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OBITUARIES FROM THE FRONT PACE www.wcfcourier.com THE COURIER PAGE A10 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4,2012 Metro Deaths Joseph P. Macomber a 925-2012) EVANSDALE Joseph P. Macomber, 86, of Evansdale, died at home Monday, April 2, after a lengthy illness. NE Iowa Deaths Mavis I. Morriss (1 932-201 2) FREDERICKSBURG Mavis Irene Morriss, 80, of Fredericksburg, died Monday, April 2, at New Hampton Nursing and Rehabilitation A Center, New Hampton.

She was born Jan. 31, 1932, at Lake City, daughter of Arthur and Irene Frost Toyne. On Sept. 1, 1950, she married Franklin Dean Morriss In Yuma, Ariz. Mrs.

Morriss graduated from Lanesboro High School, Lanesboro, In 1950. Survived by: her husband; two sons, Larry (Ruth) of Fredericksburg and Gary of Forest City; 1 it He was born Nov. 11,1 925, in Queen City, son of John A and Naza M. Flick Macomber. He married Nelda B.Williams on June 16, 1951, at the Little Brown Church, Nashua.

She died May 6, 1994. Mr. Macomber served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was employed as a machine operator for John Deere for 26 years, retiring in 1985.

Survived by: two sons, Ricky L. (Nancy) of Evans-dale and Rodney L. of Nashua; two daughters, Theresa M. Macomber of Mount Vernon and Kris J. (John) Shaffer of Memphis, 11 grandchildren; 15 great A 7 Hv if 1 Joseph Macomber Mavis Morriss two daughters, Pam (Jim) Foster of New Hampton and Sherrl (Doug) Sievers of Des Moines; six grandchildren; a great-grandchild; two brothers, Merle (Eleanor) Toyne of Springfield, S.D., and Burton Toyne of Jefferson; and a sister, Aileen Gerdes of Pennsylvania.

Preceded in death by: four sisters, Vera Johnston, Pat Henrichs, Irma Davenport and Mildred Henrichs; and twin great-granddaughters. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home, with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, both in Fredericksburg. Visitation from 5 to 8 p.m. today and for an hour before services Thursday at the funeral home.

Condolences may be left at hugebackfuneralhome.com. grandchildren; four brothers, George A. (Jean) Elam of Unionville, Mo J.Aaron (Gloria) Macomber of Luray, Teddy 0. (Mary) Macomber of Webster, and Richard E. Macomber of Waterloo; two sisters, L.

Kay (Don) Sidwell of Queen City, and Leora F. Owens; and a special friend, Clara Neuenkirk and her family of Evansdale. Preceded in death by: two brothers, William and Baxter; two sisters, Minnie Neuenkirk and Nola Hllty; and two half brothers, Edward and Henry Ankeny. Services: 1 0:30 a.m. Friday at Garden View Chapel Funeral Home, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery, both in Waterloo.

Graveside military rites will be conducted by Evansdale AMVETS Post 31, Waterloo AMVETS Post 1 9 and Iowa National Guard Honors Detail. Visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday and for an hour before services Friday at the funeral home. Condolences may be left at www.kearnsfuneralservice.corn Michelle R. Rule (1969-2012) WAVERLY Michelle Renee Rule, 43, of Waverly, died Monday, April 2, at Allen Hospital, Waterloo, from complications of cancer.

Mctoria "Vickie" McConeghey Herwehe (1935-2012) CEDAR FALLS victoria "Vickie" McConeghey Herwehe, 77, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, April 1, at NewAldaya Lif escapes. She was born Jan. 18, 1969, in Boone, daughter of William Roger and Jacquelyn Lee Brown Rule. Ms. Rule was baptized Nov.

6, 1 973, at Grace Lutheran Church L.C.M.S., Waterloo, and was confirmed June 3, 2000, at St. Paul Lutheran, Readlyn. She attended Irving Elementary School and West Junior High School, both in Waterloo, and high school in Dunkerton. Survived by: a son, Setti Lampman of the Wa- She was born Jan. 30, 1 935, in Jasper County, daughter of Keith and Fay Allen McConeghey.

Mrs. Herwehe graduated from Monroe High School, Monroe, in 1953. She worked as a correspondence clerk of premium accounting at American Mutual Life, Des Moines, for 20 years, retiring In 1 995. Survived by: a son, Jerold of Apex, N.C.; two daughters, Julia Petterson of Inner Grove Heights, and Michelle (Jeff) Wheeler of Dunkerton; eight grandchildren; a sister, Eileen Pille of Des Moines; and her twin brother, Miles "Mick" McConeghey of Monroe. Victoria Herwehe Margaret Mary Reidy Margaret Mary Reidy WATERLOO Margaret Mary Reidy, 91, of Waterloo, died Monday, April 2, 2012, at her home.

She was born Aug. 9, 1920, in Halbur, daughter of Clarence A. and Bessie Flynn Cadam Potter. She married James Martin Reidy at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. He preceded her in death on May 14, 1973.

Margaret graduated from Pitze's Beauty School and attended the University of Northern Iowa Mrs. Reidy retired from the University of Northern Iowa Library in 1991 after 20 years of employment. She is survived by five sons, Jim (Barb) of Waterloo, Mike (Cheryl) of Rancho Santa Fe, Bob (Chris) and Terry (Cherie), both of St. Paul, and Pat (Karen) of Dubuque; three daughters, Cathy (Bill) Ragen, Sarah (Gene) Oberst and Mary (James) Lynch, all of Chicago; a son-in-law, Mike Taffe of Arlington Heights, 28 grandchildren, Jim (Shari King) Reidy, Laura (Duane) Dawson, Diane (Tom) Kremer, Nancy (Tim) Freeland, David and Brenda Reidy, Katie (Arianne Carey), Liz (Kim Smith) and Bill (Claire) Ragen, Shannon (Jeff) Diltz, Michael O'Connor (Lindsay) Reidy, Meghan (Rob) Brainard, Kristin (Clayton) Reidy-Howatt, Kelly (Lance) Nap-per, Rob Reidy, Peggy (John) Porcelli, Carrie (Bob) Donovan, Jenny (John) Doran, Erin (Steve) Sencion, Michael Taffe, Maggie and Mickleen Oberst, Patrick John, Katie -Beth, Michelle and Bridgett Reidy, and Marie and Jimmy Lynch; 51 great-grandchildren; five nephews, Bill (Arlene) Jans, Larry (Bev) Jans, Ron (Mary) Jans, Kenny (Julie) Jans and Rick (Barb) Jans; and a son-in-law, Mike Taffe. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Peggy Taffe; an infant son, John; two sisters, Mildred (Dirk) Jans and Marie E.

Potter; a niece, Marie Rolf; and three nephews, Joseph, Roger and Patrick Jans. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Queen of Peace Catholic Church, with burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Public visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on West Ridgeway.

The casket will not be open at the church on Thursday. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Queen of Peace Catholic Church or Columbus High School. Margaret was a member of the Amercadettes (an all-girl dance band) during World War II; was a member of the American Legion Concert and Marching Band; and held various offices in the Navy Mother's Club of America. She had been an organist for St. John's Catholic Church (now Queen of Peace) for many years, playing for the congregation up until her death.

Preceded in death by: a sister, Charlotte McConeghey. Services: 1 1 a.m. Thursday at Monroe United Methodist Church, preceded by an hour of visitation, with burial in Silent City Cemetery, Monroe, at a later date. Coburn Funeral Home, Monroe, is in charge of arrangements. Memorials: may be directed to the Monroe Public Library or the Iowa Hospice Foundation.

Condolences may be left for the family at www.coburnfuneralhomes. com. Cheryl A. Morse 952-201 2) WATERLOO Cheryl Ann Morse, 59, of Waterloo, died at home Monday, April 2. Michelle Rule verly and Denver area; her mother and stepfather, Jackie and Herb Clemen of Readlyn; two brothers, Terrence and Jeffrey Rule, both of Waterloo; two sisters, JoEI-len (Darrin) Mead of Waterloo and Rebecca Daugherty of Waverly; her paternal grandmother, June Rule of Parkersburg; her maternal grandfather, LuVerne Brown of Tripoli; eight nieces and nephews; and 12 great-nieces and nephews.

Preceded In death by: her father; paternal grandfather, Robert Rule; three uncles, Don Rule, and Ron and Rich Brown; an aunt, Sharon Paulsen; a stepbrother, Derek Clemen; two nephews, Eric Rule and Andy Harris; and her maternal grandmother, Shirley Brown. Services: 1 :30 p.m. Thursday at Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home, Waverly, with burial in Garden of Memories, Waterloo. Visitation from 1 1 :30 a.m. until services Thursday at the funeral home.

Memorials: may be directed to the family. Condolences may be left at www.kaisercorson.com. Kamryn R. Williams (201 2) INDEPENDENCE Kamryn Randall Williams, infant son of Allie Sorg and Kirk Williams of Independence, was stillborn Sunday, March 1 8, at St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids.

Survived by: his parents; a half sister, Khloe Prenosil of Cedar Rapids; a half brother, Carson Moody of Cedar Rapids; his grandparents, Angie Sorg (Chris Cameron) of Independence and Kirk and Brenda Williams of Cedar Rapids; and his great-grandmother, Dorothy Smith of Independence. Preceded in death by: his grandfather, Randy Sorg. Memorial services: 7 p.m. Friday at Reiff Funeral Home Crematory, Independence, where visitation begins at 3 p.m. Condolence can be leftatwww.reifffuneralhome.com.

She was born Nov. 1 0, 1 952, in Waterloo, daughter of Richard Gardner and Alice Murphy Tanner. She married William "Bill" Morse III on Nov. 16, 1969, at St. Timothy's Methodist Church, Cedar Falls.

Survived by: her husband; Rainee Gardner of Waterloo; two brothers, Richard (Dodie) Gardner of Osceola, and Ralph (Shelly) Gardner of Waterloo; and three sisters, Vicki (Jim) Flockhart of Phoenix, Ruthie (Dave) Stoneman of Waterloo and Linda (Don) Patten of Parkersburg; and many nieces and Cheryl Morse Death Notices Preceded in death by: her parents. Services: 1 0:30 a.m. Thursday at Parrott Wood Chapel of Memories, an Overton Family Service. There will be no visitation, with burial at a later date. Memorials: may be directed to the family.

Condolences may be left at www.overtonservice.com. Cheryl spent her life caring for her family and loved ones. She enjoyed reading her Bible, arts and crafts, flowers, birds and anything Victorian. Thomas, 89, of Charles City, died Monday, April 2, at Floyd County Medical Center, Charles City; Fullerton Funeral Home, Charles City, (641)228-4211. DECORAH Spencer D.

Graves, 82, of Decorah, died Tuesday, April 3, at Wellington Hilda M. Wilhite 0921-2012) WATERLOO Hilda M. Wilhite, 90, of Waterloo, died Monday, April 2, at Allen Hospital. She was bom April 18, 1921, in Shamokin, daughter of Warren and Clara A. Haas Maurer.

She married the Rev. Kenneth E. Wilhite on Sept. 16, 1944, in Shamokin. He died Feb.

17, 2007. Survived by: three sons, Pastor Thomas (Lela) Wilhite of Los Angeles, Timothy W. (Ruth) Wilhite of Rockford, and Laurence J. Wilhite of Fort Wayne, four daughters, Jeannean A. (William) Kintner of Newark, Judith L.

(Alan) Schneider of Fort Wayne, Susan J. (James) Bottorff of Portage, and Sally J. (Walter Pawowitz) Chamblee of Union; 1 7 Hilda Wilhite CEDAR FALLS Jimmy L. Yearling, 77, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, April 2, at Allen Hospital, Waterloo; services 11 a.m. Thursday at Cedar Heights Community Presbyterian Church; memorials to the church; Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, 266-7525.

CEDAR FALLS John M. "Grumpy" Sword, 91 of Cedar Rapids, died at home Sunday, April 1 after a lingering illness; Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home, Cedar Rapids, (888)871-3361. EVANSDALE Thomas Barnes, 96, died at home today, April Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on West Ridge-way, 233-3393. HUDSON Kelly of Hudson, died Tuesday, April 3, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City; Kearns, Huisman-Schumacher Chapel on Kimball, 233-3146. WATERLOO Anita Frost, 85, of Friendship Village, died Tuesday, April 3, at the Pavilion of natural causes; Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup South Street, 234-6274.

WATERLOO Francis J. Hix, 83, of Waterloo, died Tuesday, April 3, at Covenant Medical Center; Parrott Wood Chapel of Memories, an Overton Family Service, 232-3235. WATERLOO Wilbur Adams, grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by: a brother, Earl W. Maurer; and a sister, Elaine Elmore.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Kearns, Huisman-Schumacher Chapel, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Visitation from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and an hour before services Saturday at the chapel. Memorials: may be directed to Walnut Ridge Academy or Friendship Village Auxiliary.

Condolences may be left at www.keamsfuneralservice.com. Place, Decorah, of complications of Parkinson's disease; Fjelstul Funeral Home, Decorah, (563) 382-5210. FAYETTE Burdell W.Pierce, 79, of Fayette, died at home Wednesday, April Leon-ard-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Elgin, (800) 698-2806. IOWA FALLS DeVereBraga, 1 01 of Iowa Falls, died Tuesday, April Linn's Funeral Home, Iowa Falls, (641) 648 -2569. NORTH WASHINGTON Gerald A.

Schwlckerath, 83, of North Washington, died at home Monday, April memorial services 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, with inurnment in St. Mary's Cemetery, both in North Washington; visitation 3 to 8 p.m. Monday at Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home, New Hampton, (641) 394-4334, with a 4 p.m. rosary.

READLYN Wilbert Carl Hagenow, 92, of Readlyn, died at home Tuesday, April services 1 0:30 a.m. Friday at Zion Lutheran Church, Readlyn, with burial in the church cemetery; visitation mercial and industrial businesses. The House is pushing a bill that institutes a rollback for property tax values for commercial property to immediately reduce property taxes for all. It includes a provision to backfill property taxes for local governments by $800 million over time, but also limits growth in local government budgets and tax rates. The Senate bill would create a $250 million business tax credit that provides less relief for large businesses, but a 40 percent tax cut for 80 percent of Iowa businesses.

Local governments would not be affected in the bill because state general fund revenues would pay for the tax credits. "Building a bridge between them is, let's just say, challenging," Stineman said. Stineman acknowledges the bills have warts and a compromise will be necessary to get something done. He said the business perspective is they want some -thing that provides permanent tax relief. In that regard, he feels the Senate bill falls short as it funds its tax credits based on growth in state revenues.

Lawmakers are scheduled to adjourn April 17. James Q. Lynch of Souce-Media Network contributed to this report. TAX REFORM House and Senate take different tacks on taxes From page A1 Leaders of the Iowa Legislature's commercial property tax reform efforts remain optimistic they can make progress in the final two weeks of the session, said House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Tom Sands, R-Wapel-lo, on Monday. Proponents of property tax reform say Iowa ranks second highest in the commercial property taxes and something needs to be done.

The tax rates cost Iowa investments in industry as well as jobs, said Larry Countryman of Wilson Trailer in Sioux City. His firm has expanded in South Dakota and Missouri adding 500 jobs. The decision to grow outside of Iowa was due in part to high property taxes, he said. "We've been down this road before. We've been to this intersection before, and we've let the opportunity slip by.

We're wanting this year to be different, and we feel the opportunity is there for this year to be different," Stineman said. Both Republicans and Democrats have expressed a need to lower the property tax burden for com artist Paco Rosic was commissioned to paint murals on the dilapidated Morris Printing building on West Park Avenue. Some thought the building, which was later demolished for the RiverLoop Expo, had been targeted by graffiti vandals. Welper also questioned how the mural on the flood wall would be protected from vandals. "They've already been doing some cleaning to get the graffiti off that wall," he said.

Scully said the mural will be designed to be repaired easily and would be coated with a wax to make it easier to remove graffiti. She also defended the idea of public artworks that created a difference of opinion among various viewers. "The thing about public art is that not everyone may like (the piece)," she said. "But it stimulates conversation." MURAL Councilman worries about potential vandalism From page A1 Phase three involves seven binocular viewers created by a local artist that would feature past, present and future images for each particular site. Assuming the project gets funding, the public art committee a group that includes representatives of the Center for the Arts, Waterloo Development architects and other downtown groups would seek proposals from artists.

The committee, not the council, is expected to select the winning proposal and commission the work. Welper said his concern is the mural could upset some residents, noting there was confusion in 2001 when local 82, of Waterloo, died Saturday, March 31, at Covenant Medical Center of complications of pneumonia; Locke Funeral Home, 233-6138. CHARLES CITY MylesE. from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home, Readlyn, 279-3551; memorials directed to Zion Lutheran Church or to Cedar Valley Hospice, Waverly.

Library to be closed on Sunday WATERLOO The Waterloo Public Library will be closed Sunday for the Easter holiday. The library will reopen regular hours Monday at 9 a.m. Library hours are Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.

to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m..