Mike Orris Memorial Scholarship Given

By Theresa Rose · Thursday, May 18th, 2023 at 4:36 pm CDT

The Washington County Fair Association is pleased to announce the 2023 Mike Orris Scholarship has been awarded to Iris Peterson of Washington High School.  Peterson will be attending Iowa State University this fall to major in Animal Science/Pre-Vet Med.   Peterson will receive $1000 for this scholarship.

The Washington County Fair Association is giving this scholarship away in honor of Mike Orris.  Orris was a volunteer member of the Washington County Fair Association for more than fifty years who passed away in 2019.  He firmly believed in the gift of volunteerism and spent countless hours of his time volunteering.

Peterson has spent volunteer hours helping at Kirkwood for Kids, school concession stands, Kidz Fest and the Holiday Light Tour.  She is an eight-year member of the Washington Go-Getters, where she assisted with the Go-Getter Youth Rabbit & Cavy Club show, duck house building and county fair set up/clean up.  Peterson is also a member of the Washington FFA, American Salers Jr Association, Washington BPA and a National Honor Society inductee.

For more information about the Washington County Fair Association, follow us on Facebook or at www.washingtoncountyfairia.com .

Shirley Ann Judd (final arrangements)

By Theresa Rose · Thursday, May 18th, 2023 at 4:19 pm CDT

Shirley Ann Judd, 76, of Mt. Pleasant passed away on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at New London Specialty Care Center.

She was born on December 1, 1946, at Ottumwa, the daughter of Glenn D. & R. Elizabeth (Bailey) Winters.  Shirley was united in marriage to Phillip J. LeHew in 1964, two children were born from this union Kevin and Natasha.  They later divorced.  On December 19, 1983, in Las Vegas, Nevada she was united in marriage to William C. “Bill” Judd.  He preceded her on March 11, 2015.

Shirley worked for Iowa Wesleyan College in Mt. Pleasant for a number of years.  After her retirement she enjoyed her pets, especially “Ms. Kitty”.  Shirley enjoyed spending time with her good friends, Patti Scarff and Frank Reinier.

She is survived by her children, Natasha Schroeder-Miller, of Las Vegas, Nevada and Kevin LeHew, of Phoenix, Arizona, seven grandchildren, Philip, Cody, Payton, Natalie, Jasmine, Austin, Tyler and Logyn and four great grandchildren.

Shirley was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Bill.

A private graveside service will be held at the Oakland Mills Cemetery. Cremation has been entrusted to the care of Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant.

 

 

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.murphyfuneralandmonuments.com

 

Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant, is caring for her arrangements.

 

Mount Pleasant Street Project Update

By Theresa Rose · Thursday, May 18th, 2023 at 4:08 pm CDT

Aldrin-Jones Contracting is placing the last section of Concrete today on the tie-in to Vine St. and finishing Intake boxouts. Once the concrete reaches maturity the next step will be finishing backfilling and grading. Then all disturbed areas will be seeded. Depending on scheduling this project could be complete by the end of May weather permitting.

Henry Street-Starting Tuesday May 23rd Kinney & Sons will be closing Henry St. from just West of Marion St. to the East. Crews will be starting the removal of the street surface, driveway approaches and sidewalks working their way East. After crews get at least a block removed they will be grading, placing engineering fabric and modified subbase. Once we get subbase placed driveways will be temporarily opened back up for local homeowners. Henry St. will be open to only local traffic until the pavement has been placed.

Douglas E. “Doug” McDonald

By Theresa Rose · Thursday, May 18th, 2023 at 3:33 pm CDT

Douglas E. “Doug” McDonald, 62, of Mt. Pleasant, died Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at the Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center in West Burlington.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday, May 27 at the McCoid Shelter House at East Lake Park, Mt. Pleasant. Cremation Rites have been entrusted to the Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 N. Main St., Mt. Pleasant.

Memorials may be directed to the family and left at the funeral home. On-line condolences may be directed to www.kimzeyfh.com

Douglas Eugene McDonald was born January 10, 1961 in Monmouth, Illinois. He was the sone of Raymond Eugene and Barbara Breneda (Billingsley) McDonald. He grew up in New London where he attended school. On May 27, 1983 in New London, Doug married Sheryl Moore. The couple later divorced. On January 30, 2009 in Mt. Pleasant, Doug married Debra Jean Hansen who survives.

Doug previously worked for Blue Bird Bus Co., Micogen Seed, Lomont Molding and the City of Mt. Pleasant Street Dept. Most of Doug’s working years were spend driving truck. He was an Over-the Road trucker for CRST, Shelman Trucking and West Wind Logistics. Most recently, Doug was a dump truck driver of Cole Construction of Bonaparte.

Doug enjoyed mushroom hunting and sitting on his front porch watching the traffic on Mapleleaf Drive. He loved his animals, but loved his grandkids even more.

Those thankful for sharing in Doug’s life include his children: Justin (Crystal) McDonald of Lockridge, Krista (Dan) McAllister of Fairfield, Jamie (Matthew) Krogmeier of Mt. Pleasant and Stephanie Childress of Mt. Pleasant; his siblings: Yvonne(Ray Griffin) Vorhies of Fairfield, Dayle-Lynn (Alondo) Blanco of Burlington, Rodney (Kim) McDonald of Kewanee, IL, Teresa (Eric) Wood of Kewanee, IL, Gary McDonald of Illinois, Ben (Nancy) Miller of Texas, Sharon (Ron) Graham of Arizona and Jean Westerbeck of New London; his former wife, Sheryl Moore of Danville; 12 grandchldren and 4 great grandchildren.

His parents, step father Byron A. Miller and 2 sisters – Carolyn Lair and Janice

Newman precede Doug in death.

Class 1A and 4A Close Out Their Events for Thursday

By Slaten Swords · Thursday, May 18th, 2023 at 2:58 pm CDT

State Track and Field- The Class 1A and 4A session of the Thursday events has finished up and these are the results for our local teams.

The Danville boys 4×800 meter relay team of Noah Horn, Spencer Nelson, Jackson Shacklett, and AJ Bonnesen finished in 16th place with a time of 8 minutes and 35 seconds.

The girls’ 100 meter dash for Class 4A had two Grayhounds running in Mylee Stiefel and Christella Boyer. Stiefel qualified for the final with a time of 12.62 seconds. Boyer finished in 24th place with a time of 13.26 seconds. The finals will be run on Saturday around 12:45 pm.

The boys’ Class 1A 100 meter dash featured Cam Buffington of Winfield-Mt. Union and Boden Pickle of New London. Pickle sprinted to a time of 11.81 seconds and 20th place. Buffington finished in 13th place with a time of 11.59 seconds.

Ledarrias Shealey is the second member for Burlington to qualify for the 100 meter dash finals after racing to a time of 11.36 seconds in the boys’ Class 4A preliminary race. The finals will take place after the girls 100 meter dash on Saturday.

Alaina Gourley of Danville finished with a personal record time of 59.79 seconds and an 8th place finish. One point was awarded to the Bears team for this finish.

The WACO boys’ shuttle hurdle team of Isaac Oswald, Mason Miller, Louden Huisenga, and Simeon Reichenbach finished in 9th place with a time of 1 minute and 3.16 seconds.

In the field events, Phil Phillips of Burlington competed in the discus for the boys in Class 4A and Kenna Furnald of Danville participated in the Class 1A girls’ long jump. Phillips tossed the discus 147 feet 11 inches to claim 12th place. Furnald leaped 15 feet 4.25 inches to grab 18th place in the long jump.

The Winfield-Mt. Union and Danville boys’ teams are tied for 2nd place with 10 points each with St. Albert in 1st place with 15 points.

Stay tuned to KILJ for more results.

Audrey Marilyn Kauffman

By Theresa Rose · Thursday, May 18th, 2023 at 1:21 pm CDT

Audrey Marilyn Kauffman, 92 of Wayland, IA, died Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at the Parkview Home in Wayland.

 

Graveside services will be 1:00 PM, Saturday, May 20, 2023, at the North Hill Cemetery near Wayland, IA. Visitation will be from 9:00 AM till Noon Saturday at the Beatty Funeral Home in Wayland.  A memorial in the name of Audrey M. Kauffman may be designated to the North Hill Cemetery.

 

Audrey was born May 28, 1930, in Wayland, IA the daughter of Omer H.  and Imogene R. (Yount) Roth. She graduated from Wayland High School and was united in marriage to Dean Kauffman, June 11, 1950, in Wayland. She was a homemaker and helped her husband with Dean’s Super Value in Wayland. She enjoyed embroidery, baking cookies, rolls, and playing cards.

 

Survivors include her daughter Teresa Roth (Kenneth) of Urbandale, IA; grandson Justin Roth (Emily) of Urbandale, IA, and great-granddaughters Brynn and Hadley.

 

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband December 7, 1999, and sister Verlee Miller

Julie Anne Garmoe

By Theresa Rose · Thursday, May 18th, 2023 at 12:56 pm CDT

MOUNT PLEASANT- Julie Anne Garmoe, 65, of Mt Pleasant, died Wednesday May 17, 2023 at the Southeast Iowa Regional Hospice House in West Burlington, IA.

Julie was born March 31, 1958, in Burlington, Iowa, the daughter of Ted and Arlene (Hoit) Scherer. She graduated from New London High School in 1976. On September 1, 1979, she married Michael Garmoe at the Oakland Mills Church. She lived her entire life in Henry County working at Heatilator, as Assistant Administrator of the Fellowship Cup, as Greeter at Walmart, and as Cookie Master at the family bakery, “Batter and Dough.” Julie loved history and history books. She enjoyed flowers, crocheting, quilting, reading and especially time with her children and grandchildren. She was a member of Grace Community Friends Church.

Julie is survived by her husband, Michael; two daughters, Mary Garmoe and Sarah Garmoe of Mount Pleasant; one son Micah (Maria) Garmoe of Mount Pleasant; three grandchildren, Abigail, Agatha, and Richard Garmoe; and her mother, Arlene Scherer.

She was preceded in death by her father; one sister, Christie Scherer; and two brothers, Ron and Alan Scherer.

Memorial Service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 23, 2023, at the Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel. Visitation will be 1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Monday, May 22, at the Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel. The family will be present to greet friends beginning at 4:00 p.m. A memorial fund has been established for the American Cancer Society.  www.powellfuneralhomes.com

Two State Track and Field Champions for Southeast Iowa Through the Morning of Day 1

By Slaten Swords · Thursday, May 18th, 2023 at 12:11 pm CDT

State Track and Field- With the morning session in the books we have compiled two state champions from our local teams.

The first state champion was AJ Bonnesen of Danville in the 3200 meter run for Class 1A. Entering the event as the favorite, he did not disappoint; in fact, he destroyed his personal best time of 9 minutes and 44.9 seconds. Bonnesen finished with a time of 9 minutes and 10 seconds, which is a new school record and ranks him 4th in the state of Iowa in outdoor track and field.

In Class 1A, Cam Buffington leaped to a new personal record and won the gold in the long jump with a leap of 21 feet 8 inches. Buffington had three jumps that would have won him the state championship, but it was his 2nd attempt that would take it for him. Carter Sievers of Newell-Fonda was in a distant 2nd place with a jump of 21 feet 3.75 inches.

Unfortunately for the girls’ team of Winfield-Mt. Union, the shuttle hurdle team of Josie Nelson, Keyreana Sharar, Tessa Huston, and Keetyn Townsley was disqualified.

Jackson Shacklett of Danville also competed in the 3200 meter run and finished with a time of 10 minutes and 26 seconds placing him in 19th.

In the preliminary runs, it is the top 8 teams to move on to the finals. Ayden Doyle of Danville grabbed 14th place in the 200 meter dash with a time of 22.92 seconds, which is his personal best.

Simeon Reichenbach of WACO captured 3 points in the long jump with his 6th place finish. After advancing to the finals, he improved his final jump to 20 feet 7.75 inches, but it cemented his final spot in 6th place.

Kierah Wiseman of Burlington finished in 21st place in the 200 meter dash preliminary for Class 4A with a time of 26.55 seconds, a personal best.

Ottumwa had two throwers in the girls’ Class 4A discus event. Jordan Pauls finished in 8th place with a personal record throw of 119 feet 2 inches. Delilah Subsin, a freshman, took 14th place with a toss of 111 feet 11 inches. Subsin will compete tomorrow morning in the shot put.

The Danville girls 4×800 meter relay team of Jaeda Molle, Miya Orbiana, Kamryn Sherwood, and Alaina Gourley finished in 14th place with a time of 10 minutes and 9 seconds.

Stay tuned for more results here on KILJ.