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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1987
Page
5
Multiple Linn County residents are listed in death notices with ages, birthplaces, marriage details, survivors, and service plans. Katherine Willis, Mabel Fuchs, Edmund Hick, Richard Pike, Maurice Pepin, Elmer Strummer, and Eldred Heitshusen are among those noted with funeral arrangements, cemeteries, and memorials.
Ellen Blount 92 died Sunday in Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Former manager of Sears Catalog Store Decorah, she is survived by a son LeVerne of Pinehurst NC and multiple step grandchildren. Services 2 PM Wednesday Decorah Lutheran Church with burial at Phelps Cemetery. VFW American Legion Auxiliary will hold a memorial service tonight at the funeral home. Hilda M. Holthaus 73 died Monday in the same hospital of cancer. Surviving children include Adrian Burr Oak Kenneth Dubuque Willard Ronald David and five more in Decorah, Inez Schmitt West Union Judy Bullerman Calmar Jane Blair San Antonio TX Pat Seiler Connie Sande Maxine Klotzbach all of Decorah. Two brothers Clem and John Bohr Ossian and two sisters Sister Marie Bohr Dubuque Rita Heying North Washington. 45 grandchildren and eight great. Services 11 AM Wednesday St Benedicts Catholic Church. Burial at church cemetery. Cards may be sent after 2 PM today at Senior Frenchs with rosary at 4 PM VFW Auxiliary service at 7 PM and parish Scripture at 8 PM tonight.
A series of obituaries notes Delmar man Marshalltown Manor ending a lengthy illness with services at Smiths and burial in Hazelwood Cemetery, plus tributes to Florence Thompson Kaisand and other relatives. Memorials are requested to First Presbyterian Church.
A list of obituaries from Tama and surrounding areas: Neva Mae Corns Winders 90 of Northwood, John Henry Hahn 67 of Tama, Leonard Halupnick 76 of Traer, Odessa F. Britt 94 of Tama, Maxine M. Dezelski 64 formerly of Vinton, Dick Fisher 74 of Keosauqua, plus survivors, service times, burial sites, and memorials.
Marie Willmes 66 of Long Beach Calif and formerly Elkader died Sunday at home services pending. Harry W Martindale 78 died Sunday Mechanicsville. Amber M Jackson 90 died at Mechanicsville Care Center after long illness. Survived by two daughters two sisters five grandchildren four great grandchildren.
Francis J. Watkins 71 of Blairstown died Monday at Marengo Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He owned a grocery, tavern and meat plant and worked for Iowa Manufacturing Co. until 1981. He managed the Watkins Madhens semi pro baseball club for 28 years. Surviving: wife Mildred daughter Norma Bowersox and two grandchildren. Services at 2 p.m. Wednesday at St Patrick’s Church with burial at SS Patrick and Paul Cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p.m. today at Russell’s in Blairstown where rosaries will be recited.
Former Education Secretary T. H. Bell recounts mid level Reagan aides making racist and scurrilous jokes during civil rights debates at the White House and OMB. He cites slurs against Martin Luther King Jr and Arab groups as issues weighed in education policy. Bell says Meese led a radical right bloc and that he left cabinet after four years amid internal battles.
Birth notices list numerous newborns from Mercy and St Luke's hospitals with parent names and addresses. Names include Tamara Boyer, Denise Cardon, Carolyn Becker, Julie Trachta, Donna Blythe, Angela Darling, Dianne Eldred, Marcia Elliott, Kelly McHugh, Rebecca Moore, Connie Phillips, Roxann Wheeler, and others from Marion, Mount Vernon, Center Point, Olin, Hiawatha, Cedar Rapids, and surrounding areas. Several couples from Oklahoma City and Baton Rouge are also noted.
The notice lists Cedar Rapids residents Firas M. Al-Taweer and Shareen T. Schirmer. Dale R. Holliday and Karen R. Booth. Steven K. Knight and Carolyn M. Coppess. Scott A. Schultz and Katherine E. Krug. Robert K. Levey and Karla L. Ostrander. Scott R. Beatty and Gina M. Schmadeke. Scott A. Waters and Dana C. (unspecified partner).
A list of paired names appears, including Ladene M Middle ton with Bruce H Middle ton, Laura Leigh with Charles Robert Knudsen, Margie Jo with Leslie Lee Wilson, Theresa Ann with Brian Paul Smith, Frances Mary with Kevin Jesse McKenna, and Lisa Ann with Jeffrey Neal Jones.
Illinois Lotto numbers drawn in Springfield appear as 2 6 1 for Daily Game, 8 2 8 5 for Pick Four. Lotto Jackpot stands at 8 million dollars and Lotto 7 Jackpot at 9 million.
A 62 year old Cal von Meyer died on his farm five miles northwest of Everly when pinned between a skid loader and its bucket. The incident occurred about 8 30 a m and the body was found by a family member, authorities said.
University of Illinois physicist Paul Handler predicts colder earlier winter east of the Rockies due to the 1985 Nevado del Ruiz eruption. The aerosol cloud may shade the Midwest, boosting next year corn yields if the cloud stays near the equator, but harming Midwest weather if it shifts north. He notes results from El Chichon and Mount St Helens show variable effects on Illinois corn.
PARADE surveyed over 2000 adults across all 50 states to learn who does the shopping and cooking, what they buy and eat, and how busy Americans manage meals as nearly 60 percent of mothers work outside the home.
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