The Cedar Rapids Gazette: Sept. 29, 1994 COUNTY Samuel G. Haddy, NE, died Tuesday, Sept. long illness. Services: 89, of 3802 Foxborough Terr.
27, 1994, in his home after a 10:30 a.m. Saturday, St. George Orthodox Church. Burial: church cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m.
Friday at Brosh Chapel, where a Trisagion service begins at 7:30 p.m. The Very Rev. John Morris will officiate. Survivors include his wife of 68 the former lian Kacere; a son, Richard of New York City; a daughter, Margaret Ann of Scottsdale, two grandchildren, Gale Raymond of San Francisco and Walter Raymond of Atlanta; and three great -grandsons, Max, Deric and Eli "Sammy." Born Aug. 15, 1905, in Lebanon, Sam was the youngest of five brothers, John, Alec, Ed and Tom, all of whom preceded him in death.
They were the sons of George and Delia Haddy. Sam came to the United States at age 5. He owned and operated the well-known "Sammy's" Lounge for 30 years. He was a longtime member of St. George Orthodox Church and Elks Club.
The family requests no flowers. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Mercy, 701 10th St. SE, Cedar Rapids 52403; or St. George Orthodox Church, 3616 Cottage Grove Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids 52403.
Catherine Amspoker, 70, of 3724 Ave. NE, died Tuesday, Sept. 27, 1994, in Mercy Medical Center after a long illness. Services: 10 a.m. Friday, Baxter Funeral Chapel, Marion, by the Rev.
Gary Sneller of Cedar Christian Church. Burial: Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral Survivors include a daughter, Lauren of Cedar Rapids; a son, Terry of Fort Collins, a brother, Ralph Johnson Jr. of Cedar Rapids; and a sister, Bessie Beauregard of Masonville. IOWA ATALISSA Brett "Burt" Duane Wood, 27, died of a gunshot wound Sunday, Sept.
25, 1994, in rural Atalissa. Services: 10 a.m. today, West Branch United Methodist Church. Burial: Mount Zion Cemetery, rural Rochester, with full military rites. Arrangements are with Fry Funeral Home, Tipton.
Survivors include his wife, Teresa; his parents, Jerry and Barbara; and a brother, Doug, all of Rochester. Brett graduated from Tipton High School in 1985. On Nov. 1, 1986, he married Teresa Wadsworth, daughter of Don and Bonnie Wadsworth, at Mount Zion Church near Rochester. He served six years in the Air Force at Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Neb.
Brett was a mill operator at Cargill Nutrena Feeds, West Branch. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and loved being in the outdoors with his hunting dogs. He will be dearly missed by his loving wife, family and many, many friends. BELLE PLAINE Ray Busher, 85, died Wednesday, Sept. 28, 1994, in Belle Plaine Care Center.
Arrangements are pending at Hrabak Funeral Home, Belle Plaine. BERNARD Harlan J. Noonan, 64, of rural Bernard, died Wednesday morning, Sept. 28, 1994, in his home after a long illness. Services: 10:30 a.m.
Friday, St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Garryowen. Burial: St. Aloysius Cemetery, South Garryowen, with full military honors. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m.
today at Reiff Funeral Home, Cascade, where there will be a rosary at 5 and a wake service at 7:30 p.m. Survivors include his wife, Rosemary; four daughters, Dianne Koch and Catherine Noonan, both of Dubuque, Linda Kilas of Neenah, and Tammy Noonan of Cupertino, three sons, Terrance, Patrick and Dennis, all of Bernard; and a sister, Grace Hittenmiller of Phoenix. Also surviving are five grandchildren. A Harlan J. Noonan Memorial Fund has been established.
DECORAH 1994, in Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, St. Benedict's Catholic Church. Burial: St.
Luke's Catholic Cemetery, St. Lucas. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday at French Balik Funeral Home, where there will be a rosary at 4 and prayer service at 7 p.m. Survivors include seven daughters, Armella Zweibohmer, Inez Willingham and Carolyn Boe, all of Decorah, Doris Stade of Chicago, Jean Player of Arlington, Texas, Bonita Di Gesauldo of Crowley, Texas, and Marilyn Giebner of Phoenix; five sons, Ernest of Horicon, Leon of Bainbridge, Mark of Wykoff, Kenneth of Decorah and Joseph of Clear Lake; and two sisters, Justine Zweibohmer of Ossian and Mary Burleson of Phoenix.
Mathilda Jauert, 91, died Wednesday, Sept. 28, Esther Numedahl, 72, died Monday, Sept. 26, 1994, in 1 Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Memorial services: 1 p.m. Friday, Aase Haugen Home.
Funeral services: 2 p.m. Friday, Decorah Lutheran Church. Burial: Calmar Lutheran Cemetery, Calmar. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Fjelstul Funeral Home, where a military service begins at 5:30 p.m., and after 12:30 p.m.
Friday at the church. Also surviving are six grandchildren and 15 great Born A April 24, 1924, in Cedar Rapids, to and Ida Jacobs Johnson, she married Loren H. Amspoker on Dec. 2, 1945, in Iowa City. He died in 1978.
She was a member of Cedar Christian Church and Eagles Club. Randy N. Boots, 34, of 208 11th Marion, died Wednesday, Sept. 28, 1994, in St. Luke's Hospital after a sudden illness.
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Memorial Chapel of Memories. Inurnment: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday at Cedar Memorial Funeral Home and after 10 a.m.
Saturday at the chapel. Survivors include a son, Eric Boots; a stepdaughter, Bonnie Herr; his mother, Nancy Boots of Marion; a brother, Rick and wife Becky, and a sister, Sherrie Coghlan and husband David all of Marion; four nieces, Stacy, Joyce, Sonya and Katie Jo; and six nephews, Kristopher, DJ, Kurtis, Stephen, Jonathan and Matthew. He was preceded in death by his father, sister and grandparents. Randy was born April 30, 1960, in Cedar Rapids, a son of Leroy and Nancy Michels Boots. He was a driver at Yellow Cab Co.
for several years. Randy drove stock cars in Cedar Rapids and Vinton and drove his tow truck for several local tracks. A memorial fund has been established. Charles H. Kepler, 82, of 1723 Eighth St.
NW, died Tuesday, Sept. 27, 1994, in Mercy Medical Center after a long illness, Services: 11 a.m. Friday, Turner Chapel West, where friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday and after 9 a.m. Friday.
Burial: Linwood Cemetery. The Rev. Rollin Oswald of St. James Survivors include a brother, Kenneth of Owatonna, Minn. Vergie Woodson Vine, 78, died Wednesday, Sept.
28, 1994, in Aase Haugen Home after a long illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Fjelstul Funeral Home, where friends may call from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday. Burial: Union Prairie Cemetery, rural Decorah.
Survivors include a brother, Alfred Woodson, and a sister, Eva Moore, both of West Union. DYSART Mae Kahn, 95, died Wednesday, Sept. 28, 1994, in Sunnycrest Care Center after a long illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dysart United Methodist Church.
Burial: Dysart Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Overton Funeral Home, Dysart. Survivors include five brothers, Ted Palmer of Gowrie, Albert Palmer of La Porte City, and Clifford, Dale and Marvin Palmer, all of Dysart; and three sisters, Ruth Brandt and La Vaun Raub, both of Dysart, and Thelma Anton of La Porte City. FARLEY Mary C.
Jarding, 47, died Wednesday morning, Sept. 28, 1994, in her home after a long illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Farley.
Burial: church cemetery. Friends may call from 1 to 9 p.m. today at Reiff Funeral Home, Farley, where there will be a rosary at 4, military service at 7 and wake service at 8 p.m. Survivors include her husband, Paul; a daughter, Laura of Farley; three sons, Darin of Dyersville, Brian of West Des Moines and Andrew of Farley; her mother, Eleanor Ritt of Bankston; four brothers, Marvin Ritt of Dubuque, Jerry and Roger Ritt, both of Holy Cross, and Bill Ritt of Epworth; and two sisters, Shirley Schmitt of Dyersville and Barbara Bossard of Elkader. Also surviving are two grandsons.
A Mary Jarding Memorial Fund has been established. Helen Couser, 76, formerly of Zearing, died Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 28, 1994, in Guttenberg Municipal Hospital after a long illness. Arrangements are pending at Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home, Guttenberg. Raymond I.
Duffy, 66, formerly of Oelwein, died Wednesday morning, Sept. 28, 1994, in his home after a long illness. Services: 11 a.m. Friday, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Oelwein, by the Revs. James Goedken and Paul Peters.
Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Oelwein. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. today at Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home, Oelwein, where there will be a Scripture service at 7 and rosary at 8 p.m. Survivors include his wife, Mert; two daughters, Jeannette Hoth of Eagle Grove and Carolyn Minnich of Carroll; a son, David of Marengo; two brothers, Leonard of Oelwein and Maurice of Rock Island, and a sister, Julia Olander of Cedar Rapids. Also surviving are six grandchildren and two great Ray worked for Swiss Valley Dairies for 26 years and later owned and operated Duffy's Lawn Service.
He moved to Guttenberg in 1984. A memorial fund has been established. United Methodist Church will Survivors include his wife, Margaret; a son, John C. and wife Ellen of Cedar Rapids; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Charles was born May 5, 1912, in Cedar Rapids, and married Margaret M.
Mc Cune there on Nov. 25, 1937. He worked for Quaker Oats Co. for 38 years, retiring in 1974. He was a member of St.
James United Methodist Church. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and trap shooting. Roy V. Harris, 79, of 3504 Wednesday, Sept. 28, 1994, in after a long illness.
Services: 1:30 p.m. Friday, St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church. The Rev. Karl Glovik will officiate.
Burial: St. John's Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today and after 10 a.m. Friday at Kuba Funeral Home East, where a wake service begins at 7:30 tonight.
Survivors include his wife, Thelma two sons, LeRoy P. and wife Sharon and John W. Harris, all of Cedar Rapids; two daughters, Vicky Podhajsky and hus- officiate. Ardsley Lane SW, died Mercy Medical Center band Tom of Garwin and Bernita Beltz of Cedar Rapids; a brother, William of Cedar Rapids; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sons, James and Joseph, and I two brothers.
Born May 21, 1915, in Fort Atkinson, he had resided in Cedar Rapids since 1939. He married Thelma Jones on Jan. 31, 1976, in Galena, Ill. Roy was a retired instructor at Kirkwood Community College and had been a 25-year employee of Allied HOPKINTON Marie A. Conley, 79, of rural Hopkinton, died Wednesday, Sept.
28, 1994, in University Hospitals, Iowa City, after a sudden illness. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Ss. Peter and Paul Church, rural Monticello. Burial: Prairie Hill Cemetery, rural Monticello.
Friends may call after 2 p.m. Friday at Goettsch Funeral Home, Anamosa. Survivors include two sons, Wilbur of Hopkinton and John of Anamosa. Also surviving are five grandchildren and six great grandchildren. She raised many nieces and nephews.
IOWA CITY of a stroke Tuesday, Sept. 27, 1994, in University Hospitals. Memorial services: 11 a.m. Friday, I Donohue-Lensing Funeral Home. There will be no visitation.
Her body was cremated. Survivors include a son, Dr. Thomas M. Tharp of West Lafayette, three daughters, Dr. Susan Garzon and husband Jan Michael of Stillwater, Ellen Smith and husband Greg of Dixon, and Mary Ann Hendrickson and husband Eric of Iowa City; four grandchildren; and two sisters, Eilene Lane of Waterloo and T.F.
Poduska of Littleton, Colo. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents and a sister. Born Jan. 26, 1921, in Cedar Falls, a daughter of Everett A. and Vesie Mitchell Fleming, she married Herman Tharp on March 11, 1944, in New York City.
Rosemary enlisted in the Naval Reserves on July 28, 1943, and served until Oct. 25, 1945. Following her enlistment, she was active in the WAVES, serving as its secretary until her death. She was employed as a research assistant for the Department of Preventive Medicine, State Cancer Registry of Iowa, from 1977 until her retirement in 1985. Rosemary and her husband moved from Cedar Rapids to Iowa City in 1958.
Memorials may be directed to the University of Iowa Foundation Speech and Hearing Department for Children Scholarships. Rosemary F. Tharp, 73, of 906 Rider died Alan R. Worden, 27, of 1834 Wednesday, Sept. 28, 1994, in University Hospitals after a lengthy illness.
Services: 10 a.m. Friday, St. Patrick's Catholic Church, by the Rev. Robert Busher. Burial: Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 tonight at George L. Gay Funeral Home. Survivors include his wife, Deb; his mother, Kay of Marshall, and a brother, Mike of Pipestone, Minn. KEOTA Irene A. Ruplinger Lawrence, 86, died Tuesday, Sept.
27, 1994, in Maplewood Manor after a sudden illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Holy Trinity Parish-St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, Harper, by the Rev. Timothy Regan.
Burial: St. Elizabeth Cemetery. Friends may call after 9 a.m. Friday at Powell Funeral Home, Keota, where a Vigil service begins at 7:30 p.m. Survivors include two sons, Kenneth of Solon Mills, and John of McHenry, and two sisters, Genevieve Redlinger of Harper and Marjorie Cathey of Hedrick.
LOWDEN Dorothy Sarah Fox, 74, died Monday, Sept. 26, 1994, in Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, after a Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, after a Services: 10 a.m. Friday, Fry Funeral Employees sue state for back By Rod Boshart Gazette Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES Iowa could be forced to pay millions of dollars in overtime dating back to July 1991 to certain supervisory employees if they prevail in three lawsuits pending in federal court, officials said Wednesday. Supervisors in the state Department of Natural Resources' park rangers unit, the Iowa Department of Transportation and the state Department of Public Safety have filed lawsuits claiming the state has violated the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in denying them overtime compensation. The legal challenges are similar to Van Lines.
He also owned and operated the Do Drop Inn, Van Horne, for many years. An Army veteran, he served during World War Il's D-Day invasion. He was a member of St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church and American Legion Hanford Post 5, and was a 30-year member of Teamsters Union Local 238. SERVICES Willard F.
Ciha: 1:30 p.m. today, Brosh Chapel, where friends may call after 9 a.m. Burial: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, with military rites by American Legion Walker Post 376. Memorial contributions may be given to the Walker or Center Point fire departments. Keith R.
Thompson: 1 p.m. today, Kenwood Park Presbyterian Church, by the Rev. B.J. Ukena. Burial: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery.
Friends may call after noon at the church. A memorial fund has been established. ARRANGEMENTS PENDING Lena Correra, 84, of 6404 North 10th Marion, died Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 28, 1994, in Mercy Medical Center. Arrangements are pending at Murdoch Funeral Home, Marion.
Fern Ford, 84, of Clinton, formerly of Marion, died Tuesday, Sept. 27, 1994, in Samaritan Hosptial, Clinton, after a short illness. Arrangements are pending at Murdoch Funeral Home, Marion. Sammie Franklin 70, of 1002 Harold Dr. SE, died Tuesday, Sept.
27, 1994, in Mercy Medical Center after a long illness. Arrangements are pending at Turner Chapel East. Bernice Katzoff, 89, of 150 Thompson Dr. SE, died Wednesday, Sept. 28, 1994, in her home after a long illness.
Arrangements are pending at Turner Chapel East. Ted Trefny, 86, of 1708 Center Point Rd. NE, died Wednesday, Sept. 28, 1994, in Living Center West after a short illness. Arrangements are pending at Kuba Funeral Home East.
Home, Tipton, by the Rev. Robert Striegel. Burial: Rock Island Arsenal Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Survivors include her husband, Roger; daughter Lynn of West Branch; son Mark of Lowden; and brother Hubert Gade of Wheatland. MAQUOKETA Jason A. Garien, 19, of rural Maquoketa, died Tuesday, Sept. 27, 1994, in his home. Services: 11 a.m.
Friday, Carson Son Funeral Home, where friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today. Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery, Survivors include his parents, Rick Garien of Maquoketa and Sandra Klocke of Delmar; and two brothers, Eric of Maquoketa and Ryan of Preston. MONONA Florence E. Schroeder, 84, died Monday, Sept.
26, 1994, in Northgate Manor, Waukon, after a short illness. Services: 11 a.m. Friday, Schultz's Funeral Home, where friends may call after 9:30 a.m. Friday. Burial: Monona City Cemetery.
There are no immediate survivors. TAMA Jimmie Jay "Billy" Gilbert, 33, died Tuesday night, Sept. 27, 1994, in St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids, following an auto accident Tuesday evening miles west of Belle Plaine. Services: 10 a.m.
Saturday, Mason-Hand Funeral Home Chapel, by the Rev. Jan Burnett of Living Faith United Methodist Church, Tama. Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call after noon today at the funeral home, where there will be a prayer service at 7 p.m. Friday and family visitation until 8:30 p.m.
Friday. Survivors include his parents, Orville and Nadine of Toledo; a brother, Orville Jr. of Toledo; and five sisters, Carmen Boelman of Mitchellville, Nancy Jo Delatorre of Chicago, Peggy Garcia Dows, Rebecca Delatorre of Tama and Lisa Gilbert of Waterloo. VINTON Victoria A. Higdon, 44, died Tuesday, Sept.
27, 1994, in University Hospitals, Iowa City, after a lengthy illness. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church. Burial: Evergreen Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m.
Friday at Campbell-Russell-Overton Funeral Home, Vinton. The Rev. Mark Urlaub will officiate. Survivors include her husband, Daniel; her parents, Charles and Violet Young of Urbandale; a son, Ray Harden of Vinton; two daughters, Shawn Anderson of Chicago and Shannon Harden of Vinton; a brother, Chuck Young of Urbandale; three sisters, Donna Barnhart of Columbia, Diane Young of Tampa, and Tracee Weiss of Polk City; and two stepsons, Ryan and Anthony Higdon, both of Vinton. Also surviving are her grandmother, Cora Young of Perry; a son-in-law, Mark Anderson; a sister-inlaw, Cyndee Young; and two brothers-in-law, William Barnhart and Pete Weiss.
A memorial fund has been established. WAUCOMA George L. Roberts, 74, of Hemet, formerly of Waucoma, died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 1994, in Hemet Valley Health Care, Hemet, after an illness. Services: 10:30 a.m.
Saturday, Stapleton Lutheran Church, rural Waucoma, with burial in the church cemetery. Arrangements are with Burnham-Wood Funeral Home, West Union. Survivors include two sisters, Sylvia and Arlene Roberts, both of Waucoma; and a brother, Ellis of Portland, Ore. back violations, the affected employees do not fall under the overtime tion. Pamela Prager, an attorney senting the plaintiffs, said rangers also are alleging that won a 1988 court battle blocking from upgrading their pay because they did not have authority, but now are claiming are exempt from overtime and pation in a collective bargaining because they are supervisory ees.
If the employees prevail in claims, the state could face up to $1.5 million in the park overtime pay claims filed in at least one dozen other states after U.S. Department of Labor regulatory changes governing public employees who are exempt under the FLSA, according to lawyers for both sides. The employees have prevailed in all but one challenge. At issue is a federal regulation that says public employees in executive, administrative or professional positions can be suspended for major safety violations, but if they can be subject to disciplinary suspensions of less than one week, they are not covered by the FLSA overtime exemption. The state of Iowa's progressive disciplinary policy provides for those lesser The state could face liabilities of up to $3.5 million in three lawsuits.
suspensions whereby management employees can be docked pay, said Iowa Department of Personnel Director Linda Hanson. Supervisory employees in three state agencies have gone to court claiming the state position is in conflict with federal standards. Those standards suggest that if the employer docks wages for infractions other than major safety also lawsuit and about $1 million each for exemp- the claims filed by state troopers and IDOT workers, she said. Those figures repre- could mushroom if similar employees state park in other agencies seek legal remedies. the state "The fiscal impact of this could be them significant on the classification state of Iowa when you're talking about personnel supervisory Hanson said.
"Under public accountthey ability, we don't think that the state partici- should be jeopardized and unit have suddenly employ- 1 to incur all this additional salary. cost for somebody who is justifiably a supervisor and, thus, exempt from the their legal FLSA overtime requirement merely beliabilities of cause we have a disciplinary policy rangers' that allows.
