Deaths in Linn County area recount several local losses
Obituaries summarize Ernest R. Jessen 82 of Cedar Rapids formerly California who died after a long illness. Also Lucile Long 71 of Coggon a longtime public schoolteacher. Donald E. Hayes 53 of Palo a Korean War veteran and construction worker. Mark Vincent Carpenter 22 of Mount Vernon struck by a train. Ethel Claire Matthews 85 formerly of Cedar Rapids died in Branson Missouri. Services and burial details given for each with survivors and memorial gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Claire Matthews
Hollister, Mo
Cedar Rapids
Obituary Notices From Local Funeral Homes
Multiple funeral services announced for Charles Haddad Sophia Hansen Jacqueline Jeffords Catherine Primrose and Dorothy Story with times locations pastors and burial sites listed Friends may call at Teahen Murdoch and Turner chapels. services conducted by local clergy and burial at Cedar Memorial Fairfax St Johns Oak Hill Cemeteries with arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home Central City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacqueline A. H. Jeffords
Turner Chapel West
Jeffrey Baliff
Good News Baptist Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Friends
Catherine B. Primrose
Turner ‘Chapel West
Robert Bouton
Christ Church United Presbyterian
Fairfax Cemetery
Funeral Home
Dorothy J. Story
United Church of Christ
Central City
Mark Binder
Oak Hill Cemetery
Murdoch Funeral Home
Deaths fill Iowa notices in Clinton and surrounding towns
Obituaries note Marvin M Good a Clinton dairy farmer and three other residents Loretta Rentschler Dr George E Perret Verna Hervig Ina Peterson William J Schumann among survivors and service details. Plans include memorials to local centers with multiple funerals announced in Clinton, Elkader, Prairie du Chien and surrounding communities.
Children among crash victims in Iowa. Riedesel dies at 12
Michael Riedesel 12 died from injuries in a one car crash near Wheatland. He was a seventh grade student at Calamus-Wheatland Junior High. Surviving include parents Steven and Nancy, brother Jeffery and sister Jennifer, grandparents Wayne and Norma Riedesel and Roy and Gertrude Baugh, two great grandmothers. Services Friday at St. Pauls United Church of Christ, burial in church cemetery. Friends may call today 3 to 9 p.m. at Chapmans. Delbert Duncalf 75 died at Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Arrangements pending. Leo S. Jones 92 of rural Waterville died at Good Samaritan Center. he was a retired farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest R
Bob” Jessen
H Ave
California
Enson
N.D
Stel Wangen
Albert Lea
Minn
Jessen
Cryovac- W.R. Grace Company
Cedar Rapids
Stanford Linear Accellerator Center
Palo Alto
Calif
Elks Club
University of Iowa
Letterman’s Club
Sigma Nu Fraternity
Navy
Edith Maynard
Hollywood
Ellen Colvin
Hammond
Ind
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Richard Jessen
First Lutheran Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Hospice of Mercy
Mercy Hospital
10Th St
Third Ave
Miss Long
Coggon
Cleveland
Zion Presbyterian Church
Donald E. Hayes
Palo
Veterans Administration Medical Center
Iowa City
Fisk
Charlotte Glasco
Angola
Hayes
Phillip
Donald
Pete
Steven
Julie Petersen
Denise Schirm
Garrison
Laura Henderson
George
New Athens
Billy
Doniphon
Campbell-Russell Funeral Home
Vinton
Palo Cemetery
Morgan Funeral Home
Mount Vernon
Abbe Center For Community Mental Health
11Th St. NW
Marvin M. Good
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Charlotte
Clinton
Luella
Barbara Liphardt
Lu Good
Oklahoma City
Okla
Gene
Minneapolis
Marvin Jr
Ray
Lee
Mary Borgstrom
Albany
Ill
Melvin
Camanche
Clinton Memorial
Clinton Memorial Funeral Home
Clinton ‘Memorial Park Cemetery
William J. Schumann
Parkview Manor
Wellman
Ruth
Harold
South English
Paul
Wellmen
Roy
Edna Straube
West Bend
Wis
Salem Mennonite Fellowship
Kinross
Michael Riedesel
Wheatland
Calamus-Wheatland Junior High
Nancy Riedesel
Jeffery
Jennifer
Wayne
Norma Riedesel
Gertrude Baugh
Davenport
Elsie Riedesel
Wilma Paustian
Tipton
St. Paul's United Church of Christ
Church Cemetery
Chapman's
Williamsbug woman Lucile Knochson dies at 92
Lucile Knochson age 92 died Tuesday evening at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after a short illness. Survived by two sons Donald of Marengo Keith of Conroy a daughter Erla Mae Jones Williamsburg ten grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. Services 10:30 am Friday at Uhlmanns with visitation after 3:30 pm today. Burial at First Lutheran Cemetery north of Conroy Memorials to First Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loretta C. Rentschler
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Elkader
Prairie Living Center
Merlin
Logan
Curtis
St. Olaf
Bruce
Cedar Rapids
Leonard Witt’s
Norway Lutheran Cemetery
Lucile Knochson
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Donald
Marengo
Keith
Conroy
Erla Mae Jones
Williamsburg
Uhlmann's
First Lutheran Cemetery
First Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund
Democratic candidates at Iowa urban forum face city needs
Six Democratic hopefuls including Michael Dukakis, Albert Gore Jr., Bruce Babbitt, Richard Gephardt, Paul Simon, and Jesse Jackson discussed urban problems at Davenport Adler Theatre. They cited housing, education, jobs, environment, and finance as key limits, urging stronger federal city partnerships while backing defense cuts to fund urban needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Sullivan
Sarete
Davenport
Joe Biden
Delaware
U.S
Patricia Schroeder
Colorado
League of Iowa
Adler Theatre
Bruce Babbitt
Arizona
Michael Dukakis
Massachusetts
Richard Gephardt
Missouri
Albert Gore Jr
Tennessee
Paul Simon Oflinois
Jesse Jackson
Chicago
Simon
Jackson
America
Gore
Director Bob Fosse, 60, Dies During Charity Show
Washington AP reports director and choreographer Bob Fosse collapsed and died during a performance of Sweet Charity at Washington's National Theater. He was taken to George Washington University Hospital. Fosse won multiple Tony Awards for Pajama Game Damn Yankees Redhead Sweet Charity Pippin and Dancin plus an Academy Award for Cabaret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (Ap
Bob Fosse
Fosse
Washington
National Theater
Ben Morse
New York
Morse
George Washington University Hospital
Washington Television
Pippin
Dancin
Vital statistics from Mercy and St. Luke's clinics
Sept 23 Amy and Steve McCaw of Marengo welcomed a son. Sept 22 Danielle and Tim Coon of Lisbon welcomed a son. Sept 23 Joann Perez of 3000 St SW welcomed a daughter Audra Ross of 1385 Meadowview Dr Marion welcomed a son Carolyn Scheer of 940 S Fifth St Marion welcomed a son Stacey Smith AU:
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Luke's
Danielle
Tim Coon
Lisbon
Joann
Gary Perez
St. SW
Audra
Dennis Ross
Meadowview Dr
Marion
Carolyn
Lynn Scheer
S. Fifth St
Stacey Smith
Marriage Licenses in Cedar Rapids and Nearby Areas
A list of marriage licenses issued to couples in Cedar Rapids and surrounding communities includes Kenneth M. Oster and Tracy Stevens, Todd M. Claussen and Bonnie Koehn, Dennis W. Hager and Lorna Edgeton, Michael J. McElmeel and Bonita Sexton, Donald K. Potterill and Jeanette Claseman, Martin G. Trinkle and Tessa Williams, David P. Berns and Deborah Goodell, Billy Joe Johnson and Heather MacFarlane, Richard F. Kohl and Joyce Bever, David A. Hof and Toni Wilkey, Ronald W. Comried and Judy Ginther, plus Randy D. Schoon of Marion and Kristine A. DeHaven, Joseph M. Sondag of Marion and Valerie R. Duran of Fremont California, and Keith M. Schlichte and Janell M. Carew, both of Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth M. Oster
Tracy
Stevens
Todd M. Claussen
Bonnie S. Koehn
Dennis W. Hager
Lorna L. Edgeton
Michael J. ‘McElmeel
Bonita’. Sexton
Donald K. Potterill
Jeanette R. Claseman
Martin G. Trinkle
Tessa Williams
David P. Berns
Deborah R. Goodell
Billy Joe Johnson
Heather J. MacFarlane
Richard F. Kohl
Joyce M. Bever
Man killed by train identified in Cedar Rapids
Police identified Mark Carpenter, 22, of 3920 Sherman Street NE and formerly of Mount Vernon, as the decapitated man found by a switchyard worker around 10 10 p.m. on train tracks behind the Quaker Oats Co in downtown Cedar Rapids. Investigators say no foul play is suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapic
Mark Carpenter
Sherman St
Mount Vernon
Quaker Oats Co
Cedar Rapids
Ex-Iowa congressman H R Gross dies at 88
Former Iowa Republican Rep. H R Gross who served 26 years in the House and fought for a balanced budget died Tuesday night at the Veterans Hospital in Washington of Alzheimer's complications. He was 88 and had been associated with Radio WHO and KXEL before entering Congress in 1948. Services set for Friday in Arlington Virginia. Survived by wife Hazel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Minge
Fergus Falls
Minn
University of Iowa
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Northwestern University Medical School
Emory University
Lawson Veterans Administration Hospital
Atlanta
Iowa Neurosurgery Division
Perret
HOPE
Sri Lanka
American College of Surgeons
Europe
Iowa City
Georgiane Parkes-Perret
Peter
Winston-Salem
N.C
Paul
Menlo Park
Calif
David
Des Moines
Nick
Philip
New York City
Towa City
Neal Smith
Iowa
Gross
Waterloo
House
Senate
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
WHO
KXEL
Congress
George A. Wilson
Harold Royce Gross
Arispe
University of Missouri ‘School of Journalism
Arlington
Arlington National Cemetery
Hazel
Arlington, Va
Linda
Illinois Lottery results from Springfield draw
Winning numbers announced for Wednesday in the Lotto game include Daily Game 2 1 7 Pick Four 7 3 8 4 Lotto numbers 1 9 20 21 22 24 28 Lotto Jackpot 4 million Lotto 7 Jackpot 10 million OE Sacret 10 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield, Lll
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Inn County
Lucile Long
St. Luke's Hospital
Mark Vincent Carpenter
Mount Veron
Linn County ‘Medical Examiner
Branson
Greeley
Kissee Mortuary
Forsyth
Charles F. Haddad
Brush Chapel
Gordon Freeburg
Crescent Lodge
Sophia K. Hansen
St. Judmila’s Catholic Church
Clarence Frana
St. John's Cemetery
Teahen Funeral Home
George E. Perret
South Summit
Division
University of Iowa, College of Medicine
Switzerland
University of Berlin
Columbia University
Germany
Berlin
United States
Verna L. Hervig
Rochester Ave
Zion Lutheran Church
University of Iowa Department of Anatomy
Callahan
Buena
Ina Peterson
Greenwood Dr
Beverly Manor
Alta
William Peterson
C.H
Bud
Savanna
Vir Jean Peffer
Memory Gardens Mausoeum Chapel
Frank Huebner
Grace Groves
Omaha
Neb
Lucille Clouhy
Walker
Anaruth Dimmer
Dubuque
Carol Buerger
Garber
Emmet
Lansing
Everett
Ruth Ransdell
Akron
Ohio
Milo
Harpers Ferry
Martin's
Rossville Cemetery
van Horne
Delbert Duncalf
Fellmer’s
Keystone
Waukon
Leo S. Jones
Waterville
Good Samaritan Center
Democratic Forum
Dukakis
St. Louis
Gephardt
Babbitt
Babbit
UDAG
WRC
Gwen Verdon
Tlm
Lenny
Mercy
Amy and
Steve ‘McCaw
Annette Marie
John 1
Sediacek
H.R. Gross
Flower
Illinois Lottery
John E. Lapes
S.E
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