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Lavanda Thompson

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2017-01-12 10:26

Lavanda Thompson

 

 

Lavanda Thompson, 86 of Wadena, Iowa died Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital, West Union, Iowa.

Lavanda was born June 18, 1930 to Willie and Lena (Kjosa) Bergan in Gunder, Iowa. 

She graduated from Postville High School in 1948. Lavanda attended Normal School Teacher Training and taught country school around Gunder until she married. She also worked as a switchboard operator.

Lavanda was united in marriage with Floyd Thompson on December 28, 1951 at the Marion Lutheran Church Parsonage. Four children were born to this union.

After marriage she and Floyd moved to their farm outside of Wadena, Iowa and raised their family.

Lavanda was a member of the Elgin Lutheran Church and WELCA. She was also a Sunday school teacher and choir member.

Lavanda helped as a poll worker in Wadena for many years and was a Cowbelle for the Fayette County Cattlemen.

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Darlene Shaffer

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2017-01-12 10:22

Darlene Shaffer

 

 

Darlene Shaffer, 98, Elgin, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2016 at her daughter and son-in-law's home in rural Volga, IA. 

Darlene was born on February 20, 1918, in Elgin, IA, to James and Lola (Kiple) Yearous. 

She was united in marriage to Forrest D. Shaffer on August 18, 1935 in Elgin. Forrest passed away on December 1, 2007.

Darlene and Forrest worked together on the farm while raising their three children. In 1974, they retired from farming and moved into Elgin. 

She was a faithful member of the Illyria Community Church and later First Baptist Church in Elgin.

She enjoyed sewing, quilting, poetry writing, gardening, traveling and spending time with her family.

Darlene will be greatly missed by those who knew and loved her.  

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Edith Olson

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2017-01-12 10:20

Edith Olson

 

 

Edith Marie Olson, 90 of West Union died on January 5, 2017 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon.

Edith Marie Weiland was born on April 29, 1926 to Theodore and Emma (Jesse) Weiland in Britt, Iowa.

She attended country school through the eighth grade and graduated from Britt High School.

Edith was united in marriage with Charles Axel Olson on June 9, 1949.

She enjoyed fishing, baking cookies, making afghans, watching Iowa Hawkeye football, gardening and her flowers. Edith loved spending time with her friends and going out socializing.

Edith is survived by her three children, Larry (Brenda) Olson, Joan (Ron) Schroeder and Greg (Cheryl) Olson all of West Union, Iowa; eight grandchildren, Daniel, Dean, Amber, Jeremy, Kristie, Corey, Carrie and Amy; and several great-grandchildren.

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Sara Tinker

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2017-01-12 10:17

Sarah Tinker

 

 

Sarah Michelle Kathleen Tinker (birth name Halldin) died in Atlanta, Georgia, on Dec. 20, 2016, where she had been a resident for six years. She was 33 years old.

Sarah was born in Des Moines on March 11, 1983. Her parents are Dr. David and Denise Tinker, formerly of Des Moines and now currently residing in Elgin. Sarah was adopted by David Tinker when she was 14.

She graduated from Hoover High School in Des Moines and attended LaJames Cosmetology. Sarah loved, as she would say, “making people beautiful.”

After spending two years in Elgin, Sarah moved to Atlanta, Georgia, to pursue her career. There, she opened her salon named Chloe until health problems compelled her to sell her salon.

Most recently Sarah was employed by Solar Dimensions in Atlanta. She was recently promoted to manager of the salon.

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Luella Patterson

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2017-01-12 10:14

Luella Patterson

 

 

Luella Mae Folkerts Patterson, 95, of Elgin, Iowa passed away at the Good Samaritan Home in West Union, Iowa on January 5, 2017 following a year of failing health.

Luella Mae was born December 18, 1921 to Rex and Minnie (Christian) Folkerts in Steamboat Rock, Iowa.

Luella attended and graduated from Steamboat Rock High School in 1939.

She was 16 years old when she gave her heart to the Lord. She had been an avid follower of the Lord and loved to attend Bible Studies, listen to Evangelists on television and study the Bible on her own.

In 1948 she was united in marriage to Woodrow Wilson Patterson in Steamboat Rock, Iowa. They farmed for 40-plus years in the Elgin area.

Luella attended the Baptist Church in Brainerd until 1956 and then began attending First Baptist Church in West Union. She taught Sunday school for many years. Her favorite chapter in the Bible was the 23rd Psalm.

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Swimmers back in action

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2017-01-12 10:12

Swimmers back in action

 

 

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

 

The Decorah swim team splashed back into action last week.

Bolstered by NFV students Matt Appler and Justin Kueker, the Vikings beat the Vinton Aquatic Club, 55-39, Thursday, Jan. 5, in Vinton.

Kueker won the 500 freestyle and picked up silver in the 200 freestyle.

Appler won a gold medal in the 100 backstroke.

The two combined to help propel the Decorah 160 medley relay and 320 freestyle relay to victory.

There were no reports at press time from the scheduled meet in Waterloo on Saturday.

 

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12
Jan

NF boys win 1st bowling meet

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2017-01-12 10:10

 

NFV boys win 1st bowling meet

 

 

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

 

The North Fayette Valley boys’ bowling team celebrated its first victory of the year Friday in Waukon.

In the singles match-up, NFV beat Waukon, 1612-1313, and in the Baker Round it was TigerHawks ‘740 to the Indians’ 669.  

That meant NFV had its first win of the season, 2352-1982.

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NFV girls throw scare into TV

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2017-01-12 10:07

 

Helena Fantz gets her shot off between a pair of defenders in recent action. The TigerHawk senior not only has a smooth shot, but she can rebound, dribble, and can thread the needle on her passes in the post. (Jerry Wadian photo)

 

NFV girls throw scare into TV

 

 

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

 

With Postville not having a girls’ basketball team this season, NFV only had one game last week.

That came Friday at defending UIC champion Turkey Valley. At tip-off time, the Trojans were 10-0 and ranked second in Class 1A.

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Jan

TigerHawk grapplers battle on

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2017-01-12 10:03

 

The strain of a heavyweight wrestling match shows on the face of NFV’s Ethan Lape. However, the sixth-ranked heavyweight in Class 2A is just about to put this match against Wapsie Valley’s Rylan Duffy in the books at the 5:25 mark Saturday in Tripoli. (Kris Van Sickle photo) 

 

TigerHawk grapplers battle on

 

 

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

 

North Fayette Valley wrestlers returned to the mat Thursday with the first home meet of the season. Saturday, they were at a tournament hosted by Tripoli.

In the home meet, NFV split, beating Turkey Valley but falling to South Winn.

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Jan

TigerHawk boys win 2 in UIC

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2017-01-12 09:58

 

Josh Guenther flies down the court to lay in two more points for NFV during recent action. The senior scored 22 points last week as the TigerHawks won two of three games, including a sweep of their two UIC games. (Jerry Wadian photo)

 

TigerHawk boys win 2 in UIC

 

 

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

 

The NFV boys’ basketball team pocketed a pair of conference wins last week, but lost a non-UIC affair Saturday at Decorah, 63-45.

The UIC games were contrasts in styles as the TigerHawks romped to a 57-35 win Tuesday, Jan. 3, in Postville. However, Friday’s game in Jackson Junction was a cliffhanger at the end with NFV holding on, 47-45.

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