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Legislators look to boost More than

1 million
animal cruelty laws acres of
cropland
flooded
Corn, wheat, soybean
production likely to suffer
Reuters

At least 1 million acres of

U.S. farmland were flooded af-
ter the “bomb cyclone” storm
left wide swaths of nine major
grain producing states under
water last month, satellite data
analyzed by Gro Intelligence
for Reuters showed.
Farms from the Dakotas
to Missouri and beyond have
been under water for a week
or more, possibly impeding
planting and damaging soil.
The floods, which came just
weeks before planting season
starts in the Midwest, likely
will reduce corn, wheat and
soy production this year.
“There’s thousands of acres
that won’t be able to be plant-
ed,” Ryan Sonderup, 36, of
Fullerton, Neb., who has been
farming for 18 years, said in a
recent interview.
ASPCA photos “If we had straight sunshine
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals volunteers rescue dogs in November from a puppy mill at a home west of Manly in Worth County. now until May and June, may-
be it can be done, but I don’t

Animal welfare advocates say see how that soil gets back
with expected rainfall.”
Spring floods could yet af-
Iowa laws among the weakest fect an even bigger area of
cropland. The U.S. govern-
ment’s National Oceanic and
By Erin Murphy, Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau Atmospheric Administration

D
has warned of what could
ES MOINES — A hunting dog trainer in Pot- be an “unprecedented flood
tawattamie County pleaded guilty to 12 counts season” as it forecasts heavy
of animal negligence after authorities found spring rains. Rivers may swell
four animals dead and at least three dozen further as a deep snow pack in
malnourished dogs at the trainer’s kennel. northern growing areas melts.
More than 150 animals were seized from a North The bomb cyclone of mid-
Iowa puppy mill, whose owner now faces 17 counts of March was the latest blow to
animal neglect. farmers suffering from years
These recent cases are providing momentum to pro- of falling income and lower ex-
posals from lawmakers to strengthen Iowa’s animal ports because of the U.S.-China
protection laws, which are among the weakest in the trade war.
nation, according to animal welfare advocates. Fields are strewn with ev-
Iowa’s protection laws ranked 48th in the country These Samoyeds were among dozens of animals found in November in Worth erything from silt and sand to
in 2018, according to an analysis of state laws by the County living in “appalling and overcrowded conditions and exhibiting signs of tires, and some may not even
Animal Legal Defense Fund, which advocates for neglect with no access to clean water,” according to the American Society for the be farmed this year. The water
strong animal protection laws and assists lawyers who Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Volunteers from the group assisted Worth County also has destroyed billions of
sheriff’s officials in a raid on the property. The puppy mill’s owner now faces
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applications,” said Amy Becker, About 7,300 of those applications the end of that period. Those who
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NATION/WORLD
Dispute squeezes Mexican leader
Trump threat to close border
puts burden on Obrador, who
aims to avoid confrontation
Reuters
MEXICO CITY — Donald
Trump’s threat to shut the
U.S. border if Mexico does not
halt all illegal immigration has
exposed the limitations of the
new Mexican government’s
strategy of trying to appease
the U.S. president as he gears
up for re-election.
Amid a surge in migrant
detentions at the southwest
U.S. border, Trump on Friday
said he would close the 2,000-
mile frontier, or sections of it,
during the coming
week if Mexico
does not halt the
flow of people.
Casting the
government under
leftist President
Andres Manuel
Andres Lopez Obrador as
Manuel Lopez the villain in his
Obrador struggle to curb il-
Mexican legal immigration,
president Trump returned to
a signature theme
of his presidential election bid.
His words were a slap to Lo-
pez Obrador, who has refused
to answer back to provoca-
tive comments from Trump.
Instead, Mexico’s leader has
worked to cement his base by
combating poverty and called
his predecessors corrupt.
On Friday, Lopez Obrador
again said he would not quar-
rel with Trump and instead
repeated his commitment to
curbing migration.
However, Mexico’s former
foreign minister Jorge Cas-
taneda said his country faces
“incredibly damaging” conse-
quences if Trump does order
“go-slows” at the border, which
would put Lopez Obrador in an
uncomfortable bind.
“He’s totally unfamiliar with
international affairs. He’d pre-
fer not to have to worry about
these things,” Castaneda said.
Staunchly nonintervention-
ist in international affairs, Lo-
pez Obrador shows little inter-
est in diplomacy. He often has
said “the best foreign policy is
domestic policy.”
Salvador, an El Salvadoran migrant, carries his 3-year-old daughter, Kaela, on Sunday near the Rio Grande. They were
walking through a field with other asylum-seeking migrants from Central America after they illegally crossed into the United
States from Mexico near Penitas, Texas. On Sunday, acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said on ABC News’
“This Week” it would take “something dramatic” to keep President Donald Trump from closing the border.
NIXON OPERATION IN 1969 ALSO SET OUT TO CLOSE BORDER WITH MEXICO
In 1969, Richard Nixon was the
U.S. president threatening to close
the border with Mexico.
President Donald Trump’s threat
to close the border with Mexico if it
doesn’t immediately stop the flow
of migrants into the United States
can’t really be done, physically.
What the U.S. can do, more than
physically stopping migrants from
entering the United States, is to
close ports of entry.
Such a move would create chaos
in border communities and disrupt
trade worth more than $1 billion a
day. But it also would, to use the
president’s parlance, suggest that
he is “not playing games.”
But as the destination of
80 percent of Mexico’s exports
and workplace of hundreds
of thousands of Mexicans, the
United States offers Trump
plenty of leverage to apply
pressure via border policy.
Policy specialists say
Trump’s demand is not realis-
tic and that Mexican authori-
ties already are stretched. Still,
Mexico has signaled it will
redouble efforts to contain mi-
Political symbolism also is
similarly thought to have been
the motivating factor for Nixon’s
Operation Intercept in 1969.
Lasting only 20 days, the
operation was meant to stem
the flow of illegal drugs, including
marijuana, into the United States
by adding agents to the border.
The real intent was to publicize
the new administration’s war
on crime and force Mexican to
comply with Washington’s antidrug
campaign,” political science
professor Richard B. Craig wrote
in 1980. Newspapers deemed it
the “largest peacetime search-and-
seizure operation in history.”
gration that stems largely from
three poor, violent Central
American countries: Guatema-
la, Honduras and El Salvador.
Foreign Minister Marcelo
Ebrard said he does not think
Trump is demanding an out-
right stop to the migrant flow.
“What can be done is to
improve work on registering
and regulating (migration),”
Ebrard told Reuters.
Mexico has vowed to ad-
Key election loss for
Erdogan in Ankara
ANKARA — Turkey’s
Tayyip Erdogan suffered
a severe setback Sunday
as his ruling AK Party
lost control of the capital
Ankara for the first time
in a local election. He ap-
peared to concede defeat
in the country’s largest
city, Istanbul.
Erdogan has dominat-
ed Turkish politics since
coming to power 16 years
ago and ruled with an
ever tighter grip. He had
campaigned relentlessly
the past two months with
daily rallies and benefit-
ed from overwhelming
media support.
Turkish broadcast-
ers said opposition Re-
publican People’s Party
candidate Mansur Yavas
had won a clear victory
in Ankara, but the vote
count in Istanbul was so
tight that both parties
declared narrow wins.
Reuters
Slovakia elects first
female president
BRATISLAVA, Slova-
kia — Liberal lawyer Zu-
zana Caputova is set to
become the first female
The operation was planned by president of Slovakia,
G. Gordon Liddy, the former FBI the electoral commission
agent who later helped orchestrate said Sunday.
the Watergate break-in. Operation According
Intercept resulted in a “near to the unoffi-
shutdown of traffic” across the cial final re-
southern border. There were sult released
major backups; instead of random by the com-
searches, everyone was searched. mission, Ca-
Legal laborers and commerce putova won
couldn’t cross. Mexico, in response 58.4 percent
Zuzana
to this unilateral approach to a of the vote Caputova
bilateral issue, began a boycott in Satur-
New Slovakian
of U.S. goods. Also, almost no day’s runoff, president
marijuana was actually seized; ahead of
traffickers just found other, safer Maros Sefcovic, a politi-
ways in. cal independent who is
the European Union’s
— Washington Post
energy commissioner. He
received 41.6 percent.
dress migration’s root causes Caputova delivered a
by better tracking of migrants victory speech in Slovak,
entering Mexico and adopting Czech, Hungarian and
a more humane approach. In the language of the Roma
exchange, Lopez Obrador has minority. She told sup-
tried to enlist Trump’s help to porters her triumph is
tackle Central America’s prob- a signal for change and
lems. Instead, the U.S. State aims to take a “clearly
Department said Saturday it is pro-European stance.”
cutting off aid to El Salvador,
Guatemala and Honduras. Ana-
lysts say that would only exac- Afghan VP survives
erbate poverty and desperation. ambush by Taliban
KABUL, Afghanistan
— Taliban insurgents

Biden: ‘Not once ... did I believe I acted inappropriately’

repeatedly ambushed the
convoy of Afghan Vice
President Abdul Rashid
Washington Post
Dostum and killed two of
barrassed and confused her. I hear,” he said. “But we have said that neither the former guards and four Taliban,
Biden is expected to an- arrived at an important time vice president nor his staff had Afghan officials said
Former Vice President Joe nounce soon whether he will when women feel they can and “an inkling that Ms. Flores had
Biden defended himself Sun- Sunday, but the former
pursue a 2020 presiden- should relate their expe- been at any time uncomfort- warlord escaped injury.
day after a Nevada Democrat tial bid. riences, and men should able, nor do they recall what
accused him of unwanted Dostum, an officer and
On Sunday, he said pay attention. And I she describes.” member of Afghanistan’s
touching and kissing in 2014. he had offered “count- will.” Flores said Sunday that
Lucy Flores, a former as- Uzbek minority, was
less handshakes, hugs, Biden pointed to his Biden’s new statement was an traveling in the north
semblywoman who was Ne- expressions of affection, history of hiring “trusted improvement and that she is
vada’s 2014 Democratic nomi- of the country when his
support and comfort” women advisers who glad he is “willing to listen.” heavily armed entourage
nee for lieutenant governor, during his years in pub- challenge me to see dif- But, “frankly, I think that’s a
said Friday in an essay pub- was fired on. The Taliban
lic life, “and not once Joe Biden ferent perspectives than little bit of a disconnect. ... Of admitted responsibility
lished by the Cut that Biden — never — did I believe I Former my own.” And he touted course I want him to change
touched and kissed her without acted inappropriately. vice president his record of work on be-
for the assassination at-
his behavior, and I want him tempt, amid peace talks
her consent before a rally to “I may not recall half of women’s rights. to acknowledge that it was
support her campaign. She said these moments the same way, with the United States.
In an initial statement Fri- wrong,” Flores said on CNN’s
the experience mortified, em- and I may be surprised at what day night, a Biden spokesman “State of the Union.” Gazette wire services

Flood/Corn planting is farmers’ biggest concern

;; FROM PAGE 1A does outreach with farmers. The flooded acreage rep- tureland, according to data of Wednesday morning, said
“There is just not going to be resents less than 1 percent of from the U.S. Department of Charlie Rahm, spokesman for
dollars of old crops that were enough time to move a lot of U.S. land used to grow corn, Agriculture’s National Agri- USDA’s Natural Resources
in storage, as well as damag- that debris.” soybeans, wheat, rice, cotton, cultural Statistics Service. Conservation Service in
ing roads and railways. To be fully covered by crop sorghum and barley. Last Gro Intelligence analysts Columbia.
Justin Mensik, a fifth- insurance, Iowa farmers must year, about 240 million total cautioned the satellite im- In Wisconsin more than
generation farmer of corn and plant corn by May 31 and acres of these crops were agery did not show the full 1,000 dairy and beef animals
soybeans in Morse Bluff, Neb., soybeans by June 15, as yields planted in the United States, extent of flooding in Nebraska, were lost during winter
said rebuilding roads was the decline dramatically when USDA data shows. where officials declined to storms and 480 agricultural
first priority. Then farmers planted any later. Deadlines Iowa, the top corn and provide acreage estimates to structures collapsed or dam-
would need to bring in fertil- vary state by state. The insur- No. 2 soy-producing state, Reuters, or in North Dakota. aged, according to an email
izer trucks and then test soil ance helps ensure a minimum had the most water, covering Nebraska’s governor has said from Sandy Chalmers, execu-
before seeding, Mensik said. price farmers will receive 474,271 acres, followed by Mis- the floods caused agricultural tive director of the Wisconsin
The flood “left a lot of silt when they book sales for their souri with 203,188 acres, Gro damage of $1 billion in his state office of the USDA’s
and sand and mud in our crops. Intelligence said. That was in state. Farm Service Agency.
fields. Now we’re not too sure Nearly 1.1 million acres of line with estimates given to Cloud cover or snow on In the Dakotas and Minne-
if we’re going to be able to get cropland and more than 84,000 Reuters last week by govern- the ground makes it difficult sota, melting snow in coming
a good crop this year with all acres of pastureland in the ment officials in Iowa and to identify the floodwaters in months will put spring wheat
the new mud and junk that’s Midwest had floodwater on it Missouri. NASA satellite data, said Sara planting at risk. Gro Intel-
just laying here,” Mensik told for at least seven days from Gro Intelligence used satel- Menker, chief executive of the ligence found nearly 160 mil-
Reuters. March 8 to March 21, accord- lite data from NASA’s Near agricultural artificial intelli- lion acres already have been
ing to a preliminary analysis Real-Time Global Flood Map- gence company. flooded in Minnesota.
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CORN CONCERN
For farmers, “the biggest
concern right now is corn
planting,” said Aaron Saeug-
ling, an agriculture expert at
Iowa State University who
of government and satellite
data by New York-based Gro
Intelligence at the request
of Reuters. The extent of the
flooding previously had not
been made public.
ping product, to calculate the
approximate extent and inten-
sity of flooding.
Gro Intelligence then iden-
tified how much of this area
was either cropland or pas-
LOST CATTLE
In Missouri, floodwaters
covered about 200,000 acres
in five northwest counties ad-
joining the Missouri River as
“That’s yet to come and
we will deal with that at least
until the middle of April,” said
Dave Nicolai, an agriculture
expert at the University of
Minnesota.
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A celebration and graveside services for James Hayek
Doris Zahn, 88, of Cedar Keith Cody Stacy, 81, of will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 13,
Rapids, died Friday, March Marion, Iowa, passed away 2019, at Rector Cemetery in Chelsea, Iowa.
29, 2019, at UnityPoint St. on Friday, March 29, 2019, at James’ children and grandchildren invite everyone to
Luke’s. A Funeral Mass will St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar come share memories and celebrate the life of this
be held 11:30 a.m. Rapids. The family will greet amazing man, father and grandfather.
Wednesday at St. Patrick’s friends from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Catholic Church by the Rev. Wednesday, April 3, at
Ivan Nienhaus. Burial: Cedar Murdoch Funeral Home &

Assistance/Polar
Memorial Cemetery. Friends Cremation Service, Marion.
may visit with the family 4 to A Celebration of Life will be
6 p.m. Tuesday at Teahen held from 9 to 11 a.m.

vortex caused late

Funeral Home and Thursday, April 4, at
Wednesday after 10:30 a.m. at Peterson Mortuary in
the church. Glenwood, Iowa. Burial:

heating bill surge

Doris was born on Sept. 1, Malvern Cemetery, Malvern,
1930, on a farm in rural Walker, Iowa, the only child of Iowa.
Clair and Hazel (Unangst Martin). The area was called Keith was born April 6, 1937, in Glenwood, Iowa, the
Spencer’s Grove. They moved to Center Point when son of Archie and Ruth (Anderson) Stacy. He graduated
Doris still was a baby. She graduated in 1948 from from Glenwood High School in 1956. On Dec. 12, 1959, at
; FROM PAGE 1A
Center Point High School. Doris married John Zahn on
June 6, 1948. John died in 2003.
the United Methodist Church in Glenwood, Keith was
united in marriage to Ruth Anne Anderson. He was a accounts were past
WHERE TO GET HELP
Doris and John had four children, Ruth Zahn, proud member of the U.S. National Guard for nine due — accounting for Find your local Hawkeye
Jeanette Hiser, Rocky (Nancy) and Penny (Richard) years. Keith was employed by the Iowa Department of $12.5 million in owed Area Community Action
Ackerman. She had two step-children, William Zahn and Transportation for 34 years, and of those years, 23 were utility payments. Program office:
Mable Franks, who preceded her in death. Doris had spent as captain of the Eastern Iowa section. He retired What’s more, it ● Linn County: Urban
many grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great- in 1999. Keith enjoyed restoring vintage gas pumps, wasn’t until late into Center, 1328 Second Ave.
great-grandchildren to carry her legacy love. doing jigsaw puzzles and watching John Wayne movies: winter that cold tem- SE., Cedar Rapids. 319-
Doris started her employment doing cleaning and The Quiet Man, Quigley Down Under and Second Hand peratures began to slam 366-7632
other housekeeping. Later she did clerical work until Lions. He was an excellent carpenter and an avid the Midwest. ● Johnson County:
her retirement. She was a member of St. Patrick’s Hawkeyes fan, except when they played Iowa State. “So people are just Waterfront Office, 367
Catholic Church. Keith and Ruth Anne also were extensive world starting to get those Southgate Ave., Iowa City
Doris enjoyed crocheting, reading and spending time travelers. The most important thing in Keith’s life was bills from that terrible 319-337-5765
outdoors camping, fishing and working in her vegetable his family; he enjoyed nothing more than visiting and polar vortex, and we ● Jones County: HACAP,
garden. Her favorite pastime was spending time with spending time with them. anticipate seeing a lot
her family. more people this year 105 Broadway Place, Suite
He is survived by his wife, Ruth Anne Stacy of
coming in for crisis. 17, Anamosa. 319-462-
The family extends a special thank you to the staff Marion; two children, Sherrill Anne Morrison of Marion
We’ll be surprised if we 4343
and residents at Evergreen Estates III. Your care and and Scott Cody Stacy of Westminster, Md.; four
● Washington County:
friendship are greatly appreciated. grandchildren, Shawn Cody Stacy, Carolyn Ruth Stacy, don’t,” she said.
Instead of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Bonnie Anne Morrison and Keith Irvine Stacy; siblings, The end of this year’s Orchard Hill, 2175
family. Roger (Jill) Stacy of Glenwood, Iowa, Anna Mae Van disconnection morato- Lexington Boulevard,
Online condolences may be left at Winkle (Mick Thompson) of Tabor, Iowa, Carol (Roger) rium doesn’t automati- Building 1, Washington.
www.teahenfuneralhome.com. Stroud of Glenwood and Linda (Gary) Vinton of cally mean program 319-653-7275
Malvern, Iowa; and many nieces and nephews. participants will find ● Benton County: North

Keith was preceded in death by his parents; sister, themselves without Benton Center, 202 E.
KEITH D. CUTKOMP power. Fourth St., Vinton. 319-
Elaine Kirkpatrick; sister-in-law, Janene Stacy; and
Ainsworth brother-in-law, Jerry Van Winkle. Taylor and Becker 472-4761
Keith D. Cutkomp, 69, of Ainsworth, died Friday, said they encourage ● Iowa County: Outreach
The family requests no flowers or plants; Keith’s
March 29, 2019, at the United Presbyterian Home those struggling to pay
favorite charities were the Mayo Clinic, Wounded site, Marengo Public
following a brief illness. their bills or looking
Warrior Project and St. Jude’s Children Hospital. Library, 235 E. Hilton St.,
Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. for weatherization as-
Please share a memory of Keith at Marengo. 319-393-7811
Wednesday, April 3, at St. James Catholic sistance to reach out to
www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
Church with Father Bernie Weir officiating. their local providers.
Calling hours will begin noon Tuesday, In addition, Alli- said. “It’s a tough situ-
April 2, at the Jones & Eden Funeral Home ant Energy and Mid- ation. They’re having
in Washington where the family will to make the choice
DOROTHY LARRAINE (BARKER) SORDEN American Energy offer
receive friends from 4 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday. customers financial between heating their
Webster
A prayer service will be held at
Dorothy Larraine (Barker) Sorden, a daughter of assistance programs. home or keeping the
4 p.m. Tuesday at the Jones & Eden Funeral To be eligible for lights on or eating or
Charles Melburn and Daisy Hill Barker, was born near
Home. Interment with military honors will take place at Low-Income Home getting medication.”
Millersburg, Iowa, July 27, 1915. She passed away on
Oregon Township Cemetery in Ainsworth, Iowa. Energy Assistance In response to flood-
Saturday, March 30, 2019, at the English
Memorials have been established for Hospice of Program assistance, ing, the Iowa Utilities
Valley Care Center, at the age of 103 years.
Washington County or the House of Heroes. a household’s total Board on Friday issued
She was one of a family of six children.
Online condolences may be sent for Keith’s family income must be at or an emergency order
Dorothy attended and graduated from
through the web at www.jonesfh.com. below 175 percent of extending the end of the
Millersburg Consolidated Schools and
Keith was born June 30, 1949, in Muscatine, the son of the 2017 federal poverty winter moratorium un-
attended Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa,
Donald and Betty (Dicks) Cutkomp. He graduated from line. That would come til May 1. The extension
for two years and taught rural school in
Highland High School in 1967. Keith was a staff sergeant to $21,245 for a single applies to qualified cus-
Iowa County for two years.
in the U.S. Air Force where he served honorably from person and $43,925 for a tomers within counties
She was married to George Lyman
1968 to 1972. He was united in marriage to Barbara family of four. where a disaster has
Sorden Sr. in San Diego, Calif., on June 15, 1936. They
O’Brien on Aug. 17, 1979, in Dubuque, Iowa. Taylor said the aver- been declared.
became the parents of two children, Donna Lee and Fifty-seven Iowa
Keith farmed all of his life in the Ainsworth age program payment
George Lyman Jr. (Bud). counties have state di-
community. Beginning in 1999, he hauled grain and is about $470. For those
The family returned to Webster, Iowa, in 1939, where saster declarations, and
later worked for JWV Pork for one year. He was a
except for a year during World War II, when they lived
on a fixed budget, who
member of St. James Catholic Church and a member of are more likely to 56 have federal disaster
in Albuquerque, they spent their lives, until 2009, when declaration. In Eastern
the Ainsworth American Legion Post 351. Keith was a reside in a home that
Dorothy moved to Valley View Assisted Living in North Iowa, declarations have
leader for the Highlander 4-H Club for many years and lacks energy efficien-
English, then to English Valley Care Center in 2014. been made in Allama-
served on the Washington County Extension Council for cies, that may cover
Dorothy was a member fo the Webster United kee, Bremer, Butler,
four years. He was very active in coaching his son’s only a few months.
Methodist Church, the Webster United Methodist Fayette, Tama and Win-
athletic teams as they were growing up. Keith ran for “We have quite a few
Women and the Past Matron’s of Rosalind Chapter neshiek counties.
Washington County supervisor in 2014. people who have $200 to
Order of the Eastern Star.
He is survived by his wife, Barb Cutkomp of $300 a month as far as ● Comments: (319) 398-8309;
Outside of her family and home, her greatest joy was
Ainsworth, Iowa; son, Luke (Kate) Cutkomp of Western electric bills,” Taylor mitchell.schmidt@thegazette.com
gardening and caring for her flowers. She loved to share
Springs, Ill.; son, Neal (Carley) Cutkomp of Tiffin, Iowa;
her flowers and she was happiest when she was “digging
three grandchildren, Grant Cutkomp and Isla and Miles
in the dirt.” She shared her husband’s enjoyment of
Cutkomp. Keith also is survived by his mother, Betty
fishing and spent many happy times on the lake in
Knupp of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; sister, Linda (Dan)
Crawford of Lawrence, Kan.; sister, Cindy Scott of Cedar
Canada. House fire blamed on electrical box
She was preceded in death by her husband, George,
Rapids, Iowa; mother-in-law, Mary Ellen O’Brien of An external electrical box started a house fire
on Dec. 7, 2001; son, George L. Jr. (Bud), Nov. 6, 2013; Saturday night at a rural Cedar Rapids address in
Dubuque, Iowa; four sisters-in-law, Mary (Gary)
her parents; two sisters; three brothers; and seven Linn County.
Williams of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Teresa (Bill) Brahm of
grandchildren. No one was injured at the home, according to a
Dubuque, Iowa, Maureen (Bob) Leuenberger of Cedar
She is survived by a daughter, Donna Gent and release from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.
Rapids, Iowa, and Leslie (Bill) Rhomberg of Cedar Falls,
husband, Raymond; daughter-in-law, Elaine Sorden; Shortly after 10 p.m., the West Bertram Fire
Iowa; and many nieces and nephews.
eight grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren and 15 great- Department, Mount Vernon Fire Department and
Keith was preceded in death by his father, Donald
great-grandchildren. Linn County Sheriff’s Rescue and other depu-
Cutkomp; and his father-in-law, Stephen O’Brien.
A Celebration of Life service will be held 10:30 a.m. ties responded to the fire at 1889 E. Bertram Rd.,
Tuesday, April 2, at the Webster United Methodist where they saw smoke coming from an electrical
DONNA MAE WAGGONER Church in Webster. The Rev. Dr. Charles Klink will box on the outside of the house, the release said.
Cedar Rapids officiate. Burial will be in the Sorden Cemetery near “The electrical box started a fire inside the
Donna Mae Waggoner, 90, of Cedar Rapids, died Webster. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at frame of the house that was successfully extin-
Saturday, March 30, 2019. Funeral service: 11 a.m. the Powell Funeral Home in North English. guished by the fire department with little to no
Friday, April 5, at Echo Hill Presbyterian Church in Memorials are for the Webster United Methodist damage to the interior of the home,” the release
Cedar Rapids. A visitation will be held from Church. said.
5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 4, at Cedar Messages and tributes may be left at Two occupants and two dogs escaped the home
Memorial Park Funeral Home. Burial: www.powellfuneralhomes.com. uninjured, according to Sgt. Heather O’Brien
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. with the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.
Survivors include her two daughters,
Denise (Kirk) Waggoner Nipper and Lori Wood-burning stove likely caused fire
Waggoner; nephew, Brian (Kirsten) RUBY PETRUSCH
Fairweather; three cousins, Lincoln Heffner, Marion A fire in a workshop in Springville on Sunday
Amy Heffner and Kristen Alpert; sister-in- Ruby Petrusch, 93, of Marion, Iowa, passed away afternoon probably was caused by a wood-burn-
law, Lucille Waggoner; and many nieces and nephews, Thursday, March 28, 2019. The family will greet friends ing stove, authorities say.
Darlene (Larry) Daniels, Joyce (Allen) Bartels, Tom from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 13, at Murdoch Linn County sheriff’s deputies, Linn County
(Jennifer) Orr and Jim (Amy) Christiansen. Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Sheriff’s Rescue and the Springville Fire Depart-
She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; Marion. Inurnment will take place in at ment responded about 4 p.m. to a structure fire at
sister, Frances (Bud) Fairweather; two sisters-in-law, Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery in Cedar 2802 Springville Rd. The fire was in a workshop
Norma Brady and Kathryn Orr; and brother-in-law, Paul Rapids.
used for woodworking. The building sustained
Waggoner. Ruby was employed by Rockwell Collins
minor flame and smoke damage, according to a
Donna was born July 22, 1928, the daughter of Frank for 30 years.
release from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.
and Marie (Duffy) Hood in Fairbank, Iowa. She moved She is survived by six grandchildren;
No one was injured. The incident remains
under investigation by the sheriff’s office.
from a farm in Fairbank to Jesup, Iowa. Donna married nine great-grandchildren; and one great-
Galen Waggoner on Dec. 27, 1958, in Jesup. great-grandchild. The Gazette
She taught in Anamosa and Cedar Rapids Community Ruby was preceded in death by her husbands, Kermit
Schools (Garfield). Donna belonged to NEA, ISEA and E. Elam, died in 1958, and Albert “Pete” Petrusch, died in
Retired School Personnel. She was a member of 1992. She also was preceded in death by her sons,
Kenwood Park Presbyterian Church, now Echo Hill. Kermit I. Elam and Kenneth M. Elam.
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