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Tripoli IA Obituaries and Death Notices
Monday, February 06, 2017OELWEIN -- Jane L. Palmer, 63, of Oelwein, died Sunday, Feb. 5, at Mercy Hospital of Franciscan Sisters, Oelwein; Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home, Oelwein, 283-4922.TRIPOLI -- Robert L. Rathbone, 95, of Tripoli, died Sunday, Feb. 5, at Bartels Lutheran Retirement Community, Waverly; Rettig Funeral Home, Tripoli, (563)-578-3451.
Monday, September 12, 2016Houston. With the outbreak of World War II, Sivcoski and his little brother, Felix, joined the Navy. Sivcoski served aboard the Navy aircraft carrier Tripoli, which, stationed near the Hawaiian Islands, served as a training site for pilots engaged in the Pacific theater.'Emotional crescendo'Gus' daughter, Theresa Kello, remembered her dad as a civilian worker in Houston. He sold furniture, then got a job with a series of oil field supply firms. He and Frances, his wife of 41 years, had seven children."My dad," said Kello, "was steadfast. He was a quiet man and pretty much raised us by example. He taught us never to judge a man until you've walked in his shoes. All the kids went through Catholic schools, and a lot of times he had to work two jobs to pay our tuition. That's what he wanted us to have."Honor Guard member Bob Roberts recalled that first time he saw Sivcoski he thought he had happened onto the rotund comic Jonathan Winters."He was over 280 pounds and over 6 feet tall," Harris remembered. "And did Gus have a personality. ... He knew just what to say - the right things at the right time."Kello said her father "just loved the vets.""He just wanted to know that when they passed that they were going to get a military funeral with the 21-gun salute and the playing of 'Taps,'?" she said. "He was very passionate about that."Harris said Sivcoski handled everything."He took care of the M1 rifles. He had his bugle in his car; it was there every day."As mourners took their places for the graveside services - along with the Honor Guards were the Patriot Guard Riders and a women's service group - veterans stood beneath the trees, drawling tales of Gus.It was an open secret, they said, that modern buglers rarely play their instruments. Inside the horn's bell is a small device that sounds the notes of "Taps" and about half a dozen other tunes.Sivcoski, though, would play his instrument for drama. He'd puff his cheeks and pretend to blow, and, at just the right moment, tilt his horn skyward for the emotional crescendo."He was a really cheerful person," Harris said. "You know there had to be something really wrong for him to miss a day."Increasingly absentSadly, in recent days, Sivcoski increasingly was absent.Honor Guards were told that Gus was having trouble with his lungs."I thought that after two or three trips to the hospital they pretty well must have taken care of his lungs,"...
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Monday, February 06, 2017OELWEIN -- Jane L. Palmer, 63, of Oelwein, died Sunday, Feb. 5, at Mercy Hospital of Franciscan Sisters, Oelwein; Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home, Oelwein, 283-4922.TRIPOLI -- Robert L. Rathbone, 95, of Tripoli, died Sunday, Feb. 5, at Bartels Lutheran Retirement Community, Waverly; Rettig Funeral Home, Tripoli, (563)-578-3451.
Monday, September 12, 2016Houston. With the outbreak of World War II, Sivcoski and his little brother, Felix, joined the Navy. Sivcoski served aboard the Navy aircraft carrier Tripoli, which, stationed near the Hawaiian Islands, served as a training site for pilots engaged in the Pacific theater.'Emotional crescendo'Gus' daughter, Theresa Kello, remembered her dad as a civilian worker in Houston. He sold furniture, then got a job with a series of oil field supply firms. He and Frances, his wife of 41 years, had seven children."My dad," said Kello, "was steadfast. He was a quiet man and pretty much raised us by example. He taught us never to judge a man until you've walked in his shoes. All the kids went through Catholic schools, and a lot of times he had to work two jobs to pay our tuition. That's what he wanted us to have."Honor Guard member Bob Roberts recalled that first time he saw Sivcoski he thought he had happened onto the rotund comic Jonathan Winters."He was over 280 pounds and over 6 feet tall," Harris remembered. "And did Gus have a personality. ... He knew just what to say - the right things at the right time."Kello said her father "just loved the vets.""He just wanted to know that when they passed that they were going to get a military funeral with the 21-gun salute and the playing of 'Taps,'?" she said. "He was very passionate about that."Harris said Sivcoski handled everything."He took care of the M1 rifles. He had his bugle in his car; it was there every day."As mourners took their places for the graveside services - along with the Honor Guards were the Patriot Guard Riders and a women's service group - veterans stood beneath the trees, drawling tales of Gus.It was an open secret, they said, that modern buglers rarely play their instruments. Inside the horn's bell is a small device that sounds the notes of "Taps" and about half a dozen other tunes.Sivcoski, though, would play his instrument for drama. He'd puff his cheeks and pretend to blow, and, at just the right moment, tilt his horn skyward for the emotional crescendo."He was a really cheerful person," Harris said. "You know there had to be something really wrong for him to miss a day."Increasingly absentSadly, in recent days, Sivcoski increasingly was absent.Honor Guards were told that Gus was having trouble with his lungs."I thought that after two or three trips to the hospital they pretty well must have taken care of his lungs,"...
