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Dorothy Gerdes
Deaths
Elmer Keuhnle
E l m e r
G e o r g e
Keuhnle, 82,
of
Mount
Pleasant died
S at u rd ay,
Jan. 17, 2015,
at Park Place
Elder
Living in Mount
Pleasant.
Born Oct.
17, 1932, in
Burlington, he
was the son
of George and Mildred Wagner
Keuhnle. On Jan. 8, 1955, he
married Mary Lomax Foggy in
New London. She died May 25,
2010.
Mr. Keuhnle began work as a
lineman for New London Phone
Co. in 1955. He worked 35 years
in the communication business,
retiring as district engineer for
Contel, where he supervised
the engineering projects and
personnel for eastern Iowa. He
was Contel’s Citizen of the Year
in 1977.
He graduated from New London High School.
He served in the Army during
the Korean War.
He was a member of the First
Presbyterian Church. He also
was a member of Mount Pleasant Masonic Lodge 8 A.F. and A.
M., where he served as worshipful master in 1972, and Country
Club on the River.
He served on the Mount
Pleasant City Council and on
Mount Pleasant Golf and Country Club board.
He volunteered for several
years at Dover Museum in New
London and constructed several displays. He was the Dover
Museum Volunteer of the Year
in 2004.
He was a golfer, a fan of all
sports and supporter of the
Iowa Hawkeyes.
He enjoyed the outdoors,
hunting and fishing. He took
care of conservation projects on
the family farm. He also enjoyed
woodworking and eating out
with the ROMEO Club. He was
known as a great storyteller.
Survivors include two daughters, Kimn Hassenfritz and Lyndel Barton, both of Mount Pleasant; five grandchildren; and five
great-grandchildren.
Besides his wife, he was preceded in death by one grandchild and his parents.
The celebration of life service with military rites for Mr.
Keuhnle will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Olson-Powell Memorial
Chapel in Mount Pleasant, with
Pastor Bryan Katchay officiating. Visitation will be from 2 to
7 p.m. before the service, and
family will receive friends from
5 to 7 p.m.
Memorials have been established for Henry County Friends
of Conservation and Dover
Museum in New London.
WACO schedules Army brass band
The Hawk Eye
WAYLAND — The 34th Army
Brass Band will perform at
WACO High School, 706 N. Pearl
St. in Wayland, from 1 to 2 p.m.
Feb. 4 in the gymnasium.
The public is invited to the
performance.
Visitors will need to sign in at
the high school office to enter the
gymnasium during school hours.
For the Record
Arrests/citations
Reports are taken directly
from the daily logs of area
law enforcement agencies.
Some agencies do not differentiate between arrests and
citations.
Burlington
Sunday
5:32 a.m. 4536 West Ave. Timothy Scott Foust, 36, 14867
Washington Road, West Burlington: driving while intoxicated, no insurance and failure to maintain control.
Saturday
11:41 p.m. Main and South
streets. Robert Wayne Newman III, 23, 1519 S. Main St.:
failure to appear and possession of a controlled substance.
West Burlington
Sunday
1 a.m. 1300 block of Broadway
Street. Victoria Elizabeth
Jones, 19, 722 Market St., Burlington: fifth-degree theft.
12:48 a.m. 1300 block of Broadway Street. Dakota Michael
Poland, 19, 625 Angular St.,
Burlington: fifth-degree theft.
Saturday
3:44 p.m. Great River Medical
Center, 1221 S. Gear Ave. Stacy
Hernandez, 39, 14876 Timberline Estates, West Burlington:
armed with intent and willful
injury.
Crime watch
Reports are taken directly
from the daily logs of area
law enforcement agencies.
Burlington
Sunday
reported at 1:50 a.m.
Saturday
Circle K, 1012 Maple St.
Reckless driver reported at
11:01 p.m.
U.S. 34 and Roosevelt Avenue. Accident with injury
reported at 7:41 p.m.
700 block of Louisa Road.
Burglary reported at 7:20 p.m.
Burlington Golf Club, 2124
Sunnyside Ave. Burglary reported at 7:11 p.m.
Circle K, 1012 Maple St. Disorderly conduct reported at
6:56 p.m.
Jet Stop North, 2760 Mount
Pleasant St. Disorderly conduct reported at 6:41 p.m.
Market and Marshall streets.
Assault reported at 5:26 p.m.
600 block of Higbee Street.
Accident with injury reported
at 3:41 p.m.
Farmers Savings Bank, 3131
Sunnyside Ave. Burglary reported at 2:21 p.m.
Circle K, 1012 Maple St. Disorderly conduct reported at
2:07 p.m.
1700 block of Sunnyside Avenue. Burglary of motor vehicle reported at 12:56 p.m.
700 block of Sweeny Avenue.
Vandalism reported at 12:01
p.m.
16000 block of U.S. 61. Accident with injury reported at
11:52 a.m.
1500 block of Flora Street.
Theft reported at 7:16 a.m.
Diamond Vogel Paint, 1506
Bluff Road. Burglary reported at 5:41 a.m.
West Burlington
Lowe’s, 3435 Agency Road. Saturday
Burglary reported at 6:17 a.m.
Applebees, 116 S. Roosevelt
Ave. Burglary reported at
3:37 a.m.
1000 block of North Sixth
Street. Burglary of residence
Dorothy
L. Gerdes, 91,
of Burlington
died at 3:03
p.m. Saturday,
Jan. 17, 2015,
at Great River
Hospice House
in West Burlington.
Born March 11, 1923, in Muscatine County, she was the daughter
of Edward D. and Mary A. Bartusch Oetken. On July 23, 1950,
she married Daniel Gerdes in Burlington. He died March 11, 2007.
Mrs. Gerdes was a homemaker
and worked in food service at North
Hill Elementary School for 18 years
and B.G.’s Buy and Bye for 11 years.
She was a member of Oak
Street Baptist Church, where she
served several years as trustee.
She also was a member of the Burlington Police Auxiliary.
She enjoyed gardening, jigsaw
puzzles and time with her grandchildren.
Survivors include one daughter, Elaine Carncross of West
Chicago, Ill.; three sons, LaVerne
Gerdes, Wayne Gerdes and Steve
Gerdes, all of Burlington; 10
grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and one brother, Richard Oetken of Burlington.
Besides her husband, she was
preceded in death by one infant
son, her parents and one sister.
Visitation will be from noon to
8 p.m. Tuesday at Lunning Chapel
in Burlington, where family will
receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m.
The funeral for Mrs. Gerdes will
be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Lunning
Chapel, with the Rev. Jim Ruberg
officiating. Burial will be in Aspen
Grove Cemetery in Burlington.
Memorials have been established for Oak Street Baptist
Church and St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital.
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Jack Knotts Jr.
Jack Knotts Jr., 81, of Burlington died at 5:14 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
17, 2015, at his home. Arrangements are pending at Thielen
Funeral Home and Crematory in
Burlington.
Barbara Schwerin
Barbara Jean Schwerin, 88, of
Burlington died at 12:15 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, at Blair House
fishing and boating with family in Burlington. Arrangements are
and friends.
pending at Lunning Chapel in BurSurvivors include two daugh- lington.
ters, Gerri Pitt and Susan Kroeger,
both of Hamilton; one son, Steve
Kroeger of Keokuk; four grand- Eileen Kudobe
children; and seven great-grandEileen Kudobe, 83, of Mount
children.
Besides her husband, she was Pleasant died Friday, Jan. 16, 2015,
preceded in death by one grand- at Pleasant Manor Care Center in
child, her parents and three sis- Mount Pleasant.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m.
ters.
Visitation will be from 2 to 6:30 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Olson-Powell
p.m. Tuesday at Lamporte-St. Memorial Chapel in Mount PleasClair Funeral Home in Hamilton, ant, where family will receive
where family will receive friends friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Burial will
from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and the rosary be at a later date.
A memorial has been estabwill be recited at 6:30 p.m.
The Mass of Christian Burial lished for Pleasant Manor Care
for Mrs. Kroeger will be at 10 a.m. Center.
Wednesday at St. Mary’s Catholic
Church in Hamilton, with the Rev.
Tony Trosley officiating. Burial
will be in Oakwood Cemetery in
Hamilton.
A memorial has been established.
Paid Notice
Helen Kroeger
Helen Louise Kroeger, 88,
of Hamilton,
Ill., died at 4:22
a.m. Sunday,
Jan. 18, 2015,
at
Lexington Square in
Keokuk.
Born Jan.
30, 1926, in rural Blandinsville,
Ill., she was the daughter of Leo
and Teresa Holden Hardy. On May
21, 1949, she married Joseph Raymond Kroeger in Macomb, Ill. He
died July 27, 1992.
Mrs. Kroeger worked at Hamilton Savings and Loan Bank and
Dadant and Son’s in Hamilton and
Methode in Carthage, Ill.
She graduated from Blandinsville High School. She attended
Gem City Business College in
Quincy, Ill.
She was a member of St. Mary’s
Catholic Church in Hamilton.
She enjoyed sewing, camping,
Marilyn Cerven
Marilyn
Jean Cerven,
64, of Coralville
died Saturday,
Jan. 17, 2015, at
Lantern Park
Nursing and
Rehab Center
in Coralville.
Born Dec.
6, 1950, in Keokuk, she was the
daughter of Pearl Junior and Lois
Jean Wixom Creason. On Dec. 30,
1969, she married Robert Cerven
Jr. They divorced in 1976.
Ms. Cerven worked in retail,
did data entry and factory work
and worked for temp agencies in
Iowa City and Coralville. She last
worked at Michaels in Coralville
and retired for health reasons.
She attended school in Gorin,
Mo. She graduated from Gorin
High School and attended the
Upward Bound program in Kirksville, Mo. She also completed a
correspondence course in computer programs. She attended
Southeastern Community College
in Keokuk for two years and the
University of Iowa for four years.
She was proud of her children’s
scholastic accomplishments. She
enjoyed swimming with them
in the summer. She also enjoyed
buying gifts for and spending time
with her grandchildren.
Survivors include one daughter, Kimberly Cerven of Bemidji,
Minn.; one son, Travis Cerven
of Park Rapids, Minn.; one stepdaughter, Jenifer Anderson of
Akley, Minn.; six grandchildren;
three stepgrandchildren; one
brother, Gary Creason of Kirksville; and nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by
her parents and grandparents.
The funeral for Ms. Cerven will
be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Vigen
Memorial Home in Keokuk, with
Pastor Dave Barrett officiating,
and visitation will be from 9:30
to 10:30 a.m. before the service.
Burial will be at 2 p.m. Thursday
in Gorin Cemetery, with Pastor
Travis Cerven officiating.
A memorial has been established for Iowa City Hospice.
Sharon Norton
Sharon K.
Norton, 71, of
rural
Milton
died at 11:50
a.m. Saturday,
Jan. 17, 2015, at
Mercy Hospital
in Iowa City.
Born Feb. 7,
1943, in rural
Pulaski, she was the daughter of
Peter and Bertha Blum Jessen. On
Dec. 17, 1961, she married Wayne
Norton in Ottumwa.
Mrs. Norton was a homemaker
and farmed with her husband.
She worked at King Insurance in
Milton, Casey’s General Store in
Bloomfield and Pioneer Hi-Bred
International in Hedrick.
She graduated from Davis
County High School in Bloomfield.
She was a member of Cantril
Christian Church and Gideons
International.
Survivors include her husband;
Younkers, 550 S. Gear Avenue. Burglary reported at
10:28 p.m.
Wal-Mart, 324 W. Agency
Road. Fight and disorderly
conduct reported at 9:01 p.m.
one son, Mark Norton of Marshalltown; one daughter, Darla Hargis
of Ottumwa; four grandchildren;
one great-grandchild; and five sisters, Martha Blasi of Clarinda, Elsie
Wagler of Cody, Wyo., Evelyn Wells
of Valle De Oro, Texas, Gwendlyn
Foster Bates of Huntsville, Texas,
and Shirley Schmidt of Mundelein,
Ill.
She was preceded in death by
her parents and three brothers.
Visitation will be from 3 to 7
p.m. Wednesday at Pedrick Funeral
Home in Keosauqua, where family
will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m.
The funeral for Mrs. Norton will
be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Cantril
Christian Church, with the Rev.
Jerry Caughron officiating. Burial
will be in Sunnyside Cemetery in
Milton.
A memorial has been established
to be designated later and may be
mailed to the family at 25775 Chestnut Ave., Milton, Iowa 52570.
Dorothy Pollock
Dorothy Pollock, 91, formerly of
Douds, died at 6:53 a.m. Sunday,
Jan. 18, 2015, at Northcrest Health
Center in Ames. Funeral services
and burial will be at a later date.
Pedrick Funeral Home in Douds is
in charge of arrangements.
Karen Duncan
Karen Duncan, 74, of Mount
Pleasant died Saturday, Jan. 17,
2015, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.
Arrangements are pending at
Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel in
Mount Pleasant.
Cheryl Love
Cheryl Love, 61, of Burlington
died at 9:45 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17,
2015, at her home. Arrangements
are pending at Thielen Funeral
Home and Crematory in Burlington.
Paid Notice
Roberta M.
Nelson
The Funeral Arrangements for Mrs. Roberta M.
Nelson, 88, who died Thursday, January 15, 2015, are
pending at Lunning Chapel.
Betty Jane
Atkinson
3940 Division St.
Burlington, Iowa 52601
(319) 752-2828
Toll Free 1-877-752-2828
Clara Zoeller
T h e
Funeral
Mass of
the Resurrection
for Clara
Adeline
Gillen
Z o e l l e r,
92,
will
be 10:00
a.m. today, at St. Paul’s Catholic Church, with Rev. Father
Marty Goetz as the Celebrant. Music will be provided
by the Des Moines County
Resurrection Choir. Burial will
be in Sacred Heart Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials
may be made to St. Vincent
de Paul, Burlington and Special Needs of Burlington.
Joseph Ripple
The Funeral Arrangements for Joseph Ripple, 63,
who died Thursday, January 15, 2015, are pending at
Thielen Funeral Home & Crematory.
Jack Knotts
The Funeral Arrangements for Jack Knotts Jr.,
81, who died Saturday, January 17, 2015, are pending at
Thielen Funeral Home & Crematory.
Cheryl Love
The Funeral Arrangements for Cheryl Love, 61,
who died Saturday, January 17, 2015, are pending at
Thielen Funeral Home & Crematory.
Condolences may be sent from
www.thielenfuneralhome.com.
T h e
Funeral
Service
for Mrs.
B e t t y
Jane Atkinson,
93, who
died Saturday,
J a n u ary 17, 2015, will be 11 a.m.
Wednesday, January 21st, at
Lunning Chapel. Pastor Larry
Dodds will be officiating, with
interment in Aspen Grove
Cemetery. Friends may call
after 8 a.m. Wednesday, and
the family will receive friends
one hour prior to the service.
A luncheon will be served at
Sunnyside Avenue Baptist
Church following the committal service. Memorials
have been established for
the American Diabetes Association and the Des Moines
County Humane Society.
Dorothy L.
Gerdes
The Funeral Service for
Mrs. Dorothy L. Gerdes, 91,
who died Saturday, January
17, 2015, will be 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday, January 21st,
at Lunning Chapel. Rev. Jim
Ruberg will be officiating, with
interment in Aspen Grove
Cemetery. Friends may call
after noon on Tuesday at Lunning Chapel, where the family
will receive friends 6 p.m. until
8 p.m. Memorials have been
established for Oak Street
Baptist Church and St. Jude
Children’s Research Hospital.
Barbara Jean
Schwerin
The Funeral Arrangements for Mrs. Barbara Jean
Schwerin, 88, who died Sunday, January 18, 2015, are
pending at Lunning Chapel.
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www.LunningFuneralChapel.com
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