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Brandon Leffert

Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/19/2013 - 8:34pm

Brandon Paul Leffert, 26, of Central City, passed at home on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, of a courageous battle with brain cancer. A celebration of life will be held in the spring.
Local survivors include Kris (Bryce Ruroden) Nelson of Ely.
Brandon was born May 4, 1986, in Bakersfield, Calif., the son of Michael and Roxanne (Nelson) Leffert. He graduated from Marion High School in 2005, and then attended Kirkwood Community College. Most recently, he was proud to work for Heinz Quality Chef Foods in Cedar Rapids.


Russell Weisert

Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/19/2013 - 8:33pm

Russell “Rusty” Weisert, 90, of Mount Auburn, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, at Virginia Gay Hospital from cancer. Private graveside services were held at Evergreen Cemetery with military rites conducted by the American Legion.
“Rusty” was born Feb. 8, 1923, in Mount Auburn, to Clifford and Ethel (Geltz) Weisert and graduated from Lincoln High School in Vinton. He served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II. He was a member of Emil H. Dutler American Legion Post #177 of Mount Auburn.


Walkin'

Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/19/2013 - 8:33pm
Aunt Izzy’s table
By
Brian Fleck

What I remember most about Aunt Izzy, my mother’s twin sister, is eating dinner at her table.
Our family, the city slickers from Chicago, would visit her family, the farm folk, at least twice a year. Izzy had seven children with husband Ray, and Mom and Dad added five to make an even dozen. Not that there’d be 12 kids at a meal. By the time the younger ones arrived, the older ones had moved out, but there might be eight or more sitting knee to knee, stomachs growling. Somehow she managed to fit us all in and make everyone feel welcome to eat to their heart’s content.


Food for Thought

Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/19/2013 - 8:31pm
Wet soap
By
Milli Gilbaugh

How many jokes or anecdotes have you heard about the difficulty of holding onto a wet bar of soap? I always supposed that was one of the reasons for the invention of soap-on-a-rope. All the new shower gels and body washes have nearly made that, and the soap dish itself, obsolete, but I think they have quite a long way to go before reaching perfection.