Cedar Rapids mourns multiple deaths including Clara Mae Watson
Clara Mae Watson 75 of 1636 Richmond Road NE Cedar Rapids died Thursday at Mercy Hospital after a long illness. Born August 17 1908 she married Frank E. Watson in 1944 in New York City. Surviving sons John Jenney Frank C. Watson daughter Mary Dodge sister Nina Merveaux nine grandchildren two great grandchildren. Services Monday Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories burial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Sunday after 4 p.m. and chapel Monday after 11 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Mae Watson
Richmond Road
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Frank E. Watson
New York City
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
John Jenney
Frank C. Watson
Mary Dodge
Center Junction
Nina Merveaux
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Lloyd E. Brockmeyer
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Geneva R. Madlock
Bette Blakey
10Th St
Monroe County
Iowa
C. Sherman Madlock
Marion
Bethel A.M.E. Church
Lorraine Williams
East Moline
Barbara Brooks
Albany
N.Y
Patricia Hicks
Las Vegas
Nev
John
Berkeley
Calif
Donald
Osceola
Gordon
Elmer Crank
Gail Carter
Isabel
S.D
Oak Hill Cemetery
Eli Chastine
Beatty Bearle-Murdoch Chapel
Evelyn G. Trachta
Bonita
Hiawatha
William V. Trachta
First Lutheran Church
William V. Jr
Janice L. Anderson
Terry Lynn Hardy
Gladys Cherry Elliott
Tama
Maurice Wilson
Tucson
Ariz
Richard N. Jessen
Cedar Memorial Park
Cedar Memorial Funeral
American Heart Association
Seventh Ave
Services Pending for Robert Mack in Cedar Rapids
Robert Mack 58 of Cedar Rapids died Friday at Independence Care Center after a short illness. Services are pending at Teahen Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Mack
Cedar Rapids
Independence Care Center
Teahen Funeral Home
East Iowa Deaths and Obituaries Narrate Two Local Figures
Virginia Kruse 63 died Friday at Mercy Hospital St Marys Unit. She was former Dyersville city clerk and site manager for the senior center. Survivors include three brothers and a sister. Services Monday 10:30 at Basilica of St Francis Xavier. burial in St Francis Cemetery. Memorials to Arthritis Foundation. Fred A Nystrom 72 died Friday at Mercy Hospital. Born Feb 5 1911 in New York City he led General Machine Parts Co of Bronx retiring 1980. Survived by wife three daughters a son sister and two grandchildren. Services pending at George Gay's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Kruse
Mercy Hospital
St. Mary's
Dyersville
Senior Citizens’ Center
L.H. Kruse
Glen Ellyn
Gilbert Kruse
Park Forest
Ill
Donald Kruse
Fairbank
Dolores English
Basilica of
St. Francis Xavier
St. Francis Cemetery
Kramer's
First United Methodist Church
Philip
J. Ed
Iowa City
Harold A. Stillwell
Kerrville
Tex
Helen Stiner
Sumner
Wash
George Gay
Charles Downing
Fred A. Nystrom
Ecumenical Towers
New York City
Ruth Grether
General Machine Parts Co
Bronx
N.Y
First Presbyterian Church
Mount Vernon
Martha Jane Stelken dies after sudden illness
Martha Jane Stelken 48 of Route 2 Manchester died Friday at Delaware County Memorial Hospital after a sudden illness. She is survived by her husband Jerome, three daughters Janana M Sandra K and Pamela L, two sons James B and Ricky J, three brothers and a sister and one grandchild. Services 11 a.m. Monday at St Josephs Catholic Church burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Sunday at Cliftons with a Scripture wake at 8 p.m. Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Jane Stelken
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Manchester
Jerome
Janana M
Sandra K
Cedar Rapids
Pamela L
James B
Ricky J
Jim Diesburg
Gerald Diesburg
Central City
Lawrence Diesburg
Dyersville
Delores Stelken
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Church Cemetery
Clifton’s
Martens Henry J. Edgewood resident dies at 83
Henry J. Martens 83 of Edgewood died Friday at Delaware County Memorial Hospital Manchester Survivors include wife Katie three daughters Doris Lamb Cedar Rapids Mrs Raymond Knipper Edgewood and Mrs Keith Harbaugh Strawberry Point a son Carl Edgewood a brother Charles Waterloo 11 grandchildren 15 great grandchildren Services Monday 10 a.m. Trinity United Methodist Church Friends may call after 11 a.m. Sunday at Appleton Vernon's Burial Hopkinton Cemetery Hopkinton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Martens
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Manchester
Katie
Doris Lamb
Cedar Rapids
Raymond Knipper
Edgewood
Keith Harbaugh
Strawberry Point
Carl
Charles
Waterloo
Trinity United Methodist Church
Appleton
Vernon's
Hopkinton Cemetery
Hopkinton
Independence infant dies at birth in Waterloo area
Kevin Edward Nicholson Jr died at birth Tuesday at St Francis Hospital. Survived by grandparents Edward and Mrs Nicholson of Winterset Iowa and Don Dan of Osceola and great grandparents Gifford Schnepel of Minden and Vivian Masker of Neola. Services 2 p.m. Sunday at White s burial 2 p.m. Monday Maple Hill Cemetery Osceola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kevin Edward Nicholson Jr
Kevin
Janelle Nicholson
St. Francis Hospital
Waterloo
Edward Nicholson
Winterset
Iowa
Don Dan
Osceola
Gifford Schnepel
Minden
Vivian Masker
Neola
White's
Maple Hill Cemetery
Claire E. Foraker obituary in Iowa City
Claire E. Foraker 67 formerly of 516 S Lucas St died Friday at Mercy Hospital. Born Claire Stillwell November 13 1915 in Malcom she married Philip A Foraker December 11 1936 in Orion Illinois. She worked as legal secretary for L C W Clearman and co owned Foraker Oil Co in Iowa City for 33 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire E. Foraker
S. Lucas St
Mercy Hospital
Claire Stillwell
Malcom
Philip A. Foraker
Orion, Ill
L.C.W. Clearman
Foraker Oil Co
Iowa City
Emma E. Lueck dies at 81 in Delaware County
Emma E. Lueck age 81 died Thursday night at Delaware County Memorial Hospital. Survived by four daughters four sons four sisters and two brothers. Funeral Monday at St Marys Catholic Church with burial in the church cemetery. Rosary and parish wake services planned.
Mechanicville Resident Dies After Illness
Herman J. Wendt aged 79 dies Thursday at Anamosa Community Hospital. Survived by wife Dorothy son Leroy of Mechanicsville two sisters Alma Boedeker Esther McCroskey both of Tipton two brothers Ernest Stanwood and Harry Davenport and three grandchildren. Services Sunday 1 30 p m at Horner's with viewing today 2 to 8 p m Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman J. Wendt
Anamosa Community Hospital
Dorothy
Leroy
Mechanicsville
Alma Boedeker
Esther McCroskey
Tipton
Ernest
Stanwood
Harry
Davenport
Horner
Postville Resident Pearl Price 82 Dies in Lansing
Pearl R. Price 82 died Thursday at Thornton Manor Lansing Survivors include daughter Mrs Duane Miller of Waukon brother Clinton Smith of Postville sister Ethelyn Smith of Manchester five grandchildren seven great grandchildren Funeral services Monday 2 p m at Schutte's with calling Sunday after 2 30 p m Burial in Smith Cemetery rural Postville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl R. Price
Thornton Manor
Lansing
Duane Miller
Waukon
Clinton Smith
Postville
Ethelyn Smith
Manchester
Schutte’s
Smith Cemetery
Iowa cites speed alcohol and low seat belt use in rising highway fatalities
Iowa officials cited higher highway deaths and lower seat belt use as period totals show 349 deaths through August and an expected 600 for the year. Alcohol involvement rose to 157 fatalities. testing for blood alcohol content increased. Officials urged more public service messages and noted driving behavior and media attention influence on safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
DES Moines
Heaven and Earth
Iowa Department of Transportation
Warren Dunham
Linn County
IDOT
Dennis Ehlert
Dunham
Idot Commission
Robert Rigler
Ehlert
Gordon Sweitzer
Sweitzer
the Gazette
Rigler
FCC to probe obscenity of Dial-A-Porn phone service
The FCC voted to launch a formal inquiry into whether to ban the Dial-A-Porn phone service operated by Car-Bon Publishers for High Society magazine. The move follows congressional critique and a push to enforce obscenity prohibitions, with public comments invited for 90 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
New York City
Thomas J. Bliley
R-Va
Car-Bon Publishers
High Society
Suffolk County
N.Y
Peter F. Cohalan
Justice Department
New York Telephone Co
Bliley
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Senate
Diane Silberstein
Ms. Silberstein
Silberstein
Commission
New York
Iowa
Federal Register
Lost license found in fish after eleven years
Ricky Shipman, then 16, lost his plastic coated driver's license in 1972 while at the beach. It surfaced last October inside an eight pound Spanish mackerel caught off Sunset Beach, North Carolina. The fisherman reported the find, and Shipman received the license mailed to him last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Hill
S.C
Ricky Shipman
Atlantic Ocean
Shipman
Sunset Beach
N.C
N.C. Gause
Little River
Gause
Sheila
Ricky
Ocean Drive Beach
Heart trouble linked to drowning near Durango
Ver non Zickuhr, 76, of Dubuque, was found in the Little Maquoketa River west of Durango after collapsing from heart disease. Medical examiner Dr. T.T. Edmonds said he apparently fell into the river while working as a volunteer caretaker along the Heritage Trail. No foul play is suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durango
Dubuque
Maquoketa
T.T. Edmonds
Vernon Zickuhr
Edmonds
Zickuhr
Vital Statistics and Local Incidents
Sept 9 births listed for Susan and Doug Danne Amana Patricia and David Miller Shellsburg Julie and Edward Duran Vinton Marilyn and Michael Loan Cedar Rapids Teresa and John Petersen Cedar Rapids Deborah and Theodore Vandrimmen Norway Sept 4 Brisbane daughter to Jeanette and Larry Kendall Grandparents named. Des Moines birth Peggy and Bill Niebuhr daughter Sept 3 Iowa City Gail Voss Parnell son Sept 6. Then multiple names and times for medical emergencies nuisance calls and gas issues at various Cedar Rapids and surrounding addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette
Ron Bedell
Amana
Patricia
David Miller
Shellsburg
Julie
Edward Duran
Vinton
Marilyn
Michael Loan
Cedar Rapids
Teresa
John Petersen
Fourth Ave
Deborah
Theodore Vandrimmelen
H Ave
Dee Anna
Roger Volz
Norway
Brisbane
Australia
Larry Kendall
Ruth
Gordon Mollman
Juniper Drive
Baldwinsville
N.Y
Gina
Mark Doskocil
Elmer
Louise Doskocil
35Th St
Des Moines
Peggy
Bill Niebuhr
W.C. Niebuhr
Eighth Ave
Iowa City
Gail
Mick Voss
Parnell
Gene Erenberger
Solon
Donald Yoss
North English
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Violet M. Lodge
Franbrook Terrace
Anamosa
James E. Lodge
William J
Nathan Grassfield
Wanda Adams
North Las Vegas
Morgan Funeral Home
Gary Burnett
Mount Vernon Cemetery
American Cancer Society
10Th St. SE
Ernestine L. Chyba
Hayes St
Sinclair Packing
Mary Firestone
Xenia
Ohio
Kuba Funeral Home
Edmund R
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Sorenson
Hazel Della
E.J. Simon
First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church Memorial Fund
Second Ave
Earlville
Emma E. Lueck
Julius Becker
Fred Putz
Fred Willenberg
Paul Schau
Coggan
Worthington
Albert Scherbring
Petersburg
Alver Kluesner
Farley
Gene Goebel
Luxemburg
Herbert Lammers
Susan
Doug Danne
Sussex Drive
St. Luke’s
Kerry L. Elmore
Kelly L. Cavin
Kevin S. Hunter
Suzanne Glotfelty
Henry J. Gretten
Penny L. Hill
Robert G. Wilcox
Tawny J. Tomberlin
James S. Hood
Blue Earth
Minn
Patricia E. Meyer
Leroy R. Schlesselman
Julie L. McGriff
Oakdale
Center Point Road
Lawrence Street
Arizona Avenue
Birchwood Drive
Terrace Hill
14Th St
J St
Kirkwood Boulevard
First Ave
Pierson’s Flowershop and Greenhouses, Inc
Ellis Boulevard
East 395
Center Pt. Rd
John E. Lapes Cedarids
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