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. :--S~nh·ed by: a son, Harold D.' Moore of Waterlo<?; a .. ...., ... ....,_" " -· .. J ·

v Cross of Moville and ·r mother;· four brothers, ·. grandson; and a brother,·FrankD. Smith of Waterloo. . · ·.

.· ServiCes: 1 p;rrL Monday at O'Keefe & Town·e-Gr~p & . Waychoff . Funeral . Ho'me, ·with burjal in OFan Cemetery. ·

I W~ ·1.odist Church,-.with . Friends may call :from 2 to 6 p.m. to~ay and from 9 a.m. ·Ct. __ Jch _Funeral -Home, · · until services Monday at the funeral home. · · · ·

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Memorials: directed to the family. . . ·

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Friday, OcL 8, at Allen . See story, page 85 · . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . ' ' :. · ... ' :' ' '· :. ·, ' . ' c 'EDAR FALLS - Francis' E. Messerly, 80, of Ceda~ Falls, died Sat- . · ... ·

~hter,. ·.· urday; Oct: 8, at Sartori Memorial Hospital . of respiratory · · · .. r·ried . : failure : : · . .

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· .' . He \vas · born April 21, 1914,' in Cedar Falls,-son of . · Edward .and Essie Lawrence Messerly. He married Mary I. ·

· Hamilton on July 8, 1937, in Cedar Rapid~: . . Mr . .- Messerly. owned and operated the Finchford General · ·. Store fro'm 1937 to 1949. He served in county and state. . government for 36 years and was both state representative

vern and senator. He also served several terms as · Black Hawk nnie' ·'Marvel Schmidt . . ) , '. ' .

uneral Home, with burial from2 to7 p.m. todayat

County supervisor. . . . . .. . . . ... .. . Survived by: his wife; a daughter, Carol Nesler of . · ·· : Francis ·

Dubuque; a son,· Randy of Sarasota, Fla.; six grandchildren; · ··Messerly . and a brother, Robert of Janesville. · . . ___ . . . .. .

Preceded in death by: three brothers, Charles, John and Roger; and a. sister, Dorothy Waldorf. . . . . . . . . . . . · ...

·· · Services: 2:30 p:m. Monday at the Finchford Community Church, with 'burial ·, . ter, died Thursday, in the Finchford Cemetery. Friends may call from 1 to 8 p.m:- today at the·:::.

Richardson Funeral Home, Cedar Falls, with the family present from 2 to 4 p.m.; . . · . . f Charles A. and AnnaL. in '1935 in Waterloo; she

and an hour before services Monday at the church. · · · · · · . i at John Deere Waterloo ·

tgene E. of Buffalo, N.Y., ·en; ' arid five great-grand-

[ Gene; and three sisters,

Home, · Cedar Falls, with 1 to 5 -p.m. today at the

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M.emorials: direCted to the Finchford Community' Church. . . . .(', . ' ' '

CEDAR FALLS-· Kenneth 0. Emers'on,. 85, of 315 Clair .St., 'died Saturday, Oct. 8, .at Sartori Memorial Hospital of natural . · · · · · · causes. ·

He was bOrn June 16, 1909, in Charles City, son of Ethel-. ·bert L. and Edith M. Lee Emerson. He married ,R~ning . July 20, 1944, in Mason City. · . . ·. ·· ·::-.u.""~ · -·~~~ ·. · .

Mr. EmcrsCJn .. worked for a motor company in Chico, · Cal_if:, ;i~~i) ' autO' rricchani~ un~~Lhis retirement in · 1971, wnen1le1Cturned to Cedar Falls.: · :· / . · · · · Sur-Vived by: his wife; two daughters; Donna Kt'ingfuss

of Cedar Falls~and Diane Vajgret.of San Diego; eight grand- ~.-...................... children;. and eight great-grandchildren. · · . . . · ·Kenneth··:· ' : ..

Preceded in death by: ·two brothers, Clifford and Emerson .- · . · Howard; and two sisters, Jessie Davy and Lelah Bunn. · .. . . . · Services: 1 p.m. Tues.day at Richardson Funeral Home, ~ith burial in. Cedar .

Valley Memorial Gardens. Friends may c~11l from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. · to sci-vice time Tuesday. · · ·

. Memorials: directed to the fam.ilv. · . . ' ' ..

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... ; .• ' . F,ormer ~tate lavirnaker . . . compassion for people. 'fie really ( : . . ': ·.and. c.ou.nty.·.supervisor . . .... . . .... · ·. ,. ·. · .•.. ·. . ·. devoted his enti.te life to the serviCe -. :

... : ·. . . . .···of others and really. had <dove for ···. < .. :.dead at age SO~ . .· . . the American way."' <·. : ' ... ·· .·

· · . · . ···• . :wa-terloo MayorJohri.Rooff.:. :. ·:.'< .

:By. TIM JAMISON:' . . . served four years witb'Messerly on :· . Courier Staff .Writer . ·.. . ··the Board of Supeivi~ors and con~ · ,· :.

. CEbAR .. FALLs -I.igendary sidercdhima' rneritor~ ·: . · . .. ~ · .. . ·:Black Hawk County politician . . · · '"I leatried quite a bit fr.otn .Fr;}n- ·. Francis Mess·erlywas remembered · · cis,·~: Rooff said. "Prob'ably" the > ·

· .. by frierids and fonr}er colleagues as .. · · most important thirig lleamedwas . a man who deaicated most ofhis . how ta. make' a presentation. '•. ·. ·. adult life to the people he was . · · . "Francis never as~ed yqir a ques- .

. elected to serVe. · . , tion that he didn't "already know the . · ·. ·. -The foiiner county s~pe:rvisor .· . , : · answer to. He was probablyo·ne of : .· .. and Iowa lawmaker died Saturday · theniore prepared pe'ople in public :· · at Sartori Memorial Hospital of office thatl eve·r knew." . . ..

tign . 1·: · respiratory failure. He was 80. . . Rachel Fulton often foi)nd her~ .

· · : "There \Vas only. one Francis . self opposing Messerly when the . - :. .. .; as 92. '>aid ·. Jeo- . JCO- .

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'Messerly,":said Frank Mollerihoff, . : two shared time on iheBoard of . a colleague for eight years ori the . . . Supervisors. . . . •· .. : . . . .. ·

.. Board of Supervisors; "Wherithey . •. .. . . ·.· .. . .· . . . ( . . . . . ·... ·. ~'I still had lot ofrespcctfor . . ·

. . J)lade him, they threw ·away the pat- • Obituary --:- ~age 86 · · him because always spokehi~ --. terri." ·· ... , . ~ . · · .. . . - ... _mirid," Fulton_ ·aid., ~-'Even· though .. < . Messerly; a Repubiicari, served . executiveand.the former director .. \'Je didn't see c to eye o'n many

on the Board of Supervisors from. .. oftheHawkeyeValley Area Agcn- . things, I still e 'oyed my tinie on ·· ·1950to 1960and again from 1976 . . cyonAging, said he learned first- the board with I im: He had a lot of to 1988. Between his board · .· · · .. ·· hand that it was best to be prepared . · slrongopinions, but yoti .illways tenures, he·wasolected to three ... . when dealing with Messerly in the · knew where he stood." · · . · . .. tefm'S in the Iowa HouseofRepre~ . · political arena. . · : Aficrrctiring frorr'ip.ublic office sentatives arid one term iri the Iowa · · "MY" first meeting with ·Francis . ·in 1988,Messerly developed "a Senate·, where he .chaired the pow-. ·· was about 20 years ago--:- he as a .··great hobby offarming,'' Harsh- · · . erfulAppropriations Committee: supervisor and nieas a bureaucrat • barger said. · · ·

A<> a politician; Messerly earned . asking for money,'' he said. "J:Iis "He partiCularly looked forW~trd · · a reputation as a fiscal conservative . reputation hadn't reached me yet. to this year's harvest. He was in tfle ·

who engaged in -several well-publi- "He was asking me questions . .. ·· fields(Thursday) watching the corn ·· Cized debates ·with his colleagues. that I never expected anyone would ·. grow, and heremarkcd .that the

· . ''While he would carry the · · . ask. He kind of had a way of pick- crop was going to bi1st the axles off respeCt of anyone in public office ing you up by t11e nape of the neck the trucks. .

.· aridpublicservicc, he also riled his and carrying. you off. After that . "The signific;mceofth~btim'per · . . opponents," said Chris Harshbarg- · happened, l dec.ided that was never · . crop was as good as 'any sy.mbol of · . er, a dose fmnily friend. "He cham". ·· going to happen again." · . ·his life there .is," Harshbarger said . .. · pioned the underdog and wanted to . But Harshbarger eventually . . "J\nyane that knew Fnincis. knows

make sure that people got every,- · developed a close persmial reJa..: · · · he has yielded a bumper crop that' thirig they deserved for their tax · tionship with Messer1y.' would bust the axles off ri1iy truck.

. dollars." . . . . "Privately, you saw a inore per- I think this eniire county• ought to~ . Harshbarger, an advettising . sonal side of Francis 'and his real . take a pause for him." .

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08 OCT 1994 Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa Finchford Cemetery, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa

Spouse: Mary Irene Hamlin Marriage: 18 JUL 1937 Manchester, Delaware, Iowa

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