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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1987
Page
11
Obituaries list multiple Linn County residents Dennis L Hemphill 37 of Cedar Rapids Eldred C Heitshusen Sr 62 of Cedar Rapids Sharon Kay Landt 48 of Cedar Rapids Laura C Refer Schlesselman 84 Swisher Mildred Mille Werderman 72 Lisbon Dorothy M Robison 87 Marion Emil Kriz 81 Cedar Rapids area scroll of services and memorials with funeral details and survivor lists.
John T Breslin Sr funeral services set for 10 am Monday at St Wenceslaus Catholic Church with burial at Czech National Cemetery and American Legion Hanford Post 5 military graveside rites. Visitation today 2 to 9 pm and 8:30 to 9:30 am Monday at Teahen Funeral Home with Knights of Columbus rosary tonight at 7 pm and a prayer service at 8 pm.
Marian Arnold 71 dies of cancer in Independence at Peoples Memorial Hospital. Survived by husband Howard two daughters Janice Arnold Modesto California and Glenda Schweitzer Aurora two granddaughters and two sisters. Services Monday at Church of Christ United Winthrop burial Freemont Township Cemetery. Dewey Wilfong 62 dies from car accident injuries near Dallas Texas arrangements pending. Arthur Grawe 76 dies at Mercy Hospital Dubuque arrangements pending. Bert Schultz 87 dies at Lutheran Home Strawberry Point services Monday Edgewood Cemetery burial. Wilmer Boffeli 69 dies at Mercy Health Center Dubuque survivors include wife Lois several children and grandchildren. Services Saturday at St Joseph's Church burial. Robert Beyer 83 dies at Virginia Gay Hospital Annex after long illness funeral pending. George Hunt 79 dies in Guttenberg Hospital, son and daughters listed, services Tuesday Tuecke-Allyn's burial Bethel Cemetery. Alice Kohler and Catherine Reeves among long lists of survivors with services planned. Edith Short 88 dies in Waterloo, memorial set, services Monday. Laura Seibert, 87, and Orville Nuehring 76 die, multiple survivors listed, services scheduled. Anna Dvorak 95 dies in Belle Plaine, arrangements pending.
In Buchanan County District Court Richard Thomas Bunn Jr. of Waterloo had his probation revoked and was sentenced to two years at the Oakdale facility, to run concurrently with earlier Fay ette and Black Hawk county sentences. Bunn pleaded guilty in 1985 to operating a vehicle without the owner's consent while on probation. Gary Lee Cooper of Independence pleaded guilty to driving while under implied consent revocation and was fined 150 dollars, with contempt of court and a 30 day jail term for probation violation from August 1986 on third degree theft. Andrew Nels Marcussen of rural Jesup entered a written Alford plea to first-offense drunken driving, receiving 48 hours in jail, a 500 dollar fine, and mandatory drunken driver’s school. Sherry Meggers of Jesup, Jeffrey Hingigen of Jesup, and George Glenn Nichols of Independence also pled guilty to drunken driving. Meggers received 30 days in jail with 2 suspended, probation one year, and 125 hours community service. Hingigen 60 days in jail with 7 suspended and 18 months probation, 750 dollar fine. Nichols 48 hours in jail with 24 hours credit and 500 dollar fine. All three must undergo a substance-abuse evaluation and attend drunken driver’s school.
A public open house runs from 2 to 4 p.m. at 101 Eighth Ave. SE inviting visitors to tour the genealogical research library and the museum. Co hosted by the Linn County Heritage Society and Linn County Historical Museum Association as part of the Take Pride in Town statewide campaign initiated by Gov. Terry Branstad.
DES MOINES AP Brett Voorhees says no one matched all six Iowa Lotto numbers drawn last night. The estimated jackpot for next week is 1.1 million. Drawn numbers were 1 2 11 12 14 26. Lottery sales have been heavy, topping 1 million this week.
Barbara and Jeffrey Rogers welcome a daughter born Oct 17 at 3112 E Ave NE. Melanie and Richard Chancellor report a son born Oct 16 at 1130 Brockman Ave Marion. Vicki and Rodney Brandenburg announce a son born Oct 16 at 5631 Cedar Dr NW. Holly and Virgil Hanson welcomed a daughter born Oct 17 at 1615 Washington Ave SE.
Illinois Lottery recap from Springfield lists Saturday results: Daily Game 8 2 3, Pick Four 0 2 5 5, Lotto 2 12 18 36 37 38.
Iowa Lottery in Des Moines lists Saturday drawing results for the Lotto game. The estimated grand prize pool stands at about 800000 dollars.
Tracy Lee Jordan, 18, of Sumner, faces a failure to yield charge after his car struck a police cruiser in Tripoli just before midnight Friday. Police said Jordan stopped at a stop sign at the school driveway entrance onto Ninth Avenue SW and did not see the police car. Damage was about $700 to each vehicle. no injuries to Jordan or Police Chief John Hollander, 47.
Dewey Dale Wilfong, 62, of Chelsea Iowa, was fatally injured when his vehicle stopped on Interstate 35 near the Valley View exit north of Dallas to fix a flat tire. He died at the scene from multiple injuries after being struck by a pickup. The 22-year-old driver was held on involuntary manslaughter charges.
Iowa traffic deaths declined in September yet the year to date remains above 1986 levels. For the first nine months 358 people died, up 22 from a year earlier, with September totaling 42 fatalities, down from 51 in September 1986. August had a peak with 65 deaths. Gordy Sweitzer of the DOT notes a high month is common but balanced by cooler months.
Buchanan County deputies halted an early morning raid at 12 33 a m Saturday seizing 500 pounds of harvested marijuana west of Independence. The contraband carries an estimated street value of 400 000 to 500 000 dollars. No arrests have been made and the investigation continues, according to a sheriff's department spokeswoman.
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