1962: Bitterly cold weather brought the temperature all the way down into the 20s below zero across northern and northeastern Iowa and daily records were broken at numerous locations across the state. The lowest reported temperatures included -26 F at Cascade, Decorah, and Grundy Center, -27 F at Independence, Marshalltown, and Oelwein, -28 F at […]
Visitation: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM Trinity United Methodist Church 1117 Benton Ave. East Albia, IA 52531 Service: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 11:00 AM Trinity United Methodist Church 1117 Benton Ave. East Albia, IA 52531 Dolores Eudora (Wales) Dutemple, age 90, of Albia, died on December 25, 2010 at Sunrise Terrace […]
September 14, 1925 – December 25, 2010 Gerald Foster, 85, of What Cheer, died Saturday, December 25, 2010 at the Mahaska County Hospital. Funeral services will be held privately at a later date. Interment will be in the Highland Cemetery at Eddyville. Harden Funeral Chapel in What Cheer is charge of the arrangements. Gerald E. […]
September 04, 1941 – December 25, 2010 Visitation: 12 noon to 8 p.m., Tuesday evening with the family present from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. December 28, 2010 at Smith Funeral Home in Victor Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday December 29, 2010 at St. Bridget’s Catholic Church, Victor Interment: following funeral mass December 29, 2010 […]
Visitation: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 2:30 PM until 5:00 PM Pierschbacher Funeral Home 914 Roland St. Chariton, IA 50049 Service: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 2:00 PM Pierschbacher Funeral Home 914 Roland St. Chariton, IA 50049 VIEW/SEND CONDOLENCES A Celebration of Life Service for Dennis Jones, 69, will be held Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at 2 […]
Tuesday, January 25th, 1949 to Saturday, December 25th, 2010 Obituary: Private family services for Jody Evans of Rockwell City, Iowa were held at the Bybee & Davis Funeral Home. Burial followed in the Greenwood Cemetery. Joseph George Evans (Jody) was born on January 25, 1949 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, the son of Lorraine (Roff) Evans […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – From the book Proud Mahaska 1843-1900 by Semira A. Phillips. Available freely at the Internet Archive. 1852– Mr. White’s next attempt at taming a wild animal for the solid pleasure of its society was with a badger. The badger was not a success; boys would come around and poke sticks at it, […]
Welcome Christmas On December 25, Christians around the world celebrate the birth of Christ. The origins of the holiday are uncertain; by the year 336, however, the Christian church in Rome observed the Feast of the Nativity on December 25. At that time, Christmas coincided approximately with the winter solstice and the Roman Festival of […]
1983: Bitterly cold weather set in for nearly a week leading up to Christmas with the worst conditions experienced on December 23-25, as temperatures were rarely above zero and howling winds created very dangerous wind chills and deep snow drifts making travel all but impossible. For the four days from December 22-25 the statewide average […]
Oskaloosa. Judith “Judy” Wolvers, 73, of Altoona and formerly of Oskaloosa, died Friday, December 24, 2010, at the Mercy Hospice House in Johnston. She was born May 13, 1937, at Wellman, Iowa, the daughter of Clarence and Margaret Manley Hall. She graduated from the Tri-County High School with the class of 1955. Early on she […]
