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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1994
Page
8
Obituaries list multiple Linn County residents who died in late October 1994. Included are E Allison 83 Cedar Rapids, J E Paul 85 Donnellson, H F Lupton 84 Cedar Rapids, R W Bender 81 Winston-Salem, M A Lindsey 79 Albuquerque, R Little Manning 88 Volga, B Bunting 87 Ft Myers, R M Price 70 Marion, V Grimes 72 Center Point, H A Clymer Patterson 72 Des Moines, and related survivors, services, and memorial notes.
Virginia M. Ridenour died at 75 in Mercy Health Center Dubuque after cancer. Services in United Methodist Church with burial at Zion Cemetery Colesburg. Eastern Star service at Leonard-Vernon Funeral Home Edgewood. Survivors include four daughters and family in Colesburg Colesburg Lithonia Manchester Oswego. Marguerite P. Sokol died at 88 in Maquoketa Care Center after a long illness. Services at Carson & Son Funeral Home with burial Mount Hope Cemetery. Survivors include three stepsons and sister Amarilla Urba Cedar Rapids.
Three area residents died in late October 1994. Dean Goodman of Marengo, 74, died after a brief illness and is survived by a wife, children, siblings, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Raymond Stolte, 77, of Mechanicsville died after a long illness with services in Horner-Morgan Funeral Home and burial at Rose Hill Cemetery. Eugene Behrend, 50, was found dead near Millville and is survived by a daughter, three sons, a father and several siblings. burial was in Guttenberg City. Memorials may be given to the American Heart Association.
Ivan M. Miller, 79, died Oct 24 at home after a lengthy illness in Riverside. Services Oct 28 at Mark Miller residence with Rudy Miller officiating. burial at Peter Miller Cemetery. Survivors include son Stanley of Halfway Missouri, daughter Dora Miller of Riverside, brothers David of Sarasota and Chris M. of Kalona, sisters Lizzie Miller and Katie Hochstetler of Kalona. Ruby Marie Krug, 71, died Oct 25 at St Luke’s Hospital Cedar Rapids after a short illness. Arrangements pending at Campbell Russell Overton Funeral Home Vinton.
Clara Kramer Scherbring 94 died Oct 24 1994 at home after a sudden illness in Dyersville Iowa Services set for Oct 27 at St Francis Xavier Basilica Burial at Ss Peter and Paul Cemetery Peters burg Visitation after 2 p m today at Kramer Funeral Home Dyersville with rosary at 4 and Scripture service at 8 Survivors include son Joseph Manchester daughter Mary Otting Earlville and sister Stacia Osterhaus Dyersville
Amish farmer Mahlon Yoder paid 5500 per acre for a 112.5 acre Kalona area farm, bidding against Ron Schott of Sigourney. Auctioneer Chet Miller called the sale highest Washington County farmland price and possibly a statewide record. The property includes a 10 room house plus multiple outbuildings on land once owned by Lizzie and Will Miller.
Services for Don Cabell are at 3 p.m. today at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories with entombment at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Loren H. Frink has 11 a.m. Thursday services at Cedar Memorial Chapel with burial at Oswego Cemetery in Kansas. Ray N. Steele’s service is at 2:30 p.m. today at Turner Chapel West with burial at Linwood Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to Mercy Medical Center Dialysis Unit. Friends may call 5 to 7 tonight at Cedar Memorial Funeral Home.
Arlene M. Sweeney 86 of 1434 Center Point Rd NE died Sunday Oct 23 1994 at home after a sudden illness. Arrangements are pending at Stewart Funeral Home.
Patricia Wever aged 33 of Burlington was charged with aiding the escape of Richard Jacobson an inmate who fled from a Fort Madison prison farm on Sept 18 and was arrested at Wever’s home on Oct 6 Jacobson was serving 25 years for second degree sex abuse from Cerro Gordo County The penitentiary spokesman named Ron Welder provided the details Wever allegedly drove the getaway car and furnished lodging for the escapee.
Police propose a noise ordinance measuring car stereo impact by distance rather than decibels, banning audible devices at 50 feet or more. Violations carry a 100 dollar fine or 30 days in jail. Assistant Chief also recommends denying extended bar hours to 6 a.m. due to enforcement and safety concerns.
John Zortman a Sloan chiropractor was sentenced in U S District Court to a year in prison for mail fraud He had earlier pleaded guilty to defrauding insurers by submitting false claims from 1987 to 1992 totaling more than 40000 He received a sentence of one year and one day and a 1734 monthly prison offset fee plus a $100 fine He must surrender by January 2 Sloan in Woodbury County near Sioux City.
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