Oldest Iowan Amelia Schmidt marks 109th birthday
Amelia Schmidt, born September 7 1875 near Garnaville, celebrates her 109th birthday at Riverview Care Center in Guttenberg. A schoolteacher and longtime sewer and knitter, she has outlived her siblings and enjoys visits from family and friends while recalling a life rooted in Garnaville and craft-work.
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Guttenberg
Ulysses S. Grant
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Kitty Hawk
Iowa
Amelia Schmidt
Riverview
Mississippi River
Garnaville
Amelia
Milton
Guttenberg Pharmacist
Amelia Dettman
Clayton
Charles
Garnville
Gazette
Deb Wiley
Riverview Care Center
Changing grandparent roles in modern families
Washington AP reports Christopher Hayes of The Catholic University says longer life spans rising marriage ages and more women in work have reshaped grandparent roles. He notes grandparents include bankers retirees and residents of Sunbelt facilities and urges families to discuss desired levels of involvement and potential changes after events like divorce illness or relocation.
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Washington
Christopher Hayes
Catholic University of America
Center For the Study
Hayes
Wall Street
Detroit
Sunbelt
Senior Center Schedules Highlight Local Club Meetings
Calendar lists Senior Fellowship at St Pauls United Methodist Church with lunch reservations due, Odds and Ends Club gathering at Witwer Center with speaker, Heritage Agency to meet at Kirkwood, plus extensive activity rosters for Witwer Iowa City and area centers. ACLU warning notes Atherosclerosis risk.
Falk Named Volunteer of the Year at Witwer Senior Center
Signi Falk honored as Outstanding Volunteer of the Year at the Witwer Senior Center annual meeting. 130 plus volunteers contributed 10 000 hours in 1984. eight members of the 500 Club donated 474 to 1 788 hours. New board directors include Chadek Duffe Drago Brendengen. officers Baker Mahan Schlemann Berg elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signi Falk
Witwer
Falk
Leonard Cox
al DeWeese
Selma Hartman
Myra Zdenek
Elsie Fee
Faye Gibbs
Juanita Bergen
Hilda Frederick
Center
Lloyd Brockmeyer
Edith Hollister
Paul Jones
Velma Schlemann
Yvonne Chadek
Nevin Duffe
Esther Drago
Vivian Brendengen
David Baker
Robert Mahan
Valissa Berg
Cedar Rapids Congregate Meals Menu and Locations
This week’s congregate meal menus for Cedar Rapids and Linn County sites include pork sandwich and sides on Monday, tater tot casserole on Tuesday, chicken on Wednesday, Swedish meatballs on Thursday, tuna casserole on Friday, beef burger on Saturday at Witwer, and pork roast on Sunday at Witwer plus additional meals at Lincoln Jane Boyd and other centers. Transportation via LIFTS available with advance call, listing contact numbers.
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Cedar Rapids
Dear Genie seeks Iowa connections on family inquiries
Readers are invited to submit Iowa related questions to Dear Genie for publication. The notice lists inquirers seeking descendants or information on Eddie Fletcher and Mary Waters, Niels Hansen Blom and family, the Aller family, and a Blaylock family from Maynard Iowa with contact names and addresses.
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Genie
Linn County Heritage Society
Iowa
P.O
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Eddie Fletcher
Mary Waters
Mr. Fletcher
Charles W. Lamb
Abraham and
Malinda Jane Metz Deck Waters
Keokuk
Lee County
Linda Campbell
Washington St
Washington
Niels Hansen Blom
Dairyman
Amanda Harris to Celebrate 96th Birthday With Card Shower
Amanda Mary Harris of 910 E Olive St Room 615 Marshalltown will celebrate her 96th birthday with a card shower on Tuesday. Harris a former Keswick Iowa resident.
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Amanda Mary Harris
E. Olive St
Marshalltown
Harris
Keswick
Iowa
Be Advised Legal Issues and the Elderly program opens
The Iowa City Johnson County Senior Citizens Center announces a year long educational program with a Friday 10 to 11 30 a m workshop Utilizing the Legal System led by attorneys Tom McMurray Mark Hill and Martha Quint. Sessions are free for 55 plus residents and helpers. Transportation via SEATS available by donation with advance call. A note recalls Eisenhower Nixon oath for a second term in 1957 and the public ceremony held on Jan 21.
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Creative Craft Club
Johnson County Task Force
Widowed Persons Service Board
Senior Center
AARP
SOLON
West
Iowa City
Mildred Cochran
Johnson County
Senior Citizens Center
Tom McMurray
Mark Hill
Martha Quint
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St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Witwer Center
Richard Osing
Heritage Agency
The
Heritage Agency On Aging
Amana
Iowa Hall
Kirkwood Community College
Legislative Committee
Nutrition Project Council
State Advisory Council
Elderly Law Project
Second Ave
Martha Nimmer
ST. Mark’s United Methodist Church
Johnson Ave
Salvation Army Community
C Ave
Ed Olson
Marion Senior Center
Marion Community Center
10Th Ave
Marion
O’dean
Betty Johnson
Ambroz Senior Center
Mount Vernon Road
Fifth St. NW
Lincoln
18Th Avenue
Ninth Street
Iowa City Senior Center
South Linn St
American Council of Life Insurance
Rita Reed
Linn County
Witwer Senior Center
Jane Boyd
14Th Avenue
10Th Street
Lincoln School
Central City
Springville Community Center
Lisbon United Methodist Church
Mount Vernon St. John’s Catholic Church
Palo
Newhall
Shellsburg
Fairfax
Skodborg
Denmark
Fredsville
Kate
Leo Blom
Franz Blom
Erik Blom
Helleskramten
Soborg
Aller
Blaylock
Maynard
Fayette County
Barbara Blaylock Marek
Garnet Drive
Eagan
Minn
Lifestyle Office
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
White House
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