Services set for William Swomley in Fayette
Fayette special report William H. Swomiley 78 retired farmer and longtime gas station owner died Thursday night July 28 at Palmer Memorial hospital West Union. Funeral services scheduled Monday at 10 30 a m at Belle Wright Fayette with visitation after 9 a m Sunday. Burial in Grandview cemetery Fayette. Survived by wife Edith son Bruce Oelwein daughters Mrs George Knight Oelwein Mrs Ben Rhode and Mrs Marcella Rodgers Fayette ten grandchildren and one great grandchild four brothers and one sister.
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Fayette
William H. Swomiley
Palmer Memorial Hospital
West Union
Belles- Wright
Grandview
Edith
Bruce
Oelwein
George Knight
Ben Rhode
Marcella Rodgers
Swim lessons start for Wadena area youths
Wadena youths will attend swimming lessons from July 9 to August 3 at the West Union pool. Sessions run 8:45 to 10 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. A registration and transport fee is due the first day. Bus departs from the park with a stop at the Earl Lehman farm on Highway 56. Marjorie Knox leads Wadena registration and chaperones. James Hermen coordinates Clermont, Elgin and Wadena arrangements.
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Wadena
West Union Pool
Earl Lehman
Marjorie Knox
James Hermen
Elgin
Clermont
Independence Man Receives Silver Star for Vietnam Heroism
Sgt. Richard Stevens of Independence is awarded the Silver Star for heroism in the battle of An Loc South Vietnam. He has Bronze Medal honors from April 20 1972 and Purple Heart with stars plus a Presidential and Congressional citations. He serves with Co C Second Division airmobile detachment and is stationed at Fort Hood Texas.
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Stevens
Fort Hood
Texas
Intersection Collision At First Street And Third Avenue
A minor intersection accident Friday at 2 50 p m left no injuries. John T Shields Jr of Fairbank drove south on Third Avenue NE while Rodney A Bayness of 223 Fifth Ave SW westbound on First Street NE collided. Bayness vehicle sustained 200 worth of damage, Shields truck unscathed.
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First Street N.E
Third Avenue N.E
John T. Shields, Jr
Fairbank
Third Avenue
N.E
Rodney A. Bayness
Fifth Ave. S.W
First Street
Bayness
Shields
Injured youth back home after six day hospital stay
In Independence nine year old James Matthew Walker returns from Scholtz Memorial Hospital Waterloo six days after a golf cart incident near North Frederick and Third Street NW during a centennial parade. Father James L. Walker says the boy is doing well under doctor care and no permanent eye damage is evident.
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Independence
James Matthew Walker
Scholtz Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
James L. Walker
North Frederick
Third Street N.W
Funeral Monday for Louis Larson 86
Louis N. Larson 86 of 323rd Ave SE Oelwein died Friday night at Mercy hospital. A retired CNW railroad engineer he lived in Oelwein 10 years after moving from Clarion. Funeral at Brant Chapel Monday 1 30 p m Rev Clarence Johnson Clermont officiating. Burial God Acres Cemetery Clermont. Survived by wife Hazel six siblings including Fred Clara Meyer Rose Bullock Emma Larson Bessie Loftsgard.
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Louis N. Larson
323Rd Ave
Oelwein
Mercy Hospital
CNW Railroad
Clarion
Brant Chapel
Clarence Johnson
Clermont
God’s Acres
Hazel
Fred
Waterloo
Clara Meyer
Mason City
Rose Bullock
Emma Larson
Bessie Loftsgard
Elgin
Friday funeral for Mrs Pellner announced in Independence
Mrs Augusta Pellner 93 of 206 Third St SE Independence died Friday evening at Grandview Nursing Center. Funeral services set for Monday July 2 at 2 pm at Hintz Funeral Home with Rev LaVerne Stretch officiating. Burial in Woodlawn. Survivors include son Paul of Charles City and three daughters in Waverly Oelwein and nearby towns. seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
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Augusta Pellner
Third St. S.E
Grandview Nursing Center
Hintz Funeral
LaVerne
Woodlawn
Hintz Funeral Home
Paul
Charles City
Carl
Gertrude) Muench
Waverly
Edgar
Gretchen) Buenger
Oelwein
Robert
Martha) Mensing
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Inez Hayes
Cletus Fettkether
Maynard
Chad Lillibridge
Elaine Vargason
Susan Fairchild
Mark Lamphier
Joseph Nichols
Hazleton
Manchester Hospital
Ralph Higgins
Strawberry Point
Steve Galloway
Manchester
Carl Peyton
Delhi
St. Luke's
Cedar Rapids
Kevin Meggers
Walker
Richard Rosauer
Brandon
Leslie VanGorder
David Turner
Donald Evers
Curtis Chesmore
Mrs
Roy Burkhart
Norman Tankow Sr
Postville
Will Christofferson
Gilbert Rose
Monona Central
Eleader
Mary Williams
Minneapolis
Ethel Butler Meyer
Elizabeth Williams Hearne
Helen Sherwood Foster
Mary Weigel Harris
Marguerit Cannon McGravey
Martha Pellner Mensing
Wilma Werdel Demonica
Helen Werdel Merriman
Fullerton
Cal
Interstate Power Company
Register
Nona
LeAnn Jesse
Wadena Presbyterian Bible School
Abisinsion
Energy Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Hy-Mark Ind. Inc
Henderson, Nebraska
Fair Tns
Iowa
Cluha
Old Milwaukee
Rath
Black Hawk
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Lipton
Hunt
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