The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa (2024)

JOHN E. AMDOR The Register's Iowa News Service MASSENA, IA. Amdor, 83, of Massena ailment Wednesday Services were St. Patrick's and burial was in Mr. Amdor was lived in Massena the retired postmaster rier and had been Catholic church Board, a life Angus Association, member of Knights president of the Commerce.

Surviving are Ruth Klouda of Gregerson of Smith of Des Moines; "Jack" of Massena; ma Sullivan of sen of Oakland, Parker and Sally Des Moines; a Massena; 11 great-grandchild. Steen Funeral rangements. AL CECCON Services for Al 50th who died Sunday at Mercy AL CECCON Service John Edward died of a heart in Omaha, Neb. held Monday at Catholic Church here Calvary Cemetery. born in Carbon and all his life.

He was and letter cara member of the and Cass County Fair member of American a fourth-degree of Columbus and Massena Chamber of three daughters, Moline, Mary Pat Omaha and Judith a son, Dr. John four sisters, VelOskaloosa, Rita and Dorothy Chicoine, both of brother, Eugene of grandchildren; and a Home handled ar- Des Moines most of his life. He retired AL in 1976 as a welder CECCON at Brady Manufacturing Co. and was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Catholic church. Surviving are his wife, Virginia; a daughter, JoAnn Dolezal of Iowa City; a sister, Ann Venzon of Norridge, and two grandchildren.

Friends may call after 2 p.m. today at Tonini Funeral Home, where a rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Ceccon, 69, of 4525 of a heart attack Hospital Medical Center, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Ambrose Cathedral.

Burial will be in Glendale Cemetery. Mr. Ceccon was born in Kirksville, and lived in GARY GARDNER of Colfax died of a heart attack Monday at home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Walters-Coburn Funeral Home.

Burial will be in Greencastle Cemetery at Mingo. Mr. Gardner was born in Ira and lived in Jasper County all his life. He retired from the Maytag Co. in Newton.

Surviving are a daughter, Laurie Jones of Carnarvon; his mother, Opal Gardner of Colfax; two sisters, Mavis Henderson of Colfax and Maryllis Gearhart of Ira; and a grandchild. Friends may call after noon today at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. GARY GARDNER The Register's lowa News Service COLFAX, IA. Gary Gardner, 56, ERMA J. LECHNER Register's Iowa News Service will be at 10:30 a.m.

today at Ames Municipal Cemetery for Erma J. Lechner, 80, of Ames, who died of a heart ailment Friday at home. Mrs. Lechner was born in Elkader and lived in Ames since 1936. She was a retired self-employed artist and a member of First Congregational Church.

Surviving are a daughter, Carla Lucas of West Des Moines; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Stevens Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements. DEADLINES DATA These announcements are accurate to the best of our knowledge. However, the scheduling of events is subiect to change. The Atlas Co.

will meet today at the Holiday Inn South. The Iowa High School Athletic Directors Association will meet today at the Hotel Fort Des Moines. The Iowa High School Jazz Championships will be today at the Convention Center. The American Public Works Association North American Snow Conference will be today and The Midwest Cannon Law Conference will be Wednesday at the Convention Center. today and Wednesday at the Hotel Savery.

The lowa GPO Conference on Perinatal Medicine will be today and Wednesday at the Hilton. The lowa Newspaper Conference will meet Thursday through Saturday at the Hotel Fort Des Moines. Women in Communications Inc. will meet Thursday through Saturday at the Hotel Savery. The Heart of America Single Square Dancing Association will meet Friday and Saturday at the Convention Center.

The lowa Hearing Aid Society Inc. will meet Friday and Saturday at the Marriott Hotel. The lowa National Guard Officers Association will meet Friday and Saturday at the University Park Holiday Inn. Reserve Officers Association will meet FriThe day and Saturday at the Airport Hilton. The HASSDA Spring Festival will be Friday and Saturday at the Convention Center.

The Little People of America District 9 Regional Meeting will be Saturday at the Marriott Hotel. Coca Cola Collectors, Iowa Chapter, will hold a Clan Saturday at the Park Inn Capital Plaza. Cola Moines HARRIETT Genevieve, 88, of 21 S.W. 52nd St. died Monday at Mercy Hospital Medical Center.

PHOL Erven 74, of Panora died Monday at Mercy Hospital Medical Center. VANDERECKEN Martha 81, of Melcher died Monday at Mercy Hospital Medical Center. 'Medical Heretic' author Robert Mendelsohn dies EVANSTON, ILL. (AP) Dr. Robert Mendelsohn, an author, teacher and critic of organized medicine, is dead a at age 61.

His books include "Confessions of a Medical published in 1979, and "How to Raise a Healthy Child In Spite of Your Doctor," published in 1984. Iowa ALGONA Robert M. Schoby, 78; Catherine Kirschbaum, 94. BAGLEY Delmer M. Gustin, 77; Stanley VanGundy, 60.

BAYARD Guy R. Herron, 90; Dean E. Telshau, Andrew Rosenbeck, 100. BELLEVUE Ned C. Fratus, 89; Arthur H.

Eggers, 88. BRITT Alta Pigman, 84; Orvin L. Anderson, 75. BUFFALO CENTER Frank Rhubee, 79. CARPENTER Irene R.

Lee, 82. CASCADE Cyril M. Urbain, 77. CHARITON Mary E. Agan, 71; Sarah E.

Hervey, 94. CHARLES CITY Inez L. Aldridge, 94; Eleanor Channer, 85; Mark L. Franz, 58; Kenneth C. Howe, 74.

CLARION Mildred E. Dahigren, 77. CLEAR LAKE Amy O. Christiansen, 72; Lida M. Peters, 95.

CLERMONT Mary E. Martin, 90. CORWITH Zella Robb, 90. DORCHESTER Bessie B. Kumpf, 84.

Jeffrey R. Quaintance, 22, Des Moines, and Shannon L. Lenihan, 20, Indianola. Gregory W. Champion, 24, Altoona, and Joni L.

Tingle, 19, Des Moines. George E. Marks, 35, Des Moines, and JoAnne M. Keidle, 26, Des Moines. Paul R.

Duster, 23, West Des Moines, and Marie L. Then, 22, West Des Moines. Chester B. Perkey, 35, Des Moines, and Karen R. Runnells, 32, Des Moines.

Clifford R. Scherrer, 36, Muscatine, and Gail R. Bullis, 42, Grimes. Michael P. Paris, 23, Ankeny, and Pamela K.

Freeborn, 23, Bondurant. Roger W. Hildebrandt, legal, Mitchellville, and Joyce E. Merrill, legal, Mitchellville. David W.

Brinson, 33, Ankeny, and Betty P. McCrea, 24, Ankeny. Robert E. Richardson, 32, Cedar Rapids, and Pamela L. Blewer, 26, Johnston.

Mark J. Kimble, 27, Des Moines, and Rhonda L. Bruno, 23, Des Moines. Nebraskan named to post has been named superintendent of the Harlan School District. The Register's lowa News Service HARLAN, IA.

Roy Baker, 42, superintendent of schools at Arlington, MORE SCOOPS than Baskin-Robbins From the latest-breaking news stories to late-night restaurants, The Register covers it all. To subscribe, call 284-8311 in Des Moines TOLL FREE 1-800-532-1573 in lowa. Register IOWAS BEST READ NEWSPAPER Tuesday, April 12, 1988 I THE DES MOINES W.D.M. councilmen split over firing manager Bloomfield clinic founder Gilfillan, 76, dies of stroke BRETT CHASE Register Staff Writer Dr. H.

J. Gilfillan, 76, the youngest of six physician brothers who founded a Bloomfield medical clinic bearing their name 42 years ago, died of a stroke Saturday. The Gilfillan Clinic was considered a bold move when it was opened in 1946 because the physicians had specialties that often were available only in much larger communities. The clinic attracted patients from southeast Iowa and northeast Missouri, and at its peak, nearly doctors were on its staff. Dr.

Henry Perry, an internal medicine specialist on the clinic staff, said Gilfillan and his brothers were very dedicated and chose to stay in Iowa rather than move to a large city. "His philosophy was be there and be there all the time," Perry said. "He could have gone to a big city a and practice. But their idea was to bring their specialties to a small H. J.

Gilfillan known to his patients as "Homer John" retired from practice three years ago and was the last of the Gilfillan brothers to work at the clinic. He was an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist. Gilfillan's wife, Colleen, said her husband was the seventh generation of Gilfillans to practice medicine. Her husband never considered any other profession, she said. "When he was young, he was driving his father to calls," she said.

"He told me he never thought of ever doing anything else. He just wanted to be a doctor." Gilfillan grew up in Milton and graduated from Cantril High School. He received his medical training at the University of Iowa. He was a doctor in the U.S. Army during World War II and then moved to Bloomfield following the war.

"In a town with 3,000 people with a population so small it took a lot of guts to open a clinic," Colleen Gilfillan said. Gilfillan is survived by his wife; a son, Norris, a physician in Fort Worth, Texas; a stepson, Jerry Baughman of Los Angeles, a sister, Dorothy Mahannah of Fort Dodge; brothers, Edwin of Englewood, and Earl of Bloomfield, both of whom were affiliated with the clinic; and one grandchild. His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Priester Funeral Chapel in Bloomfield. ETHEL L.

KELLY The Register's Iowa News INDIANOLA, IA. JOHN T. MCDIVITT Service John T. McDivitt, Ethel L. Kelly, Health Care 92, of the Indianola Good Samaritan Center died of a heart ailment Sunday at home.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Assumption Church in Churchville, with burial in Calvary Cemetery there. Mrs. Kelly was born in Red Wing, and lived in Indianola for 11 ETHEL L. years.

She previ- ETHEL L. KELLY ously lived in Churchville and Martensdale and she was a member of Assumption Church and the Altar and Rosary Society. Surviving are a son, G.J. 'Pat" of Topeka, three daughters, Delores Spick of St. Charles, Rachel Kappelman of Indianola and Marjorie Kleymann of Omaha, a sister, Frances Ludescher of Rochester, 20 grandchildren; and 29 great-grandchildren.

Friends may call after noon today at Overton Funeral Home, where the family will greet friends from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and a rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. HAROLD E. SAUER Register's Iowa News Service MARSHALLTOWN, IA. Dr.

Har- old E. Sauer, 69, of Marshalltown died of cancer Saturday Memorial I services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at First Congregational Church. The body has been cremated and burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. Dr.

Sauer was born in Ida Grove and lived in Marshalltown all his life. He was a general practitioner for 38 years, retiring in 1985, and had been Marshall County's medical examiner for more than 30 years. He was a member of the Congregational church, Souvenir Club and the county, state and American medical associations. He was an Army Medical Corps veteran of World War II. Surviving are his wife, Lois; two sons, Dr.

Richard of Loomis, and Scott of Marshalltown; three daughters, Catherine Reis of Filer, Idaho, Barbara Sauer of Concord, and Lois L. Sauer of London, England; and six grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to his church. Pursel-Davis Funeral Home is handing arrangements. GLADYS KITCHELL The Register's Iowa News Service ADEL, IA.

Gladys Kitchell, 96, of Adel died of a heart ailment Sunday at Adel Acres Care Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Fisher Funeral Home. Burial will be in Norwalk Cemetery at Norwalk. Mrs.

Kitchell was born in Des Moines and lived in Adel since 1974. She formerly lived in Ada, GLADYS and in NorKITCHELL walk. She was a homemaker. Survivors include a son, Walter Rinard of Kalama, a daughter, Nona Roderick of Adel; a brother, Fred Smith of Trenton, 10 grandchildren; and several great- and Friends great-great-grandchildren. may call dEfter 10 a.m.

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BOLTEN Register Staff Writer West Des Moines Councilman James Fleming called Monday for the city's five council members to resign and give residents an opportunity to elect new members. "This is asinine," retorted Councilman John McGinn during a heated discussion at the West Des Moines City Council meeting. "It's not accomplishing anything." Fleming originally made the challenge last month during a debate on whether to fire City Manager John Bryan. On Monday, Fleming gave each member a resignation letter to sign and date. If all the council members resigned, a special election would have to be held to fill the seats.

Otherwise, a city election isn't scheduled until November 1989, Fleming said. Councilmen Jerry Proudfit, James Bottenfield and McGinn have called for Bryan's resignation because they are unhappy with his performance as city manager. A hearing will be held Monday on the matter. Residents should decide whether the three councilmen are acting in the best interest of the city, said Fleming. Fleming and Councilman Gary Davidson, both of whom support Bryan, signed the resignation letters, but their resignations were contingent on those of the other three members who refused to resign.

McGinn accused Fleming and Da- Attorney calls bars' practices discriminatory The Register's lowa News Service DUBUQUE, IA. The Dubuque city attorney has issued a letter to local bars stating that he plans to start filing charges against any bars that hold "'ladies' or men's "In my opinion, when one gender has to pay more than the other, that's discrimination," said City Attorney William Blum. Blum said he has received complaints about men's and ladies' nights, and said he feels the nights are a violation of the Dubuque Human Rights Commission ordinance. "I expect some controversy," Blum said. "My position is that you don't have to pick nights (to go out).

You should be able to go out when you want to. It should be equal for both genders any day of the week all of the time," he said. Blum said he will begin filing charges June 1. "We're looking for voluntary compliance," he said. "We're not trying to blindside: anyone." Blum said the media could also face charges if they run advertisem*nts about the special nights.

Media publishing advertisem*nts for men's and ladies' nights would be "aiding that discriminatory practice," he said. Steve Wedderspoon, manager of the Brass Ring Lounge, said the club has both a men's night and a ladies' night. "I do not feel I have been discriminating," Wedderspoon said. Wedderspoon said he has a good turnout for both nights and has not received any complaints from patrons. "Our attorney is looking at the matter," he said.

He added that men's night and ladies' night will both be held next week. In addition to the Brass Ring Lounge, the 3100 Club and the Thunderbirds Club received a copy of the letter. Blum said he sent the letter to places he knew were holding the special nights and to the local media doing the advertising. John Byran His job is on the line vidson of denying the council the opportunity to discuss Bryan's future in a closed meeting. McGinn, Proudfit and Bottenfield had asked that a closed session be held last month, but Bryan said he wanted the issue discussed in public.

In a related matter, Bryan's attorney Thomas Leahy has asked to take depositions from McGinn, Bottenfield and Proudfit this week about their charges against Bryan. The three men said they would comply with the request. Drive, died of a JOHN T. 82, of Quality Center, 8401 Meredith stroke Sunday at Mercy Hospital Medical Center. Services will be at 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday at Merle Hay Funeral Home. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Cemetery. Mr. McDivitt was a lifelong Des Moines resident. He MCDIVITT retired 20 years ago as a custodian for the Des Moines Public Schools.

Surviving are a daughter, Kathleen Ballard of Des Moines; three sons, Thomas of Des Moines, Gene of Mesa, and Dale of Monticello, three brothers, Isaac of Omaha, and Walter and William, both of Des Moines; four sisters, Maude Landon, Catherine Elings and Dorothy Towers, all of Des Moines, and Bessie Breeden of Adel; 16 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Friends may call from 5 to 8:30 p.m. today at the funeral home. LONNIE L. STUART The Register's Iowa News Service ST.

CHARLES, IA. Services for Lonnie L. Stuart, 50, of rural St. Charles will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at United Methodist Church in New Virginia.

Burial will be in New Virginia Cemetery. Mr. Stuart died of a heart attack Sunday at Iowa Methodist Medical Center. He was born in Warren County and had been a terminal manager for Crouse Cartage Co. in Des Moines.

He was a member of the Methodist church and the St. Charles Lions Club. Survivors include his wife, Kathleen; four daughters, Loretta Paullin and Julia Harper, both of Peru, Sharon Whitson of Ellston and Tammy Downs of St. Charles: his mother, Lois Stuart of New Virginia; three brothers, Gerald and Paul, both of New Virginia, and Claude of Des Moines; four sisters, Mary Horton of Des Moines, Martha Lathrum of St. Charles, Bettie Jones of Castle Rock, and Terry Stuart of New Virginia; and three grandchildren.

Friends may call after 8 a.m. today at Kale Funeral Home in Osceola, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. ASHLEY D. MALLOY Ashley D. Malloy, seven-month-old daughter of Michael and Diane Malloy of 1113 24th St.

died of sudden infant death syndrome Monday at home. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Norwalk Cemetery in Norwalk. In addition to her parents, she is survived by two brothers, Jimmy and Chad, both of Des Moines; her grandparents, Robert Sr. and Karen Malloy of Norwalk and Gloria Smith of Des Moines; a and her great-grandparents, Warren and Anne Schoff, Mary Garrison and Listene Lamb, all of Des Moines.

Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at Hamilton's Funeral Home, where a prayer service will begin at 7 p.m. HOME MOVIES TO VIDEO. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED VIDEO EDITING DUPLICATION OFF WITH THIS Through Aarotek A 2613 244-0022 INGERSOLL PRODUCTIONS OPEN: 9-6 Town rewarded for finding art By FRANK SANTIAGO Register Staff Writer Le Grand will get a long- awaited addition to its community center, thanks to Postmaster Charles Polley's discovery of a stolen painting in a local mail drop box. The St.

Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co. announced Monday that it was giving the $17.500 reward to the community of 800 people where the Claude Monet painting was found on March 8. The picture had been stolen from the Fisher Community Center in Marshalltown about a year ago, and investigators wondered whether the painting would ever be found. "This is pretty wonderful," said Le Grand Mayor Mary Lou Loerwald, who said the money will finance the community center addition. The insurance company, which had insured the painting, considered giving the reward money to Polley.

But postal regulations prohibit employees from receiving rewards, so the company began searching for a suitable charity to receive the money. Loerwald said the community center was built with volunteer help and is used by several organizations, among them scouts and the Lions Club. "We knew we needed to expand it, but we had to put the plans aside," she said. "This money will help make it possible." The reward will be presented at a community center luncheon Thursday, and Polley is expected to be among the residents attending. Law officers are continuing to search for the thief, but there have been no leads in the case, officials said.

The painting was damaged after being cut from its frame at the Marshalltown art center and from being rolled up and fastened with rubber bands. It is not clear yet whether the painting can be restored, a spokeswoman for the insurance company said. Former prime minister to speak The Register's Iowa News INDIANOLA, ish Prime Minister will speak tonight HAROLD WILSON 1960 and 1977. He Service IA. Former Brit- of Commons for 38 years until his reHarold Wilson tirement in 1983.

at Simpson College During his career, he worked closehere. ly with many world leaders, including Wilson's speech, Charles de Gaulle, John F. Kennedy, titled "A Mao Tse-tung, Leonid Brezhnev, View from 10 Downing St." is Nixon, Josef Stalin, Lyndon Richard open to the public Johnson, Winston Churchill, Gerald and begins p.m. Ford and Golda Meir. at 8 in the Blank Performing Arts His speech is part of the McBride Center.

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