August 2015

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Harold Ungerer

Harold Ungerer

 

 

Harold R. Ungerer, 75, of Hawkeye, died Saturday, August 8, 2015, at Unity Point Health-Allen Hospital in Waterloo.

 

Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, August 12, 2015, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Hawkeye with Rev. David R. Nelson officiating.  Interment will follow at Hawkeye Cemetery.  Friends may call from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 11th at Becker-Milnes Funeral Home in Hawkeye and for one hour preceding services at the church on Wednesday. Memorials may be made in his name to the Hawkeye Cemetery or Trinity Lutheran Church in Hawkeye. Online condolences may be left at www.beckermilnesrettig.com.

 

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David Hurd

David Hurd

 

 

David R. Hurd, 88, of Oelwein and formerly of Maynard, Iowa died Monday morning, August 10, 2015 at Maple Crest Manor in Fayette, Iowa.

 

Funeral Service: 1:30 P.M. Thursday, August 13, 2015 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Maynard with Rev. Dennis Frank officiating.

Visitation:  5:00 to 7:00 P.M. Wednesday at the Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home in Maynard and after 12:30 P.M. Thursday at the church.

Interment: Long Grove Cemetery, Maynard with military honors by the Lundbye-Carpenter American Legion Post #245 Honor Guard of Maynard.

 

Online obituary at www.jamisonschmitzfuneralhome.com

 

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Aug

Beatrice Pauline Tory

Beatrice Pauline Tory

 

 

Beatrice Pauline Tory, 78, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, died Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

She was born September 4, 1936, in Oelwein, Iowa the daughter of Rudolph and Lottie Raymond Banes.  She married Paul Jr. Tory February 28, 1958 in Waterloo.  They were later divorced.  She was a homemaker and an eldercare sitter.  

Survived by five sons: Michael and Steven, both of Cedar Rapids, Jon (Diana) of Riverside, David (Yvonne) of Simi Valley, CA, and Joseph (Vicki) of Adel; a daughter, Kathleen (Richard) Herman of Huxley; fourteen grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Bertha Clark and Elsie Hanson, both of Oelwein.

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Aug

Turkey River Classic tees off this weekend

 

Turkey River Classic tees off this weekend

 

 

Brian Smith
Contributing Writer
bsmith@fayettepublishing.com

 

The Ninth Annual Turkey River Classic (TRC) will be held Saturday, Aug. 15, at Pleasant Valley Sports Club in Clermont. Last year, $22,000 was raised at the charity event, which features a golf tournament, raffle, silent auction, and cupcake sale. This year’s goal is to raise $25,000, with all the proceeds going to NFV Mentoring, as Valley Community Coalition (VCC) transitions into becoming North Fayette Valley Community Coalition (NFVCC).

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Aug

NFVHS hosts Back-To-School Night August 19

NFV hosts Back-To-School Night August 19

 

 

Building on momentum from last year’s inaugural Back-To-School Night, North Fayette Valley High School is once again hosting this event for parents of high school students.  

Building on the Activity Night of the past, administration and staff have put together an evening that combines parent meetings for the fall activity programs with information sessions related to the academic and activity programs at the high school.  There are a variety of important topics in this year’s program that parents will want to know more about, particularly those on the issues of grading and school funding.  In addition, NFV staff will provide breakout sessions on topics ranging for our new Teacher Leadership program to the senior Capstone Project.

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Aug

Don Kruse

Don Kruse

 

 

Don Kruse, age 70, of St. Lucas, IA, died suddenly on Friday, July 31, 2015, at his home near St. Lucas, IA.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Tuesday, Aug. 4, by Monsignor Carl Schmitt at St. Luke Catholic Church in St. Lucas.

Interment was in the church cemetery.

Honorary casket bearers were Brock Bender, Blake Bender, Aaron Boebel, Brandon Howell, Zeb Riley, Abrham Boebel, and Jett Boebel.

Arrangements were handled by Schluter-Balik Funeral Home in Decorah.

Don Ralph Kruse was born December 24, 1944 to Neal and Melania Kuennen Kruse of St. Lucas.  Don lived the entirety of his life in the St. Lucas community.

He graduated from St. Luke’s Catholic High School.

He married Jeanette Hlubek on June 5, 1965 and they raised two children, Kim and Kelley. The couple later divorced.

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Aug

Robert Robbins

Robert Robbins

 

 

Robert J. “Moose” Robbins, age 69 of Waucoma, Iowa died Wednesday August 5, 2015 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN. 
 A Mass of Christian Burial was held 10:30 a.m. Monday, August 10, 2015, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Waucoma with Rev. Nick March celebrating the Mass.

Interment was in the church cemetery. 



Friends greeted the family 2:00 - 6:00 p.m. Sunday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Waucoma. Visitation continued an hour prior to the Mass at the church on Monday.



Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home, Waucoma was in charge of arrangements.  

Online condolences for Robert's family may be left at hugebackfuneralhome.com.

Robert J. “Moose” Robbins was born July 24, 1946, in West Union, IA, the son of Robert and Gertrude (Greenough) Robbins. 

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Don Patrick

Don Patrick

 

 

Donald L. Patrick, 75, of Hawkeye, died Wednesday, August 5, 2015, at his home in Hawkeye.

Memorial services will be held Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at the Hawkeye Community Hall with Rev. John Moser officiating.

Becker-Milnes Funeral Home in Hawkeye is assisting the family.

Online condolences may be left at www.beckermilnesrettig.com

At his request, Mr. Patrick’s body was gifted to Des Moines University to aid in the education of medical students.

Donald La Vere, son of Rodger “Evertte” and Hazel (Whitcher) Patrick, was born May 16, 1940 in rural West Union.

He enlisted in the United States Army on October 12, 1958, and was stationed in Korea until being honorably discharged on February 22, 1962. While in the military he received his GED.

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Aug

Supervisors hire new county engineer

Joel Fantz

 

Supervisors hire new county engineer

 

 

By Chris Deback
cdeback@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

 

The Fayette County Supervisors approved the contract of the new Fayette County Engineer, Joel Fantz, at their weekly meeting on Monday. Fantz served most recently as the county engineer for Palo Alto County for 14 years.

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Aug

Calkins assumes new girls' basketball coach

 

Calkins assumes new girls' basketball coach

 

 

 

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

With the resignation of girls’ head basketball coach Sean Leonard, assistant coach Jim Calkins has been elevated to the North Fayette Valley head coaching position.

Jared Tilleraas remains as one assistant and new elementary teacher, and May UIU graduate Lauren Buck will also be an assistant.

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