Obituary notices from Morning Sun and Muscatine area
Obituaries for Charles N Edwards and Max Curran list death dates March 9 and March 8 at St Marys and Elmwood. Services set at Pierce funeral home Morning Sun with Rev Edward Fish and Rev A W Weigel officiating. Survivors include wife Maria Julia Eubank and several children and siblings. Additional notices honor Joseph H Lewis aged 88 at Stacy funeral home Columbus Junction and Lillian Stein 60 at Ralph J Wittich funeral home Muscatine with burial Greenwood. Also Goldie Bridges 69 and Henry Toborg 87 observed with memorials at local cemeteries. Other obituaries include Louella Duncan 91 Columbus City and Clyde Houseal 33 Davenport, plus Andrew G Nietzel 61 Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles N. Edwards
Pierce Funeral Home
Decatur
St. Mary's Hospital
Edward Fish
Presbyterian Church
Buriat
Edwards Cemetery
Oakville
Edwards
Decature
Kansas City
Fred C
Margaret Curran
Macon Company Memorial Park
Waggoner Memorial Company
Tejon Lodge
AS and AM
Denver
Colo
Ansar Shrine
Maria Julia Eubank
Joseph Lewis
Columbus Junction
Joseph H. Lewis
Rostopia
Stacy Funeral Home
Walter Walff
Independent Bible Church
B. OQ. Roundy
Casket Bears
Floyd Dean, Jr
Harry Coder
Jack Oberhaus
Ralph Dean
H. P. Edmondson
Delmar Brown
Ray Lewis
Darlene Dean
Mona Oberhaus
Columbus City Cemetery
Clyde Houseal
Nevada
Davenport
Davenport Osteopathic Hospital
Mr. Houseal
Columbus Towerion
Pearl Meeker
Pearl Houseal
Vernon Houseal
Evelyn Cook
Marylou Hederg
Howard Houseal
Jackson
Muscatine
Harold Houscal
Clayce Houscal
Raymon Houscal
Jeancaster
Calif
Range Funeral Home
Funeral services planned for J Wittich home pastor
Reverend Russell Baustian will conduct services at 2 p m Tuesday at the J Wittich funeral home. Interment will be at Memorial Park cemetery. Mrs Oral Grings 68 died at Muscatine General Hospital on Wednesday March 6 and funeral services were held at Griffith Funeral Home in Willon with Rev Henry Gathagan officiating. Max Lauser and Emma Birkhofer performed, pallbearers named and Oakdale Cemetery in Wilton chosen for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldie Bridges
George M. Wilich
David Condreau
George Holiday
Georges Meerdink
Levi O'Dell
A. L. Sissel
William West
Everett Buncan
Clarence Koepping
Harry Hagermann
Victor Milley
Wapello
Muscatine General Hospital
Henry Toborg
George M. Willich
T. Ray
George Holliday
Raynard James
Lindley ‘Hoopes
Elmer Burrell
Orville ‘Orcham
Roger Langdanske
Ale Die Moyers
Clement Brown
Greenwood Cemetery
Mr. Toborg
Louella Duncan
Columbus Junction
Stacy Funeral Home
Louella Dyncan
Hubert Sunderman
United Presbyterian Church
Columbus City Cemetery
Here
Osceola Bird Lucas
Cvail Land
Muscatine
Lucas
Muscaline Island
George M. Wittich
James, Henderson
Magnac
France
Grace Hobart
Tipton
Robert Pinkerton
New Windsor
William and
Alwilda Atkins Lucas
Rochester
Town
J. Wittich
Russell Baustian
Memorial Park
Oral Grings Willon
Oakville News Highlights Meeting Trip and Club Event
John McCulley return from Washington D C with Walter Eyre of Burlington. Robert Hudson, discharged from the Army, visits sister Janet Kramer in Oakville after service in Bangkok, Thailand. Hawkeye 4 H skating party planned for April 5 at Wapello rink with Oakville and Wapello youth invited. $5 sent to LYE. Bob McCulley hosts next meeting. Craig Hamilton to report Good Seed. Moscow Homemakers plan Rural Women’s Day luncheon reservations by March 18 for March 20 at Muscatine Elks club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew G. Nietzed
Andrew G
Andy) Nietzel
Orange Street
Mr. Nietzel
Muscatine
C. E. Richard & Son Company
John
Theresa Bloom Nietzel
Rock Island
Verna Randleman
Nietzel
Mulford
John McCulley
Washington, D.C
Oakville
Washington, D. C
Walter Eyre
Burlington
Robert Hudson
Janet Kramer
Mr. Hudson
Bangkok
Thailand
Hawkeye Club
Hawkeye Boys 4-H
Keith Campbell
Bve
Ad Pontius
Don Hamilton
Wapello Skating Rink
Wapello High School
LYE
Robert Pontius
Bob McCulley
Craig Hamilton
Moscow
Moscow Township Farm Bureau
Elks Club
F. W. Seamer
Wilton Student Captures National Speech Tourney Honor
Carolyn Hollenbeck, Wilton junior, won first in dramatic division at the National Forensic League meet in Newton and will represent her school in the finals in Houston in June. She also earned two division 1 ratings at the Town State Speech Association district meet in Wilson, and will compete in interpretive poetry and prose at Grinnell on the 29th and 30th. Frank Fair placed third in the dramatic division at the same meet. Oskaloosa won the eastern Iowa debate team title by defeating Davenport Central 3-2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton
Carolyn Hollenbeck
Wilton High School
Newton
Town
Carolyn
Houston
Texas
Davenport Central
Iowa
Davenport West
Ed Hahn on Business Trip Heads to Pennsylvania
Ed Hahn leaves Oakville to begin a trucking career with Ace Lines. He starts in Pennsylvania on a business trip after a Sunday morning departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Hahn
Oakville
Hahn Jeff
Pennsylvania
Ace Lines
Muscatine FFA State Contest Qualifiers Highlight Meet
The Muscatine FFA Chapter advanced members Harold Hain and Wryna Cholf to the state convention in Council Bluffs after district contest success at Stanwood. Other Muscatine area competitors earned silver and bronze honors in public speaking, parliamentary procedure, and livestock events as 287 boys from southeast Iowa attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guinnell
Muscatine
Future Farmers
Gary
Harold Hain
Wapel- Glenney
Ken Kennedy
Council Bluffs
Stanwood
Grinnell
Wryna Cholf
West Liberty
Creed
Will Alo
Ad Southeast
Steve TeStrake
Roger Eichelberger
Joe Wathan
Daan Hetater
Lysle Hitchcock
Jerry Morran
Lone ‘Tre
Clark Smith
Columbus Junction
Offi
PTA Meetings Across Cities Highlight Scout Programs
In Jefferson and Washington PTA sessions both meet Tuesday evenings at 7:30 and 7:20 respectively with programs by Girl Scouts Cub Packs and speech therapists. Other towns like St Mathess Lincoln and Franklin host panels, band numbers, and bake sales as parents provide refreshments and chair duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Jefferson Pta
Jefferson School
Ray Simpson
Washington
PTA
Helen Frazier
Mary Mills
ST. Mathess
St. Mathias Pta
Norbert Beckey
Lincoln Lincoln Pta
Girl Scouts
Brownies
Boy Scouts
Franklin Pta
Richard Beuller
Scout Councils Merge Shining Trail and Fairfield
Girl Scout leaders in Columbus Junction plan a merger of the Fairfield Town Council with the Shining Trail Council based in Burlington. The expanded council will serve about 3,000 members and include towns such as Mt. Pleasant New London Keokuk Wapello Winfield Danville Grandview Mediapolis Montrose West Burlington Columbus Junction Morning Sun Middletown and Oquawka. This marks the first major change in 50 years for the Girl Scout program nationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Lloyd Schofield
Mediapolis
Shining Trail Council
Fairfield Town
Shining Trail Girl Scout Council
Burlington
Mt. Pleasant
New London
Keokuk
Wapello
Winfield
Danville
Grandview
Moediapolis
Montrose
West Burlington
Morning Sun
Middletown
Town
Gladstone
Oquawka
Mark Grimms Return From California
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Grimm and two children return from a week long trip to California. In Lodi they visited sister and family Edward Hodel and wife. They met nephew Keith Grimm aboard USS Hancock and Keith stayed for a 72 hour visit before returning home with the Grimms to Wichita, Kansas. Also noted is surgical patient Lawrence Parish in Burlington hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Mark Grimm
California
Lodi
Edward Hodel
Keith Grimm
Clyde Grimm
Hancock
Grimms
Keith
Hades
Charles Grimm
Wichits
Kans
Lawrence Parish
Burlington Hospital
Musical spectacle planned for 1964 World’s Fair amphitheater
New York reports an entertainment feature to be developed by Meyer Davis and Leon Leonidoff. The show will be staged in the 10,000 seat amphitheater that formerly hosted Billy Rose’s aquacade during the 1939-40 World’s Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Meyer Davis
Leon Leonidoff
Radio City Music Mall
Billy Rose
Also Mentioned on This Page
Curran
Max QO. Curran
Veterans Hospital
Town City
A. W. Weigel
Methodist Church
Elmwood Cemetery
C. W
Emma Maxson Curran
Morning Sun American Legion
Zerah Masonic Lodge
Kaaba ‘Temple Shrine
Zarephath
Merle
Lillian Stein
Ralph J. Wittich
Everett I. Hageman
Floyd Scott
Howard James
Raymond Schmidt
Edward Schmidt
Arthur Mahler
W. H. Zeug
Frank Lodge
Sheldon Schreurs
Paul
Margery) Scott
Council Blutts
Pthel
Albe
Grimm
Dickerson
Polaris
KEN 'S Brownbilt Shoe Store
Muscatine, Ia
Don Gerst
Fort Leonrard
Missouri
Georgia
Clarence Wiese
Sterling
Ill
Gene Knox
Leo Boyer
Robert Beck
Glen Beck
Ft. Dodge
Creighton
Rilla Creighton
Same Fe
New Mexico
FFA
Mle
ANEW
Cme Ae Tc
Lee Eee
Eye Iel
Batterson
West Aozy Uy
America
Downstair
P.S
S&h
Madison
Madison Pta
Chicago
McKiniey Pta
Cub Scouts
Brownie Scouts
Grant
Franklin
Scout Councils Plan
Mark Grimms
PCV ME
Corsa Ud A
Northwestern Bell
Towa
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