Deaths in Linn County and area obituaries
Multiple Linn County residents and others are reported dead with services and burial details. Bernice Middleton 80 of Cedar Rapids had a Chicago career and charitable affiliations. Wayne Kauffman 94, former Cedar Rapids resident, died in Manchester. Anitia Sedlak 90, of 1330 First Ave NW, Mercy Hospital death. Ivan De La Hunt 75, Linn County Care Facility resident. Various funeral arrangements, memorial funds, and service times listed for Comley, Davis, Gunnison, Hermannek, Jakoubek, Redman, and others with Cedar Memorial and Kuba Funeral Homes involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne C. Kauffman
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Care Center
Manchester
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Ann Sedlak
First Ave
Mercy Hospital
Kuba Funeral Home
Ivan Dale de la Hunt
Linn County
St. Luke’s Hospital
Oelwein
Cedar Memorial Park
Floyd Conroy
Knox Presbyterian Church
Deaths in Eastern Iowa Take Several Local Residents
Obituaries report Keith F. Brown 59 teacher coach at Andrew Community Schools dies after brief illness. Other losses include Albert J. Oberbroeckling 70 longtime farmer, Charles E. Lahue 64 former Garrison resident, and Virginia Weld Swanberg 70 former Cedar Rapids writer. Services and callers noted for multiple area churches. burial plans in local cemeteries.
Obituaries: Caroline Bywater and Frank Orr
Caroline Bywater 89 of Seattle and formerly Monona died September 4 in Seattle with nephews and nieces among survivors. Services at Schultz 2 p.m. Thursday with calling prior. burial Monona City Cemetery. Frank Orr 84 retired electrical worker died Monday at Central Community Hospital Elkader after illness. Wife Ann survives. Services 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Patrick's with calling after 2 p.m. today at Schultz. rosary said at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Bywater
Seattle
Wash
Monona
Schultz
Monona City Cemetery
Frank Orr
Central Community Hospital
Elkader
Ann
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Obituary: Jack J. Elliott 62 Dead on Arrival
Jack J. Elliott 62 died on arrival at Independence hospital. Survived by daughter Etheline Solomon of Hanover Park Illinois two brothers Glen Bettendorf and Stanley Phoenix Arizona a sister Shirley Johnson Bedford Indiana and three grandchildren. Services 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Brant Kerns Jamison's with visitation after 3 p.m. today. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack J. Elliott
Independence Hospital
Etheline Solomon
Hanover Park
Ill
Glen
Bettendorf
Stanley
Phoenix
Ariz
Shirley Johnson
Bedford
Ind
Brant-Kerns- Jamison’s
Woodlawn Cemetery
Obituaries of Mindert Nagel and Ollie Wiese
Mindert L. Nagel 70 a mechanic and painter died of cancer Monday at Good Samaritan Center Survived by son Richard Knobnester Mo daughter Donna Cedar Rapids two sisters Alma Klein Lydia Meier both of Waukon eight services 1 30 p m today Bethlehem Presbyterian Church burial church cemetery Martin's in charge of arrangements Ollie Wiese 93 died Monday evening at Bethesda Care Center Mediapolis where she had been a patient since July Surviving son Harlan Chick West Liberty four daughters Katherine Elder Marie Walker Blanche Robertson Margaret Gruber Cedar Rapids several grandchildren Services 10 a m Thursday St Joseph Catholic Church Burial Oak Ridge Cemetery Friends may call after noon today at Sniders rosary 7 30 tonight
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comley
Nita
Murdoch Chapel
Marion
Dick Watkins
First United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Davis
Harry C
Central City
Mark Oliver
Mount Clark Cemetery
Gunnison
Esther
Kimballton
Kimballton Cemetery
Hermanek
Wilhemina
Leroy Bauman
Kenwood Park United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Jakoubek
George J
Buck
Redman
Julie M
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
David Durland
Bethany Congregational Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Sixth St
Cedar Rapids
Albert J. Oberbroeckling
Marie
Jim
Cascade
Cathy Holub
Prairieburg
Henry
Jude
Fort Dodge
Eddie
Monmouth
Frank
Dubuque
Bob
Gibbstown
N.J
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Church Cemetery
Devaney-Reiff’s
Knights of Columbus
Sylvia H. Ground
St. Francis Hospital
Waterloo
Maureen Broad
Fort Collins
Colo
Juanita Rogers
Littleton
Sharon Ciesielski
Independence
Josephine Frost
Jesup
Maureen Colgan
Philadephia
Elizabeth Fitzgerald
Decatur
St. John’s Catholic Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Mason-Reiff's
The
Rosary Society
Catholic Daughters of America
Swanberg
David C. Cook Co
Peoria
Ill
First Presbyterian Church
American Artist Guild
Fullerton
Calif
Oak Hill Cemetery
Turner Chapel East
Iowa City Hospice Association
Mercy Hospital
Mindert L. Nagel
Good Samaritan Center
Richard
Knobnester
Donna
Alma Klein
Lydia Meier
Waukon
Bethlehem Presbyterian Church
Martin’s
Ollie Wiese
Bethesda Care Center
Mediapolis
Harlan “Chick
West Liberty
Katherine Elder
Burlington
Marie Walker
Iowa City
Blanche Robertson
Malcom
Margaret Gruber
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Snider’s
Riordan Wins Iowa Special State Senate Race
Democrat Jim Riordan won the central Iowa special election by 6 045 to 5 159 as voters split due to farm economy concerns. Don Lienemann conceded the loss amid a Democratic registration edge and Riordan credited a vigorous door to door campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riordan
Des Moines
Jim Riordan
Iowa
Don Lienemann
Lie
Iowa prof watches first spacecraft fly through a comet
University of Iowa physicist Donald Garnett camps at Goddard Space Flight Center to monitor the International Cometary Explorer as it flies through Comet Giacobini Zinner. The mission starts at 6 02 am and aims to gather data on solar wind interactions with the comet tail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Associated Press
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Donald Garnett
U of I
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt
Giacobini- Zinner
U.S
Giacobini-Zinner
Garnett
Soviet Union
European Space Agency
Goddard
Earth
Gurnett
Robert Farquhar
Court papers confirm Night Stalker mutilation
Los Angeles investigators confirm a victim’s eyes were cut out in the Night Stalker killings. Texas court documents detail a search for the eyes at Richard Ramirez’s sister’s home in El Paso and list more than 300 stolen items found there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Texas
Richard Ramirez
Los Angeles Herald Examiner
Los Angeles Times
Ramirez
el Paso
Rosa Flores
Los Angeles County
Counties Lead State In Poverty Rates In Iowa
Des Moines AP reports 432795 Iowans about 15 percent of the population are below the poverty line based on 1983 tax data and US Labor criteria. Ringgold County has 29 percent, while Taylor Davis and Howard range around 28 percent. Story 8 percent, Johnson 9 percent, Polk 10 percent, Scott 11 percent. Southwestern Iowa shows the highest overall at 22 percent with Adair Adams Clark Decatur Montgomery Ringgold Taylor Union counties included. Northeastern and northwestern Iowa hover near 21 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
DPI
Ringgold County
Taylor
Davis
Howard Counties
Story
Johnson
Polk
Scott
Iowa
Kenneth Wold
Adair
Adams, Clark
Decatur
Montgomery
Ringgold
Union
Wold
Two fined $500 for drunken driving in Jones County
In Jones County District Court Judge Thomas Horan fined Alan Jay Ahrendsen 25 of Olin and Bradley Allen Helms 23 of Anamosa 500 each after guilty pleas to drunken driving. Ahrendsen was arrested November 10 near Olin and must complete 40 hours of community service. Helms was arrested March 3 near Anamosa and received 48 hours in jail. The docket also includes Patrick Gene White 19 of Cedar Rapids fined 200 plus 100 restitution for license revoked and Larry A. Jones 34 of Des Moines facing trial after pleading not guilty. Sandra Kay Faust 29 pleaded guilty with sentencing set for October 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Jones County
Thomas Horan
Alan Jay Ahrendsen
Olin
Bradley Allen Helms
Patrick Gene White
Second St. NW
Cedar Rapids
Larry A. Jones
Des Moines
Sandra Kay Faust
Body of missing Dubuque man found near river
Ronald Wold, 25, of Dubuque, who had been missing since Saturday night after boating with Fred Ertl III on the Mississippi River, was found Tuesday four miles north of Bellevue on the Iowa riverbank. Railroad workers located the body. Authorities say Wold did not rejoin the boat after returning from a pier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellevue
Ronald Wold
Dubuque
Mississippi
Wold
Iowa
Fred Ertl III
Ertl
Fire destroys mobile home in Marquette
Firefighters responded to the Jackie Slavings residence at 6 15 a.m. and found flames at the rear of a mobile home. The fire was contained to the rear section but damaged the entire home by heat water and smoke. The owner was insured but renter Slavings had no coverage. faulty wiring started the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette
Robert Hamann
Hamann
Jackie Slavings
Pollen counts enable comfort zone reading and births reported
The pollen count for 24 hours ending 9 a.m. Tuesday was 86, placing it in the comfort zone. Mercy notes Sept 10 births for Lori and Dennis Steffes of Marion, a son. St. Luke’s reports Sept 9 Dorene and David Carl of Belle Plaine, a daughter. Sept 10 Sandra Lee and Robert Drees of Manchester, a daughter. Penny and Russell Engelbart of Anamosa, a daughter. Kathy and Dan O'Brien of Van Horne, a daughter. Linda and Terry Otto of Tipton, a daughter. Mary Pat and William Wilkinson of 2130 Blake Blvd. SE, a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Iowa
ST. Luke's
Dorene
David Carl
Belle Plaine
Sandra Lee
Robert Drees
Manchester
Penny
Russel Engelbart
Anamosa
Kathy
Dan O’brien
van Horne
Linda
Terry Otto
Tipton
Mary Pat
William Wilkinson
Blake Blvd
Cedar Rapids and surrounding area marriage licenses issued
James E. Rump and Janet R. Carmichael wedging names appear among Cedar Rapids license holders. Stephen B. Sargeant and Susan D. Wells, Rodney A. Larson and Julie M. Blackwell also listed. Mark A. Tope and Julie A. Loge are from Marion. Brent W. Champion and Pamela S. Hammel from Central City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Rump
Janet R. Carmichael
Stephen B. Sargeant
Susan D. Wells
Rodney A. Larson
Julie M. Blackwell
Cedar Rapids
Mark A. Tope
Julie A. Loge
Marion
Brent W. Champion
Pamela S. Hammel
Central City
Fire Calls Include Overheated Converter and Medical Emergency
Fire crews respond to an overheated catalytic converter at Wilson Avenue SW and I 380 northbound at 1 03 a.m. A medical emergency at 916 16th St NE follows at 11 34 a.m. for hospital transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Avenue
Interstate 380
16Th St
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bernice Beth Middleton
Memorial
Dr. SE
Apt
Gilead
Neb
Frank Middleton
Dayton
Ohio
Chicago
Time Inc
Wieboldt’s
Eleanor Club of
Foxhill Home For
Batavia
International Chapter
PEO
Priscilla Alden
National Society of Daughters of American Colonists
Society of Mayflower Descendants
Daughters of the American Revolution
State Street Business and Professional Women’s Club of
Jean Emberger
Vicksburg, Mich
Calvin DeVries
Elmwood Mausoleum
Sycamore
Teahen Funeral Home
American Heart Association
Seventh Ave
Arthritis Foundation
Ingersoll Ave
Andrew
Keith F. Brown
Andrew Community Schools
Jackson County Public Hospital
Maquoketa
Charlotte
Dawn Scholl
Milton
Wis
Kim McDivitt
Bernard
Michelle Weinschenk
Lisle
Keith
Netherlands
Brad
Kai
Cecil
St. Theresa
N.M
Edward
Clinton
Russell
Grand Island
Andrew Cemetery
Carson’s
Charles E. Lahue
Garrison
Cleveland, Minn
Lois
Bruce
Minneapolis
Harley
Urbana
Fort Snelling National Cemetery
Klein Funeral Home
St. Peter
Minn
Guttenberg
Willis “Buck” Carrier
Tuecke-Allyn’s
Virginia Weld Swanberg
Haywood Dr
Lantern Park
Coralville
Mount Vernon
West Branch
Karl Swanberg
Clinton A. Darey
San Bernardino
Shelly’s
Oakland
Nemann
Prof
Comet
Flores
Julian Ramirez
Manuel Barraza
Barraza
Elva Lopez
Howard
Mercy
Lori
Dennis Steffes
Second St
Springfield, Ill
Ron
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue SE
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