Local obituaries detail Wentz, Wood, and Hrdlicka passing
Obituaries report the deaths of John W Weltz 65 of Anamosa Merle W Wood Sr 85 of Living Center East and Richard G Hrdlicka 83 of Boone former Cedar Rapids resident. Services and arrangements are listed with locations and dates including Teahen Funeral Home Turner Chapel West and Barney Hampton Funeral Service. Survivors are named for each, with military and church affiliations noted where provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle W. Wood Sr
Living Center East
Turner Chapel West
Obituaries of Decorah residents Thompson and Soebakken
Decorah L Thompson aged 70 died Oct 20 1998 at Aase Haugen Home after a long illness funeral services at First United Methodist Church with burial at Phelps Cemetery Cremation arranged by Fjelstul Funeral Home Survivors include husband Jack daughter Teresa Grosser Decorah sister Doris Pieper Auburn CA Roy N Soebakken aged 85 died Oct 21 1998 at Aase Haugen Home after a lengthy illness services at Old West Paint Creek Lutheran Church rural Waukon burial in church cemetery visitation Sunday at Martin Funeral Home Waukon Survivors include Gene Three Oaks MI Richard Davenport two daughters Linda Lambert Decorah and Marlene Pierce Eagan MN
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Thompson
Aase Haugen
First United Methodist Church
James Dale
Phelps Cemetery
Fjelstul Funeral Home
Decorah
Jack
Teresa Grosser
Doris Pieper
Auburn
Calif
Roy N. Soebakken
Old West Paint Creek Lutheran Church
Waukon
Ken Kimball
Church
Martin Funeral Home
Gene
Three Oaks
Mich
Richard
Davenport
Linda Lambert
Marlene Pierce
Eagan
Minn
Obituary: Lisa A. Hagen of Guttenberg dies at 37
Lisa A. Hagen 37 of Cedar Falls, formerly Guttenberg, died Oct. 22 1998 after a long illness. Born June 29 1961 in Guttenberg to Dr. George and JoAnn Auer. Survived by husband Mark Rick Hagen and daughter Amber Rose, and numerous siblings. Services at St Marys Catholic Church Guttenberg with burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Wake 4-9 p m today at Tuecke Allyn Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisa A. Hagen
Cedar Falls
Guttenberg
Sartori Memorial Hospital
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
John McClean
Mount Olivet
Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home
Iowa
George
JoAnn Lake Auer
Mark “Rick” Hagen
Rick
Amber Rose Hagen
JoAnn
George Auer
John
Sandy) Auer
David Auer
Mary
Mike
Local Names Gathered by Belle Plaine and Surrounding Areas
A roster of residents from Belle Plaine and nearby towns lists individuals and towns including Cedar Rapids Decorah Edgewood Guttenberg Keota Lisbon Manchester Monticello Mount Vernon Postville Quasqueton Spillville Victor Waukon and West Branch with full names and nicknames such as Doris M Gliades Bill Dahiem Mildred Midge Farmer and Grandpa Sprosic among others. The list appears to document residents or nominees connected to multiple communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water roperKa
Cedar Rapids
William C
Bill” Dahiem
Richard G. Hrdlicka
John W. Weltz
Merle W. Wood
Decorah
Roy N. Soebakken
Marjorie L. Thompson
Edgewood
Mildred
Midge" Farmer Guttenberg
Lisa A. Hagen
Keota
Marie Elizabeth
Edgewood Woman Mildred Farmer 74 Dies After Long Illness
Mildred Midge Farmer of Edgewood died Oct 22 1998 after a long illness at Strawberry Point Lutheran Home. Services were held at St Mark’s Catholic Church Edgewood with a scripture service at Leonard Funeral Home preceding burial in Cass Township Cemetery Strawberry Point. Survivors include six sons and five daughters, twenty seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren, three sisters and one brother. She was predeceased by her husband Don Farmer and granddaughter Holly Ann Johnson. Born Oct 3 1924 in rural Greeley she lived in Delaware Clayton and Linn counties and worked in several local businesses and schools before retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
32Nd St. NW
Mercy Medical Center
St. Patrick Catholic Church
Steven Rosenke
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Teahen Funeral Home
Dudy
Corvallis
Ore
Michael
Whitefish
Mont
Bennis
Fugere
Mary .Cook
Cedar Rapids
Melvin Cook
Eleanor Rupp
191St Chemical Depot Co
William
Quaker Oats
American Legion Hanford Post 5
Union Local 110
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
American Legion
Hanford Post 5
Mildred ‘‘Midge
Farmer
Strawberry Point Lutheran
St. Mark's Catholic Church
Edgewood
Cass Township
Strawberry Point
Leonard Funeral Home
Dwayne
Linda
Marion
David
Center Point
Chris
James
Lynn
Vinton
Mary Dee
Blayne
Medema
Theresa Farmer
Angela
Steve) Johnson
Lisa
Dale) Krieg
Jenni
Daryl) Vaske
Manchester
Bernice Bauer
Dubuque
Violet
LeRoy) Schlee
Decorah
Alberta
Richard) Farquhar
Robins
Steve
Donna) Brady
Jim Mangold
Donson Dwight
Holly Ann Johnson
Greeley
Art and
Jennie Bowers Brady
Mildred
Delaware County
Volga
St. Sebald Church
Memorial services for Clair Richardson set in Mount Vernon
Clair Richardson will hold funeral services at 10 am Saturday at Linn Grove Presbyterian Church north of Mount Vernon. Burial will be at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery in Cedar Rapids. Friends may call 4 to 8 pm today at Cedar Memorial Funeral Home in Cedar Rapids and after 9 am Saturday at the church. A memorial fund is established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair Richardson
Linn Grove Presbyterian Church
Mount Vernon
Cedar Memorial Park
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Lavonne E. Lee 62 Dies After Short Illness
Lavonne E. Lee aged 62 died Thursday October 22 1998 at St Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids after a short illness. Arrangements are pending at White Funeral Home Quasqueton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavonne E. Lee
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
White Funeral Home
Quasqueton
Doris M. Shafer Popelka 61 dies after long illness
Doris M. Shafer Popelka of Belle Plaine dies at St. Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids after a long illness. She was 61. Arrangements are pending at Hrabak Funeral Home Belle Plaine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris M. Shafer Popelka
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Hrabak Funeral Home
Belle Plaine
Service details for Mark Schiess in Manchester
The family will greet friends today from 3 to 8 p.m. at Bohnenkamp Murdoch Funeral Home in Manchester and after 9:30 a.m. Saturday at First Lutheran Church. Services are at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Burial will be at Oakland Cemetery in Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Schiess
First Lutheran Church
Manchester
Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home
Oakland Cemetery
Alice Donovan services in Monticello set for Saturday
Alice Donovan funeral arrangements list services at 10 30 a m on Saturday at Sacred Heart Church Monticello A burial at Immaculate Conception Cemetery Castle Grove Friends may call after 2 p m today at Goettsch Funeral Home Monticello with a parish vigil at 4 and a rosary at 7 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Donovan
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Monticello
Immaculate Conception
Castle Grove
Goettsch Funeral Home
Rosary
Marie Elizabeth Kracaw Dies at 94 in Keota
Marie Elizabeth Kracaw 94 died Oct 22 1998 at Maplewood Manor after a brief illness. Services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Powell Funeral Home Keota with Rev Albert Cocke. Burial in Keota Cemetery. Visitation after 12 30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Survived by daughter Carolyn White Paducah KY and son Gary LeClaire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Elizabeth Kracaw
Maplewood Manor
Powell Funeral Home
Keota
Albert Cocke
Carolyn White
Paducah
Gary
LeClaire
Obituary: Willard J. Oestmann 71 in West Union
Willard J. Oestmann 71 died Tuesday evening October 20 1998 at Good Samaritan Center West Union after a lengthy illness. Services 11 a m Saturday at St Paul Lutheran Church conducted by Rev T M Marks. Burial in Postville Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p m today at Schutte Funeral Home Postville and one hour before services Saturday at the church. Surviving are three nieces Judy Geerts Kathy Menne Beverly Torkelson and two nephews Kenneth Meyer and Keith Meyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard J. Oestmann
Good Samaritan Center
West Union
St. Paul Lutheran Church
T.M. Marks
Postville
Schutte Funeral Home
Judy
David) Geerts
New Hampton
Kathy
Richard) Menne
Beverly
David) Torkelson
Monona
Kenneth
Becky) Meyer
Keith
Brenda) Meyer
Castalia
Lisbon Man Harry F Sproston dies at 95
Harry F Grandpa Sproston 95 of Lisbon formerly Mount Vernon died Monday October 19 1998 at Hallmark Care and Rehabilitation Center Mount Vernon after a long illness. He was preceded in death by his wife Hazel Snyder Sproston in 1983.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry F
Grandpa’ Sproston
Lisbon
Mount Vernon
Hallmark Care and Rehabilitation Center
Hazel Snyder Sproston
Lydia Hruska 90 dies after long illness in Decorah
Lydia Hruska 90 died Wednesday October 21 1998 at Aase Haugen Home Decorah after a long illness. Services 11 a.m. Saturday at St Wenceslaus Catholic Church Burial in church cemetery Friends may call 4 to 8 p m today at Balik Funeral Home Spillville rosary at 5 p m Survived by Mary Hemesath Verona Wis and three sons Eugene West Union John Decorah Walter Rochester Minn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Hruska
Aase Haugen
Decorah
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Balik Funeral Home
Spillville
Mary Hemesath
Verona
Wis
Eugene
West Union
John
Walter
Rochester
Minn
Victor Woman Marianne Fiser Obituary Notices
Marianne Fiser of Victor died in an Oct 1998 auto crash on County Road V38. Services held at St. Bridget’s Church. Burial at Calvary Cemetery. She leaves fiancé Darrell Ward and son Anthony Ward of Victor, and her parents Daryl and Bette Fiser, siblings Matt, Andrew, and Katie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marianne Fiser
Victor
St. Bridget’s Catholic Church
Richard Okumu
Calvary Cemetery
Smith Funeral Home
Darrell Ward
Anthony Ward
Daryl
Bette Fiser
Matt
Gulfport
Miss
Andrew
Katie Fiser
Mildred A Marsden 95 Dies after Long Illness
Mildred A Marsden 95 of Waukon died after a long illness at Good Samaritan Center. Services are 1 30 p m Saturday at St John s Lutheran Church in Waukon with visitation after 11 30 a m Saturday at the church. Hanson Funeral Home is handling arrangements. There are no immediate survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred A. Marsden
Good Samaritan Center
Oakland Cemetery
Hanson Funeral Home
Waukon
Margaret Hosier 75 dies after short illness in Iowa City
Margaret Isabel Hosier aged 75 died Wednesday October 21 1998 at Mercy Iowa City after a brief illness. Services set for 10 30 a m Saturday at George L Gay Funeral Home Iowa City with Rev Richard Paulus. Burial in Memory Gardens Cemetery Iowa City. She is survived by Patricia Akerly of Cedar Rapids and two sons Robert Smelser of Tiffin and David Hosier of West Branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Isabel Hosier
Mercy Iowa City
George L. Gay
Memorial rites and services listed for local figures
Eugene H Burger B urial with military rites at Floral Hills Memorial Gardens Oelwein. Janice Mae Spicer Sever service at St Mark s United Methodist Church burial Linwood Cemetery arrangements by Murdoch Linwood. Milford E Smith service at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories entombment Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Call after noon. Memorials to Camp Courageous Diabetes Foundation or donor s choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene H. Burger
Floral Hills Memorial Gardens
Oelwein
Murdoch- Linwood Funeral Home
Janice Mae Spicer Sever
St. Mark's United Methodist Church
Linwood Cemetery
Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home
Milford E. “Smitty
Smith
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Frank Schultz
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Camp Courageous
The
Diabetes Foundation
State gaming panel may be violating law
Iowa regulators said they may have approved contracts allowing Com Check machines to debit player accounts without pins. The commission will review contracts and consider stopping the practice or ordering machine removal to maintain credibility and legality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette
Race Track
Commission
Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission
Brad Peyton
Jeff Farrell
Iowa Attorney General's Office
Harold White
White
Farrell
Crash victim 2 improving after fatal mother crash
Anthony Ward 2, of Victor, upgraded from serious to fair at University Hospitals Iowa City after a two vehicle crash that killed Angela Fiser 21 near Victor. Lang 29 of Grinnell was treated and released. Fiser’s mother Bette Fiser said Anthony suffered broken legs and lung bruising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Gosch
Wazette
Victor
Anthony Ward
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Angela Fiser
Iowa State Patrol
Fiser
Christopher Lang
Bette Fiser
Anthony
Darrell Ward
Ward
Victor Plastics
HSV
Pride of Iowa
Marengo
Call of Colors photo contest open for Iowa fall images
The Gazette invites entries for its fourth Call of Colors contest with a Fall The Color of Eastern Iowa theme. Top photos will be published November 26 and five winners receive 25 dollars each. 25 runners up posted online. Deadline November 6. limit three photos per contestant. 8 by 10 inches max. no mounting. entries to The Gazette Cedar Rapids IA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
GazetteOnline.com
Iowa
Call of the Colors
the Gazette
P.O. Box
Cedar Rapids
Czech museum dinner features writer Novak
The National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library hosts the 1998 Fall Dinner at 7 p.m. featuring writer Novak Jan Novak, noted for Carl Sandburg Award winning works, making his first Cedar Rapids visit. The event includes a chandelier lighting in the Grand Hall, funded by Leora Zahorik and Edwin Zahorik, and the annual crowning of the Czech prince and princess with tickets at 25 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan Novak
National
Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Novak
Prague
Milos Forman
Czech Republic
Chicago
United States
Dan Baldwin
Cedar Rapids
Preciosa-Lustry
Roman L. Hruska Grand
Leora Zahorik
Edwin
Lillian Zahorik
Czechoslovakia
Ushers Ferry Hosts Safe Halloween Sunday
Ushers Ferry Historic Village invites families to a Safe Halloween from noon to 4 p.m. with costume contests trick or treat and a Haunted Town Hall. Admission is 2 dollars for children 12 and under. adults free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ushers Ferry
Wheelwright
Tom Sveum
East Iowans Aid Texas Flood Victims With Red Cross
Red Cross volunteers from Mount Vernon and Cedar Rapids headed to Austin Texas to serve food to storm victims. At least 20 deaths were reported from the Texas floods. Peter Teahen and Lisa LaDue join volunteers already in Puerto Rico assisting Hurricane Georges victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Texas
Gene
Dot Hinman
Mount Vernon
Austin
Sara Ulrich
Grant Wood
The
American Red
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Anamosa
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Sparks
Nev
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Altamosa
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Watauga Medical Center
Boone
Appalachian Brian Estates
Marianne McMasters
Barney Hampton
Edna
Durham
N.C
Dorothy Pauba
Doris M. Gliades
Sprosic
Clair Richarrenr
Yew Reer
Willard J. Oestr
Lavonne E. Ie
Angela Marianne Cieer
Mildred A
West Branch
Peyton
Victor Tot
Call of Colors
42Nd Street
Edgewood Road
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Litor Wits
STITT
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