Obituary Notices From Iowa Communities July 4 2009
Peggy Lou Conrad dies at 59 after a long illness at the Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. Service at First Congregational United Church of Christ Anamosa with burial at Riverside Cemetery. Dora Mae Chalupa Cole 93 of Washington dies July 4 2009 at Monarch Hospice in Newton. Celebration of Life at Jones Eden Funeral Home Washington with burial at Friends Cemetery Pleasant Plain. Dr Paul N Moser 91 Postville dies July 4 2009 at Mercy Hospital Oelwein. Services at Community Presbyterian Church Postville with burial National Cemetery Garnaville. Scotch Grove Larry Dale Rickels 65 Monticello area dies July 3 2009. Memorial service July 8 at St Johns Lutheran Church Scotch Grove with military honors. Burial Oakwood Cemetery. Memorials to Compassion International Four Oaks or NRA.
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Peggy Lou Conrad
Dennis and
Donna Oldorf
House of Mercy
Hiawatha
First Congregational United Church of Christ
Anamosa
Carla Burge
Riverside Cemetery
Goettsch
Goettschonline
Allen
Brent
Jessie) Gearhart
Mississippi
Brian
Karen) Gearhart
Cedar Rapids
Randy
Kerry
Conrad
Austin
Texas
Rickey
Erika
Quantico
Ross Conrad
Durant
Rhonda
Darrell
Janssen
Wilton
Mike McCullough
Hawaii
Fred McCullough
Josh
Aaron
Hunter
Bria
Madeline
Alex
Amanda
Alyssa
Mitch
Kahli
Matt
Bruce Gearhart
Pamela
Deborah
Monticello
Iowa
Arthur
Maxine McCullough
Monticello High School
AIC
Davenport
Peggy
Allen Conrad
Dora Mae Chalupa Cole
Washington
Pleasant Plain
Monarch Hospice
Skiff Medical Center
Newton
Jones-Eden Funeral Home
Sallie Graves
Friends Cemetery
Shirley
Keith) Halverson
Marion
Dennis
Bobbi) Chalupa
Peg
Dick) Broadie
Cedar Falls
Michelle
Scott) Lynch
South Carolina
Paul
Mary) Watson
Lone Tree
Scott Halverson
Waukee
Chad (Somer
Chalupa
North Carolina
Charlene
Paul) Deutschman
Walnut Creek
Calif
Beverly
Dora Mae Anderson
Hedrick
Pleasant Plain High School
Leroy Chalupa
Dora
Leroy
Jefferson County Hospital
Floyd Cole
Fairfield
Larry Dale Rickels
Scotch Grove
Kramer Funeral Home
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Larry Daubs
Arthur P. O’rourke
American Legion Post
Larry
Dorthea Antons Rickels
Paula Wears
St John’s Lutheran Church
Compassion International
Four Oaks
National Rifle Association
American Legion
Paula
Stephanie
Rickels
Bernard
Jason
Stephania
Jeremy
JoLee
Lisa Barta
Lisbon
Willie Daubs
Marvin
Daisy
Ervin
Dixie
Eugene
Kay
Kay) Rickels
Hopkinton
Shirley Lietz
Susan
Roger) Poole
Kramerfuneral.com
Petersburg man Irvin Bockenstedt dies at 76
Irvin E. Bockenstedt of Petersburg died July 4 2009 at home after a long illness. Visitation is Tuesday 2 to 9 p.m. in Dyersville with a Scripture service at 4 p.m. Funeral 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at SS Peter Paul Catholic Church Petersburg burial church cemetery. He was born March 17 1933 in Petersburg. Survivors include his wife Valeria six children and many grandchildren. Memorials to SS Peter Paul or Hospice of Manchester.
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Irvin E. Bockenstedt
Petersburg
Kramer Funeral Home
Dyersville
SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Church
John O'Connor
Irv
Iowa
John F
Hilda Hermsen Bockenstedt
U.S. Army
Valeria J. Goedken
Manchester
Bockenstedt
Valeria
Sharon
Beryle) Brown
Cedar Rapids
Jim
Earlville
Duane
Jami
Urbandale
Steve
Delhi
Keith
Kristi
Gary
Lisa Freiburger
Pearl Meier
Jeanne Oberbroeckling
Arlene
Ambrose) Langel
John
Dorothy
Walter
Mary
Dubuque
Vernon
Colesburg
Virgil
Sue
Eyota
Minn
Gilbert
Germaine) Goedken
Helen Wilgenbusch
Norma
Vernon) Brunsman
Mary Lou
Elmer) Engelken
Inez
Francis) Hermsen
Laverne
Pat) Goedken
Carol
Dale
Emil Wilgenbusch
Patricia Rolfes
Kramerfuneral.com
Leach seeks new role as humanities chairman
Former Iowa congressman Jim Leach, 66, could lead the National Endowment for the Humanities with a 155 million dollar budget if Senate confirms his nomination. He cites culture as essential and criticizes past rhetoric, noting Obama's Cairo speech as a turning point and stressing modest federal funding for humanities.
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Nigel Duara
Denver
Jim Leach
Iowa
Leach
Barack Obama
National Endowment For the Humanities
Senate
United States
Obama
Cairo
America
Congress
George W Bush
Dick Cheney
Congressional Humanities Caucus
Jim
Bill Tate
Iowa offers employability certificates for ex-offenders
Des Moines Bureau reports the Iowa Board of Parole began issuing certificates of employability to ex-offenders who demonstrate ability to obtain work. The program, mandated by the 2008 Iowa General Assembly, is not a pardon and does not indicate rehab level. Applications are available via the state parole board site.
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Des Moines
State Department of Corrections
Iowa Board of Parole
New York
Illinois
Iowa
Parole Board
Department of Corrections
Board of Parole
Clarence Key
Iowa General Assembly
Chet Culver
Bop
State
Iowa uses three quarters of stimulus road funds
Iowa set about three quarters of its 348 million federal stimulus highway funds for state city and county roads pushing repair and maintenance. The state met the 50 percent obligation deadline by March 11 beating the national target. IDOT let contracts totaling over 262 million in 120 days and by June had 196.5 million for primary roads and 65.8 million for local streets. Eastern Iowa counties approved include Tama Linn Winneshiek Buchanan and Delaware. Smart Growth America praised Iowa for directing 90 percent plus of funds to repairs.
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James Q. Lynch
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Department of Transportation
Transportation Department
Barack Obama
Tama
Linn
Winneshiek
Buchanan
Delaware
Smart Growth America
State highway stimulus funds route to repair and transit
Iowa and several states spent most stimulus road money on repairs with 59 percent of Iowa roads in poor condition costing drivers 383 dollars annually. 241 bridges are structurally deficient while 10 percent of Iowa funds go to public transit and non motorized projects.
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District of Columbia
Iowa
Nevada
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Smart Growth America
New Iowa law targets underage gambling in casinos
Under a new Iowa statute any minor caught trying to access a casino floor faces a $500 fine. The Iowa Gaming Association states the measure strengthens underage gambling enforcement and casinos may be fined up to $20,000 if youths gamble. Casinos will post signs and coordinate with law enforcement to enforce compliance.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Wes Ehrecke
Iowa Gaming Association
Ehrecke
Ex Iowa therapist dies during prison transport
Joseph Curtis a 66 year old former child therapist at Ottumwa Regional Health Center died June 23 while being moved from Leavenworth Kansas to Terre Haute Indiana on a five year sentence for child pornography. The U S Marshal Service said he stopped breathing on the bus near the Terre Haute facility and an autopsy was inconclusive.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Joseph Curtis
Curtis
Ottumwa Regional Health Center
U.S
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