(A-P correction 11/29, to original story stating Stoltz had no living relatives)

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha funeral of a Vietnam veteran initially believed to have no known living family members could have been a sparsely-attended affair. But the national attention brought by an Omaha World-Herald funeral notice saw hundreds of people turn up in frigid conditions Tuesday at Omaha National Cemetery to honor Stanley Stoltz. Stoltz died Nov. 18 at the age of 73. The newspaper ran a small notice inviting the public to his funeral, which went viral on social media and was picked up by at least one cable news network.

Stoltz was born May 29, 1945, and raised in Curlew, Iowa, and later lived in Bennington, Nebraska. Former Bennington Mayor Bill Bohn, who was Stoltz’s friend and neighbor, said Stoltz served in the Vietnam War before settling in Bennington. Friends say Stoltz’s first wife died of cancer, and he and his second wife divorced. He had no children and was preceded in death by his parents. The World-Herald reports that a brother, who declined to speak to reporters, attended Tuesday’s funeral.

URBANDALE, Iowa (AP) — A man rescued from the frigid water of a suburban Des Moines pond is grateful. Michael Kennedy’s car ran off an Urbandale street into the pond late Monday morning and became submerged up to the rear window. Urbandale police Sgt. Mark Jorgensen arrived with other first responders and jumped into the water and broke a car window to try to get Kennedy out. Firefighters called to the scene took over and got Kennedy to safety on land.

Kennedy says that once he became alert his rescuers told him he’d had a seizure. He told station KCCI on Tuesday that he was grateful to Jorgensen and others for their efforts and said, “I’m probably more thankful than I’ve ever been.”

A near t-bone collision in Creston early Tuesday morning, resulted in two people being transported to the Greater Regional Medical Center, to be checked out and treated for possible, minor injuries. Creston Police say a 2008 Buick Enclave SUV driven by 64-year old Deborah Vandevender, of Creston, was traveling east on Lake Street at around 7:54-a.m., and approaching the uncontrolled intersection with Bureau Street, at the same time a 2001 Hyundai XG-300 driven by 17-year old Zane Powell, of Creston, was traveling south on Bureau Street and approaching Lake Street.

The car struck the SUV on the driver’s side tire and door, causing $10,000 damage altogether. Powell, who was not wearing a seat belt, was transported by his parents to the hospital. Vandevender was taken to the facility by ambulance. Police cited Powell for Entering intersections from a different highway.

A man from Nebraska was arrested Tuesday evening, in Red Oak. Authorities say 27-year old Richard Michael Haynes, of Omaha, was taken into custody at around 5:20-p.m. for simple Assault. Haynes was arrested in the 700 block of E. Washington Street and transported to the Montgomery County Jail, where his bond was set at $300.

(Radio Iowa) — Do you get grouchy when you don’t get enough sleep? An Iowa State University study finds losing a few hours of sleep makes you angrier, especially in frustrating situations. I-S-U psychology professor Zlatan Krizan had test subjects maintain or reduce their sleep patterns, then come to the lab to perform mundane tasks while listening to various levels of distracting noises. Those who changed their patterns lost about five hours of sleep over two nights.

“Individuals who followed their regular sleep routine experienced less anger and in general, less distress the second time than the first time,” Krizan says. “It makes sense. We tend to get used to annoying things over time, but those individuals who lost sleep, they did not show anything of the kind. As a matter of fact, they showed an opposite trend.”

The researchers found anger was substantially higher for those who were sleep-restricted. Although the results may seem relatively obvious, the study is one of the first to provide evidence that sleep loss causes anger. Krizan says we should all take note of the results. “If we’re getting in conflicts and we’re aware that we’re sleepy or the other person is sleepy, we should remind ourselves that the anger may not be as bad or due to personal disagreements per se, but may be amplified by these kinds of physiological factors,” Krizan says.

The study concludes that people who are sleep-restricted showed a trend toward increased anger and distress, reversing their ability to adapt to frustrating conditions over time. Krizan says no one has shown this before. “That really points to you being sleepy as a cue to you being prone to anger or potentially getting angered more easily,” Krizan says. “That’s something that we should recognize in ourselves and in others.”

Most adults need seven-to-eight hours of sleep nightly for adequate rest, but Krizan notes, studies find many of us — for whatever reason — often don’t get that much shut-eye. The research is being published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology.