Deaths in Linn County Honor Local Residents
Virginia Schneider Sorensen 70 of Ely dies of cancer at home after a career as a teacher in Delaware County and Minneapolis schools. Opal C. Porter 79 of Cedar Rapids dies of cancer, nurse and long-time caregiver. Robert H. Jamison 60 Cedar Rapids resident, former Wilson Foods employee, WWII Air Corps veteran. Bertha E. Kelsey 81 Amana native and Collins Radio assembler, long Methodist member. Additional notices list memorials, funeral services, and burial details for several Linn County residents including Koch, Remington, and Serovy with church services, cemeteries, and memorial funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Schneider Sorensen
Ely
Manchester
al Sorensen
Dubuque
Delaware County
Minneapolis
Martin Luther Manor
Minn
Dorothy Byers
Cedar Rapids
Junior Schneider
Harold Schneider
First Lutheran Church
Oakland Cemetery
Vernon’s Funeral Home
Hospice of Mercy
c/o Mercy Hospital
10Th St
Robert H. Jamison
Eighth St. NW
Mercy Hospital
Knoxville
Wilson Foods
Jamison
Air Corps
Trinity Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids Aerie
Phoenix
Pam Smith
Robert Jr
Kirk
Germany
JoAnn Sill
Springville
Jim Vernon
Kuba Funeral Home East
Deaths In Iowa Community Add Five Names To Obituary List
Multiple notices from eastern Iowa report the deaths of Marjorie McCaw 87 Jona Howland 89 Mary A Campbell 90 and others with services in Clarence Decorah and Dubuque. Additional memorials note Peter C Seeck Clarence Kastner Edna Hixson William Schmuelle Bernice Graham Daniel R Blake and more with funeral details and burial sites across Keokuk, Davenport, Monona, and Tama communities.
Professor in criminal justice arrested as New York fugitive
A Nebraska university instructor of criminal justice and husband of a law school assistant dean was arrested in Lincoln on a New York arrest warrant. FBI fingerprint comparison linked him to a fugitive with eight felonies who escaped in 1975. He faced extradition and had taught in Lincoln and Omaha before resigning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Omaha
Neb
Paul Stewart
Lincoln
New York State Department of Correctional Services
University of Nebraska-Omaha
FBI
Stewart
Lancaster County
John Colburn
Lou Cartier
New York City College
University of Cincinnati
CCNY
University of Wisconsin
Fred Holbert
Linda Jensen
Ruth Witherspoon
University of Nebraska College of Law
Harvey Perlman
Law
Witherspoon
Holbert
New York City
James Flateau
James Whitford
Flateau
University paid Jehan Sadat 313000 for teaching and lectures
The University of South Carolina disclosed about 313000 dollars spent to have Jehan Sadat lecture and teach a class for three semesters. The judge ruled public access outweighed security concerns, noting Sadat no longer worked at the university and the public has a right to know.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
S.C
University of South Carolina
Anwar Sadat
James B. Holderman
Holderman
Jehan Sadat
State University
Sadat
James E. Moore
Paul Perkins
Cheryl
Moore
Eleanor Link 73 dies at Veterans Memorial Hospital
Eleanor Link age 73 dies Monday at Veterans Memorial Hospital. Survived by three daughters Sister Carolyn Link Ames Janis Schulte Dorchester Marcia Prins Clinton three sons Tony Waukon Dr Charles La Crosse Wis William LaGrange two sisters Wilma Jennings Helen McCabe Caledonia Minn 17 grandchildren four great. Services 10:30 a.m. Thursday St Patrick s Catholic Church Burial Mount Olivet Cemetery Friends may call 2 to 9 p m today Hanson s rosary 3 p m today Scripture service 8 p m tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Schmuelle
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Lela
Gene
Junior
Postville
Genevieve Milbrandt
Waucoma
Georgia Sowers
Marjorie Spilde
New Hope
Minn
Laura Ihde
Monona
Marie Ihde
Anna Schnuelle
Lydia Schnuelle
Ossian
Clarence
Eleanor Link
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Carolyn Link
Ames
Janis Schulte
Dorchester
Marcia Prins
Clinton
Tony
Waukon
Charles
la Crosse
Wis
William
LaGrange
Wilma Jennings
Helen McCabe
Caledonia
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Hanson's
Mercy St Luke's And City Births And Local Alarms
Oct 28 births listed for Mercy St Luke's and St. Luke's with families in multiple streets including McWherter Faine George Gronewold Oldfather Prosser Vulys teke. Also multiple incidents show Monday to Tuesday evening alarms fires medical emergencies and illegal burning at various addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Luke’s
Kathleen
Anthony Faine
Second Ave
James George
Miami Dr. NE
Sheila
Tracy Gronewold
Williamsburg
Regina
Michael
Third St
Knollshire Dr
Second St. NE
Weather degree days report for year and month
C R degree days total through Monday October 27 1985 shows 382 433 and 6 percent of normal year totals 6715 and 6 percent of normal.
Illinois Lotto Winning Numbers Tuesday Draw
Illinois lottery results from Springfield list winning numbers for the Tuesday draw with an estimated grand prize pool of 2 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield, Ill
Probe into Navy handling of foreign torpedo sales
The Defense Department's inspector general opened a probe into how the Navy managed two foreign military sales agreements in 1985 involving Canada and Turkey buying 268 MK-46 torpedoes from Honeywell. Internal papers suggest a $14.3 million contract underrun was applied to a Navy contract instead of refunds to the foreign buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
Canada
Turkey
Honeywell Inc
Honeywell
United States
William Caldwell
Office of Inspector General
Caldwell
Inspector General
Fatal two-vehicle crash near Waverly leaves one dead
A Bremer County crash on a gravel road near Waverly killed the southbound driver about 10 10 a m The victim’s name is being held pending family notification The other vehicle driven by Kevin Adams 25 of Plainfield pulled a trailer with a combine and went into a ditch Adams was uninjured No charges were filed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
Bremer County
Kevin Adams
Plainfield
Adams
Also Mentioned on This Page
Linn County
Opal C. Porter
First Ave
St. Luke’s Hospital
Wahpeton
N.D
St. Luke’s School of Nursing
Ned Porter
American Cancer Society
Roland Hischke
Trinity Lutheran Church
Linwood Cemetery
American Legion
Hanford Post
Bertha E. Kelsey
16Th Ave
Amana
Louis Kelsey
Mechanicsville
Kenneth L. Hofer
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Lloyd
Anna L. Koch
United Methodist Church
Lisbon
Karen Fristad
Dale Batchelor
St. Mark’s Methodist Church
Lisbon Cemetery
Linn County Association For
Morgan Funeral Home
Mount Vernon
Sally L. Remington
Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church
Cedric Lofdahl
Edgewood Rd
Turner Chapel West
Roy A. Serovy
Brush Chapel
William Harnish
Galena
Ill
Cedar Memorial Park
Hanford
Iowa
Marjorie McCaw
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center
Eugene
Ruth Palmer
Reinbeck
Clarence United Methodist Church
Clarence Cemetery
Chapman’s
Decorah
Jona Howland
Lenox
G.K
Leland
Donna Williams
Brainerd
Helen Estrem
Guerney Pittenger
Dorothy Earl
Albion
Decorah Lutheran Church
Fayette
Mary A. Campbell
Sunrise
Fredericksburg
Becker-Milnes
Hazleton
Frank Harrington
Buchanan County Mutual Insurance Co
ASCS
Laura
Georgene Ponsar
Mary Jane Carr
Stevensville
Mich
Jerome
Los Angeles
Helen Corcoran
Fairbank
Irene Harrington
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Church Cemetery
Harrington
Woodland
Sloan Addition
Brant-Kerns-Jamison’s
Oelwein
Elsie Linder
Franklin
Beverly Manor
Johnson County
Albert Linder
Kahoka
Strub’s Department Store
Rebekah Carnation Lodge
Donahue Lensing
Dana Martin
Keystone
Peter C. Seeck
Ariz
Fellmer’s
Keystone Cemetery
Maquoketa
Clarence Kastner
Clinton Engine Co
Osteopathic Hospital
Davenport
Claudia Bresley
Pat Johnson
Tulsa
Oklo
Ervin
Yorkville
Mount Hope Cemetery
Carson’s
Marengo
Edna N. Hixson
Waterloo
Haddys
Keith
Dale
Marvin
Singapore
Clellan Shaull
Lloyd Shaull
Blairstown
First United Methodist Church
Garden of Memories
Kerns-Huisman-Schaumacher’s
Bernice E. Graham
South English
John of
Jewell
Barbara Case
Bloomington, Ill
Doris Wagner
San Antonio
Texas
Mildred New
House of Webster
Powell’s
Toledo
Daniel Robert Blake
Brook Army Medical Burn Center
Fort Sam Houston
Admiral Nimitz
Robert
Darlene Blake
Katrina
Alicia Blake
U.S. Army
Stuttgart
West Germany
Emma Weber
Dunkerton
Tama
Rose Hill
USS Nimitz
Mason-Hand’s
Blake
University
Mercy
Cindy
Dan McWherter
10Th St. NW
Third Ave
Mount Vernon Rd
Sixth St
C.R
Illinois Lottery
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue SE
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