HAMPTON CHRONICLE • SECTION A
OBITUARIES Junior Allen Clifford ÂśJunior¡ Allen, 80, of Clifford “Juniorâ€? Allen ShefĂ€eld, died on Saturday, June 21, at Mercy Medical Center – North Iowa. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, at St. Patrick¡s Catholic Church in Hampton with Fr. Mike Tauke presiding. Interment will be at Hillside Cemetery, ShefĂ€eld with Veteran¡s Honors by Harlow Ray Massee Post 277, American Legion, ShefĂ€eld. Visitation will be 4 – 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 26, at the Retz Funeral Home, ShefĂ€eld. Clifford Junior Allen was born February 9, 1934 on a farm near Chapin, the son of Clifford Milo and Florence (Oehlert) Allen. He graduated from 1934-2014 Chapin High School and attended Services: Iowa State University. In 1954, Ju- Wednesday, June 25, at 10:30 nior entered the United States Navy, a.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic serving on the USS Hornet in the PaChurch, Hampton ciĂ€c. After his term in the Navy, JuBurial: Hillside Cemetery, ShefÂżeld nior returned to ShefĂ€eld and worked Arrangements by: at Levitt¡s Garage. On February 27, Retz Funeral Home 1960, he was united in marriage with Geraldine Ann Morehouse at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Rockwell. They made their home in ShefĂ€eld and raised their two daughters, Julie and Janice. Junior began working at the Massey Ferguson dealership in Hampton and spent many years as the Parts Supervisor, later being transferred to the Mason City location. Prior to retirement Junior drove bus for Access Inc. in Hampton. Junior was a member of St. Patrick¡s Catholic Church. His life revolved around working in the Ă ower garden, watching TV and attending church when he was able. Left to cherish his memory are his wife of 54 years, Geraldine; daughters: Julie (Dennis) Lane, and Janice (Jay) Jackson, all of ShefĂ€eld; grandchildren: Matthew Lane, ShefĂ€eld; Marcus Lane, Cedar Falls; Jeremy Hansen and friend, Lindsay, Hampton; Haley Hansen, Chicago; great-grandchildren: Isaiah, Connor and Hunter. He is preceded in death by his parents, sisters, Dorothy Scarcello & Margaret Lang and son-in-law, Ron Hansen.
Alice Van Wert Murray Alice Victoria Anderson Van Wert Alice Van Wert Murray Murray was born November 27, 1912, the youngest of six children, to Erick and Axa Natalie (Carlson) Anderson on the family farm near Worthington, Minn. She died June 7, 2014. Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 28, at the St. Paul¡s Lutheran Church in Hampton with Pastor Steve Winsor ofĂ€ciating. Family will greet friends from 9:30 a.m. until service time on Saturday at the church. Burial will take place at the Hampton Cemetery. Alice graduated from Worthington High School and earned her Bachelor 1912-2014 of Science degree from Iowa State Services: College in 1934. She taught Home Saturday, June 28, at 11 a.m. Economics and coached girls¡ basket- at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, ball for one year before marrying J.S. Hampton “Patâ€? Van Wert in June 1935. When Burial: Hampton Cemetery they returned to the family farm in 1937, Alice worked alongside Pat to develop Farmers Hybrid Seed Corn and Farms Hybrid Hog Companies. Following Pat¡s untimely death in 1954, Alice continued serving her family, church and community in many ways. Alice served as Iowa Farm Bureau Women Chairman, on the Iowa State Farm Bureau Board and Board of Farm Bureau Insurance Companies. She was Iowa Mother of the Year in 1965 and became a leader in Country Women of the World. Her continued involvement and countless recognitions lead her to be inducted into the Iowa Women¡s Hall of Fame in 1985. In 1975, Alice married Dr. William G. Murray, professor emeritus of Iowa State University, and moved to Ames. Together they worked to build the Living History Farms Museum in Urbandale, that he had founded in 1968. Nationally, she served on the Postal Advisory Council, the National Advisory Council to set standards for farm safety through OSHA, National Safety Council Board of Directors, American Farm Bureau Committees and National 4-H Committees. Alice was a member of Iowa State University Home Economics Dean¡s Advisory Board, Order of the Knoll, Lifetime Member of the Board of Governors of the ISU Foundation, Lifetime Member of the ISU Alumni Association and on the Alumni Executive Committee and Alumni Achievement Board and a 50 year member of P.E.O. Alice is survived by her children: Jay (Sally Haydon), David (Sally Blanchard), Sonnie Mount and Trish Patten; grandchildren: Jay II (Brenda) Van Wert, Karen Van Wert (James Fuchs), Mary Beth (Ron) Zelle; Cathie Van Wert (Tim Menard) and Patrick Van Wert (Carrie Hill); Hillary (Bill) Fiveash and Kim Mount (Brian Grabiner); Craig (Julie)Patten, Geoff Patten (Hanny Andereas). Murray step-children: David (Judy Sayles), Jean (Tom) Sutherland, John (Judy Terlizzi) and their children: Chris, Bruce and James Murray; Ann and Kit Sutherland, Joan Sears; David, Peter and Allison Murray; as well as 18 great-grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and extended family. Please, no Ă owers. Memorial may be directed to ISU Foundation, 4-H Foundation or Living History Farms.
DEATH NOTICES Claire Cady Claire Cady, 90, of Iowa Falls, formally of Williams, died on Friday, June 20, 2014, at her home in Iowa Falls. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. on Wednesday June 25, at the St. Mary¡s Catholic Church in Williams with burial in the Church Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior at the church. The Surls Funeral Home of Williams is in charge of arrangements.
RECORDS/LOCAL NEWS
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2014
COUNCIL MEMBER The appointment must be made within 60 days after Haugebak¡s vacancy takes effect. Citizens in Ward I have the option to petition for a special election if they¡re unhappy with the council¡s decision. Prior to the appointment discussion, the council heard from Kyle Pralle and Landon Plagge of KL Holdings, LLC. The two men recently purchased the vacant lot
in downtown Hampton known as Gazebo Park and hope to put up a three-story apartment complex there. Plans are currently in the development stages, and the building¡s completion hinges on a two key factors. Pralle and Plagge are hoping to receive a state grant from Iowa¡s Multi-Family New Construction Program (MFNCP) to help pay for
most of the project, and they also asked the council if it¡d be willing to offer tax incentives for the Ă€rst few years after the building is Ă€nished. “We need the incentives to get the cash Ă ow working, because it doesn¡t work without it,â€? said Plagge. The group was excited about the news and fully supported the project. It agreed to consult legal council
about possible tax incentives for the development and will report back to the men soon. “Everything seems to Ă€t the requirements of what they (MFNCP) want. I would be extremely disappointed if we miss it,â€? said Boehmler. “I want to make sure we¡re doing everything to tee this thing up, because once it¡s gone it¡s not going to come back.
H-D APPROVES SHORT-TERM CLASSROOM PLAN BY TRAVIS FISCHER With the kindergarten, Àrst grade and second grade classes all requiring Àve sections, space at South Side elementary has become scarce. The school has squeezed every last inch out of the building, but additional changes still need to be made. During the special meeting on Monday, the school board approved a plan that would move the South Side library to the corner of the cafeteria for the 2014-15 school year, giving the building enough space to accommodate an additional classroom. The Àx is only meant to be a temporary measure. After approving the plan for the upcoming school year, the board discussed more long-term options with those in attendance. In an ideal world, the school district would perform a large-scale renovation to South Side Elementary, building additional wings to accommodate not only the kindergarten through third grade classes, but the pre-school and fourth grade classes as well. However, the $10 million price-tag attached to that solution is well beyond the district¡s Ànancial capability.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, Lettow proposed a more economically efÀcient idea for freeing up room at South Side by moving the kindergarten into the North Side building. Room could be made for the kindergarten class, but it would come with some additional logistic complications. To free up the Àve rooms needed for kindergarten, the school would need to split the pre-school classes into morning and afternoon groups, ask the AEA to leave the rooms they rent in the building, and Ànd a new home for the 3-year-old Head Start program and the alternative school. Other options are also on the table, such as utilizing the Youth for Christ building that neighbors South Side Elementary. The district has discussed leasing a portion of the building to be used for art and music while space at South Side is scarce. Lettow says he has even approached Darwin VanHorn about the possibility of buying the property outright, but has received no response. Another idea brought up was the use of portable buildings that could
be leased for as long as they are needed, and even moved depending on where they are needed. While either of these temporary options would be relatively inexpensive compared to contracting additions to the school buildings, there was a question about the Ă€scal responsibility of spending money on something that doesn¡t offer a permanent solution. The decision about how to handle the district¡s increasing student population is made more complicated due to uncertainty over whether or not the number of kids will continue to increase, remain stable, or shrink. The district has seen an unexpected rise in incoming students, but it has also seen a rise in outgoing students. Hampton-Dumont was 55 students up from the previous year, but by the end of the year it had lost 29. “Even though our enrollment it going up, it¡s probably more of a bubble than a trend,â€? said Lettow.
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OBITUARIES Armond Miller Armond N. Miller, 83, of Newton, Armond Miller died on Saturday, June 21, 2014 at Calvin Community in Des Moines. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at the St. Luke United Methodist Church, in Newton. The family greeted friends from 5-7 p.m., Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton. Burial will be at 1 p.m., Thursday, June 26, at the St. John¡s Lutheran Cemetery in rural Hampton, Iowa. In lieu of à owers the family requests memorials to St. Luke United Methodist Church or Calvin Com1931-2014 munity or to the Parkinson¡s FounServices: dation may be left at the church on Wednesday, June 25, 11 a.m. the morning of the service or at the at St. Luke United Methodist funeral home. The memorials may Church, Newton also be mailed to the funeral home Burial: please add, Attn: Miller Family on Thursday, June 26, at St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery, Hampton the envelope. Arrangements by: Those left to honor Armond¡s Wallace Family Funeral Home memory are his daughters, Shelly Chandler, (John Whaley) of Johnston; Marcia (Jerry) Weiler, of Remsen; and Becky (Craig) Stuvick, of Nolensville, Tenn.; six grandchildren: Tom Chandler, Anna Chandler, Nicholas Weiler, Christopher Weiler, Gregory Weiler, and Kathy Stuvick; sister-in-law, Janice Miller of Hampton. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ezra and Agna (Nielsen) Miller; wife, Beverly in 2010; and his brother, Leo Miller.
Darrell W. Amendt Darrell W. Amendt, 90, of HampDarrell W. Amendt ton, died on Monday June 16, 2014, at the ShefÀeld Care Center in ShefÀeld. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 19, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Paul¡s Lutheran Church in Hampton, with Pastor Steve Winsor ofÀciating. Visitation was held from 4-7 p.m. on Wednesday June 18, at the Sietsema-Vogel Funeral Home in Hampton. Burial was in the Hampton Cemetery in Hampton. Darrell Amendt was born September 12, 1923, in Mason City to William and Reaka (Zielstorf) 1923-2014 Amendt. Darrell attended school Services: in ShefÀeld and Clear Lake High Previously held on Thursday, School. He served his country in the June 19, at 10:30 a.m. at St. United States Army during World Paul’s Lutheran Church, War II. Darrell was united in marHampton Burial: riage to Gladys Liekweg on May 18, Hampton Cemetery 1947, in ShefÀeld, Iowa. They lived Arrangements by: in Mason City, Iowa, where he was Sietsema-Vogel Funeral Home employed by John Deere Company. In 1957 he transferred to John Deere Co. in East Moline, Illinois, until he retired in May 1982. Darrell and Gladys then moved to Hampton. Darrell was a member of the St. Paul¡s Lutheran Church in Hampton. He enjoyed working on his cars and especially enjoyed working in his garden. Darrell is survived by his wife, Gladys; nephew, Duane, and his wife, Janiece Liekweg; and great-nieces, Robin (Matt) Blythe and Dawn Liekweg. He is preceded in death by his parents, brother-in-laws and sister-in-laws George and Leona Liekweg and Harold and Hazel Schmitt.
The permanent addition of classrooms to any building is expected to cost $2.5 million-$3 million. The school board expressed apprehension over committing to an expensive project that may not be needed in the long term. In contrast, several of the teachers at the meeting expressed a concern that the enrollment numbers will continue to rise as more people move to Hampton. Already feeling the squeeze of the larger enrollment numbers, there are fears that the current state of affairs may become the new normal. While the district has a plan for the 2014-15 school year, the question of how to address the spacing problem is still up in the air. The school administration and teaching staff will continue to meet in order to brainstorm ideas that strike a balance between logistic practicality and economic feasibility.
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