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The Sioux City Journal, Sunday. May 31, 1998 in) 1 EkIIiiH enptoires pranks favMb Naida Elliott Cecil Beauchene, 77, co-founder of speedway, dies JEFFERSON, S.D. Cecil L. Beauchene, 77, of Jefferson died Friday, May 29, 1998, at a Sioux City nursing home following a lengthy illness. Services will be at 10 a.m.

Tues QUIMBY. Iowa Naida Elliott, 83, of Marcus, Iowa, former longtime Quimby resident, died Friday, May 29, 1998, at Heartland Care Center in Marcus following a long illness. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Quimby United Methodist Church with the Rev. John Scherb and the Rev.

Everett Hind officiating. Burial will be in Sunset View Cemetery in Washta, Iowa. Visitation will be 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday with the family present from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

at Boothby Funeral day at Riverside United Methodist Church with the Rev. Merrill 1 1 -ficiating. Burial will be in Graceland Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 3 to 8:30 p.m. Monday with a prayer service at 8:15 at the p.m DES MOINES (AP) It seems Jewish mothers are the same whether they live in New York or North Dakota.

Jews in North Dakota? "Jewish history didn't just happen in New York City," said Linda Mack Schloff, one of the curators of an exhibit chronicling the history of Jewish women on the prairie. "The whole idea about Jewish women homesteading on the prairie is rather unique," she said. "There are Jews sprinkled all over the state. I think that really surprises Even in Fargo, grandmas want their girls to find nice Jewish boys. "My grandmother used to cook for Jewish peddlers who stopped in Fargo.

She got three Jewish son-in-laws that way," a voiceover says with obvious pride in a video shown at the entrance to "Unpacking the Prairie: Jewish Women in the Upper Midwest." The exhibit, assembled by the Minnesota Historical Society and currently accompanied in Des Moines by heirlooms from Jewish families in Iowa, is on a five-year tour that will bring it to numerous Midwest states, Washington, D.C., and Canada. Between 1881 and 1924, more than 2 million Jews, mostly from the Russian Empire, left for the United States, and about 50,000 were living in the Midwest by the 1930s. Those from German-speaking countries began arriving in the 1 850s. Many were attracted by the prospect of farming, an occupation that was prohibited for Jews in Russia; others wanted to escape overcrowding in East Coast cities. "In a place where Jews were so spread out and didn't always have the most common institutions of synagogues and rabbis, the family was more important and the women had a more critical role to play in maintaining any forms of religious expression," said Ms.

Schloff, who is the director of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest in St. Paul, Minn. And what women carried with them white Sabbath tablecloths or special recipes allowed them to pass such traditions along in a place that one woman in the video characterized as "the end of the world." Visitors learn how to properly prepare from Lake Superior the traditional Passover dish gefilte fish Ingrid Mazie stares out the window after looking over letters she wrote to her grandmother in Berlin 50 years ago. The letters are part of an exhibit at Iowa State Historical Building that chronicles the history of Jewish women on the prairie. (AP photo) Home in Cherokee, Iowa, and a family prayer service at 10:45 a.m.

Tuesday at the church. Mrs. Elliott was born Aug. 27, 1914, near Washta, the daughter of Roy and Lula (Fogleman) Buck. She grew up on a farm near Washta and was raised by her father and stepmother, Edith (Chipperley) Buck.

She graduated from Washta High School. She married Glenn R. Elliott Feb. 22, 1935, in Quimby. The couple farmed near Washta, Cherokee and Quimby until they moved into Quimby in 1957, where she lived until moving to the Heartland Care Center in August, 1994.

The couple had spent many winters in Mesa, Texas, Colorado, and Florida. He died Oct. 6, 1983. She was a member of the Quimby United Methodist Church, Adult Sunday School, and U.M.W. She had a great appreciation for flowers and was a member of the Quimby Garden Club.

She enjoyed sewing and all kinds of needlework, having done handiwork for many people in the community. She also enjoyed cooking and baking. Survivors include two daughters, Phyllis and her husband, Lawrence Bahr, of Quimby, and Mary Beer-mann of Des Moines, Iowa; five grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; a brother, Virgil Buck and his wife, Joyce, of Phoenix, a sister, Alice and her husband, Willis Hind, of Holland, four sisters-in-law, Patricia Buck and Dorothy Elliott, both of Cherokee, June Hudson of Tucson, and Helen Elliott of Albuquerque, N.M.; a brother-in-law, LaVene Larson of Newport Richie, and many nieces and nephews. She was also preceded in death by a son, Donnie; a daughter, Jean, in infancy; two brothers, Alfred "Bud" Buck, and Wayne Buck; and a sister, Carol Larson. Alice Peterson WAKEFIELD, Neb.

Alice church. Berkemier Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Beauchene was born June 23, 1920, in Sioux City, the son of Samuel and Louise (Streeter) Beauchene. He was raised in rural South Dakota and attended Gibson rural school.

He married Gladys Stephenson in 1939. He married Joyce Case in 1960. He farmed in the Jefferson area from 1942 to 1969. He operated Beauchene Real Estate in Riverside. In 1970, he and his sons built and operated Interstate Speedway.

He retired in 1995 due to ill health. He was a member of Riverside United Methodist Church, Moose Lodge 752, and was past president of the Jefferson Chamber of Commerce. He sponsored many baseball, softball and bowling teams. Survivors include his wife; three sons, Lloyd and his wife, Donna of Sioux City, Donald and his wife, Gina, of San Pablo, and Delbert of Jefferson; a daughter-in-law, Kandy Beauchene of Sioux City; two stepdaughters and their husbands, Connie and La Monte Woolhiser of Sioux City, and Julie and John Saunders of Dakota Dunes; 15 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and a sister and her husband, Faye and Harold Barnes of Sioux City. He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Velma Beauchene; and two brothers, Harvey and Elmer.

Pallbearers will be Mike Kougl, Ray Steil, George Hardy, Duane North, Clyde Doren, Randy Davidson, Joe Steil, Darrell Hunt, and Perry Antonopoulos. Margaret Homan LE MARS, Iowa Margaret "Peggy" Homan, 56, of Le Mars, longtime Sioux City school teacher, died Friday at her home. Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. "any fine cook uses kosher salt," Etheldoris Stein Grais of Hibbing, tells us confidingly in 1- to 2-minute nuggets on a video. Children can feel a cloth sack of items Jews brought to the prairie that includes Sabbath candlesticks, a sewing thimble and a soup ladle, among other things.

In Des Moines, the exhibit includes a cup from a woman rescued from Auschwitz by Oskar Schindler that she made in his factory. "Even though we have a decent-sized community, a lot of people don't know what Jews are," said Janice Rosenberg of the Iowa Jewish Historical Society. "Some people from small towns have never met a Jewish person. "Jewish culture is beautiful and special, and we want to show that it's so beautiful that people brought it with them to America," Rosenberg said. Ingrid Mazie, who in 1949 was sent to Mason City with her sister to be adopted by a Viennese Jewish couple who had fled there before World War II, said myths of the Wild West made her apprehensive about making the transition from Germany to the heartland of the United States.

"I couldn't find it on the map," Mazie said. "I was scared of life in that setting. I was afraid of Indians scalping us and the streets not being paved." Among the artifacts in the exhibit are translations of letters from Mrs. Mazie to her grandmother in Berlin. "You know, there are now two worlds for me," the 16-year-old wrote.

"One is the old homeland and all my loved ones and those who are deceased there the other, America and our new home and new parents. Both worlds are important. I do not wish to mix them together I keep them separate. "You would be surprised if you saw us; you wouldn't know us we are now after a year and four months half Americans already," she Mrs. Mazie, 65, now lives in Des Moines and works as a volunteer at the exhibit.

"It was fun to get hugged by this community," she said. "And the streets were paved and we didn't see Indians." The exhibit is scheduled to make stops in St. Cloud, Duluth, Albert Lea, Hinkley and Chisholm, Pierre, Aberdeen and Sioux Falls, S.D.; Bismarck, N.D.; West Bloom-field, Washington, D.C.; and Calgary, Alberta. The exhibit is on display at the Iowa State Historical Society in Des Moines until July 26. Yeltsin announces attack on tax dodgers MOSCOW (AP) President Boris Yeltsin announced a crackdown on Russia's millions of tax dodgers Friday as part of a bread S.D.

lawmakers recall Goldwater S.D. SIOUX FALLS, (AP) Peterson, 83, of Wakefield died Fri- Barry Goldwater of only was one day at Wakefield Health Care Center four Republicans in history to lose had high-powered rifles in our car. A big crowd was there, wanted to shake hands with him, but the Secret Service was concerned about letting him get close," Abdallah said. "I remember how personable he was, asking me about my family, how many kids I had. Did I like South Dakota? Later, I got a letter from him thanking me." in Wakefield.

bourn Dakota in a presidential eiec- Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday tion, but he won the admiration of at Salem Lutheran Church in many people here. Wakefield. Burial will be in Goldwater, 89, the five-term Wakefield Cemetery. Visitation will Arizona senator and 1964 be 2 to 9 p.m.

today with an Eastern Republican candidate for president, over time, McGovern said. "To his credit, he became more moderate, more liberal. I don't know if I would have voted for him, but I will always consider him my friend." During Goldwater's 1964 trip to South Dakota, his driver was Gene Abdallah, now head of the state Highway Patrol. Security was a big issue with the candidates because it was less than a year after President Kennedy's assassination. "The Secret Service made sure we strategy to fill empty government coffers and pull the country out of its financial mess.

The International Monetary Fund swiftly endorsed Yeltsin's program and said Russia should be able to weather the current storm even without the kind of bailout package star service at 7 p.m. at Bressler- died Friday. He had visited South Dakota at Funeral Home in Humlicek Wakefield. Goldwater lost South Dakota to the Lyndon Johnson-Hubert Hum phrey ticket by 33,000 votes. The arranged for beleaguered Asian only other Republican presidential economies.

Monday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Le Mars with the Rev. Jerome Cosgrove officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery -Ellendale in rural Merrill, Iowa.

candidates to lose here were William The Russian stock market finished McKinley in 1896, Herbert Hoover down 3.8 percent Friday, the ruble in 1932 and Alf Landon in 1936. was slightly weaker. I tisn "Providing Your Family With Peace of Mind" CHRI6TY, SMITH HOCKENBfPRY least twice, including a presidential campaign stop at the National Corn Picking Contest on a farm near Brandon in October 1964. Ten years later, he campaigned for U.S. Sen.

Larry Pressler's 1984 reelection bid. "I was the only senator he campaigned for that Pressler said. Former U.S. Sen." George McGovern, now working for the United Nations in Rome, was worlds apart in political thinking from Goldwater, but the South Dakota Democrat still liked him. "I admired him for two reasons," McGovern said.

"He was a person who had the courage of his convictions. He said what he thought. And he was a delightful person to be with. He was an interesting, humorous person to be around. I enjoyed my visits with him." They also shared a camaraderie that went with being two of the biggest losers in presidential elections, McGovern said.

"After I was overwhelmingly defeated in 1972, a cartoonist depicted him and me in the American Gothic scene with his and my faces. Sen. Goldwater sent the picture to my office and wrote across the bottom, 'If you lose, lose Goldwater changed politically Clara M.Sargent MOVILLE, Iowa Clara M. "Grandma" Sargent, 95, of Moville died Friday at Kingsley Nursing and Rehab Center in Kingsley, Iowa. Services will be at 2 p.m.

Wednesday at United Methodist Church in Moville. Burial will be in Arlington Township Cemetery. Visitation will be 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday at Earnest-Michaelson Funeral Home in Kingsley, and 5 to 8 p.m.

Tuesday with the family present, at the church. SuzannaG. Mulder ALCESTER, S.D. Suzanna G. Mulder, 76, of Alcester, formerly of Hawarden, Iowa, died Saturday at McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Christian Reformed Church in Hawarden. Burial will be in Grace Hill Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Monday with the family present from 7 to 8 p.m.

at Porter-Dow Funeral Home in Hawarden. Edward B. Meis, 79, of Le Mars, died Saturday; Nelson-Berger Northside Chapel. Morningside Chapel Berkemier Chapel 712-276-7319 712-233-2489 McCulloch Chapel (Moville) 712-873-5100 MedicareMedicaid Skilled Nursing Services EM PattyAMcArthur Patty A. McArthur, 53, of Sioux City died Friday at a Sioux City hospital following a brief illness.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Burial will be in Graceland Park Cemetery. Visitation wil be 2 to 9 p.m. Monday with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m.

and a prayer service at 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Kathryn Bengford Kathryn Ann (Dailey) Bengford, 63, of South Pasadena, formerly of Spencer, Iowa, and Sioux City, died Wednesday, May 27, 1998, at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Men-day at Holy Family Church in South Pasadena.

Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery, Holy Family Church. Visitation with a rosary vigil will be at 7 p.m. today at Cabot and Sons Mortuary in South Pasadena. Mrs. Bengford was born June 24, 1934, in Ayrshire, Iowa.

She was raised in Spencer and graduated from Spencer High School. She later graduated from Mercy College of Nursing in Sioux City. She also attended the University of Minnesota, majoring in public health. She married Kenneth Bengford of Odebolt, Iowa, in 1957, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. Survivors include her husband; six children, Patrick Joseph and his wife, Krista, Michael Anthony, Catherine Ann and her husband, John Mills, Christopher Dailey, Philip James, and Timothy John; six grandchil Visitation will be after 2 p.m.

today with a scriptural wake service at 7 p.m. at Feuerstein Funeral Home in Le Mars. Mrs. Homan was born Nov. 9, 1942, in Marcus, Iowa, the daughter of Mathias and Gladys (Roethler) Geisler.

As a young child, she moved with her parents to a farm west of Merrill and received her elementary education at rural schools. Following her graduation from Marcus High School in 1960, she attended Briar Cliff College in Sioux City, graduating in 1964. She then taught school in Ankeny, Iowa for several years. She married Edward Homan June 21, 1968, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church Ellendale, in rural Merrill.

The couple lived west of Merrill for many years. Since 1990, the couple had lived in Le Mars. She taught school at Sunnyside Elementary School in Sioux City for many years and, for the last 18 years, had been a fifth grade teacher at Sioux City's Washington Elementary School. She was recently awarded a 30-year cer-tificate honoring her years of dedication as a teacher in the Sioux City school system. She was a member of St.

Joseph's Catholic Church in Le Mars. Survivors include her husband; two sons, Ted Homan and his wife, Suzie, and Dan Homan all of Le Mars; three sisters, Angela Kuehn and Cheryl Upton, both of Sioux City, and Jacquelyn Betsworth and her husband George Hunt of St. Paul, eight grandchildren; and a brother-in-law, Charles Letsche and his wife, Maggie, of Cherokee, Iowa. She was preceded in death by her narpnts her stepfather, Frank Rehabilitation Health Care Center 2121 W. 19th Sioux City, IA 712-233-3127 Celebrities say 'Thanks Frank' Family Owned Operated! A host of performers were scheduled to pay tribute to the entertainment legend, with many of them performing his famous songs.

Among them were Paul Anka, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, Wayne Newton, Vic Damone, Jack Lem-mon, Gregory Peck, Angie Dickinson, Alan King and Patti Austin. LAS VEGAS (AP) Celebrities gathered for a black-tie gala on the Las Vegas Strip Saturday night, honoring the Chairman of the Board who helped transform this gambling capital into an entertainment mecca. The gala, entitled simply "Thanks Frank," was the culmination of a week of activities honoring Frank Sinatra, his music and his mystique. The events were planned months ago in honor of the man who was an entertainment staple here for decades. Sinatra died May 14 of a heart attack.

He was 82. Since 1916 Funeral Homos Inc. 2320 Outer Drive No. 239-991 8 4101 Orleans 276-0088 The event at the MGM Grand dren; a brother, Joseph Dailey; two Hotel-Casino was to raise money for sist Mary Jo Sayre Monica the Barbara Sinatra Children McGuire; and numerous other rela- DJJ tives. md Center at Rancho Mirage, arid Opportunity Village in Las Vegas.

Patricia A Commitment ACommunJyof Caring Betsworth; and a sister, Letsche. Naval Academy chief to be cleared She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother. Memorials in lieu of flowers may be made to H.F.S. Ann Bengford Fund for the Holy Family Ann Bengford Merit Award, 1519 Fremont South Pasadena, Calif. 91030.

RE Larson's former legal aide, Capt. Joseph Scranton, The Sun reported. Larson stood by Scranton, who is one of the Navy's highest-ranking lawyers. "In my view, everything we did was proper, legal, above board and honest," Larson said. The report, which is still being drafted, is not expected to affect COMlTY ANNAPOLIS, Md.

(AP) The superintendent of the Naval Academy will be cleared of allegations he interfered with criminal probes of midshipmen to prevent bad publicity, The (Baltimore) Sun reported Saturday. Although Superintendent Charles R. Larson will not be charged, a report by the Defense Department's inspector seneral's office will likely Norman Meyer WAKEFIELD, Neb. Norman Meyer, 62, of Wakefield, died Saturday at a Sioux City hospital. Services will be at 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Wayne, Neb. Burial will be in Wakefield Cemetery in Wakefield. Visitation will be 4 to 9 p.m. Monday at Bressler-Humlicek Funeral Home in Wakefield. Frances V.

Brzuchalski, 64, of Sioux City died Saturday; Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Mary L. Cook, 75, of Dakota City, died Saturday; Christy, Smith, and Hockenberry Funeral Home. Sunrise Retirement Community is a Retirement Residence offering living Options for varying needs 5501 Gordon Dr. Sioux City, IA 51106 (712)276-3821 Scranton's position, the newspaper raise questions about the actions of reported,.

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