituaries Featured in Rural Iowa Notes
Obituaries detail deaths of Carl O. Tangen 87 in Decorah and Lawrence Lubbock 63 in Cedar Rapids with survivors, service schedules, and burial plans. Eleanor Haberman 74 Cedar Falls, Elaine K. Tripp 40 Iowa City, Margaret Graham 81, Lloyd D. Frey 78, Ignacio Zulaica 65 and others are listed with service times, funeral homes, and memorial funds where stated.
U S and Philippines to sign new military base lease
Washington reports that the United States will pay the Philippines 481 million dollars annually and back a bond program to ease external debt as part of a base lease deal. Talks with Secretary Shultz and Foreign Secretary Manglapus continue ahead of a signing planned for Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Philippines
U.S
Raul Manglapus
George Shultz
Manglapus
Manila
Corazon Aquino
Aquino
Coe College Receives Bequest From California Advertiser
Richard M. Whiteman a 1927 Coe College graduate and his wife Mary bequeathed parts of their estate to Coe College Kendall Young Library Webster City and the Shriners Crippled Children's Hospital in Los Angeles The library will gain Whiteman's personal collection and home sale proceeds Coe will receive a generous portion but total amounts are not disclosed Whiteman resided in Los Angeles for over 20 years and ran an advertising firm serving Beverly Hills clients.
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Coe College
Iowa
California
Coe
Kendall Young Library
Webster City
Shriners Crippled Children’s Hospital
Los Angeles
Richard M. Whiteman
Mary
Whiteman
Beverly Hills
Iowa Lotto Jackpot Goes Unclaimed in Des Moines
No one matched all six numbers in Saturday night’s lottery drawing. The unclaimed prize grows to an estimated 3.4 million dollars for Wednesday’s drawing, with figures showing ticket 2 4 9 22 31 34 did not win.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Lotto
Karen Overland
Vital statistics births from Mercy and St. Luke's
Oct 15 Brenda and Eric May Martelle a daughter Oct 16 Marlene and Curt Dobraska 3240 Rompot St SE a son Susanne and Roger Menken 3501 Franklin Ave NE a son St Luke s Oct 15 Shelley and Carl Snitker 8909 Blairs Ferry Rd NE a son
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy
Brenda
Eric May
Martelle
Marlene
Curt Dobraska
Rompot St. SE
Susanne
Roger Menken
Franklin Ave
ST. Luke's
Shelley
Carl Snitker
Blairs Ferry Rd
Jackpot climbs to 6.3 million in Lotto America drawing
Des Moines reports no winner in Saturday night Lotto America drawing. The prize rises to an estimated 6.3 million dollars next week after twenty players matched six of seven numbers. The winning numbers were 06 08 13 27 33 35 39.
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DES Moines
Lotto America
Weekend traffic deaths across Iowa include Cedar Falls and Fort Madison
Three men from Donnellson Cedar Falls and Woodward died in weekend crashes. Richard Aumann 20 Cedar Falls and Edward Swingen 21 Cedar Falls were in a wreck near Grundy County Road T-53 and Iowa 175 with Swingen in serious condition. Harry Sanderson 67 Donnellson died when his car collided with Todd Troland 16 near Fort Madison. David D Simmer 30 Woodward died in a Say lorville Lake area crash after his car went off a curve and struck trees. Simmer was not wearing a seat belt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Donnellson
Cedar Falls
Woodward
Richard Aumann
Grundy County
Iowa 175
Edward Swingen
Covenant
Ther
Lee County
Sanderson
Troland
Saylorville Lake
Des Moines
David D. Simmer
Polk County
R.C. Wooters
Simmer
Illinois Lottery Daily Game and Pick Four Winning Numbers
The Sunday drawing results include Daily Game numbers 0 0 7 and Pick Four 1 6 1 5. The Lotto Jackpot stands at $10 million with a six of 54 game format reported.
ISHS administrator takes unpaid leave amid domestic abuse charge
The Iowa State Historical Society chief, David Crosson, 39, is on unpaid leave to seek help after his arrest on a domestic abuse charge. Crosson says he will return after addressing his personal life. trial is set for November 1. His wife Connie has filed divorce papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa State Historical Society
David Crosson
Connie Crosson
Crosson
Terry Branstad
Dick Vohs
Plymouth couple dead in home shooting and fire
In Plymouth Iowa a man James 25 and his wife Michelle 19 are found dead after a domestic dispute. Authorities suspect murder suicide or death by own action as investigations continue with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and state patrol assisting. The couple’s two children, Joshua 4 and Savannah 14, are in the care of Michelle’s mother Judith Stoltenberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Iowa
Cerro Gordo County
Bob Balek
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Sheriff's Office
Iowa State Patrol
Balek
Michelle Kelley
James
Judith Stoltenberg
Kelley
Stoltenberg
Joshua Barlow
Savannah Francis
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Linn County
William P. Morris
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Charles West
Hope United Church of Christ
Hiawatha
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Laurence “ Larry” Johnson
Hope Lutheran Church
David A. Young
Turner Chapel West
Darlene M. Turner
Trinity United Methodist Church
Nancy
Kalona
Homer J. Hershberger
Pleasantview
Phoenix
Lower Deer Creek
Farley
Anna M. Breitbach
Finley Hospital
Dubuque
Reiff’s
Albert F. Leer
English Valley Care Center
North English
Ossian
Tipton
Elaine K. Tripp
Iowa City Care Center
Shawna Tripp
Stacy Tripp
Theresa Leischner
Wessington Springs
S.D
Robert Winter
Duane Winter
Newark
Carol Pier
Dickinson
Gerry Barta
Huron
First United Method
Ist Church
TRAER
Margaret Graham
Sunrise Hill
Overton’s
Urbana
Lotto Prize
Jackpot
Illinois Lottery
John E. Lapes
3Rd Avenue S.E
Ellis Blvd
N.W
Center Pt. Rd
N.E
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