United States Navy veteran Jerry Oyloe served from 1944 to 1946 during World War II. Oyloe was responsible for supplying P.T. boats with food, fuel, and ammunition. (Zakary Kriener photo)

Local vet shares story

by Zakary Kriener
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

Jerry Oyloe has spent much of his life living in the community of Ossian. He was raised there and has lived there for much of his life.

After and graduating from South Winneshiek High School, Oyloe got married to Ruth Kuennen in St. Lucas. Together, they had a son, Gordon.

Soon after, Oyloe was drafted into service for the United States military.

“When I got to Des Moines for my physical, they asked me what I wanted to do: Army, Navy, or Marines,” recalled the WWII veteran. “I figured I might as well pick Navy.”

Roger Halvorson

Roger Allan Halvorson, 80, of Marquette, formerly of Monona, died on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014, at his home in Marquette. He was a former longtime state representative.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Monona.

Interment with military honors will follow in the church cemetery.

Visitation will be on Friday, Nov. 7, from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Leonard-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Monona. There will also be a one-hour visitation before services at the church on Saturday.

Leonard-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Monona, is helping the family w

Loading chairs onto a truck to be moved to the VCC’s new home in Clermont on Saturday were (l-r) Taylor Kohls and Bryce Smith. The VCC offices and Youth Center will now be located in the Larrabee Building in Clermont, which was their original home several years ago.

VCC's move to Clermont complete

by Brian Smith
bsmith@fayettepublishing.com

The Valley Community Coalition (VCC) completed its move from downtown Elgin to the Larrabee Building in Clermont on Saturday morning, Nov. 1. This will be the second time that the VCC offices and youth center will call the Larrabee building home, having been located there originally before moving to Elgin several years ago.

           The move became necessary when the building that the VCC had been renting was sold and they were informed that they would have to be out of the building by the end of October. The organization considered several options before settling on a rental agreement with the City of Clermont for the space in the Larrabee building. The VCC actually held one last event, a Halloween party for area youth, on Friday, Oct. 31 before making the move to Clermont on Saturday.