Deaths of Woodson and McBride in Iowa obituary notes
George Leon Woodson 74 of Palo dies after long illness at Mercy Hospital a Cedar Rapids farmer long active in Immaculate Conception Church and Shellsburg Leisure Club survived by wife Eleanor Mae Farr one son two daughters nine grandchildren two great grandchildren and a sister. Maude M. McBride 101 longtime Marion resident dies after brief illness born Atlantic Iowa married George W. McBride 1907 funeral at Baxter Memorial Chapel burial Oak Shade Cemetery. Frederick T. Robidoux funeral at Immanuel Baptist Church burial Cedar Memorial Lakeview. casket to be closed. callers welcome at Turner Chapel East then church.
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George
Leon” Woodson
Palo
Mercy Hospital
Broken Arrow
Okla
Eleanor Mae Farr
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Cedar Rapids
Shellsburg
Woodson
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
George L
LaVerne Welch
New Liberty
Iowa
Roger Krug
Maude M. McBride
Marion
Northbrook Manor
Atlantic
George W. McBride
Marion High School
United Methodist Church of
Sigourney area obituaries note multiple deaths in county
Lizzie Viola Elder 96 of Sigourney died Sunday at Mahaska County Hospital in Oskaloosa. Surviving daughters live in Sigourney Davenport and Charleston with 32 grandchildren 79 great grandchildren and 16 great great grandchildren. Services Tuesday 10 a.m. at Holm Funeral Home Sigourney and graveside 2:30 p.m. at Chambersburg Cemetery Kahoka Missouri. Brady Showman 86 of Sigourney died Saturday at Keokuk County Hospital of an apparent heart attack. Survivors include wife Mabel Irene four sons and four daughters with 38 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday Reynolds Funeral Chapel Sigourney burial Rayburn Cemetery north of Hedrick. Emma Louise Hylton 56 of Solon died Sunday morning at Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Services pending at Brosh Funeral Home Solon. Willa F Freshwaters 83 of Washington died Sunday after long illness. Former Washington School District teacher and university fraternity housemother. Surviving James and John two sons one daughter Jean Robertson 13 grandchildren five great grandchildren two sisters. Services 10 a.m. Wednesday United Presbyterian Church Washington burial Elm Grove Cemetery. Friends may call Jones' this evening. Memorial fund established for Washington Public Library or the YWCA.
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Johanna Dircks
Anamosa
Anamosa Community Hospital
Diedrick
David
Olin
Kenneth
Elissa Kemp
Center Point
Rose Peek
Lone Tree
Herman Tieken
Monticello
St. John’s Lutheran
Prairie Hill Cemetery
Castle Grove Township
Goettsch’s
First Baptist Church
Manchester
Ralph C. Miller
Oakland Cemetery
Shelly Funeral Home
Edith M. Darey
Good Neighbor Home
Lyle Griffith
Normal, Ill
Dorothy A. Darey
Hiawatha
Lona H. Ryan
Marion
Graydon Zehr
Winfield, Ill
Allyn R
Clarence Eldridge
Marcus
Iowa
Dan H. Kruse
Bankston
Dyersville
Dubuque County Fairgrounds
Rose Mary
Kevin
Epworth
Earl
Kelly
Phillip
Karen
Minneapolis
Pamela
Henry Kruse Sr
New Vienna
Henry Jr
Ronald
St. Clement’s Church
Knights of Columbus
Reiff Funeral Home
Farley
Elmer Louis Stuhr
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Charlotte
Sandra Morrison
Somers
Susan Meinert
Stockton
Sally Stuhr
Madison
Wis
Cindy Stone
Conway
Ark
Daniel
Iowa City
Norma Wilkening
le Claire
Elda Rixe
Bennett
Glayds Conrad
London
Ralph
Howard
Peace United Church of Christ
Inland Cemetery
Lizzie Viola Elder
Sigourney
Mahaska County Hospital
Oskaloosa
Berniece Appleger
Edith Denny
Evelyn Faw
Charleston
Ill
Holm Funeral Home
Chambersburg
Kahoka
Willa F. Freshwaters
United Presbyterian Home
Washington
University of Iowa
James
Waterloo
John
Fredericksburg
Jean Robertson
Alice Mercer
Chester
N.J
Evelyn Herbrechtsmeyer
Charles City
United
Daughters Born to Several Area Couples
Vital statistics list multiple births with parents and addresses including Aleksandra and Kazimierz Olewicz a daughter at 1500 Oakland Road NE apt 702 Tracy and Christopher Chadek a daughter at 1319 Maplewood Drive NE Denise Terrebrood Stone Manchester a daughter Kathleen and Larry Matthews a daughter Teresa and Kevin Smith Mount Vernon a daughter. Also notes fire police and medical calls including a short in a lamp socket 1433 Wilson Ave SW a malfunction alarm 411 Sixth St NE a medical emergency at Third Avenue and Fifth Street SE an assistance call 4845 Johnson Ave NW a faulty gas connector 939 12th St NE.
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Tracy
Christopher Chadek
Maplewood Drive
Denise Terrebrood Stone
Manchester
Kathleen
Larry Matthews
Bramble Road
Teresa
Kevin Smith
Mount Vernon
Wilson Ave
Sixth St
Third Avenue
Fifth Street
Johnson Ave. NW
12Th St
Death of Des Moines writer after family shooting at Woodward
AP reports WOODWARD Iowa funds. Veteran Des Moines Register and Tribune columnist Robert Hullihan 61 shot wife Thelma 57 and daughter Julie 32 at Woodward State Hospital before killing himself Investigations by the state Division of Criminal Investigation and Boone County Sheriff's Department. Hullihan won the Ernie Pyle Memorial Award for writing in 1975 and was known for everyday life focused columns.
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Woodward, Iowa
Robert Hullihan
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Sunday
Woodward State Hospital
Hullihan
Julie
Thelma
State Division of Criminal Investigation
Boone County Sheriff's Department
The
Register and Tribune
Ernie Pyle
Des Moines Sunday Register
Grenada Invasion Fears Rise As U S And Britain Move Ships
Eastern Caribbean leaders call Grenada’s new military government a security threat while a Grenadan radio broadcast says an invasion is expected tonight. A U S convoy with 2,000 Marines nears Grenada and Britain sends HMS Antrim and Pearleaf for possible evacuation. Thousands seek safety as regional leaders suspend Grenada from Caricom and discuss possible intervention.
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Port-Of-Spain
Trinidad
Barbados
St. Lucia
St. Vincent
Antigua
Dominica
Radio Free Grenada
CDT
Revolutionary Military Council
United States
Grenada
U.S
British Defense Ministry
London
Antrim
Pearleaf
Cartagena
Caribbean
Caricom
Hudson Austin
Maurice Bishop
Secret Air Force fund funded Vietnam era spy bribes
A covert Wartime fund at Norton AFB allegedly reimbursed Lockheed for bribes to foreign officials to assure cooperation with a Vietnam era spy operation. The 60 Minutes report says Operation Buttercup ran 1965 to 1972, involving Southeast Asia agents and China surveillance. Major General Richard Collins faces embezzlement charges and hints he will reveal more secrets in court. The fate of bribe records remains unclear and appeals court deadlines loom for classified documents.
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New York
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Norton Air Force Base
California
CBS News
60 Minutes
Southeast Asia
North Vietnam
China
Richard Collins
Lockheed
Air Force
Albert Gore
House Committee On Intelligence
Collins
Justice Department
11Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Atlanta
Two Iowans killed in weekend crashes
Weekend traffic tragedies claim two Iowans. Bankston man Dan H. Kruse, 47, died near Dyersville after running a stop sign and colliding with Sylvester Pins, 59. Pins, his wife Rosemary, 54, and son Mark, 13, were hospitalized in stable condition. Mark released Saturday. In Muscatine, David Hesperd, 34, died in a single vehicle crash. wife Perfectua, 39, and son David Jr., 4, hospitalized. daughter Theresa, 6, in serious condition. investigation ongoing.
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Bankston
Dyersville
Dan H. Kruse
D-17
Sylvester Pins
Pins
Rosemary
Mark
Kruse
St. Mary’s
Mercy Health Center
Route 2
New Vienna
Sylvester
Sheriff's Department
University Hospital
Iowa City
Muscatine
Des Moines Robber Found Dead After Market Stabbing
Dale Brown 32, suspected in a north side Des Moines market robbery, was found dead in an alley Saturday after a stabbing during the crime. Police and the Polk County Medical Examiner cited a single chest wound as the cause, with an autopsy planned for Sunday. The keeper of Ed's Pleasant View Market identified Brown, and a youth present at the store helped name him.
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DES Moines
Dale Brown
Brown
Eddie Barbieri
Pickup Collides With Semi on Highway 30 Near Tama
A two vehicle crash on Highway 30 near Tama left Hartgrove with minor injuries and his pickup totaling. He crossed the center line striking a semi driven by Joan Degroot of Orange City. The collision caused about $7,000 in damage. Degroot Insulation owned truck suffered $3,000 damage. Hartgrove faces charges of drunk driving and failure to maintain control.
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Highway 30
Tama
Charles Hartgrove
Foley's Hotel
Joan Degroot
Orange City
Iowa
Hartgrove
Degroot Insulation
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METRO
Alfred Brosius
Oak Wood Cemetery
Teahen Funeral Home
Farmersburg
Margaret J. Marmann
Lutheran Hospital
LaCrosse
Witt
Elkader
Grinnell
Willis M. Ryan
Veterans Hospital
Nevenhaven's
Brooklyn
Alta Hatfield
Harold D
Alameda
Calif
Donald J
Pueblo
Colo
Clinton Darey
West Los Angeles
Lloyd B. Strausser
Rockford, Ill
Rockford
Powell Funeral Home
North English
Solon
Emma Louise Hylton
Brosh Funeral Home
Aleksandra
Kazimierz Olewicz
Oakland Road
Apt
St. Lukes
Pyle
Hoopeston
Boone
Korea
Stoner Systems Inc
Johnny Carson
Mark Twain
Britain
Kenneth Kurze
Michele Gibbs-Russell
George D. Colman
Colman
Detroit
Michele
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Europe
Dubuque County
John E. Lapes
3Rd Avenue S.E
Pierson
Ellis Boulevard
East 395
Center Pt. Rd
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