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WATERLOO COURIER SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1995 PAGE B7 Obituaries Metro Deaths lengthy illness. She was born April 10, 1918, in Joplin, daughter of William and Mary Hogue Porter. She married George H. Newton Jr. May 6, 1942, in Tacoma, he died Jan.

14,1980. She worked in her father-in-law's jewelry store in Joplin, and then opened Newton's Jewelry with her husband in 1946 in Waterloo. She was also president of Eurasia Diamond a wholesale subsidiary of Newton's. Survived by: two daughters, Sherryl Newton of Pauline Newton WATERLOO Brian Jeremy Rad, 21, of Waterloo, formerly of Ossian, died Friday, Sept. 15, of injuries sustained in an automobile accident near Fort Atkinson.

He was born Nov. 20, 1973, in Decorah, the son of Paul F. and Carolyn C. Evans Rael. Mr.

Rael was a 1992 graduate of South Winneshiek High School. He was employed by Omega cabinets in Waterloo. He was an E-4 specialist in the U.S. Army Reserve Company 389th Engineering Battalion in Decorah. Survivors include: his parents of Ossian; three brothers Paul Rael Jr.

and Chad P. Rael of Waterloo and Jason S. Rapl of Rochester, a sister Sarah Mossman of Cedar Rapids; and his paternal grandmother Feliciano Rael of Questa, N.M. Preceded in death by: his maternal grandparents, Myron and Margaret Evans and his paternal grandfather Soriada Rael. Services: will be 11 a.m.

Tuesday at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church with burial in the church cemetery in Ossian. Military rites will be conducted by the U.S. Army Reserves; friends may call after 3 p.m. on Monday at Schmitz Funeral Home in Ossian, where a rosary and scripture service will begin at 7:30 p.m.

EVANSDALE Vincent P. Ahles, 78, of 106 Eldene Court, died Thursday, Sept. 14, at Covenant Medical Center, Water Waterloo and Jeanne Schoborg of Whitten; three grandchildren; and three brothers, Bill Porter of Garden Grove, Bob Porter of Portland, and Ken Porter of Seattle. Memorial services: will be 1:30 p.m. Monday at Locke Funeral Home, Waterloo; friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m.

today at the funeral home. Memorials: may be directed to Altrusa Club of Waterloo for literacy projects. CEDAR FALLS Derek Robert Bellman, 5, of 203 West Lake at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, Cedar Falls, and for an hour before services Monday at the church. Memorials: may be directed to Zion Lutheran Church. WATERLOO Lynn M.

Cheney, 86, of Waterloo, formerly of Osage, died Thursday, Sept. 14, at Allen Memorial Hospital, Waterloo, after a heart attack. He was born Aug. 12, 1909, in rural Orchard, son of George V. and Lina May Gage Cheney.

He married Evelyn Smith March 11, 1939, in Waterloo. Mr. Cheney served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the European theater, and was employed as a general maintenance man in Osage until retiring in 1993. Survived by: his wife, Evelyn; a daughter Lina Marie Taber of Waterloo; seven grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren; Memorial services: will be 1:30 p.m.

Tuesday at Champion Funeral Home, Osage, with inurnment in Stillwater Cemetery, rural Orchard; graveside military rites conducted by Osage Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7920; there will be no visitation. LA PORTE CITY Tillie B. Birch, 88, of Colonial Manor, formerly of 805 Benton died Thursday, Sept. 14, at Colonial Manor of natural causes. She was born April 22, 1907, in Hardin County, daughter of Emil and Hannah Jass Tietz.

She married Ross Birch Feb. 3, 1936, in Galena, 111; he died in April 1988. Mrs. Birch had owned and operated a cafe in La Porte City. Survived by: a sister, Savilla Vinton of Eldora.

Preceded in death by: her husband; a sister, Irene Nichols; and two half brothers, Mike and Ed Zielskc. Services: will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Huisman Funeral Home, with burial in West View Cemetery, both in La Porte City. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. today and from 9 a.m.

until services Monday at the funeral home. died Friday, Sept. 15, at Covenant Medical Center, Waterloo, of head injuries received during a school field trip. He was born March 1, 1990, in Waterloo, son of Robert and Marcia Hogenkamp Bellman. He was a kindergarten student at North Cedar Elementary School.

Survived by: his parents; a sister, Danielle, at home; and maternal grandparents, Fred and Esther Hogenkamp of Cedar Falls. Preceded in death by: paternal grandparents, W. L. and Virginia Bellman. ar, i Ltd loo, of cancer.

He was born July 30, 1917, in Gilbertville, son of John P. and Dora S. Youngblut Allies. He married Ruth P. Long in Waterloo Feb.

1 6, 1 946. A U.S. Army veteran of World War II, Mr. Ahles was a clerk at Rath Packing Co. for 22 years, and was also employed by Hawkeye Steel until his retirement.

Survived by: his wife; a daughter, Mary Jo Grote of Waterloo; two grandsons; three brothers, Francis "Red" of Jesup, Paul of Evansdale and John "Jack" of Waterloo; and three sisters, Marge Timion and Toni Johnson, Derek Bellman Vincent Ahles Services: will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. John Lutheran Church, with burial in Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, Cedar Falls, and for an hour before services at the church Tuesday.

Memorials: may be directed to the church or North Cedar Parent-Teacher Association, WATERLOO Evelyn A. Sapp, 77, of 206 Hartman died Friday, Sept. 15, at Allen Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. Death Notices and N.E. Iowa Deaths on page B8 Paid obituary Genevieve Theresa Pearson, 79, of 202 Highland Waterloo, died Thursday, Sept.

14, at Allen Memorial Hospital of cancer. Mrs. Pearson was born Feb. 1, 1916, in Readlyn, Iowa, the daughter of She was born Oct. 13, 1917, in rural lripoli, daughter of Chris H.

and Hulda Stromcr Lehman. She married Russell Sapp in 1952 in Columbia, Mo. Mrs. Sapp was a seamstress for Hinson Manufacturing and Powers Manufacturing. She was a charter member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church and a life member of the Disabled American Veterans.

Survived by: her husband, a daughter, Mary E. Burtlow of Waterloo; six brothers, Harold and Vernon, both of Denver, John, Harry and Robert, all of Waterloo, and Ray of Grover, and four sisters, Viola Krebs, Darlene Sherwood and Florence Tovar, all of both of Waterloo, and Peggy Robbins of Long Beach, Calif. Preceded in death by: a sister, Jo Kayser Services: will be 11 a.m. Monday at St. Nicholas Catholic Church, Evans-dale, with burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Waterloo; full military rites conducted by Evansdale AMVETS Post 31.

Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. today at Oppold-Hagarty Funeral Home, Waterloo, with a 7 p.m. vigil service. Memorials: may be directed to the family. WATERLOO James "Wes" Hilyard, 83, of Clearwater, formerly of Waterloo, died Sept.

8, at Health One Buffalo Hospital in Buffalo, Minn. He was born May 23, 1912, in Shipman, III, son of Clement and Florence Leatherby Hilyard. He married Dorothee Goepel Oct. 15, 1940, in Nashua. Mr.

Hilyard owned and operated Clearwater Hardware from 1954 until retiring in 1976. He had also been a member of the Clearwater school board and the Clearwater Fire Department. Survived by: his wife; two daughters, Sandra Dingwall of Waconia, and Sherry Michel of Colorado Springs, two grandchildren; two great-granddaughters; two sisters, Dorothy Arend of Algona and Fern Olson of Beloit, and a brother, Richard of Waterloo. Preceded in death by: a brother, Lewis. Services: a private burial will take place in Iowa; Peterson-Grimsmo Chapel, Monticello, was in charge of arrangements.

Waterloo M. Leora Kriegermeier, 79, of 4529 winghaven Drive, died Saturday, Sept. 16, at Covenant Medical Center of complications of Parkinson's disease. Evelyn Sapp Frederick L. Biene and Irene Clabby Biene.

She graduated from St. Mary's in 1934. Mrs. Pearson worked in the bookkeeping department at John Deere Company prior to her marriage to John Raymond Pearson in Waterloo on Oct. 11,1947.

Survived by: her husband, John Raymond; two sons, John Raymond Jr. of Waterloo and Michael Patrick of Oasis, Iowa; and two daughters, Patricia Ann Lewis of Chicago and Susan Kay Pearson of Waterloo; two brothers, Chaplain (Col.) Elwyn L. Bierie (Ret.) of Bull Shoals, and Major Thomas E. Bierie (Ret.) of Hampton, and a Genevieve Pearson sister, Margaret A. French, also of Bull Shoals, five grandchildren, Caycee and Zachary Pearson of Waterloo, and Joshua, Kate and Aric Pearson of Oasis, Iowa.

Preceded in death by: a sister, Lucille M. Mount of Waterloo. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 18, at St.

John's Catholic Church, with burial following in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Friends may call today from 2 to 8 p.m. at O'Keefe Towne-Grarup Waychoff Funeral Home, where there will be a 3 p.m. rosary and 7 p.m. vigil.

Memorial fund: St. John's Catholic Church or Cedar Valley Hospice. She was born June 9, 1916, near Moulton, daughter of Glen and Eva Lowery Wallace. She married Carl Henry Kriegermeier Oct. 3, 1938, in Moulton; he died Jan.

23, 1991. Mrs. Kriegermeier taught in southern Iowa for a number of years and was children's librarian at the Marion Public Library. Survived by: four daughters, Sue Davis of Versailles, Alice Baker of Waterloo, Jean Thompson of Iowa City and Marie Busier of Seneca, seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a sister, Frances Hartzler of Bloomfield. Preceded in death by: her husband; a brother Waterloo, and Edna Briscoe of Tucson, Ariz.

Preceded in death by: an infant son, Russell Chris Sapp; a brother, Herbert; and a sister, Margaret Springer. Services: will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday at Kearns, Huisman-Schumacher Chapel on Kimball, and for an hour before services Tuesday at the church.

Memorials: may be directed to the family. CEDAR FALLS Dr. Fred W. Lott III, 52, of Jackson, formerly of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, Sept. 12, at home of natural causes.

He was born Aug. 21, 1943, in San Mateo, son of Fred Jr. and Kathryn Deever Lott. He married Marilyn Spear in 1983 in Wilkes-Barre, they were later divorced. He received a bachelor's degree from Carleton College, Northfield, in 1964, and a master's in 1966 and a doctorate in 1978 from the University of California at Berkeley.

He was an assistant professor of physics at Wilkes College in Pennsylvania, Weber State College in Utah, Florida A University in Tallahassee and, since 1990, at Jackson State University in Mississippi. He also was a research assistant at Fermilab, Batavia, 111., and a guest scientist at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. Survived by: his parents, of Cedar Falls; and two sisters, Diana Anderson of West Des Moines and Patricia Lott of Seattle. Services: will be 10 a.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church, with burial in Fairview Cemetery.

Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. today at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, Cedar Falls, and for an hour before services at the church Monday. Memorials: may be directed to the National Alliance for the Mentally 111, 200 N. Glebe Road, Arlington, 22203., or the Open Door Mennonite Church in Jackson. CEDAR FALLS William F.

Gutknecht, 68, of Dike, formerly of rural Cedar Falls, died Friday, Sept. 15, at home of cancer. -iih a f-i- 1 Leora Kriegermeier vm vjui co In Hcmcpy cJ Paulino (Peggy) Jevrfon Harold; and a sister, Bernita Wallace. Services: will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Central Christian Church, Waterloo, with burial at 1:30 p.m.

Tuesday at Cedar Memorial Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Monday at Parrott Wood Funeral Home, Waterloo. Memorials: may be directed to the family. CEDAR FALLS Kristine Lind, 96, of 751 1 University died Friday, Sept.

15, at the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home of 14 OPEN SAT. 233-4436 Corner of 4th Sycamore Downtown Waterloo natural causes. She was born May 16, 1899, in Judbjerg, Denmark, daughter of Rasmus and Ane Jensen Hansen. IShe married Chris E. Lind April 25, 1920, in Copenhagen, Denmark; he died July 7, 1976.

She was a cook in food preparation for many years. Survived by: three sons, Jens Paul of St. Paul, Kenneth E. of Waterloo and Harry Lee of Cedar Falls; a daughter, Ane Marie Krueger of Cedar Falls; 10 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by: her husband; a son, John; and DOWNTOWN WATERLOO Kristine Lind He was born Sept.

6, 1927, in rural Cedar Falls, son of Clarence A. and Susan I. Andorf Gutknecht. He married Thclma Bauer Feb. 20, 1948, in rural Hudson.

Mr. Gutknecht served in the U.S. Navy from 1945 to 1947 and farmed in rural Cedar Falls. Survived by: his wife; a son, Bill Jr. of rural Cedar Falls; two daughters, Barbara Kay Boyer and Sharon A.

Bauer, both of Brandon; seven grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and four sisters, Doris Clarke, Alice Brandhorst and Donna Dufel, all of Hudson, and Mary Bauer of Cedar Falls. William Gutknecht two sisters, Caroline Pedersen and Marie Petersen. Services: will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Nazareth Lutheran Church chapel, with burial in Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m.

Monday at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, Cedar Falls, and for an hour before services at the chapel Tuesday. Memorials: may be directed to the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home. Waterloo Pauline H. "Peggy" Newton, 77, of 820 w. Ridgeway died Thursday, Sept.

14, at Allen Memorial Hospital after a 1 Preceded in death by: an infant granddaughter. Services: will be 2 p.m. Monday at Zion Lutheran Church, rural Hudson, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today if 1 1 KEEP WHAT YOU EARN.

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