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Almanac OBITUARIES Louise M. Hatch, 82, of 2929 Ave. died of a heart ailment at her son's home at Lake Pan Fabian Ripperger, 82, of Melcher-Dallas died of a heart attack Thursday at University Hospitals in Evelyne E. Johnson, 85, of In-dianola died of a heart ailment at Indianola Good Samaritan jwr.f Center, where On the Stump in Iowa Kemp rips 'screwy, stupid system' Messerly, a leader in Iowa Senate, dies Tiik Rf.i jistfr's Ii va Nkws Skkvicf. Cedar Falls, la.

Francis Messerly, 80, of Cedar Falls, a former Iowa state senator and Black Hawk County supervisor, died of a respiratory ailment Saturday at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Finchford Community Church near Janesville, of which he was a member. Burial will be at Finchford Cemetery there. Mr.

Messerly was born in Cedar Falls and lived in the area most of his life. He worked in state and county government for 36 years. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Appropriations Committee. Survivors include his wife, Mary; a daughter, Carol Nesler of Dubuque; a son, Randy of Sarasota, a brother, Robert of Janesville; and six grandchildren. Friends may call after 1 p.m.

today at Richardson Funeral Home in Cedar Falls, where the family will be present from 2 to 4 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to his church. she had lived since 1 ices 1 IJT Horn, since 1993. Serv- will be at :30 a.m. Monday at Over- Funeral Home in Indian- oia, wim Dunai at Scotchridge Cemetery in Warren County.

Mrs. Johnson was born in Harri-sonville, and had lived in Nor-walk more than 30 years before moving to the care center. She was a homemaker. Surviving are a son, Phillip Tiede-man of Des Moines; three grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Friends may call after 1 p.m.

today at the funeral home, where the family will be present from 3 to 5 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Indianola Good Samaritan Center. Patricia Ann Maxwell, 59, of Truro died of cancer Friday at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Church of the Nazarene in Winterset, of which she was a member.

Burial will be at Field Cemetery near Truro. Mrs. Maxwell was born in Iowa City and had lived in Truro several years. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Richard; three sons, Richard Jr.

and David, both of Truro, and Steve of St. Charles; two daughters, Phyllis Overdyk of Polk City and Kim Wilson of Des Moines; her mother, Marie Lybarger of Vinton; two brothers, Daniel Branscomb of Vinton and William Branscomb of Oklahoma; three sisters, Shirley Watkins of Marion, Rita Dannen of Rhodes and Elaine McDowell of Boone; and 15 grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Collins Funeral Home in Winterset. Memorial contributions may be made to Blank Children's Hospital or the American Cancer Society.

Edith M. Skoglud, 80, of Dayton died of cancer Friday at Grandview Care Center there. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Dayton, with burial at Dayton Cemetery. Mrs.

Skoglud was born in La Salle, 111. She is survived by her husband, Ivan; two sons, Gary of Mount Dora, and Jim of San Francisco; three brothers, Carl Johnson of Dayton, Glen Johnson of Indianola and George Johnson of San Diego; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today at Carson Funeral Home in Dayton. Visitation will continue until noon Monday at the funeral home.

Charles W. Morgan, 85, of Colfax died of a circulatory disorder Friday in Prairie City. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Colfax Presbyterian Church, of which he was a member. Burial will be at McKeever Cemetery.

Mr. Morgan was born in Colfax and had lived there all his life. He was a farmer. Survivors include his wife, Ruth; a son, Joe of West Des Moines; and two grandchildren. Friends may call after noon Monday at Walters-Coburn Funeral Home in Colfax.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Foundation or his church. Get the newspaper that really delivers. rr.u. t.a VIl HWMWJ llin I Subscribe today! 284-8311 or 1-800-3G5-IOWA ii lis Neno S. Popoff, 73, of Newton died of a heart attack Thursday at Skiff Medical Center there.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at First Presbyterian Church, of which he was a member. Burial will be at Newton Union Cemetery. Mr. Popoff was born in Babrova, Bulgaria, and had lived in Newton since 1953.

He was a retired construction engineer for The Maytag a veteran of the Bulgarian army and a member of the Maytag Management and 25 Year clubs, Newton Elks Lodge and the Newton Masonic Lodge. Surviving are his wife, Frances; a son, Dieter of Metairie, a stepdaughter, Glenda Fleener of Upland, seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. The family will greet friends from 2 to 4 p.m. today at Wallace-Pence Funeral Home in Newton. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association or his church.

Anna A. Bishop, 92, of Guthrie Center died of a respiratory ailment Friday at New Homestead Care Center there. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Beidelman Funeral Home in Guthrie Center. Burial will be at 1 p.m.

Tuesday at Fort Dodge Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Bishop was born in Hornick and had lived in Fort Dodge before moving to Guthrie Center 12 years ago. She was a homemaker and a member of First Christian Church in Guthrie Center. Among survivors are two daughters, Betty Merryman of Guthrie Center and Marian Stoner of California; two sisters, Margaret Nelson of Galva and Dorothy Robertson of Seattle; two brothers, Junior Lobe of Sioux City and Gerald Lobe of Banning, four grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

Friends may call after 9 a.m. Monday at the funeral home, where the family will be present from 7 to 8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to her church. Harvey N. Skei, 90, of Story City died of a heart ailment Friday at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Bethel Lutheran Church in Story City, of which he was a member. Burial will be at Story City Cemetery. Mr, Skei was born near Story City and had lived in the area all his life. He was a retired farmer.

Survivors include his wife, Annette; a daughter, Marilyn Skel-Hen-ley, and a son, Leon, both of Corona Del Mar, four sisters, Bcrgithe Rude of Ames, and Martha Jones, Lila Skei and Hilda Soren, all of Story City; and two grandchildren. Friends may call after 3 p.m. today at Soderstrum-Larson Funeral Home in Story City, where the family will be present from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Muriel Evelyn Bites, 83, of Stuart died of a heart attack Saturday at home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday at First Congregational Church in Stuart, with burial at South Oak Grove Cemetery there. Mrs. Estes was born near Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, and had lived near Greenfield 30 years before moving to Stuart IVi years ago. She was a retired teacher and attended Gospel Church in Greenfield. Survivors include her husband, Harry Jr.

of Stuart; a son, Dennis of Dexter; two daughters, Diane Feder-spiel of Bernard and Jane Bradley of Overland Park, two sisters, Naomi Partlow of Menlo and Dolores Ruppert of Stuart; and four grandchildren. Friends may call from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday at Link Funeral Home in Stuart. Deaths ALLSPACM Frances. J7.

ol Newton died Stur. d.iy at Iowa Methodnt Mtdical Center GIBSON Lto, 76. of Iton ditd Saturday at Des Moines General Hospital WELTON Leonard. 89. of 207 Summit West Des Moines, died Saturday at Iowa Methodist Medical Center.

IOWA METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER DeGONIA Teresa of Atlon. a daughter. Friday DOTTS Annette and Jet ol Clive. a daughter. Wednesday FlANrRY Christine and Michael ol Altoona.

a daughter, Thursday. HELMICK Jody and Kurt ol West Des Moines, a son. Thursday. KEECH Lori and Todd o( Urbandale, a son. Friday LANE Michelle Lane and Anthony White ol Weil Dei Moinel, daughter, Friday.

LEACH JoAnn and Sieve Of Hunley. a daughter, Thuridey. MANN Michelle and Chru of Indionoli, daughter Friday. MCCARTHY Kathy and Steven of Urbandale, daughter. Friday.

POME ROY Melissa and Heath of Dei Moinel, daughter. Thursday REINHOLDT Lisa and Dennlt of Del Moinel, son. Friday SISK Melinda and Qregory of Clive. daughter, Thursday STOUT Ruth and Doug of Dei Moinel, I ion, Wednesday TAFTA Marian Tafta and Jose Corral of Dei Moines, a daughter, Friday MERCY HOSPITAL MEOtCAL CENTER COt BY Robin and Michael of West Del Moines. a son Friday HOWARD Karen and Bill of Dei Moinel.

daughter, Tuesday JOHNSON Melissa of Dei Moinei. daughter, Friday VAN PELT Chris and Doug of Polk City, a daughter Friday jt rfe orama. The body will be cremated and memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at -Westminster Presbyterian Church in Des Moines. Burial of the cremains will 4 be at 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday at Masonic Cemetery. Mrs. Hatch was born in Des Moines and had lived here all her life. She was a homemaker and a member of Order of the Eastern Star. Surviving are two sons, Richard Barber of Panora and John Barber of Missoula, and two grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Tuesday Club at Westminster Presbyterian Church or the American Heart Association. Robert J. Fleming, 79, of Knoxville died of complications of Alzheimer's disease Friday at Veterans Medical Center there. Services will be at 1 1 a.m. Monday at Bybee and Davis Funeral Home in Knoxville.

Burial will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery in Des Moines. Mr. Fleming was born in and had lived in Knoxville many years. He was a retired chief physical therapist at Veterans Medi cal center in Knoxvuie, a Navy veteran of World War II and a member oi jonn Myers row, oi me veterans of Foreign Wars, Oriental Masonic nHrto Vlnlita fimmanfliinf anA 7.U.

fla.7irt tJVirinn burvivors include his Phyllis; a daughter, Bonnie Wallace of Knoxville; a stepdaughter, Diane QiilQii rf Rwnn- a ctuncnn PhiirlnQ- 1VU iJVVI.IV, A .1 A w. AUiUIIS Ul rtUSUII, ifV.j seven UliUlU- children; and four great-grandchild- nil. riit'iius may tit auei iu a.m today at the funeral home, where the i ii in A laiuiij yt ill ui; lii tdVllV 1IU1II nr i i p.m., anu wni-re a masonic service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Disease Association. Lyle Jerome Goodwin, 85, of Grinnell died of a heart ailment Friday at home.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell, with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery in Toledo. Mr. Goodwin was born near Brooklyn and had lived in Grinnell since 1981. He was a retired insurance and real estate agent and bookkeeper and a member of the Church oi me ivazarene oi unnneu.

Survivors include his wife, Ber-nice; two daughters, Linda Albers of Russellville, and Louise Simp-: son or loiedo; a stepdaughter, Lola Sadler of Grinnell; a stepson, Howard Inman of Grinnell; two sisters, Verna Baird of Montezuma and Max ine Turner of Grinnell; four grand- cniiaren; iour step-grandcnuaren; onrt a rinnaf EYtnnla moxt oftnt nnnn tnAatj i iviivio maj vail iiuuii wvia I ft II 1 I ui tu unci C7 a. in. muiiuaj at mc 1 111 ai IIUII1C, I ICl 1.1 lv ICUIUIJr TV 11111- present from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday. Memorial contributions may be made to his church or Grinnell Regional Medical Home Health Care.

ADVERTISEMENT Death Notices COLiMAN Services for Lvndi 31. of Urbandale. I art Lynda suiette Loiemon, penning ai McLaren'i Fu neral Chapel, ll, oui-ivin w.u.rw MeLoren'i funeral Home HAIL ho Del. vonoav. AcLaren's funeral Heme LAVTON Graveside services for Shlrlev Lay-Jon, of 430 Qrgnd will be 11:30 AM Sunday at Jewish Olendole Cemetery, Dunn's funeral Heme 144-1H1 SahexluUd rvl AM1LTONS Southtown Austin Kneeby Cummlno, IA Services Pending Highland Isodore Pu9h 2571 Guthrie Ave.

Privote services Monday at the unerai home. Cremation Ronald A. Painter 7im Lay Street Monday 2 00 PM at the funeral home. Interment Highland Memory Gardens Visitation Sunday otter 3 PM at the funeral home. Hamilton's, 243-5221 On Lyon 605 Lyon Southtown 285 3911 5400 SW 9th Hlehland 289 2442 131 NW 60th Ave AHOtm 967-427 Mitchellville 301 1.

Center I E. 18th Da Moirm 8t I 515-266-4265 Services for John Mai ll. 9' West DM, will be IT :00 AM Tueidav at McLaren'i Funeral Visitation 19 PM Iowa City. Serv ices will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Melcher-Dal-las, of which he was a member.

Burial will be at St. Joseph Cemetery in Bauer. Mr. Ripperger, a retired farmer, was born in Marion County and had lived in the Melcher-Dallas area all his life. He is survived by his wife, Mildred Jensen Ripperger; four daughters, Joyce Fortune and Yvonne Dhabalt, both of Melcher-Dallas, Judy Wes-tendorf of Haverhill and Elaine Har-ty of New Prague, four sons, Daryl, Leon, Ivan and Brian, all of Melcher-Dallas; four stepsons, Ron Jensen of Melcher-Dallas, Armand Jensen and Darrell Jensen, both of West Des Moines, and Robert Jensen of Gallatin, three sisters, Lona Wadle of Milo, Irene Moreland of Alfa, 111., and Jane Hess of Florida; four brothers, Jim of Melcher-Dallas, Gerald of Milo, Keith of Lacona and Marcel of Naples, 21 grandchildren; nine step-grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and three step-great-grandchildren.

Friends may call from noon to 6 p.m. today at Mosher Funeral Home in Melcher-Dallas. A vigil service will be held at 7:30 p.m. today at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to his church or the Melcher-Dallas Rescue Unit.

Ruth Ann Schulte, 55, of Jefferson died of a heart ailment Friday at home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Jefferson, of which she was a member. Burial will be at St.

Joseph Cemetery. Mrs. Schulte was born in Fort Dodge and had lived in Sac City and Palmer before moving to Jefferson in 1976. She was a homemaker. Among survivors are her husband, Robert; three daughters, Carol Mob-ley and Raberta Evans, both of Jefferson, and Lori Henderson of South Carolina; three brothers, Louise Richfles of Holstein, Eugene Koneig of Fort Dodge and Ronald Richfles of Missouri; a sister, Oliven Koneig of Fort Dodge; and six grandchildren.

Friends may call after 1 p.m. Monday at Brown Funeral Home in Jefferson, where the family will be present from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and where a vigil and rosary services will be held at 7:30 p.m. Viola Neubauer, 65, of Waukee died of cancer Friday at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines. Services will be at 10:30 a.m.

Monday at Waukee Christian Church, of which she was a member. Burial will be at Waukee Cemetery. Mrs. Neubauer was born in Hancock County and had lived in Waukee most of her life. She was a retired administrative secretary for the city of West Des Moines and a member of her church's Christian Women's Fellowship.

Survivors include a son, Joseph of Grimes; a sister, Esther Brock of Renwick; two brothers, Warren Stef-fen of Des Moines and Robert Steffen of Apple Valley, and two grandchildren. Friends may call after 2 p.m. today at Fisher Funeral Home in Adel, where the family will be present from 5 to 7 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to her church. Lelia C.

Huxford, 90, of Madrid died of a heart ailment Friday at The Madrid Home, where she had lived five years. Services will be at 1 1 a.m. Monday at Fjeldberg Lutheran Church in Huxley, of which she was a member. The body will be cremated following services and burial of the cremains will be at a later date. Mrs.

Huxford was born in Des Moines and had lived in the Elkhart area before moving to Madrid. She was a retired secretary. Among survivors are a son, Ted of Elkhart; two sisters, Helen Erland-son and Vivian Conrey, both of Des Moines; a brother, E.A. Lockard of Des Moines; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m.

today at Ankeny Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to The Madrid Home ACTS Fund. Rita Lyons, 68, of Marshalltown died Saturday of meningioma, a type of brain tumor, at Marshall County Care Facility. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St.

Henry's Catholic Church in Marshalltown, of which she was a member. Burial will be at Sacred Heart Cemetery in St. Anthony. Mrs. Lyons was born in Marshall County and had lived in Des Moines before moving to Marshalltown in 1988.

She was retired from Meredith Publishing. Survivors include two sisters, Lucille Lyons of Marshalltown and Kathleen Jones of Clemons; and a brother, Lawrence Lyons of St. Anthony. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Monday at Estel-Perrin-Avey Funeral Home, where a rosary service will be held at 3 p.m.

Monday and a vigil service at 7 p.m. Monday. Blasting welfare and Clinton, the man touted as a possible GOl' presidential contender campaigns for Lightfoot. By GEORGE CLIFFORD III Rkcistkk Staff Wkitkk Ames, la. Former Housing Secretary Jack Kemp on Saturday blasted the Clinton administration on matters ranging from health care to Haiti, exhorted Republicans to work for a majority in Congress, and artfully avoided details about his own plans relative to the presidency.

Kemp spoke at Iowa State University to help Kemp Eyeon'96? raise money for U.S. Rep. Jim Ross Lightfoot, a Republican who faces a challenge from Iowa Secretary of State Elaine Baxter in Iowa's 3rd Congressional District. Kemp drew applause and laughs from the crowd of about 115 while beating the drum for the laissez-faire economic ideas so closely associated with him. Though he is exploring a run for the presidency in 1996, Kemp declined in an interview to say when he will declare his intentions.

Discussing his plans now would detract attention from next month's congressional election, he said. "Not in '94, I'm not even going to breathe about it in '94," Kemp said. "I don't want to take away from the races in '94, they're too important." A former congressman from New York state, Kemp was an unsuccessful contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 1988. While some think Republican chances for gains in the coming election have been somewhat overstated, Kemp instead said there may be a historic chance for the party to gain control of both houses of Congress. ''Something is brewing out there," hesaid.

"I think we have got a good shot; I think we'll pick up the Senate. I think Bob Dole will be the next Senate majority leader, and he'd make an outstanding one. I think (U.S. Rep. Newt) Gingrich has a shot at being speaker of the House," he said.

Kemp said that by the end of this month he will have campaigned for Republican candidates in 160 races in 35 states. He said the Democratic Party has become "the party of egalitarianism, the party of redistribution of wealth, taxing success, taxing work, taxing the family." 'They shed crocodile tears for the poor, but sometimes I think they love the poor so much they want to keep them poor because of all the votes and all the money they can spend," hesaid. He said failed social policies are to blame for the widening gap between rich and poor Americans. "We have in the inner cities of America a welfare system that is the equivalent of a Third World socialist economy. There's no private property.

It's all public housing. Welfare pays better than working," he said. "The system is screwy, it's stupid, it should be changed," Kemp said. Deere, UAW union continue talks Contract negotiations between Deere Co. and the United Auto Workers union continued Saturday in." East Moline, 111., under an open-ended extension of the talks.

The negotiations affect about 11,000 union members, including 8,100 in Iowa. Possible outcomes include a tentative agreement on a new contract, a strike, or a continuation of negotiations. The old contract originally was to have expired Sept. 30. Deere, based in Moline, is Iowa's largest manufacturing employer.

About 8,100 UAW members work at Deere factories in Ankeny, Davenport, Dubuque, Ottumwa and Waterloo. More Iowans are among the 2,600 UAW members who work at Deere operations in the Illinois Quad Cities. Dedication Monday Tiik Rkuistkk's I iwa Nkws Skhvick Sioux City, la. A dedication ceremony for the former Trades and Industries and Technical and Para-professional Buildings will be Monday. The combined buildings are now known as the Dr.

Robert H. Kiser Building. Kiser, president emeritus of Western Iowa Technical Community College, will speak, along with Gov. Terry Branstad, who will give the featured address at the ceremony 2 Maxine Adams, 76, of Knoxville died of a heart ailment Friday at Knoxville Area Community Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m.

Tuesday at First Christian Church in Knoxville, of which she was a member. Burial will be at Graceland Cemetery there. Mrs. Adams was born in Marion County, was a retired elementary school teacher and a member of the Retired Teachers Association. She is survived by two sons, Ronald of Knoxville and Jerry of Nor-walk; a sister, Juanita Goff of Knoxville; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Friends may call after 1 p.m. today at Bybee and Davis Funeral Home in Knoxville, where the family will be present from 7 to 8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to her church. Bruce Elva Reish, 83, of Newton died of lung cancer there Thursday. Services will be at 1:30 p.m.

Monday at Kale Funeral Home in Osceola, with burial at Maple Hill Cemetery there. Mr. Reish was born in Clarke County and had lived in Osceola, Monroe and Weldon before moving to Newton. He was a retired farmer and truck driver and a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Osceola. Survivors include his wife, Alme-da of Newton; a daughter, Erma Cartwright of Monroe; a son, Gary of Mitchellville; a sister, Gertrude McGee of Osceola; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Friends may call after noon today at the funeral home, where the family will be present from 11 a.m. to noon Monday. Alonzo Lamar Jones, 2-days-old, son of Stacey and Keith Jones of 3900 57th died of a heart ailment Thursday at Mercy Hospital Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Funeral Home, with burial at Glendale Cemetery.

In addition to his parents, also surviving are a brother, Lorenzo of Des Moines; his grandparents, Odell Woodley and Robert Silliman, both of Fort Dodge, and Laverne Jones and Ike Jones, both of Washington, D.C.; and his great-grandparents, Mary Brown of Des Moines, Mac H. Brown of Gary, and Ruby Barrett of Camden, N. J. The family will receive friends one hour prior to services at the funeral home. D.M.

police looking for robbery suspect Police were looking Saturday for a 41 -year-old Des Moines man who they say is responsible for at least two recent convenience store robberies. Willie Conley was suspected of robbing the Kwik Shop at 2930 Hickman Road Monday and the Vickers store at 1443 Second Ave. Oct. 2. A warrant for his arrest was issued Friday.

Detective Brent Curtis said store cameras that caught the robber in the act led police to believe Conley was involved in the robberies, which were part of a recent string of similar hold-ups. Longer hours Tiik a Nkws Skkvnx Iowa City, la. The University of Iowa Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology now offers evening diagnostic and remedial services for children and adults. Services include screening for speech, language or voice disorders, and rehabilitation advice. The additional hours will be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights from 5 to 8 p.m.

For more information, call (319) 335-8736. Inactive? Alienated? Distant? If you've parted company with the church over new changes, old rules, a marriage situation, or any other reason, why not Join us for an open meeting Sunday, Oct. 16, Oct. 23 Oct. 30 at 7 p.m.

Please Join us at either location: St Augustin's Parish Hall St Peter's Parish Center 41st Grand A 515-255-1175.