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PAUL COMSTOCK, 63, of Greenfield, died Saturday, May 17th, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Funeral services for PAUL COMSTOCK will be held 11-a.m. Friday, May 23rd, at the United Methodist Church in Greenfield. Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield has the arrangements.
Visitation is open at the Greenfield United Methodist Church from 2-until 8-pm on Thu., May 22nd, with the family greeting friends from 5-to 8pm. Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.
Burial will be in the Greenfield Cemetery. Full military graveside rites will be conducted by the
Greenfield American Legion Head-Endres Post No. 265 and V.F.W. Post No. 5357. A luncheon will be held following the committal services at the church.
Memorials may be directed to the Paul Comstock memorial fund to be established by the family at a later date.
PAUL COMSTOCK is survived by:
His wife – Carolyn Comstock of Greenfield.
His children – Chris Comstock and wife Lori of Orient; Adam Comstock and wife Mindy of Greenfield; Ryan Ruth and wife Diane of Anchorage, AK; Roger Ruth of Minneapolis, MN; Carol Narigon of Dayton, OH; Carmen Don Carlos of Huxley, and Dee Ann Bradley and husband Eric of Bridgewater.
His brothers – Jim Comstock and wife Margaret of Pueblo, CO, & Ernie Comstock of Denver, CO.
His sisters – Pat Beck and husband Dave of MO., and Carole Lundy and husband Leon of Greenfield.
15 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren; other relatives and friends.
Two key Democrats in the U.S. Senate say Steve King, Iowa’s Republican congressman, is to blame for the impasse in the nation’s capital over immigration reform. The Senate has passed what was billed as “comprehensive immigration reform” last year and New York Senator Chuck Schumer says King is the main Republican road block to getting the bill through the House. “The reason the House has done nothing on immigration is because House Republicans have handed the gavel of leadership on immigration to far right extremists like Congressman Steve King,” Schumer said this week during a speech on the Senate floor. “…It is time for the House Republican leadership to decide whether they stand with the majority of the American people…or if they’re really going to let Steve King continue to dicate the policy of the Republican Party on immigration. Just to be clear, right now Steve King is winning.”
King says he’s “flattered” to get credit for blocking the “amnesty agenda” Democrats are pushing.”I’ve been hoping not to work on immigration at all between now and the election because the only thing I have confidence in the president doing with regard to that is to do whatever is in his political interest, but he’s not enforcing the law,” King says. “He’s ordering ICE to actually break the law, violate the law and now he’s turned loose 36,007 criminal aliens onto the streets, some of them murderers, some of them rapists numbered in the hundreds, by the way, not just one or two in the 36,000.”
This past week Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid also criticized “extremists in the House” like King for doing “absolutely nothing” to fix the nation’s broken immigration system. “The senate did its work,” Reid said. “For the past 10 and a half months…House Republicans have twiddled their thumbs. It’s time for the House Republicans to act. Let a vote occur in the House. If a vote occured, the legislation would pass overwhelmingly.” King says the two Democratic leaders in the senate are trying to goad House Republican leaders like House Speaker John Boehner into taking action.
“Our speaker will occasionally utter something that sends a message to the country that he’s looking for an opportunity to pass some kind of amnesty and the speaker has said that of all the issues that are on the table or even off the table with he and President Obama, the one he agrees with most is the immigration issue and that he’s hell-bent on passing something, so that means the topic is up,” King says. “It’s alive.”
King says he’s fighting to preserve the rule of law. If immigration reform passes congress this summer, King says Republicans will be a fractured party heading into the fall elections.
(Radio Iowa)
CLARENCE LANDIS, 93, of Griswold died Friday, May 16th at the Griswold Care Center. Funeral services for CLARENCE LANDIS will be held 10-a.m. Fri., May 23rd, at the Griswold United Methodist Church. Duhn Funeral Home in Griswold has the arrangements.
An open visitation will be held at the funeral home on Thursday, from 9:00 AM until 1:00 PM. Open visitation will continue at the Griswold United Methodist Church at 2:00 PM Thursday. Visitation with the family will be on Thursday from 5:30 until 7:30, at the Griswold United Methodist Church.
Interment will be at the Whipple Cemetery.
The Cass County Health System Women’s Health Initiative is offering an educational program Thursday, May 22, 2014. Officials say Kim Kopp and Peggy Perkins will present a program at 2:00 pm at the Anita Public Library.
Kim Kopp, RN, CWOCN, is the CCHS Wound, Ostomy, Continence Director. She will speak about bladder health and incontinence. These are issues that affect many women as they age, and can be inconvenient and embarrassing at times. Kim will share simple techniques to improve daily life and independence, as well as some information about medical interventions available.
Peggy Dunbar, RN, is the CCHS Cardiac Rehab Director. Peggy will present information about cardiac health, risk factors to be aware of and how to reduce your risk of heart disease. While people sometimes think about heart disease as a men’s health issue, it actually is the leading cause of death among women, according to the American Heart Association.
The program is free of charge and no pre-registration is necessary. For more information, contact Kim or Peggy at Cass County Health System, 712-243-3250.
LEILA MAE NELSEN, 82, of Kimballton died Friday, May 16th at the Salem Lutheran Home in Kimballton. Funeral services for LEILA MAE NELSEN willl be held Tuesday, May 20th at 11:00am at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimballton. Ohde Funeral Home in Kimballton has the arrangements.
Burial will be in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Kimballton.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 5:00pm on Monday, May 19th with a prayer service at 7:00pm. Visitation will resume at 9:30am Tuesday prior to the services at the church.
LEILA MAE NELSEN is survived by:
Husband: Lloyd Nelsen of Kimballton.
Sons: Mark D. (Donna) Nelsen of Harlan. John A. (Therese M.) Nelsen of Kimballton.
Sister: Millie Eskov of Elk Horn.
10 Grandchildren
15 Great-Grandchildren
Nieces, Nephews, other relatives and friends.
JOHN CHARLES “JUNNY” WAGEMAN, 93, of Westphalia died Friday, May 16th at the Little Flower Haven Nursing Home. Mass of Christian Burial for JOHN WAGEMAN will be held on Monday, May 19th at 11:00am at the St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
Open casket viewing and visitation will be held on Saturday, May 17th from 5:00pm-8:00pm with a rosary at 7:00pm.
Burial will be in the St. Boniface Cemetery in Westphalia.
JOHN CHARLES “JUNNY” WAGEMAN is survived by:
Sons: Tom Wageman of Harlan. Dan (Ailene) Wageman of Wahoo, NE.
Daughters: JoAnn (Jim) Hodapp of Westphalia. Karen Carroll of Omaha, NE. Donnna (Jim) Tamura of Kapolei, HI. Cheryl Chirstiansen of Papillion, NE.
Sister: Sister Joan Wagemen
17 Grandchildren
13 Great-Grandchildren
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Allen Craig had three hits, drove in a run and scored twice and Lance Lynn allowed two runs over seven innings to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Friday night.
Lynn (5-2) allowed seven hits walked two and struck out three. Carlos Martinez retired the Braves on four pitches in the eighth and Trevor Rosenthal set down the side in order for his 12th save in 13 opportunities.
Matt Carpenter and Kolten Wong had two hits each and scored a run for St. Louis. Matt Holiday, Matt Adams and Yadier Molina all drove in a run for the Cardinals.
St. Louis finished the game without manager Mike Matheny and center fielder Peter Bourjos, both of whom were ejected by home plate umpire Sean Barber at the end of the fourth inning for arguing balls and strikes.