Deaths in Linn County and surrounding areas
Jennie B. Schevers 73 of 4327 Cavalier St NE died of natural causes at home. Graveside services 11 a.m. Friday at Sunset Memorial Garden Cemetery Keokuk. survivors include three daughters and ten great grandchildren. Bess Andrews 91 of Mount Dora Florida died after a long illness. services 1:30 p.m. Friday at Janeba Kuba Funeral Home West with burial at Czech National Cemetery. survivor Rose Conrad. Edward J. Havlicek 92 formerly of Ely died Tuesday at Sunnycrest Care Center Dysart. services 10:30 a.m. Friday at St Ludmila Church with burial St Patrick Cemetery Fairfax. survivors include three stepsons and a stepdaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie B. Schevers
Cavalier St. NE
Sunset Memorial Garden Cemetery
Keokuk
Stewart Funeral Home
Margaret M. Kay
Cedar Rapids
Carolyn M. Thompson
Susan M. Meader
Marion
Jennie
Vincent A. Schevers
Vincent A
Michael L. Schevers
Mount Dora
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Czech National Cemetery
Rose Conrad
Robert V. Buresh
Florida
Bess
Linn County
American Legion
Hanford Unit 5
William B. Harnish
Edward J. Havlicek
Ely
Sunnycrest
Dysart
St. Ludmilas Catholic Church
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Fairfax
Kuba Funeral Home
Victor
Marcel Sebetka
Norway
Sylvester
Bill McKenna
Oskaloosa
Kinross
Mahaska County Hospital
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
St. Patrick's Little Creek
Garland-VanArkel Longkamp
Andrew
Matthew
Ellen
Jim
Grinnell
Margaret Malloy
Williamsburg
Roger D. Sieck
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Iowa City
Kerns-Jamison Funeral Home
Maynard
Grandview Cemetery
Fayette
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Lorraine
William
Barbara Ehlers
Stanley
Joanne Nelson
Oelwein
Mary Bendixen
Olin
Obituary notices from Carroll area funeral services
Robert D. Albin memorial 4 p m today at Murdoch Chapel Central City family greets friends from 3 p m. Edward H. Feddern Sr. service 10 a m Thursday Brush Chapel burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Charles Wetherington service 10 30 a m today Murdoch Linwood Chapel friends after 9 a m. Morris Lynn Canfield 79 of 1348 Hinkley Ave NW died Wednesday in St Anthony Regional Hospital Carroll arrangements pending at Cahn and Woodhouse Funeral Home Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Albin
Murdoch Chapel
Central City
Edward H. Feddern Sr
Brush Chapel
Oak Hill Cemetery
Charles Wetherington
Murdoch-Linwood
Death Notice Policy and Funeral Publication Charges
Arrangements pending and death notices are published without charge. Survivors listed free include parents siblings spouses children and step relatives in those categories. Other survivors may be charged 35 cents per word. A photo is free if reasonably dated. Fees apply for obituary material second day notices out of town notices and all information in those sections. Funeral homes typically submit notices but families may submit during business hours. For more information call 398-8221 with specified hours.
Obituaries and funeral notices from Eastern Iowa
Irene Mouchka Rettig 65 died after a brief illness at home. Services Friday at Amana Community Church burial in Amana. Maude L. Pritchard 87 died in Anamosa care center. Services Saturday at Goettsch Funeral Home burial in Grandview Fayette. Lyle Strong 83 died in Anamosa hospital. Services Friday St John Lutheran Olin burial Wyoming Cemetery. Mabel Wheeler 80 died in Cedar Rapids. Services Saturday Nevenhoven burial Brooklyn Cemetery. M. Posekany 73 of rural Chelsea died at home. Carmen Howden 49 died at home. Verna M. Hamblin 87 died at Peoples Nursing Care Center. Anne B. Crowley 103 died in Lantern Park Care Center Coralville. George L. Gay Funeral Home handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Mouchka Rettig
Amana Community Church
Amana Cemetery
Hoover-Valentine Funeral Home
Marengo
George
Margaret Geiger
Amana
Darlene Bartosh
Theresa Holub
Walford
Elmer
Alvin
Laverne Mouchka
Agnes Bonnater
North English
Adeline Leichsenring
Rose Marie Kasparek
Solon
Mabel Grimm
Stephen
Scott Geiger
Kellie Holub
Colony Inn
Lyle Strong
Anamosa Community Hospital
St. John Lutheran Church
Olin
Wyoming Cemetery
Wyoming
Hayden’s
Wilma
Dolores Wood
Phyllis Gardzelewski
Cedar Rapids
Ivan
Urbandale
Mary Thomson
David H
Deming
N.M
Verna M. Hamblin
Peoples Nursing Care Center
First Presbyterian Church
Oakwood Cemetery
White Funeral Home
Eleanor Green
Ruth Hart
Jesup
Vernon Main
Walter Main
Independence
Doris Jensen
Wesley Hamblin
Vera Giermann
Onawa
Anne B. Crowley
E. Harrison St
Lantern Park
Coralville
St. Patrick Catholic Church
St. Joseph Cemetery
George L. Gay Funeral Home
Obituary notices list local deaths and services
Multiple notices report deaths of Bill McKenna 64 of Oskaloosa, Paul J. Ralston 79, Roger D. Sieck 63, Cyrena L. Ocelrich 93, Robert Asquith 75, and Edward Larson 86. Each lists service times, burial sites, and surviving relatives with churches, cemeteries, and funeral homes in Oskaloosa Maynard Strawberry Point Lone Tree Volga and other communities.
Smithereens Bring Raw Energy To Iowa City Show
The Smithereens played Carver Hawkeye Arena to 1910 fans delivering an intense 85 minute set without props or stars. Pat DiNizio energized the crowd with humor and strong melodies from all three albums including Blood and Roses. Carry Nation opened with Beth McCormack and Darlene Youmans driving a folk rock showcase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazon Anormal
Iowa City
Smithereens
Carver-Hawkeye Arena
Pat DiNizio
DiNizio
Iowa Lotto Jackpot Goes Unclaimed
Iowa lottery officials report no ticket matched all six numbers for Wednesday's 800000 draw, sending the estimated prize to about 1 million for Saturday. Thirteen players matched five numbers to win 600 each, 444 matched four for 30, and 6255 matched three for a free play. Wild card winners totaled 1,398 with the nine of diamonds worth 43560 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
DES Moines
Lottery
Karen Overland
Overland
German Leader To Speak At Iowa State Institute
Petra Kelly a member of the German National Parliament speaks at Iowa State University Institute on World Affairs with an 8 pm lecture November 4 in the Memorial Union Sun Room Ames. The event centers on Eastern Europe and the World in Transition and includes talks by writers politicians scientists and former political prisoners. Contact ISU Committee on Lectures at 515 294 9924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Petra Kelly
Iowa State University
Memorial Union Sun Room
Europe
ISU
Funds transferred for housing work in Iowa
The Title Guaranty Division of the Iowa Finance Authority moved 300000 dollars to the Authority for statewide housing programs. Board Chairman Robert DeCook of Oskaloosa announced the funds may support homeless shelters, home maintenance and repair programs, rental rehabilitation, and first time homebuyer assistance. Since 1988, total transfers reach 2500000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Finance Authority
Robert DeCook
Oskaloosa
Bettendorf Couple Charged in Mass Marijuana Seizure
Police raided two Bettendorf houses and seized about 400000 dollars worth of marijuana. Phillip A. Johnston and Janice Marie Johnston were charged with possession with intent to deliver and Drug Tax Law violations and held on 50000 dollars bond each. The case marks the largest marijuana seizure in the Quad Cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bettendorf
Phillip A. Johnston
Janice Marie Johnston
Iowa
Quad Cities
Vital Statistics Births Mercy and St Luke's Oct 23 24
Birth announcements list couples from Center Point West Amana Cedar Rapids and other Iowa towns with a son or daughter born on Oct 23 and Oct 24. Names include Sagert Dotzel Hanna Cowman Lilly Snitker Wothe Wepel Prohaska Tendick Otero Breard Gagnon Walford Delbridge Hartkemeyer Fransen Hansel and Robinson. Totals show 442 births recorded through Oct 23 and 493 through Oct 24 with percentages of normal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy
Kelly
David Sagert
Center Point
Stephanie
Robert Dotzel
Council St. NE
Jean
Scot Hanna
Memorial Dr. SE
ST. Luke's
Kathleen
Jeffrey Cowman
West Amana
Kippen
John Lilly
Westwood Dr. NW
Connie
Jerry Snitker
Sixth St. NW
Stacy
Phillip Wothe
Elle R. Prohaska
Cedar Rapids
Jerry L. Harris
Cedar Falls
Jill R. Imhoff
Dwayne N. Tendick
Tricia M. Otero
Marion
Brett C. Breard
Monique M. Gagnon
Hiawatha
Brian D. Walvoord
Kathryn A. Delbridge
Mason City
Bruce A. Hartkemeyer
Debra K. Fransen
Thomas M. Flack
Sharla K. Wall
Davenport
Jeffrey J. Hansel
Oak Park
Debra C. Robinson
Fire Devastates Vacant Morrell Beef Plant in Estherville
A major blaze damaged the former John Morrell beef plant in Estherville Iowa with walls and roof sections collapsing near railroad tracks. Firefighters reported the fire started in the west portion around 2 46 p m and flames rose 20 to 30 feet before subsiding by mid evening. Workers had been inside salvaging scrap with welding equipment when a spark reportedly ignited styrofoam insulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Iowa
Lyle Hevern
John Morrell
David Knox
Hevern
Cincinnati
Flying Pig Corporation
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Bess Andrews
Mount Dora, Fla
Second St. SW
Sebetka
Atkins
Lavon Tomas
Oxford
Emma Hartl
Lillian Sebetka
Harry Koelker
Morris Lynn Canfield
Hinkley
Anamosa
Maude L. Pritchard
Goettsch Funeral Home
Frances Leggett
Scotch Grove
Darlene Stender
Monmouth
Dorothy Brunscheen
Arvada
Colo
Russell
Longmont
the Cancer Fund
Brooklyn
Mabel Wheeler
St. Luke's Hospital
Nevenhoven’'s
Brooklyn Cemetery
Earl
Ronald
Sigourney
Fern Heck
Chelsea
Ma M. Posekany
Hrabak
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Leo
Richard
Decorah
Carmen Howden
St. Benedict's Catholic Church
Church
French & Balik Funeral Home
Kate
Lisa Lienhard
Cresco
Leann Howden
Minneapolis
Troy
Fort Hood
Texas
Scott
Marvin
Donald
Burr Oak
Kay Regan
Waukon
Sarah Ottesen
Mary Teslow
Dorothy Losey
Georgiana Schwienfus
Adolph Nordsvig
C City
Maquoketa
Paul J. Ralston
Jackson County
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Timber City American Legion
O’'Connor-Regenwether Veterans of Foreign Wars
Haylock-O’hara
Althea
Paula van Dorn
Wheatland
Marty
Sarah Burmeister
Lost Nation
Lucille
Irene Ralston
Strawberry Point
Cyrena L. O¢elrich
Strawberry Point Lutheran Home
Roberson Funeral Home
Strawberry Point Cemetery
Dessie Tunison
Fresno
Calif
West Branch
Robert Asquith
Lone Tree
Barker
West Branch Chapel
West Union
Edward Larson
Palmer Lutheran Health Center
United Methodist Church
Hillcrest Cemetery
Volga
Burnham Wood Funeral Home
Dee Ann Rexroat
New Jersey
Jim Babjak
Sented
Beth McCormack
Darlene Youmans
McCormack
Iowa State Institute
LOTTO
Lotto America
Illinois Lotto
Howard R. Bruner
Mich
Mogas Beg Tie Sea
Morrell
John E. Lapes
Ave. S.E
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