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Brennan, Makayla Walleser, Peters and Meyer each qualify in four events, Mitchell helps three events qualify, Mudderman earns two berths, Rachel Walleser wins 3000m

The Kee girls track team continued repeating history, and making even more, when the Lady Hawks won their second consecutive Class 1A District team championship at the Friday, May 10 State Qualifying Meet hosted by Edgewood-Colesburg. The meet was delayed a day due to colder weather Thursday, May 9, but the temperature wasn’t the only thing heating up for Friday’s meet, as the Kee girls won seven events for automatic State Meet qualification and finished second in four more. Three of those runner-up finishes also earned at-large qualification for this season’s grand finale being held in Des Moines later this week and further helped the Hawks to a team championship total of 115 points.

A funeral mass for Robert John Wellendorf, 68, of Lansing, who passed away January 18, 2019, will be held Saturday, May 18 at 11:30 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church in Lansing with Father John Moser officiating.  Burial will be at Gethsemane Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour before services at the church.
 

Charlie A. Vavra, 88, of Harpers Ferry died Saturday, May 11, 2019 at Thornton Manor in Lansing. Memorial services and military honors will be held Saturday, May 18 at 11:30 a.m. at the Harpers Ferry Legion with a lunch to follow. Friends may greet the family from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, May 18 at the Harpers Ferry Legion. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Harpers Ferry American Legion Post 722. Martin Funeral Home in Waukon is handling arrangements.

Charles A. Vavra was born July 5, 1930 in Cedar Rapids, the son of Charles F. and Helen (Hellwig) Vavra. He graduated from Franklin High School in Cedar Rapids and was drafted into the U.S. Army, serving from 1951-1953 while stationed in South Carolina. As a teen, Charlie became a certified lifeguard and later used those skills in the Army at Myrtle Beach, accumulating 13 saves. In 1960, he married Barbara Owen in Cedar Rapids; they later divorced.

Iona Crawford, age 95, of Decorah died Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at the Barthell O.E.S. Home in Decorah. Funeral Services were held Monday, May 13 at the Glenwood Lutheran Church, rural Decorah with Rev. Stacey Nalean-Carlson presiding. Burial was in the Glenwood East Cemetery.

Iona Pamela Doris (Rocksvold) Crawford was born January 29, 1924 to Peter and Ida (Berg) Rocksvold on their home farm in Glenwood Township. She was baptized and confirmed at Glenwood Lutheran Church. Iona attended Rocksvold Country School and graduated from Decorah High School.

After graduation, Iona worked in the County Recorder’s office and attended Luther College. Then she moved to  St. Paul, MN where she worked as ‘Rosie the Riveter’ on the assembly line for B-24 bombers at Northwest Airlines.

Mary E. Atkinson, age 70, of Waukon died Thursday, May 9 in her daughter’s home in Ossian after a long illness. Service and interment will be in the Mt. Horeb, WI area.

Mary moved from Blue Mounds, WI to be close to her granddaughter, Brettina (Scott) Gordon, and her great-granddaughter, Isabella, in 2015. She was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Don and Helen; her husband, Theodore; her daughter, Susan; her brother, Ken; and her nephew, Donald. She is survived by her son, Juan (Rolanda) Franklin; her daughter, Leanna Higgins, and her children, Angelica, Adam and Marcus; Susan’s children, Brettina Gordon and Joseph Baird; five step-children, Curt, Nick, Becky, Mona and Melissa; her brother, William (Carol); her sister, Dot (Andy); 14 other grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
 

Gary Donald Enyart passed away April 25, 2019 at his home in LaFayette, CO surrounded by his family. As he wished, his body was cremated and no services were held. Condolences may be sent to 762 Barberry Circle, LaFayette, CO 80062.

Gary was born June 6, 1945 to Russell and Helen Johnson Enyart. He attended school in Waukon and left school at age 17 and joined the Navy. He attained his GED while in the service. He served from 1962-1965, and served an additional two years in the reserves.

He and Susan Stendel were married January 29, 1966 at the Presbyterian Church in Waukon. Gary and Susan moved to Orange, CA, where Gary and Susan raised their family before moving to Colorado. Gary ran his radiator businesses until he retired. He was an avid golfer in his spare time, and he enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren and his dog, “Yawny.”

The annual “Family Wellness Fair” will be held this Wednesday, May 8 from 3:30-6:30 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. The “Family Wellness Fair” is a community-wide event offering families of all ages a night of entertainment and education about the local resources available to them, plus many free health testing opportunities. This fun-filled family event is free and open to all members of the community of any age.

This is the 22nd annual event sponsored by Veterans Memorial Hospital. At the Fair, health testing, exhibits and refreshments will all be providing a complete evening of entertainment and education for all families of any ages.

Congratulations to the numerous students who completed the recent Veterans Memorial Hospital Babysitting class. The class, which was held Saturday, April 13, was instructed by Corinne Cook, RN, and consisted of teaching the qualities of being a good babysitter including basic child care, accident prevention and first aid. These new babysitters learned CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) and the Heimlach Maneuver, to be used in the case of a choking infant or child, and also learned about fire safety.

Veterans Memorial Hospital in cooperation with the American Heart Association is offering a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation for lay people (those not working in healthcare), which includes child care providers, Wednesday, May 15 from 5-8 p.m.

The CPR class, which will cover adult, child and infant CPR, will be held in the Large Conference Room located on the lower level of the hospital. The cost of the class, for certification or recertification, is the same. The card received with the course does certify attendants in CPR for two years.

CPR is administered when someone’s breathing, pulse, or both, stop. When both of them stop, the victim has suffered sudden death, which can be caused by poisoning, drowning, choking, suffocation, electrocution, smoke inhalation, or the most common cause, heart attack.

The local Grief Support Group will hold its monthly meeting at Veterans Memorial Hospital Tuesday, May 14 at 5 p.m. in the Education Conference Room.

This informal meeting is open to anyone suffering from any type of loss whether it be death, divorce, illness or some other grief.

Feel free to attend and bring a friend. This grief support group meets the second Tuesday of each month at Veterans Memorial Hospital.