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Laura Newby
 Laura
Newby graduated from Union Whitten High School and Iowa State
University with a degree in Education. She taught school
for a few years, then opened the Tender Sprout Day Care Center
in Union. She served in the Peace Corps in Africa for two
years. Laura now works for MICA in Marshalltown.
Laura was a long term Story Hour Lady at the Union Public
Library. She has two children and four grandchildren.
Her daughter Kara Backoff and her family are also members of the
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Carl and
Audrey Norman
Carl and Audrey Norman
Carl
and Audrey Norman begin attending the Union
Community Church in 19 74 when they moved to Union from their
farm in the Liberty area. Audrey is an avid
quilter and an active member of the Willing Workers.
Audrey has a wonderful sense of humor. She makes us
laugh. She makes us happy. Carl is
everyone's agreeable, happy friend. He and Audrey have
four children, eleven grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren. They delight in their close,
devoted family. Two of their children, Stan and David
and their families also attend the Union Community Church.
Carl Norman died August 16, 2006. Please go to the
In Memory page. |
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Stan and Pam Norman
 Stan
and Pam both grew up in the Union Whitten area and graduated from
Union Whitten High School. They live on a farm south west of
Union. Pam is a medical lab technician working in Conrad. They are both active in the church. Pam is on
the Church Board and the Exploratory Committee II. Stan and Pam have
four daughters. Stan's brother and his parents also are members of
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David and Linda Norman, Jed and
Jacob
 David
and Linda live on a farm southwest of Union. Jed and
Jacob are in college. Both are active in the church and the
community. David's brother Stan and his mother Audrey both
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Lois Paxton
Lois
Paxton
 Lois
Paxton is always in church. She is an enthusiastic, optimistic person who is always
willing to do whatever she can to help.
One of Lois’s unique abilities is to see the best in all of us.
Lois grew up in Marshalltown and graduated from high school
there. Her husband, Richard
died at a young age, leaving her with four sons to rear.
She worked forty five years as a beautician in Whitten and Union
and finally retired in 2004. Lois joined the Community Church in 1993.
She always helps with the Bazaar, and has served on the Mission
Board and the All Church committee.
She has been a strong supporter of the Remodeling Project and the
Church Foundation. Lois has
ten grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren, and two living sons.
One grandson, Richie Teckenburg and his family are also members
of the Community Church. Her
grandchildren visit her often and Lois delights in her close knit,
loving family.
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David
and Diane Petty
 David
Petty grew up in the Union Whitten area and graduated from the
Union Whitten High School. Diane moved to Union to accept
the position of High School principal. She is now the
elementary school principal with the BCLUW district. They
operate the Iowa River Ranch located along the Iowa River
between Eldora and Union. Dave Petty has been active in
promoting conservation and a mix of cattle feeding and crop
farming. He was recently named a Master Farmer of Iowa.
Their daughter Dresden teaches in the BCLUW school. |
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Michelle Purcell
helle, Sarah,
 and
Caitlyn Purcell:Michelle,
Sarah and Caitlyn live in Whitten. Michelle and Sarah have been
members of the Union Community Church since May of 2006. Sarah was also
confirmed at the Union Community Church in May of 2006. Michelle
graduated from the University of Northern Iowa in December of 2006 and
works in the Accounting department at CMC Iowa in Iowa Falls. Sarah is active in cheerleading, track,
and softball. Caitlyn is in the 6th grade at BCLUW. Caitlyn is active in softball and basketball.
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Lu Quaife
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 Lu Quaife is
always in church, always happy and encouraging. She is an
independent person and does not let anything gets her
down. She has been an enthusiastic supporter of our church
remodeling project. For many years Lu assumed the responsibility
of coming to church early to make coffee for the Adult Sunday School
Class and also for the "Coffee and Cookies" that the
congregation enjoys after church services. Now she is a substitute
Sunday School teacher. Lu enjoys Sunday School and Church
Services. She says "Without the church, there would be a big
blank space in my life." Lu says that this poem
expresses the way she feels.
"God blessed my life so many ways
With tender love and care.
I always found His guiding grace
In answer to each prayer.
He gave me strength and faith anew
When I felt great despair.
He led me through my trying times
And helped my burdens bear.
And yet despite my sins and faults
That are of me a part,
I know He lives eternally
Within my mind and heart"
About 1993, Lu joined the Union Community Church, transferring her membership from the Hubbard Zion Church where she had been a member
since her baptism. Lu Quaife is a cherished member of the Union
Community Church family. Lu is now living in Eldora
Nursing and Rehab.
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Joseph
W. and
Patricia (Fistler) Rash
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are long time members of the Union Community
Church. My family background
is mainly Congregational and Joe's background
families are mainly Friends (Quakers). Mother put me on the
"Cradle Roll" the 22 of Nov. of 1927.
I was baptized and joined
the church the 25th of May 1941. (My two
sisters also.) We were married here in the church
11 August.
1946, while Joe was in the army. He was drafted
towards the end of World war 11. At this time I
was in Omaha, Nebr. working
for the Federal Reserve Bank there. We lived on a farm
north of Marshalltown for three years and attended the Friends
Church down there. In March
of 1951, we moved to my family farm east of Union, where we
raised our children
and now farm with Jerry and Carol and
now our grandson John is with us also. I taught Sunday School
for 36 years, starting when Peggy was 3 years old and
ready to start to nursery class. I also taught
Bible School some of those years and serve on All Church
Committee, past years on Church Board,
and various other committees. Joe has served on Church Board,
Finance Board, Men's Fellowship and many other activities of
the church. We hope to be around for
several more years of fellowship and worship here at the Union
Community Church.
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Paul and
Virginia Rowen
 Paul
and Virginia Rowen live on a farm northeast of Union.
Paul was reared in the Union area.
Paul is not only a farmer, he also enjoys working with
wood. He makes
beautiful clocks and furniture.
Paul helped take down the large tree that stood right
in the middle of what is now our Fellowship Room.
But the tree is with us still.
From the lumber in that tree, he made the coat racks
that are in the entryway of our church building. Virginia
moved to Union when her father became the pastor of the
Community Church. She
graduated from Union High School and enrolled in the Nursing
program at St. Thomas Hospital in Marshalltown.
She worked as a nurse at the Grinnell Hospital and at
the Eldora Hospital. Later
she worked in a doctor’s office in Eldora.
Paul and Virginia were married in 1950 in the Community
Church. They have
two children, Linda and David, and six grandchildren.
Their family is the center of their life and they enjoy
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Rick and Susan
Schill
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Rev. Rick Schill has been the
minister of The Community Church of Union since 1993. He
received the Master of Divinity degree from the University
of Dubuque Theological Seminary and the Bachelor of Science
degree from the University of Iowa. His wife, Susan, is a
Registered Nurse and works in Emergency Services
at Marshalltown Medical & Surgical Center.
Rick and Sue have
three children, Zack (and his wife Natasha), Gwyn (and her
husband Bob), and
Lindsey. They enjoy water and snow skiing, golf,
travel, and their lake retreat. The Schills wish you
the very best of Jesus Christ, our Lord.
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James
and Betty Parrent moved to Union after their retirement from Illinois.
James was a computer programer and Betty worked for the Federal Land
Bank.