April 2018

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Dale McFarlane

Dale McFarlane

 

 

Dale McFarlane, 68, of Waucoma, IA, died Wednesday, March 28, 2018, at Freeport Memorial Hospital, Freeport, Ill.
 

A Celebration of Life was held Monday, April 9, 2018 at the Waucoma Event Center. 

Private family interment will be held at a later date.
 

  Hugeback Johnson Funeral Home in Waucoma was entrusted with arrangements.  

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

Dale Duane McFarlane was born Jan. 30, 1950 in Oelwein, Iowa, the son of Clyde and Thelma (Landsgaard) McFarlane. 

He attended rural country school and graduated from North High School in West Union in 1968.

He met Judy Phillips, his future wife, at Matters Ballroom outside of Decorah in 1969 at a dance. They were introduced to each other through a mutual friend.
 

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Gaynal Anderson

Gaynal Anderson

 

 

Gaynal May (Ramage) Anderson began her life on July 21, 1925 in Pleasant City, Ohio, a little village nestled among the Appalachian hills and coal mines of southeastern Ohio.  Her parents were Bill and May Ramage. Her father was a coal miner, and as a child she lived among the mines and miners.

On Oct. 15, 1934, Gay and her sister, Laura, were in school when the mine whistle blew loud and long. There had been an accident in one of the mines. They were soon told their father had been injured in the mine where he worked. He died a week later of his injuries. 

These were also the years of the Great Depression, of hardship and troubled times. 

Gay attended schools in Ohio and worked wherever she could find a job.  

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Janet Keefe

Janet Keefe

 

 

Janet Marie (Weston) Batterson Keefe, 69, of West Union, passed away April 4, 2018 at Gundersen Palmer Hospital, West Union, Iowa. 

She was born March 6, 1949 in Volga, Iowa to Dale Franklin and Minnie Marie (Hill) Weston.  

Janet attended school in Elkader, Valley High School, and Starmont High School where she graduated May 25, 1967.  

She married Dale LaVern Batterson July 27, 1968 at Arlington Methodist Church, Arlington, Iowa and made their home in rural Elgin, Iowa. To this union four sons were born, Adam Lyle, Dan Wade, Jed Owen, and Drew Alan.  

Janet and Dale were married 25 years until he passed away Oct. 4, 1993.  

After Dale’s passing she met Wallace (Wally) Friedly.  They were together for 15 years until he passed away May 12, 2012.  

At one of the many dances she attended she met her husband, Gary. They were married June 3, 2017.  

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Mother Nature 9, NFV 0

Mother Nature 9, NFV 0

 

 

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

 

Mother Nature blanked NFV sports last week, pitching a no-hit shutout.

Between the snow on Tuesday and the unseasonably cold, windy conditions the rest of the week, none of the eight scheduled athletic events took place last week, and one event has already been cancelled for this week.

Girls’ track meets in Mason City and at Beckman were cancelled, as were the boys’ track meets at Ed-Co and Waverly. The boys’ meet in Cresco on Tuesday (April 10) has already been cancelled.

TigerHawk boys’ and girls’ golf were both scheduled to open at Pleasant Valley Sports Club in Clermont on Thursday, but the meet has been moved to Tuesday, April 17, in Clermont.

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Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Langreck

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Langreck

 

 

Herbert and Arlene Langreck will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Saturday, April 21.

Herbert Langreck and Arlene Schaufenbuel were married April 21, 1958, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Lawler.

They are the parents of five children, Dale (fiancée Gwyn Kleppe) Langreck of Waucoma, Alan (Kathy) Langreck of Fayette, Carol Ann Langreck of Hawkeye, Randy Langreck (deceased), and Debra (Kim) Weidemann of West Union. Their family also includes five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

All friends and relatives are invited to help the couple celebrate by showering them with anniversary greetings.

Cards and notes can be mailed to 330 E. Burger St., Hawkeye, IA 52147.

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Lee Stammeyer

Lee Stammeyer

 

 

On March 31, Leander “Lee” Stammeyer, formerly of St. Lucas, celebrated his 97th birthday with family and friends at the senior citizens home in Sumner.

Three of his siblings, three of his children, and five of his grandchildren were on hand to help Lee celebrate his big day.

According to his daughter Mary Lee Johns, her father “really liked reminiscing with everyone” at his party.

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Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Boeding

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Boeding

 

 

Jerry and Joan Boeding of Waverly, formerly of West Union, will celebrate 50 years of marriage on Friday, April 20.

A family Mass and dinner in May are planned.

Gerald Boeding and Joan Robinson were married April 20, 1968, at Holy Name Catholic Church in West Union.

Their family includes son Jay, daughter-in-law Stephanie, and two grandsons. Their daughter, Jenny, died in 1990.

Anniversary greetings can be sent to the Boedings at 2536 Park Third Ave. NW, Waverly, IA 50677.

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More calls to Prairie View

 

The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office was responding to a report of an assault in progress on Saturday, April 7, at Prairie View Residential Care Facility, rural Fayette. The Sheriff’s Office has arrested five former staff members and two residents over the course of the past couple months at Prairie View. (Jerry Blue photo)

More calls to Prairie View

By Chris Deback

 

cdeback@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

 

 

 

Five former certified nursing assistants (CNA) at Prairie View Residential Care Facility in rural Fayette have been arrested in the last month, accused of sexual exploitation of patients.

CNAs Paige Johanningmeier, 23, of Elgin and Megan Panney, 26, of Clermont were arrested on March 5 for allegedly having sexual relations with patients. They were also accused of helping the two court-ordered patients with whom they had relations to escape the residential care facility. Both CNAs are no longer employed by Prairie View Management, Inc.  

Further investigation by the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office led to the arrest on March 23 of three more CNAs for sexual exploitation — Carolyn Wiedrich, 44, and Jamie Pagel, 32, both of Sumner; and Shelby Sebring, 24, of Hawkeye. The three women weren’t employed by the residential care facility at the time of their arrest. 

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Westpfahls get $100K grant

 

Hawkeye’s Keith and Marilyn Westpfahl were recently presented a $100,000 grant through the Community Catalyst Building Remediation Program to help renovate the former DanDi’s Dollar and Variety Store. The lifelong Hawkeye-area residents will use the grant dollars to completely remodel the front of the store with an all-glass storefront similar to the one that graced the front of the Main Street business long ago. (Zakary Kriener photo)

 

Westpfahls get $100K grant

 

 

 

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

 

Less than a year ago, Keith and Marilyn Westpfahl officially took ownership of the downtown Hawkeye building that was once the home of DanDi’s Dollar and Variety Store. With the betterment of their lifelong hometown in mind, the couple have since been working to restore the over 100-year-old structure to its former glory.

Last week, the renovation project received a significant contribution in the form of a $100,000 Community Catalyst Building Remediation Program grant.

“We knew that the building was going to need a lot of work when we took it over last May,” said Keith, who was born in and spent that majority of his lifetime in Hawkeye. “One of the biggest areas in need of attention is the front wall. One of our goals was to return the look of the building to the way it was many years ago with a storefront window and new brick.”

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Heart Hero

 

It is a team effort as family friends Stephanie Birmingham (far left) and Mike Birmingham (far right) join Team Neviah with  (l-r) then 2 -year-old Neviah, mom Rana (Murphy) (expecting Kendrick) and dad, Danny Webster during an annual American Heart Association Heart Walk a few years ago. 

 

Heart Hero

 

 

By Meagan Molseed
mmolseed@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

 

 

“God has big plans for Neviah,” Rana Webster said of her 6 year-old daughter, who recently underwent her second open-heart surgery since birth.  

“We have relied on our faith and the support of family and friends, as well as our daughter’s strength.  She has been through a lot in her six years, but she continues to thrive.” 

The first child of former high school sweethearts Rana (Murphy) a 2003 North Fayette graduate, and her husband, Danny Webster, a 2004 Valley graduate, Neviah was diagnosed with the congenital heart disease, dextro-transposition just hours after her birth in 2011. It is a heart condition in which the two main arteries carrying blood away from the heart are reversed 

“When Neviah was born, things seemed good,” the young mother remembered. “Her oxygen levels were low at first, but we knew she had swallowed some of my water during the birth, so we and the doctors thought the levels may have been off from that.” 

Shortly after Neviah was born, however, the new parents would soon learn that they were about to face a journey with their brand-new daughter that neither one would have been able to anticipate.

“I was able to go up to the “Mommy and Me” floor with Neviah in my arms for recovery shortly after she was born,” Rana recalled of the hours after the infants birth.  

“Shortly after that, the nurses came in to took Neviah for a couple of routine checks.  They took her out of my arms and said they’d be right back,” she related softly, noting that it wasn’t long before she and husband Danny started to worry.  

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