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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1972
Page
3
Article discusses ponderosa pine panel doors and their styles from three to fifteen panels. It notes how door design aligns with decor, from French provincial to Mediterranean, with interior and exterior doors featuring elaborate carvings, grills, and sidelights.
Home improvement expert John Concord outlines how to create a functional home office in small spaces such as a closet or corner of a kitchen. He emphasizes a quiet, attractive area with proper lighting, seating, ventilation, and fitted storage using prefurnished hardboard panels and adaptable fixtures.
A home improvement consultant from Masonite Corporation explains creating a room within a room can add privacy using existing space such as a basement or attic. By adding walls a door lighting and ventilation a separate room can be formed inside the home and finished with prefinished hardboard panels or siding. Place the new room in a corner to use existing walls and it can serve as a bedroom den or hobby spot.
Mr and Mrs Ray Williams celebrated their 37th wedding anniversary on Christmas Day. The couple marked the milestone with family and friends in the city.
A hospital notes page lists admissions discharges births and deaths across Oelwein Independence West Union and other Iowa towns. Names include Paula Windt Emily Cole Julie Hill Raymond Tyler and Maureen Reisner among admitted patients. births for several families. discharges for many residents. plus deaths at Independence and surrounding areas.
William Niemann, 74, a retired farmer from the Hazleton and West Union area, died Sunday at University Hospital, Iowa City. His funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Burnham Wood Funeral Home with burial in West Union cemetery. Survived by one sister Mrs. Mary Sparks of Waverly and nieces and nephews.
Beatrice Van Wirt 77 longtime legal secretary died Christmas Day at Mercy Hospital Oelwein a lifelong resident Funeral set for Thursday Dec 28 at 10 a.m. at Brant Chapel with calling after Noon Wednesday Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery Survivors include brother F E Becker sister Zella Traynor nephew Jim in California and niece Josephine Mihlheim in Alagon Michigan
Frederick A. Scheer of Strawberry Point dies at 80. Funeral services are planned for Thursday December 28 at 2 p.m. at Hope Lutheran church Littleport with burial in Union cemetery. Donations of condolences may be left at Witt Funeral Home Elkader after 7 30 p m. He is survived by his wife Jane four daughters Donna Mrs Wilbur Ainling Anita Mrs Oliver Jewell Darleen Mrs Lawrence Thein and Hazel all of Strawberry Point and Edgewood. Six grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren also survive.
Katie Andreae 86 died Sunday at Manchester hospital and was a longtime Arlington resident. Services were held Tuesday at St. Sebald Lutheran Church in rural Strawberry Point. Burial followed in the church cemetery with Feeney Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include only nieces and nephews.
Joseph Charles Leo Sr. 69, longtime Oelwein resident and barbershop owner, died Dec. 23 at University Hospital. Funeral Mass at Sacred Heart Church Dec. 27 at 10:30 a.m. Burial at Woodlawn. Survived by wife Mary, son Joseph Jr., daughter Phyllis Ann, a grandson, sister Carmela, brother Louis, and sister Catherine in Italy. Leo held several barber tools patents. Rosary at Brant Funeral Home tonight. Born Feb 18, 1903 in Terravecchia Italy.
LaCrosse anesthesiologist Dr. John Jaeger seeks two former patients from Viroqua and rural Iowa who suffered breathing difficulties after anesthesia. He links the event to an abnormal psuedocholinesterase enzyme level, which impedes drug breakdown and paralysis recovery.
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