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4 The Sioux City Journal, Monday, September 6, 1 999 Dollar could bite consumers, help fanners NEW YORK (AP) If car prices start rising in the United States, consumers may need to look no further Declining dollar A look at the value of the dollar compared to the Yen and Euro since the beginning of 1999. Yen Vinson Trinh Vinson Trinh, 4-month-old son of Vinh "Billy" Trinh and Tho Tran, died Friday at a hospital in Omaha. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Logan Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 9 p.m.

Wednesday, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. 124 William L. Limoges William L. Limoges, 47, of Fairbanks, Alaska, formerly of Sioux City, died Tuesday, Aug. 31, 1999, of a heart attack.

22 -jW-M" no Jan. 4 Sept. 3 Euro Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Sioux City. The body was cremated, and the cremains have been committed to Fairbanks, Alaska.

Mr. Limoges 1 these (U.S.) companies, I'd take the opportunity to maybe get some market-share back. But they must see it as a way to increase their profits," he said. Travel abroad, which enabled Americans to stretch their vacation budgets when the dollar was stronger, has become more expensive, too. The dollar last week fell below 110 yen for the first time since January, and only the second time in three years.

That's well below its May high for the year of more than 124 yen to the dollar. In a rebound Friday, a day when U.S. stocks and bonds rallied, the dollar ended New York trading at 1 10.05 yen. But that still was nearly 25 percent below the eight-year high of 146.57 yen to the dollar, reached as recently as June 1998. The dollar has also slid against the euro, as confidence has emerged in Europe's fledgling unified economy.

Sohn said the dollar's decline has resulted from a recovery in Asian economies since the financial meltdown that started spreading across Asia two years ago, when currency devaluations rippled across the continent. In addition, fears that the powerful economic expansion of the 1990s in the United States might be hobbled by rising inflation and interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve has led some international investors to take their money out of the United States and seek more profitable investments overseas. Higher interest rates reduce profits of U.S. corporations, hurting the value of stocks, and also lower the value of fixed-income investments such as bonds. Sohn said its hard to say how much lower the dollar may fall against the major foreign currencies.

He noted, however, that Japanese officials have hinted they may in than the dollar recent slide against major foreign currencies. On the other hand, economically depressed Midwestern farmers may find it easier to sell surplus grain if a weak dollar makes it cheaper for foreigners to buy American goods. The dollar was on the skids much of last week, flirting with its lowest level of the year against the Japanese yen a 12 percent tumble since May. It also has lost ground to the euro, the single European currency that was introduced Jan. 4.

Part of the dollar's retreat reflects optimism for resurging economies in both Asia and Europe, combined with fears of additional interest rate increases in the United States. The prospect that growth is shifting outside the United States has led currency traders and international money managers to sell their dollar-based stocks and bonds in favor of assets tied to the yen and the euro. That, in turn strengthens those currencies against the dollar. An extended slide by the dollar will eventually hit U.S. consumers' pocketbooks.

the value of the dollar does down, the price of shoes, toys and other goods imported into the United States goes up because it takes more U.S. dollars to purchase those items. When imports cost more, U.S. goods competing with those imports generally raise their prices in tandem, said Sung Won Sohn, chief economist at Wells Fargo Co. in Minneapolis "It's too early to tell what's going to happen, but we've been in this box before," said Al Young, president of Dan Young Chevrolet-Honda in Indianapolis.

When the dollar hit a similar skid a decade ago and it became more expensive to buy a Japanese car, U.S. automakers were quick to boost their prices, Young recalled. "If I was the president of one of 1.00 1975 photo -Sept. 3 Jan. 4 lima M.

Stoever PAULLINA, Iowa Irma M. Stoever, 87, of Paullina died Saturday, Sept. 4, 1999, at her home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St.

John's Lutheran Church in Germantown, with the Revs. Steven Hayden and Karl Eckhoff officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be after 1 p.m.

today, with the family present 7 to 8:30 p.m., and a prayer service at 8 p.m., at Gaudian-Eldridge Funeral Home in Paullina. Mrs. Stoever was born Feb. 13, 1912, in Caledonia Township, O'Brien County, Iowa, the daughter of Edward and Frieda Straub Dob-bertin. She was baptized March 10, 1912, and confirmed on March 25, 1926.

She received her education at St. John's Lutheran School in Germantown, and later graduated from Paullina High School in 1930. She married Lorenz Stoever on Feb. 10, 1935, at St. John's Lutheran Church, Germantown.

The couple farmed in the Germantown area for many years, moving to Paullina in 1978. She was a lifelong member of St. John Lutheran Church, and was an active member of the Ladies Aid of the Survivors include her husband; two daughters and their husbands: Phyllis and Bernard Schnoes, and Marlys and Steve Hartong, all of Paullina; a son, Curtis Stoever of Sioux City; seven grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; a sister and her husband, Dorothy and Melvin Tesch of Paullina; and nieces, nephews, and other relatives. She was preceded in death by a sister, Gertrude Fiddclke; and a brother, Edward Dobbertin. Pallbearers will be Dan, Douglas, and Daryl Schnoes, Craig Stoever, Levi Hoger and Scott Geerdes.

Mary "Katie" Stewart VERMILLION, S.D. Mary "Katie" Stewart, 66, of Vermillion died Saturday at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Vermillion. Burial will be in Bluffview Cemetery.

Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Tuesday, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., all at the church. Hansen Funeral Home in Vermillion is in charge of Lowell E. Hansen CHEROKEE, Iowa Lowell E. Hansen, 79, of Cherokee died Saturday, Sept.

4, 1999, at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cherokee, with the Rev. Richard Arndt officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.

There will be a family prayer service held at 1:45 p.m. at the church on Wednesday. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, with the family present 6:30 to 8 p.m., at Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee.

Mr. Hansen was born April 28, 1920, in Pierson, Iowa, the son of Peter and Tillie (Schaeffer) Hansen. He attended schools in Pierson, and later in Holstein, Iowa, where he graduated in 1938. He married Dorothy Broders on June 5, 1944, at Bryan, Texas. The couple made their home in Sac City, Iowa, moving to Cherokee in 1 965.

He was employed by the Coast to Coast Store for ten years. Later he owned and operated the DX Service Stations in Sac City and in Cherokee, from 1955 to 1977. He retired from the DX Service Station in 1977. He then became a dispatcher for the Cherokee Fire Dept. from 1977 to 1985.

He also became a driver for Simpco Company and drove for 12 years until his health began to fail. He served four years in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, where he served in several offices, retiring as an elder. He was also a member of the American Legion Post Treptow 230 in Cherokee and Sac City, and served as Post Commander in Sac City.

He also enjoyed woodworking. Survivors include his wife; two sons: Michael and his wife, Dcbra, of Collcyville, Texas, and Bradley of Des Moines; two daughters: Marsha and her husband, Derril Olson, of Lincoln, and Paula and her husband, Lowell Smith, of Aurclia, Iowa; six grandchildren: Dustin Hansen, Nedra and Jake Olson, Tiffany, Zachary, and Cassy Smith; two brothers: Rodney and his wife, Wilma, of Holstein, and Sterling of Prescott, two sisters-in-law: Norma Hansen and Arlene Griesse; a brother-in-law: Richard Broders and his wife, Barbara; a close friend: Roland Ramin; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Jacqueline Mahn; a brother, Lylc; and a grandson, Dallas Hansen. Margaret Van Engen HULL, Iowa Margaret Van Engen, 80, of Hull died Friday, Sept. 3, 1999, at Sioux Center Community Hospital.

Services will be at 1 1 a.m. Tuesday at Hope Christian Reformed Church in Hull, with the Rev. Carl AP Such a policy would prevent the yen from getting too strong, which could hurt Japan's economic rebound by making Japanese products too expensive in many foreign markets. In any event, U.S. exporters stand to benefit from the decline because a weak dollar lowers the price of American goods overseas.

For instance, many farmers see the current market as a chance to sell surplus grain supplies overseas at competitive prices. "It tends to help us out," said Jim Hanson, with the Farmers Cooperative Association in Lawrence, Kan. "It has a trickle-down effect because major purchasers of our grain overseas can now buy large quantities with less money." was born Oct. 5, 1951, in Sioux City, the son of Louis E. and Dorothy M.

(Potter) Limoges. He attended Epiphany Elementary School and Webster Elementary School. He assisted his father and uncles on the farm. He was later employed with Concrete Products in Sioux City. He served in the U.S.

Air Force from September 1970 to 1988, as a fuel specialist. He attained the rank of staff sergeant. He was stationed at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Scott AFB in Shiloh, Taiwan, Tucson, Anchorage, Alaska, Oklahoma, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Presque Isle, Maine. He married Gail in 1975 in Tucson, Ariz. Following his discharge, he moved to Fairbanks, where he was employed as a bus driver for the Fairbanks School System.

He was a member of Cathedral of the Epiphany Catholic Church in Sioux City. Survivors include his wife; three sons, Robert, Patrick and John Lee Limoges; his parents of Sioux City; grandmother, Ella Dunham of Sioux City; and many aunts and uncles. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Charles and Aldia Lucille Limoges and Clarence Potter; and two uncles. Geraldine R. Casaday Geraldine Roberta Casaday, 78, of Sioux City died Friday, Sept.

3, 1999, at a Sioux City hospital. tervene to prop up the dollar against the yen by selling yen for dollars. Albright surveys Turkey quake damage She paid a 15-minute visit to a tent city in Izmit, where families were huddled under homemade shelters of plastic sheeting and blankets stretched across wooden poles. Marines at the camp were replacing the makeshift shelters with winterized green tents, high enough for people to stand in and big enough to house 10. With the rainy season already starting, the Marines are rushing to set up some of the 5,000 tents that U.S.

ships have brought to the area. "The Turks are very friendly and helpful," said Capt. Brian Wolford of Crofton, off the USS Kear- IZMIT, Turkey (AP) Secretary of State Madeleine Albright visited Turkish quake victims and the U.S. Marines sheltering some of them Sunday, her helicopter passing smashed homes, mosques with toppled minarets, and relief camps with row upon muddy row of tents. Albright promised U.S.

support for a rebuilding effort that's expected to cost at least $7 billion and possibly much more. Details will be discussed when President Clinton meets with Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit in Washington later this month. "We would like to do whatever minarets toppled or broken off at the top dotted the landscape. What were once five- or six-story apartment buildings appeared as huge heaps of rubble. "The extent of the destruction is awesome," Albright said in Istanbul.

"It will take much time to rebuild, and the human loss can never be recovered." The official death toll rose to 15,082 Sunday as more bodies were discovered. Turkish officials have estimated that the final death toll could top 20,000. The United States has already provided $11.5 million in relief assistance to Turkey, with much of that money going to pay for U.S. search and rescue teams deployed after the quake and medical supplies, tents and body bags. Ecevit is expected to discuss additional assistance when he meets Clinton in Washington on Sept.

28. GeneSchuIler SIBLEY, Iowa Gene Schuller, 67, of Sibley died Saturday at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Christian Reformed Church in Sibley. Burial will be in Holman Township Cemetery.

Visitation will be from noon to 9 p.m. Tuesday, with the family present 7 to 8:30 p.m., at Andringa Funeral Home in Sibley. sarge. "They just want a home." we can to be helpful," Albright told Albright's Marine helicopter flew low across western Turkey back to Istanbul, giving her a bleak overview Wednesday at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel, with the Rev. Robert Rasmussen, pastor of Foursquare Church, officiating.

Burial will be in Memo reporters, foreign Minister Ismail Cem by her side. "Rest assured that we will stand by you now as you strive to recover from this tragedy." Albright arrived in Istanbul at midday Sunday after overseeing the signing of a new Israeli-Palestinian accord in Egypt in the early morning. of the massive destruction of the Aug. 17 earthquake. At Izmit were the scorched oil tanks of Turkey's biggest refinery, which burned for days in a fire started by the quake.

Mosques with rial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 1 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., and a prayer service at 7 p.m., at the funeral home. Mrs. Casaday was born March 14, Summit wraps up without progress on human rights MOMPTOM Mpw Rrnncuirlr ii, oioi v.uy uw uaugniw oi AP) A summit 0f French-speak Frank C.

and Mae (Clark) Riffle. She ing countries that was dominated by calls for a crack down on human rights violators ended Sunday without making any new demands on its members. A declaration adopted by the 52 members of La Francophonie merely reaffirmed its goal of "consolidating the rule of law and democracy" in the francophone world. It pledged to respect all human rights, particularly attended Sioux City schools. She married Walter Byron Casaday on March 21, 1939, in Sioux City.

He died June 6, 1974, in Sioux City. She was a homemaker. However, in her earlier years she worked at St. Vincent's Hospital, Cudahay's and Swift's. Survivors include five sons: Frank and his wife, Edith, of Sioux City, on the official summit agenda, but it came to dominate the three-day conference in this eastern Canadian city.

Protesters from Congo, Rwanda and Burundi staged multiple rallies around the summit sites and newspaper editorials lambasted Canada for allowing alleged dictators into the country. In. closed-door discussions, delegates also heard from young francophones the focus of the summit of the horrors that wars have wreaked on their countries and the need for an end to atrocities against innocents. "These might be your wars, but we are suffering," a Congolese teen-ager, Anne-Marie Kabongo, told delegates Saturday, according to a Canadian official present. La Francophonie was established a dozen years ago as an organization dedicated to promoting French language and culture.

At its 1997 summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, delegates decided to broaden its mandate into the political sphere, and appointed Boutros Boutros-Ghali as its first secretary general. Chretien rejected suggestions that the organization broaden its mandate further to be more aggressive in cracking down on members with poor rights records, saying that task was best left to the United Nations. "The organization is not a military organization," he said. the rights ot minorities, women and Raymond and his wife, Charlotte, of rhiMrpn Jackson Don and his wife, was no memion of French Mary of Sioux City, Carl and his cas fof the organization t0 set up a wife Susan of Sioux City, and Jim watchdog grou t0 monitor ri htvi. 10w wUg-CT olations in member countries, or of Audrey Waugh of Jopl.n, Linda Canadian suggestions that the Parker of Evans Ann and her organization 7uspend or expei husband Harold Auen, Jr and m(fmbers whQ y.

international Roberta Casaday of St. Paul, norms three sisters: Clementine McGinnis Nevertheless, Canadian Prime of Sioux City Phyllis Cou ure and Minister Jea chre(ien and French her husband, Wayne, of Bellflower, Chjrac dcfended Roland J. Walgenbach HOSPERS, Iowa Roland Joseph "Beep" Walgenbach, 86, of Hospers died Saturday, Sept. 4, 1999, at Orange City Hospital. Services will be at 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Hospers. Burial will be in St. Anthony's Cemetery. Visitation will be today, with a rosary at 4 p.m., and a prayer service at 7:30 p.m., at the church.

Vander Ploegs Funeral Home of Hospers is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Walgenbach was born Feb. 23, 1913, in Hospers the son of William and Susanna (Moes) Walgenbach. He married Alida Hess on Nov.

26, 1936 in Hospers. The couple farmed near Hospers until his retirement in 1976. For many years he served as county assessor and trustee. He also served on the Hospers School Board and the Spalding School Board. He was a fan of the Chicago Cubs, and of the Notre Dame Football Team.

Survivors include his wife; two sons and their wives: David and Jane of Waseca, and Craig and Arlene Hospers; a daughter-in-law, Mary Walgenbach of Santa Teresa, N.M.; two daughters: Sister Mary David Walgenbach of Madison, and Roleen Walgenbach of Bemidji, 11 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Daniel; and 10 brothers and sisters. Memorials may be directed to the Sisters of St. Benedict, Box 5070, Madison, 53705, for the support of the Missionary Benedictine Sisters in India. Robert "Bob" Shuttz CRAIG, Iowa Robert "Bob" Shultz, 73, of Craig died Saturday at Akron Care Center in Akron, Iowa.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Craig. Interment Family Ownership Still Means Something in the Funeral Business. mourn auu nci nus- aI f.

miv uwviuiuuuii uj i vui yii vjj iui band, Louis, of Tonowanda, N.Y.; 23 Klompien officiating. Burial will be in Hope Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today at Oolman Funeral Home in Hull, with the family present from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the church.

Mrs. Van Engen was born Oct. 12, 1918, at Hull the daughter of Peter and Jennie (Van Pykeren) Vander Schaaf. She was raised at Hull, where she graduated from Western Christian Academy in 1936. In 1939 she graduated from the Lutheran School of Nursing in Sioux City.

She married Fred Van Engen on May 13, 1943, at Hull. They made their home in Hull. Her husband died Nov. 5, 1991, in Sioux Center, Iowa. She was employed as a registered nurse at Sibley Hospital and was also employed by Sioux County to immunize school children in the late 1950s.

She was a supervisor of the nursing wing at Sheldon Hospital, the initial director of nurses at Pleasant Acres Care Center in Hull, and practiced home care. She was a charter member of Hope Christian Reformed Church, where she served in many ways. Survivors include a son and his wife, Jered and Marcia of Boise, Idaho; a daughter, Janice Van Engen Richards of Boise; four grandchildren: Melanie Romberg, Travis Richards, Heidi Van Engen, and Sara Margaret Richards; a brother, Dowie Vander Schaaf of Grand Rapids, a sister, Gerdena Van Maanen of Hull; and many nieces and nephews. Memorials are being directed to Western Christian High School in Hull. Lynn K.

Richardson ONAWA. Iowa Lynn Keith Richardson, 67, of Onawa died Saturday at his home. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Christian Church in Onawa. The cremains will be buried in Onawa Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday at Pearson Funeral Home in Onawa. John L.Schiefen HAWARDEN, Iowa John Lawrence Schiefen, 73, of Hawarden died Saturday at Hillcrest Health Care Center. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St.

Mary Catholic Church in Hawarden. Burial will be in Grace Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday until 5 p.m. at Porter Funeral Home in Hawarden. A prayer service will be at 7 p.m.

Tuesday at the church. John Zylstra, 93, of Sibley, Iowa, died Sunday; Andringa Funeral Home of Sibley. Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel 3220 Stone Park Boulevard Sioux City, Iowa 51 104 712255-0131 1 Fall the cultural organization. The group only decided two years ago to focus on more political issues, such as monitoring elections in member countries. "La Francophonie is a gentle force.

At each stage, it takes a step in the right direction," Chirac told a news conference after the closing ceremony. "Me, I am very happy with the results," he said. Many francophone members are former French colonies in Africa who have seen some of the worst atrocities committed against civilians in recent years, including two civil wars in Congo and the genocide in Rwanda, which left 500,000 people dead. The issue of human rights wasn't grandchildren; and 35 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; a stillborn daughter, Peggy; two brothers: Grove and Edward; and three sisters: Edna, Dorabelle, and Marguerite.

Pallbearers will be grandsons: Earl, Bill, and Patrick Casaday, Joseph Johnson, Shawn Auen and Don G. Casaday, Jr. Ethel M. Meyers, 77, of Sioux City died Sunday; Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Emil W.

Flair, 78, of South Sioux City died Saturday; Becker-Hunt Funeral Home. Inventory Reduction Save on Selected Items Register for a FREE Monument! rP with military honors provided by Heeren-McHale-Wilken American Legion Post 274 of Brunsville will be in St. John Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Tuesday, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home in Le Mars, Iowa.

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