Obituary notices for Jack Spooner and Thelma Foster
Jack W Spooner 82 of Tama died April 8 2004 of congestive heart failure at home. Services 1030 am Wednesday Harrison Kruse Phillips Funeral Home Tama burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Thelma E Foster 95 died April 7 2004 in Rose Haven Nursing Home Marengo. Services 1030 am Tuesday Smith Funeral Home Victor burial Victor Memorial Cemetery.
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Thelma E. Foster
Rose Haven
Marengo
Smith Funeral Home
Victor
Victor Memorial Cemetery
Donna van Lancker
Gary Foster
Osage Beach
Merne Shaull
Chico
Calif
Nadine Shaull
Ladora
William J. Franck 62 Waterloo native dies in North Carolina
William J. Franck 62 of Thomasville North Carolina formerly of Waterloo died April 8 2004. Services 11 a.m. Monday at Queen of Peace Chapel Waterloo with burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery Waterloo and AMVETS military rites. Arrangements by Hagarty Waychoff Grarup Funeral Service. He served in the U S Air Force during Vietnam and is survived by four sons and three grandchildren.
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William J. Franck
Thomasville
N.C
Waterloo
Queen of Peace Chapel
East Fourth Street
Mount Olivet
Waterloo Amvets Post
Evansdale Amvets
Hagarty-Waychoff-Gramup
South Street
Flint
Mich
William Raymond
Helen Lucille Richards Franck
Janelle Fish
Franck
U.S. Air Force
North Carolina
Waterloo Corrugated Box Co
Christopher Jay
Janet
el Cajon
Calif
Calvin Matthew
Christy
Greensboro
William Cecil
Candace
High Point
Bruce Allen
Regena
Lexington
Cecilia
Eli
Isabel Franck
Irene
Larry
Cook
Minn
Rosalie
Robert) Burger
Richard
Joann
Independence
Dwight
Valerie
Joliet Tl
Chester Chet Beach 89 West Liberty resident dies
Chester Chet Beach 89 died Friday April 9 2004 at Simpson Memorial Home West Liberty after an extended illness Services 1030 am Monday at West Liberty United Methodist Church with Rev Susan LeBlanc Burial Oak Ridge Cemetery West Liberty Friends may call 3 to 6 pm Sunday at Barker Funeral Home Memorials to West Liberty Fire Department or Iowa City Hospice Beach born September 13 1914 in West Liberty son of Chester M and Lena Boldt Beach a West Liberty High School graduate WWII Army veteran he married Phyllis Walker March 10 1937 in Aledo Illinois He worked with West Liberty Oil Co for 50 years He was a longtime member of West Liberty United Methodist Church Mansell Phillips American Legion Post 509 charter member of West Liberty County Club and Fire Department member 1942 to 1982 serving as Fire Chief for 10 years He is survived by wife Phyllis a son Jerry Karen Beach two grandchildren Tracy Cindy Beach and Tami Mike Roth and five great grandchildren Lauren Matt Roth Andie Kee lie Chett Beach He was preceded in death by his parents and sister Enez Birkett
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Jack W. Spooner
Harrison-Kruse-Phillips
Jerry Avuse-Rouse
Oak Hill Cemetery
Grinnell Hospice
Jack
Earl
Francis Allen Spooner
Castle Heights Military Academy
Tennessee
India
Earl Spooner Grocery Co
Spooner Grocery Co
Doris Harrison
Mary Katherine Stein
Spooner Sports
Jack Spooner
Mary
Nancy
Gary) Kendall
Tucson
Ariz
Jim Spooner
Lakeland, Fla
Jackie
Jim) Ebersole
Carrollton
Texas
Jason
Ada Marie) Spooner
Tama
Jennifer
Bryan) Byrd
Alexandria
Chester
Chet” Beach
Simpson Memorial
West Liberty
West Liberty United
Lena Boldt Beach
West Liberty High School
U.S Army
Phyllis Walker
Aledo
Ill
West Liberty Oil Co
West Liberty United Methodist Church
Mansell Phillips American Legion
West Liberty County Club
Glenwood arson case erupts over dispatcher error
A Glenwood woman sues Mills County E911 claiming a dispatcher did not send firefighters during a Feb 5 6 p.m. rampage by her roommate Patty Will. Hetrick alleges $200000 in losses from fire damage and the dog’s death while Will faces arson and animal abuse charges. Randall Thompson admits the error but cites no specifics.
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Glenwood
Mills County
Christine Hetrick
Hetrick
Patty Will
E911
Will
Parole board asks governor to reduce Veverka sentences
The Iowa parole board, in a 4-1 vote, asks Gov. Tom Vilsack to commute five life terms for Ronald Veverka, serving 27 years for the Coronado Apartments arson deaths of five Des Moines residents. If approved, he could be parole eligible in years, not now.
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Des Moines
One Board of Parole
Tom Vilsack
Ronald Veverka
Veverka
Area school fails to act on religious books purchase
Marion officials show no action on about 100 books with religious themes bought with public funds for the Home School Assistance Program library. Board leaders cite legal opinions and potential court resolution as the issue. consultants question state department response and state law constraints.
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Kurt Rogahn
Gazette
Marion
Marion Home School Assistance Program
Tom Thurman
Thurman
Don Norton
Iowa Department of Education
Carol Greta
Brian Gruhn
Cedar Rapids
Norton
Nick Hobbs
Hobbs
Home School
Kurt.rogahn
Gazettece
Ottumwa woman fled with son arrested in Kentucky
Beth Templeton 21 of Ottumwa and James Browning 30 were arrested in Louisville on Iowa warrants after Templeton allegedly assaulted a social worker at a Department of Human Services office and fled with her 4 year old son Deven Templeton. The child is in state custody and being returned to Iowa. Gary Templeton 57 was arrested in Urbandale for custodial order violation.
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Kentucky
Ottumwa
Louisville
Beth Lee Templeton
Department of Human Services
Deven Cole
Beth Templeton
James E. Browning
Iowa
Templeton
Browning
Devon Templeton
Child Protection Services
Gary Lee Templeton
Beth
Urbandale
Wapello County
Human Service
Drug raid at Little Dragons Child Care finds guns and marijuana
Authorities say the Mid-Iowa Narcotics Enforcements task force found four handguns a shotgun ammunition and one and a quarter pounds of marijuana at the Little Dragons Child Care center. Rebecca Bruce faces charges including marijuana possession with intent to deliver and child endangerment.
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Johnston
Little Dragons
Rebecca Bruce
Bruce Gaddis
Mid-Iowa Narcotics Enforcement Task Force
Iowa Department of Human Services
Adair County Lifts Moratorium on Livestock Buildings
The Adair County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to not renew the 2002 moratorium on new livestock facilities. Rose Acres Farms proposal met state environmental criteria, allowing expansion of an egg farm near Stuart.
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Greenfield
Adair County
Stuart
Adair
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