Keota man Paul Sievert dies after heart attack
Paul H. Sievert 61 of Keota died early today at St. Josephs Hospital Ottumwa after a heart attack he had been a patient since Sept 10. Funeral arrangements are pending at Powell Funeral Home Keota. He was born Oct 16, 1911 near Webster and married Hazel Gersh in 1938. He worked at Cargill in Cedar Rapids since 1951. Survived by wife two daughters two sons seven grandchildren and two brothers.
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Paul H. Sievert
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Ottumwa
Powell Funeral Home
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Viola Durland Sievert
Keswick
Hazel K. Ge
Sigourney
Cargill
Cedar Rapids
Sigourney Bethel United Methodist Church
Richard
Caledonia
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Marie) Heckart
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Ariz
Geraldine Joan Stout
Wilfred
Goldsboro
North Carolina
David
Davenport
Emma L Barnett 83 dies after long Ill at Halcyon House
Emma Louise Pehler born 1889 in Minier Illinois died Friday September 28 1973 after months of illness Memorial services Monday 10 30 am at Washington United Methodist Church conducted by Rev J Roland Crandall Graveside service by Rebekah Lodge Ainsworth Cemetery Jones Funeral Home arranging Memorials to Halcyon House Surviving Lucylle Soto Cambria California and James Wagner Burlington Illinois plus three grandchildren and other relatives Memorials may be given to Halcyon House. Connections note: widow of Boice Wagner 1911 and Walter A Barnett both deceased. She active in church WSCS and Rebekah Lodge.
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Emma L. Barnett
Halcyon House
Washington United Methodist Church
J. Roland Crandall
Rebekah Lodge
Ainsworth Cemetery
Jones Funeral Home
Emma Louise Pehler
Minier
Ill
Herman
Augusta Pech Pehler
Boice Wagner
Walter A. Barnett
Barnett
WSCS
Lucylle Soto
Cambria
Calif
James
Lillie) Wagner
Burlington
Weekend Opry Trip With Riverside Travelers
A Riverside group of 79 riders loaded two charter buses at Lone Tree for a Grand Ole Opry weekend in Nashville Tennessee. Laughter filled the trip as they joked about purses dry clothes and water supplies while enjoying Roy Acuff Tex Ritter and Archie Campbell on stage and planning a Nashville tour. They stayed at the Holiday Inn, ate late meals, and returned Sunday night tired but eager for another voyage.
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Marge Luckey
Riverside
Lone Tree
Grand Ole Opry
Nashville
Tenn
Roy Acuff
Tex Ritter
Archie Campbell
Hee Haw
Holiday Inn
Yeggys host pre-nuptial shower for Beth Geyer
Riverside on September 25 a miscellaneous shower honored Beth Geyer of Iowa City, fiancée of Michael Rummelhart of Iowa City, with decorations in bridal colors and gifts opened. Also notes KUB club games and prizes, local visits, and upcoming October meeting details. Victor Kron remains in serious condition after Mercy hospital surgery.
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Yeggys
Wilbur Kiene Riverside
Richard Yeggy
Beth Geyer
Iowa City
Michael Rummelhart
Duane Rummelhart
St. Patricks Catholic Church
KUB Club
Alvin Yeggy
Merritt Yeggy
Cletus Mellecker
Herman Heitzman
Paul Knebel
Albert Mellecker
Urban Metz
Elmer Schneider
Victor Kron
Mercy Hospital
Norman Sojka
Hiawatha
Wes Sojka
John R. Veggy
Mary Younkin
Washington Care Center
Wilma Rummelhart
Austin Roche
Mount Carroll
Minois
Contracts On The Record In Kalona Transfers
Paul R Wheelan and wife transfer to Larry Humston and Donna S. a parcel at the NE corner of NW of Section 26 768. Omer Ropp and wife transfer to Myron Dean Ropp and wife Lot 14 and N 25 ft of Lot 15 Block 5 in Snider and Allens Addition to Kalona. Duane F Redlinger and wife transfer to Melvin Jaspering starting at the SW corner of NE of NW4 of Section 11 758.
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Paul R. Wheelan
Larry Humston
Donna S
Omer Ropp
Myron Dean Ropp
Snider and Allen
Kalona
Duane F. Redlinger
Melvin Jaspering
Next Climb for Stan Zundell at Yosemite Spire
Santa Monica banker Stan Zundell, famed for eight amateur ascents of Switzerland's Matterhorn, turned 61 and plans to tackle the 3,000-foot Lost Arrow Spire in Yosemite National Park. He cautioned he might run out of gas mid-climb as age reduces strength.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Stan Zundell
Switzerland
Matterhorn
Lost Arrow Spire
Yosemite National Park
Zundell
New Gibson's Store Names Two New Managers in Was
Gibson's Store announces Larry Stark 37 and Garry Dial 26 as managers for its Was branch. They relocate from Hutchinson Minnesota and Maryville Missouri respectively to oversee a 35600 square foot east Washington store with mid November completion. Stark is married with three children ages 6 10 and 4. Dial is married with no children.
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Gibson's
Larry Stark
Garry Dial
Jou
Gibson’s
Was
Washington
Larry
Stark
Hutchinson
Two women's groups meet in West Chester for September
West Chester reports detail two active group sessions. Antioch Social Club members toured starting with dinner at Kolonial Townhouse, visiting Hilltop Gift Shop, then hosted by Mrs. Fred Coakley. The Women’s Society of Christian Service planned October plans, budgets, and a Silent Auction. United Methodist Women discussed leadership roles and Meals on Wheels collaboration with Mid-Prairie churches and local councils.
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Tomhobbs
West Chester
Antioch Social Club
Kolonial Townhouse
Wellman
Fred Coakley
Walter Bauer
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Karl Parcel
Bob Stout
Kenneth Dusenbery
Ted Kiesey
John Capper
Ralph Bringman
Joe Bauer
Church World Service
Harry D. Dusenbery
Marion ‘Timmins
Ed Hahn
Keith Fisher
Christian Personhood
Ted Griffith
Bob Stevens
Jay Hough
Esther Booth
Lloyd Bauer
Marion Timmins
Howard Moore
van Hahn
John Johnson
Mabel Griffith
United Methodist Women
Larry Widmer
Charles Ralston
D.G
BPW District V Meeting Set for Knoxville October 7
BPW registration deadline October 7. Members planning to attend that district V meeting at Knoxville Sunday October 7 should notify president Helen Peiffer by October 3. Registration is $4 per person includes lunch. New members are welcome and first timers are honored guests. Doris Reed will be state representative and the theme is I Am Woman Walk with Me. Members should register with Ursula Scheldrup to model in the style show supporting the scholarship fund.
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Knoxville
Helen Peiffer
Peiffer
Doris Reed
Iowa Business Woman
BPW
Ursula Scheldrup
Thought for the Day by Louis Kaufman Anspacher
A thought for the day quotes American playwright Louis Kaufman Anspacher on marriage defining it as a relation where independence is equal, dependence mutual, and obligation reciprocal.
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Louis Kaufman Anspacher
Sisters sing gospel notes at UP Home variety program
The Sisters seven seniors from Waco Community School performed a 45 minute gospel program with Suzie Swartzendruber on guitar. They presented songs including The Church in the Wildwood Count Your Blessings and How Great Thou Art, ending with a Doxology and a group prayer. The note of thanks highlights Rev and Mrs Norman Webster who discovered them.
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Waco Community School
Suzie Swartzendruber
Suzie
the Wildwood
Norman Webster
Dodge House story told to members of history society
The Washington County Historical Society held its annual meeting at the Captain's Table with a color slide presentation on the General Dodge House restoration in Council Bluffs by Barbara Larsen. Dale Miner spoke on raising fifty thousand dollars for the restoration of an historic house in Marion. Charles Hotle was elected president, Russell Davison vice president, and John Owen secretary treasurer, with a new three year board including Jim Bowen and others. Also noted was a Hornsea England report where a municipal committee urged a beach be Britain’s first nudist site.
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Washington County Historical Society
General Dodge
Council Bluffs
Barbara Larsen
Dale Miner
Marion
The
Historical Society
Charles Hotle
Washington
Russell Davison
John Owen
Jim Bowen
David Miksch
Robert Morgan
Paul Shearer
Glen Thompson
Robert Wead
Stephen Wiggers
Randolph Kelsey
Virginia Bordwell
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