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Elbert Westpfahl

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2018-03-28 13:18

Elbert Westpfahl

 

 

Elbert “Bert” Westpfahl, 83, of Hiawatha died after a courageous battle with lung cancer, surrounded by his family on Saturday, March 17, 2018. 

Funeral Mass: 10 a.m. on Friday, March 23, at St. Pius X Catholic Church, celebrated by the Rev. Phil Thompson. 

Burial: 2 p.m. on Friday, March 23, at God’s Acres Cemetery in Clermont, Iowa.

Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. 

Survivors include his wife, Joyce; his children, Kathy (Marc) Ferguson and Tom (Kathy) Westpfahl; his grandson, Jason; great-grandson, Gage; his siblings, Richard Westpfahl, Lorraine Miller, Ruth Amundson, Betty Freeman, and a large extended family.

Bert was preceded in death by his parents, siblings and in-laws.

Bert was born July 14, 1934, in Clermont, Iowa, the son of Carl and Grace Westpfahl. 

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Marilyn Medberry

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2018-03-28 13:16

Marilyn Medberry

 

 

Marilyn Louise (Roepke) Medberry was born on April 17, 1942 in Littleton, Iowa to Rudolph and Edna (Weitnauer) Roepke. 

At two years old the family moved to Hazleton, Iowa and Marilyn graduated from Hazleton High School in 1960. 

In her youth she enjoyed ice skating and playing with her 11 siblings. 

The summer before her senior year of high school was spent as a nurse's aide, which she really enjoyed. She decided to be a nurse and spent three months at nurse's training and as a scrub nurse at Oelwein's Mercy Hospital in1961.

In 1964 Marilyn married and later divorced Dulane Schoen and gave birth to Michael Todd and April Zoe in California. 

Marilyn married Robert Eugene "Gene" Medberry on March 24, 1974 and Amy Gene was born in 1975. Gene then adopted Mike and April in 1976. Gene's daughters Roberta and Connie visited on the weekends and a blended family was born. 

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Laura Timm

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2018-03-28 13:11

Laura Timm

 

 

Laura Kathryn (Hutchison) Timm, 98, passed away March 21, 2018, at Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines.

Funeral services were held Saturday, March 24 at Iles Dunn’s Chapel in Des Moines. Burial was at Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines. 

Arrangements were handled by Iles Funeral Home, Dunn’s Chapel, in Des Moines.

Laura was born on Aug. 30, 1919, to James and Leah (Henry) Hutchison in Fayette County, IA and grew up in Lima, IA.  After her father passed away when she was in high school, she and her mother moved into the town of Fayette, IA.

Laura graduated from Upper Iowa University with a teaching certificate and taught in a one-room schoolhouse. 

On Nov. 27, 1942 she married her high school sweetheart, Loel Clayton Timm.  They moved to Des Moines in 1948 and had lived there since.  

Laura lived in her home for 60 years up until a year ago when after a slight stroke she decided to move into Wesley Acres.

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Gaylord Guyer

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2018-03-28 13:02

Gaylord Guyer

 

 

Gaylord Lawrence Guyer, 74, of West Union, Iowa, passed away on March 19, 2018 at Allen Memorial Hospital surrounded by his loving family. 

Services were held Saturday, March 24, at West Union United Methodist Church.

Inurnment will be held at a later date. 

Gaylord was born on Oct. 1, 1943, to Lawrence and Rosina Guyer. He grew up on the farm with his siblings Leona Harris, Mary Jacobsen, James Guyer, LaVanda Meyer and LaVonne Bemiss. 

He attended the Dover #5 one-room schoolhouse – the last existing schoolhouse in Iowa – and North High School in West Union, Iowa.  After high school, Gaylord earned his Lab Tech Certification at Brown Institute in Minneapolis, Minn. 

On Oct. 11, 1964, he married Patricia Carol Paulsen.  They were blessed with two children, Christopher James and Trisha Ann Davis. 

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NFV boys 2nd at UIC

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2018-03-28 12:59

 

Lucas Wurzer is one of the very few freshmen out for NFV track this season. He is shown starting off in the 400 dash Friday at the UIC Indoor Track Meet in Decorah.

 

NFV boys 2nd at UIC

 

 

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

 

The NFV boys’ track team may have surprised some people in the UIC Indoor Track Meet Friday when the TigerHawks finished second by a mere two points at Luther College in Decorah.

South Winn won, as expected by most in preseason polls, with 118 points. However, NFV made it a razor-thin margin with 116 points.

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TigerHawk girls third at UIC Indoor

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2018-03-28 12:55

 

Brinna Ehler just missed a bronze medal in the shot with this heave of 31’09” Friday at the UIC Indoor Track Meet at Luther College. Her fourth-place finish earned five team points for NFV.

 

TigerHawk girls third at UIC Indoor

 

 

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

 

While Kee High blew away the field at Friday’s UIC Indoor Track Meet at Luther College in Decorah, NFV finished a very respectable third with 85 points, two points better than Central/Elkader.

TigerHawk veterans Marin Ehler and Ryin Lehmann won gold in the shot and 55 hurdles, respectively. The 4x60 shuttle hurdle also brought back gold. Rachel Reicks earned a silver medal in the long jump, while Callie Halverson won bronze medals in the 800 and the 4x800.

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Lleyton Luhman

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2018-03-28 12:19

Lleyton Luhman

 

 

Adam and Nikki Luhman of Batesville, Ind., welcomed the early arrival of their son Lleyton Maxwell Luhman on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018. Due on April 17, he weighed 4 lbs. 9 oz. at birth.

Lleyton joins big brothers Cael, 5, and Grant, 3. 

Proud grandparents are Tom and Deb Luhman of West Union, Dennis and Val Stutler of Batesville, Ind. 

Great-grandmothers are Darlene Kuhlers of West Union and Patricia McFall of Franklin, Ind. 

 
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Being proactive to keep students safe

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2018-03-28 12:17

Being proactive to keep students safe

 

 

By Chris Deback
cdeback@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

 

 

With school shootings continuing to dominate national headlines, are our local schools prepared to handle such a dangerous situation? 

Whether one wants to believe that it could happen in rural northeast Iowa or not, area school districts and law enforcement agencies have to be vigilant to the potential existence of such a threat. 

The Fayette County Union took time to speak with Duane Willhite, North Fayette Valley superintendent; Marty Fisher, Fayette County Sheriff; and Paul Becthold, West Union police chief, about the preparation that has taken place. The newspaper also spoke to four students, senior Grace Kerr, junior Drew Berger, sophomore Ian Menne, and freshman Abby Boehm to see if they feel safe attending school in light of recent events nationwide. 

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Mobile mamma informs parents on cell phone safety

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2018-03-28 12:09

 

 Christy Teslow of the nonprofit organization Mobile Mamma gives a presentation on mobile-device safety to parents and children on Tuesday, March 20, in the North Fayette Valley Performing Arts Center in West Union. Teslow explains to parents how to set up different parental controls on Android devices. 

 

Mobile mamma informs parents on cell phone safety

 

 

By Chris Deback
cdeback@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

North Fayette Valley hosted the organization Mobile Mamma on Tuesday, March 20, in the NFV Performing Arts Center in West Union. The program’s goal was to help parents get a better handle on mobile-device safety for their children 

The school decided to host the nonprofit organization as it works through issues of mobile device abuse while on school property. A committee created to explore the issue has already met once to discuss a new cell phone use policy for the school. 

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