Multiple Cedar Rapids area obituaries published this week
A string of death notices from Mercy Hospital and Cedar Rapids area churches lists Clara E. Gray JW Gray 92 Sylvia Kahler Ray Brockman and two other deceased residents. Services at Turner Chapel West with burial in Linwood Cemetery. Myron C Garlick 77 and Orie S Imes 93 noted along with L Merle Pierce Hazel Sorenson Buelford O Doreen Edmund R Rosenberg. Details include birthplaces former residences church affiliations job histories and survivor lists.
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Clara E. Gray
C St
Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
Deep River
Bill” Gray
First Lutheran Church
Sylvia E. Kahler
Ray Brockman
Wisconsin
Turner Chapel West
David P. Rebeck
Linwood Cemetery
Memorial services and funerals listed for multiple individuals
A sequence of memorial services and funeral arrangements is documented for Bonnie M Differding, Charles J Lynch, W W Rowdy Roberts, Donald C Torgler, Herbert Warren Usher, and corrections noting Ted Usher’s relation. Services held today at churches and cemeteries with various arrangements by local funeral homes. Contributions to cancer society and memorial funds requested.
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Differding
Bonnie M. Zabokitsky
Walker Bible Church
Merle A. Pederson
Walker Cemetery
Murdoch Funeral Home
Walker
Lynch
Charles J
First Congregational Church
Joseph McCabe
Coe College
Oak Hill Cemetery
Beatty-Bearle-Murdoch
Roberts
W.W
Rowdy
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Leroy E. Bauman
Kenwood Park United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Mausoleum
American Cancer Society
10Th St. SE
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Torgler
Donald C
All Saints Catholic Church
Edmund J. Becker
James Blockinger
Dale Rausch
Cedar Memorial Park
American Legion Hanford Post
All Saints Memorial Fund
29Th St. SE
Stewart Funeral Home
Usher
Herbert Warren
Turner Chapel West
David Ottsen
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Stillwater
Okla
Palo Cemetery
American Legion
Hanford Post
Ted Usher
Vinton
East Iowa Deaths Include Barbara Joslin and Violet Aldrich
Notices report Barbara Joslin 68 died at University Hospitals Iowa City with four daughters and four sons surviving. graveside service Saturday at Wilcox Cemetery. Violet Aldrich 68 died at St. Luke’s Cedar Rapids. survivors include husband Vernon and children. services Saturday at Peace United Church of Christ Monticello. Nellie Torkelson 86 died at Community Memorial Hospital Postville. service Saturday at Norway Lutheran Church St Calf. Donald M. McMahon 74 died at VA Medical Center. no services. body donated to University of Iowa.
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Buelford
Bill
G. O’deen
Johnson Ave
St. Luke’s Hospital
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Penick and Ford
David John
William Alan
Fort Collins
Colo
James Eldon
Broken Bow
Oklo
Charles
University of Iowa’s
College of Medicine
Stewart Funeral Home
Dennis Heck
St. Luke's Hospital
Barbara Joslin
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Sharon Soper
Shirley Lacey
Monticello
Barbara McBride
Morley
Mary Kay Joslin
Robert Kepler
Floyd Kepler
David Joslin
Daryl Kepler
Merle Plummer
Wilcox Cemetery
Goettsch
Violet Aldrich
Vernon
Arlene Bader
Naomi Soppe
Judy Rundle
Mount Vernon
Verna Bietz
Hopkinton
Robert
Beulah Hasler
Wanda Minter
Belvidere
Ill
Peace United Church of Christ
Nellie Torkelson
Community Memorial Hospital
Postville
Oscar
Quentin
Farmersburg
Millard Hoag
Lloyd Leonard
Sycamore, Lr
Lee Klinkenberg
McGregor
Donald M. McMahon
Veterans Administration Medical Center
University of Iowa
George L. Gay
Mary Genevive Gaffney dies. services set in Masonville area
Mary Genevive Gaffney 81 died Wednesday at Good Neighbor Home. Survivors include two sons Charles of Manchester and Vincent of Cedar Rapids, two daughters Rita Brown of Manchester and Catherine Ralston of Cedar Rapids, 18 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Services 12:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church with burial at St. Patrick's Cemetery rural Masonville. Visitation precedes the service.
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L. Merle Pierce
First Ave
Cedar Rapids
Oconto
Elsie Paine
North Platte
Neb
Pierce Building Systems
Methodist Church
Joan Herbert
Park Forest
Ill
Marilyn Peters
Helen Paine
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Theodore G. Lilley
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Mary Genevive Gaffney
Good Neighbor Home
Charles
Manchester
Vincent
Rita Brown
Catherine Ralston
St. Mary's Catholic Church
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Masonville
Visitation
Bohnenkamp-Vernon
Julius Soens 77 Dies. Retired Buttermaker Funeral Arranged
Julius Soens 77 died Wednesday at Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids. Retired buttermaker and creamery employee. Survived by wife Mary son Richard of Dubuque brother Peter of Sycamore five sisters Emma Murphy Agusta Soukup Julia Gallagher Josephine Kirk Martha Curtis and three grandchildren. Services 10 30 a m today at St Patrick s Catholic Church Burial Calvary Cemetery.
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Myron C. Garlick
18Th Ave
Mercy Hospital
Vinton
Frances Mae Brubaker
Iowa Manufacturing Co
Harmony Lodge
The
Machinist's Union
Eagle’s Club
Vera Alcorn
Dortha Halva
Ila Mae Hepker
Donna Pessina
Aurora
Ill
Campbell-Russell Funeral Home
Robert Duffett
Edgewood Baptist Church
Cedar Rapids
Evergreen Cemetery
Julius Soens
Mary
Richard
Dubuque
Peter
Sycamore
Emma Murphy
Emmetsburg
Agusta Soukup
Iowa City
Julia Gallagher
Kansas City
Josephine Kirk
Washington, D.C
Martha Curtis
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Calvary Cemetery
Grassley Nigeria funds aim to ease Nigerian student debt
Sen. Grassley reports Nigeria released 10 million to help Nigerian students in the United States, though total debt runs 80 to 90 million with rent and personal costs. ISU and UI say 112 Nigerians owe 100,000 in tuition. He toured Nairobi slums, noted church optimism and voter concerns, and highlighted limited reach to the poorest.
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David Lynch Gazette
Washington
United States
Charles Grassley
Alowa
The
Fellowship Foundation
Senate
Grassley
Barbara
Social Security Numbers for Every Family Member
The notice urges assigning unique social security numbers to all family members including young children to enable individual savings accounts or bonds. It stresses that even those too young to work should have their own number for financial purposes.
Iowa Power granted interim 20 percent rate hike
The Iowa Commerce Commission approved a 20 percent interim rate increase for Iowa Power and Light Co. Des Moines as Louisa Generating Station near Muscatine becomes active. The move aims to add about 45 to 50 million dollars in revenue, short of the 56 million sought, and upholds a policy denying returns on investments in generating capacity above 25 percent of peak load.
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DES Moines
Iowa Commerce Commission
Iowa Power and Light Co
Louisa
Muscatine
Iowa Power
The
Commerce Commission
State liquor sales fall for second straight year
Iowa sales at state liquor stores declined 4 percent in the fiscal year ending June 30. Rolland Gallagher, director of the Iowa Beer and Liquor Control Department, attributed the drop to a sour economy and high unemployment.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Rolland Gallagher
Iowa Beer and Liquor Control Department
Gallagher
Vital Statistics Listings and Local Emergencies
Sept 8 births reported for multiple families in Toddville Walker Parnell Cedar Rapids Mount Vernon Springville Swisher and other towns. Emergency calls include a 5400 16th Ave SW medical incident 8:30s window and a 125 Fifth St SE outlet short 8:56 p.m. Wednesday. A car issue noted at 1527 Sixth Ave SE 8:58 p.m. and a medical emergency at 2030 First Ave NE 9:43 a.m. Thursday.
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16Th Ave
Wall
Fifth St
Sixth Ave
First Ave
Man Carrying $60,000 in Suitcase Arrested in Davenport
Richard Bakar, jailed on intoxication charges, owed a $125 bond but had $60,000 hidden in his Davenport hotel room. Investigators recovered $59,190 from two barmaids and the room, while Bakar planned to flee west. He left town after posting no charges.
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Davenport
Richard Bakar
Scott County
Joliet
Illman
Nancy Simms
Fee
Rakar
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Orie S. Imes
San Diego
Calif
la Jolla
Clay County
Kaw
Iowa National
Rotary
the Elks
Masonic Orders
Shrine
Elwina
St. Paul’s Manor
St. Paul’s Health Center
Second Ave
Hazel Della Sorenson
Northbrook Manor
Melrose
Earl Sorenson
First Baptist Church
Wanda Anderson
E.J. Simon
Cedar Memorial
First Baptist Church Memorial Fund
Edmund R. Rosenberg
30Th St. SE
Renwick
Kingfisher
Anna B. Heinrich
Ceylon
Minn
Arlene Strehlau
Slidell
Lucille Dorff
Portland
Ore
Harold
Fairmont
Merle
Malinda Detert
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
Richard N. Jessen
Lillie Trudo
Luana
Richard Bigler
Elkader
Norway Lutheran Church
St. Calf
Schutte’s
James Chamra
Toledo
Mable Flowers
Tama
Glenn E Perkins
Dunbar
Faye Perkins
Unionville
Henderson's
Etersburg
Hilda G. Bockenstedt
Dyersville
Irvin
Petersburg
John
Virgil
Walter
Colesburg
Pearl Meiers
Jeanne Oberbroeckling
Worthington
Arlene Lange
Dundee
Leonard Hermsen
Stacia Vaske
New Vienna
St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Church
Kramer's
Monitour
Cassey Lee Chama
Bill Chamra
Lisa Brown
Marshalltown Hospital
Heather Marie Chamra
Ronald Chamra
Shirley E. Brown
Montour
William A. Brown
Grinnell
Tipton
Ella M. Nix
Edgerton
Daniel
el] Cajon
David
Fort Worth
Texas
Timothy
Lafayette
Ind
Ruth Sheets
Kennetha Opel
Downers Grove
Harry Opel
Roseville
Albert Opel
Oak Lawn
III
Kennie Edwards
Brodhead
Wis
Jessie Tatter
Homewood
Sheets and Son’s
DeMott Cemetery
DeMott
Burkey Bringman
Maple Crest Turkey Farms
Toney
Gertrude Matthes
Wellman
Powell's
Wellman Cemetery
Williamsburg
Ethel L. Ogle
Urbana
Uhlmann’s
Eastern Star
Ryan
Nigeria
Somalia
Air Kenya
Kenya
Allah
Matharie Valley
Nairobi
Church of the Redeemer
U.S
Alice
William Gansen
Toddville
Mary Beth
Steve Dicken
Monmouth St. SW
Elizabeth
Randy Benesch
Diane
Timothy Gilbertson
Park Towne Lane
Carole
Loras Weber
Maple St
Robins
St. Luke's
Beatrice
Randy Coghlan
Amberjack Drive
Hiawatha
Jean
Edward Lillis
Parnell
Janet
Randy
John E. Becker
Jayne A. Hoefler
Keith L. Boots
Melissa J. Thompson
Norbert R. Hawes
Kathy M. Davidson
Derrell E. Dempster
Linda K. Kunze
Jackie J. Wolfe
Marie A. Huff
Gregory H. Jameson
Charlotte M. Avery
Daniel J. Broolik
Kimberly K. Klinsky
Ricky S. Possehl
Denise M. Fuller
Springville
Timmy L. Niner
Judy A. Barta
Swisher
Mary Margaret
Michael Eugene Long
Joanne K
Randy Duane Danford
Linda L
John C. Long
Debra Kay
Donald Dean Goettsch Jr
Patricia L
Paul D. Kramer
Clarissa Ann
Ralph Marvin Beltz
Delores M
Robert E. Riffey
Traveler
Marion
John E. Lapes
Steee VT
Third Avenue S.E
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