Deaths in Linn County include Mary Miska Larson
Mary Miska Larson 38 of Davenport formerly Cedar Rapids died Tuesday at Mercy Hospital Davenport after an extended illness. Services Friday 11 a.m. First Presbyterian Church Davenport burial Davenport Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include husband Erling daughter Kristen sister Judy Langhurst Springville brother Glen Miska Cedar Rapids and parents Wesley and Florence Miska Swisher. Memorials to First Presbyterian Church Deacon Fund Children's Museum or Quad City Arts.
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Mary Miska Larson
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
First Presbyterian Church
Davenport Memorial Park
Range Mortuary
Erling
Kristen
Judy Langhurst
Springville
Glen Miska
Wesley
Florence Miska
Swisher
Mary Josephine Miska
Florence Burr Miska
Erling Larson III
Iowa City
Prairie High School
University of Iowa
Bridgemont High School
San Francisco
PEO
Alpha Phi Sorority
Mary
Midwest
Mississippi River
Children’s Museum
Bettendorf
Quad City Arts
H. Allen Wirtz
First Presbyterian Church Deacon’s Fund
Funeral Services and Burial Notices
Keith Lown to be laid to rest at 11 a.m. today at United Methodist Church Center Point with burial at North English Cemetery. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home Center Point. Inez Walter to have service at 10:30 a.m. today at Murdoch Funeral Home Marion with burial at Oakwood Cemetery Monticello.
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Keith Lown
United Methodist Church
Center Point
North English Cemetery
Murdoch Funeral Home
Inez Walter
Marion
Oakwood Cemetery
Monticello
Death notices and obituaries guidelines and rates
The Gazette accepts death notices and obituaries with immediate survivors and a photo as news items. Additional material such as survivors beyond immediate family, employment, education, military service, and memorials are priced at 35 cents per word. For more details call 398-8221.
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the Gazette
Deaths Eastern Iowa Laurence Neunaber 74
Laurence J. Neunaber 74 of rural Anamosa died Wednesday morning after a short illness at Anamosa Community Hospital. Services are 1 p.m. Friday at Goettsch Funeral Home with call hours 2 to 9 p.m. today. Burial at Riverside Cemetery with military honors. Survived by wife Mary Jane three stepdaughters three stepsons a sister and two brothers plus 17 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
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Laurence J. Neunaber
Anamosa
Anamosa Community Hospital
Goettsch Funeral Home
Riverside Cemetery
Mary Jane
Jackie Taile
Collinsville
Okla
Marie Tingwald
Kissee Mills
Cynthia Strait
Obituary notices from Grinnell and surrounding areas
multiple obituaries and funeral notices for Clifford P. Gerard Zelma J. Baines Kenneth Willingham William C. Bogs Erma E. Schmitt with ages and burial details. Services listed with times and locations at Smith Funeral Home George L Gay Funeral Home Memory Gardens Oakland Cemetery and Mercy Hospital Davenport and Oelwein details. Survivors named include spouses children and siblings across Iowa Nebraska Texas and Missouri.
Memorial notices from Masonville Mechanicsville and South Amana
Loren M Lenz 68 died after a stroke at Delaware County Memorial Hospital Manchester services Friday at St Peter s Lutheran Lamont burial Woodland Delwein calling hours after 2 p m at Shelly Funeral Home Manchester survivors include wife Althea two sons Gerald Steven three daughters Marie Grimm LuAnne Hentges Faye Ward four sisters Zelma Bartels Elva Ryan Myra Clark Evelyn Bridgett. Robert A Dauber services 1030 a m today Mechanicsville Presbyterian Church. Herbert Fredrick Zuber 83 died Wednesday after a long illness arrangements pending at Hoover Valentine Funeral Home Marengo.
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Loren M. Lenz
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Manchester
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Lamont
Woodlawn
Delwein
Shelly Funeral Home
Althea
Gerald
Mechanicsville
Steven
Masonville
Marie Grimm
Solon
LuAnne Hentges
Winthrop
Faye Ward
Saint Lucas man 84 dies. services in Ossian
George P. Backes Sr. 84 formerly of St. Lucas died Tuesday in Senior Hospice Ossian. Services at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Luke's Catholic Church with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation 3 to 9 p.m. Friday at St. Luke's School chapel with rosary at 4 p.m. and parish services at 8 p.m. Chekal Funeral Home Fort Atkinson in charge. Survivors include wife Viola of Ossian two sons Donald Decorah and George Calmar three daughters Darlene Gossling Waucoma Marian Wiltgen Ossian and Joanne Thuente Decorah four sisters Kathryn Rothmeyer Cresco Lucy Massman Calmar Tillie Barta Decorah Florence Herold St. Michael Minn.
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George P. Backes Sr
St. Lucas
Ossian
St. Luke’s Catholic Church
St. Luke’s School Chapel
Chekal Funeral Home
Fort Atkinson
Viola
Donald
Decorah
George
Calmar
Darlene Gossling
Waucoma
Marian Wiltgen
Joanne Thuente
Kathryn Rothmeyer
Cresco
Lucy Massman
Tillie Barta
Florence Herold
St. Michael, Minn
Aaron D. Howard 83 dies at Hill Crest Home
Aaron D. Howard, 83, died Tuesday at Hill Crest Home of natural causes. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery in Oelwein. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Friday at Becker Milnes Funeral Home in Sumner where a rosary and Scripture service are planned. Survived by two sons Robert of Peosta and Richard of Cherokee and sister Elaine Stark of Monterey, California.
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Edgar S. Michelet
West Ridge Care Center
Trimble Funeral Home
Moline
St. Mary's Catholic Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery Mausoleum
East Moline
Clifford P. Gerard
Grinnell
Smith Funeral Home
Jackson Township
Montezuma
Aaron D. Howard
Hillcrest
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Woodlawn
Oelwein
Becker- Milnes Funeral
Sumner
Robert
Peosia
Richard
Elaine Stark
Monterey
Calif
Abstinence educator promotes teen chastity message
Mary Beth Bonacci, abstinence educator from Alexandria Virginia, spoke in Cedar Rapids sponsored by Adults Concerned for Teens. She described abstinence as simplifying life and improving health and happiness for teenagers and urged parents to guide safe dating. Bonacci directs Campus Outreach for American Life League and leads the Alliance for chastity education.
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John Kirsch
Gazette
Mary Beth Bonacci
Bonacci
Alexandria
Cedar Rapids
Kennedy High School
American Life League
Alliance For Chastity Education
Vital Statistics and Dissolutions Notice
Mercy and St Luke's announce births on Oct 21 including a son for Jennifer Gage and a daughter for Elizabeth Henderson plus two more births in the area. Several dissolutions are listed for couples including Raymon Chapman Truesdell Harris Spangler Blaze Kendall Solem and Morris with no further details.
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Jennifer Gage
Mount Vernon Rd
Katy
Robert Rump
Alburnett
Stephanie
Russ Blood
28Th St. SE
ST. Luke's
Elizabeth
Mark Henderson
Central City
Beth
James Mayhew
Vinton
Richard D
Sandra B. Raymon
Dana
Jeffrey Chapman
Glen F
Coleen A. Truesdell
Elizabeth Jane
Terry Harris
Scott Alan
Lisa M. Spangler
Gerald W
Tesha L. Blaze
Nancy K
Daniel E. Kendall
Joseph W
Linda K. Solem
Sandra R
Mark A. Morris
Hope exists after Cold War says ex UN official in Iowa City
Former United Nations official Robert Muller urged viewers to see humanity beyond nationalities. He spoke to about 80 at a luncheon in the Iowa Memorial Union, saying the Cold War restricted thought and now people face a surge of ideas and goals. He serves as UN secretary-general adviser and chancellor of the University of Peace in Costa Rica. Muller's remarks will be broadcast on WSUI AM radio at noon.
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U.N
Iowa City
Heather Sloman Wood
Johnson County
United Nations
Robert Muller
United States
Soviet Union
Muller
Iowa City Foreign Relations Council
United Nations Association
USA
Iowa Memorial Union
University of Iowa
University of Peace
Costa Rica
Wsui-Am
Library benefactor Edna Beems dies at 83
Edna Erickson Beems, longtime Cedar Rapids Public Library benefactor and 25 year staffer, died Tuesday at 83. Her gifts funded the new library opened in 1985, with the Beems Auditorium named for her and late husband Buel Griffith Beems. Private services are planned.
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Edna Erickson Beems
Cedar Rapids
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Pennsylvania
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Shellsburg
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Freemont
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William C. Bogs
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Memory Gardens Cemetery
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Mechanicsville Presbyterian Church
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Herbert Fredrick Zuber
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Metropolitan School Supply Co
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