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He oversaw the addition of the Cedar Cremation Center, the Family Center and Library, the Corridor of Hope in the Chapel of Memories Mausoleum, Iowa Cremation and Companions for Life. [citation needed] Notable burials at Cedar include Bourke B. Hickenlooper (1896–1971), Iowa Governor and US Senator, and Earl Whitehill (1899–1954), MLB pitcher.
Cummins was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was a basketball player and member of the Regis Catholic High School 1962 state champion squad. From 1963 to 1967, Cummins attended Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees. He was also a forward at for the Wildcats basketball team at NU.
Ely was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to John Montague Ely Sr. and Laurel Sullivan Ely. He graduated from Franklin High School and was educated at Coe College, the University of Iowa, and Princeton University where he received his degree in 1941. [1] [2] Ely served as a purser in the United States Merchant Marine from 1942 to 1945.
In a report from ABC News, Finley noted that they were inspired after an art teacher named Jeremy Dumkrieger shared his own obituary with a local news blog. Iowa teachers write, send obits to ...
This list of cemeteries in Iowa includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Hundreds of mourners from throughout the U.S. lined streets, placed flowers and offered their thoughts on the life and legacy of President Jimmy Carter on Saturday. Funeral services for Carter ...
Oak Hill Cemetery is a rural cemetery located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. It was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. [ 1 ] At the time of its nomination it consisted of 17 resources, which included 13 contributing buildings , one contributing site , two contributing structures , and one ...
The newspaper is distributed throughout northeastern and east-central Iowa, including the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City metropolitan areas. It was formerly called The Cedar Rapids Gazette . As of September 2019, The Gazette has a circulation of 32,616 for the daily edition and 37,860 for the Sunday edition.