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Evelyn Jean Garmoe, 92, of New London, died Monday, November 7, 2022 at New London Specialty Care. She was born August 31, 1930 in Burlington, Iowa to Clarence John and Dora Phyllis Harper Weigert. She was a graduate of New London High School and a member of the New London United Methodist Church. Evelyn spent 67 years working for the New London Journal, beginning at age 16 and later becoming office manager and editor retiring in 2015. She loved visiting with the townspeople and writing the news for the paper. She enjoyed watching football, being with her grandkids and family, talking with friends, playing bingo, collecting elephants, and loved her cat Patches. Survivors include her daughter Debbie Titus of Burlington; grandchildren Tara (Andy) Sterba of Riverside and Tony Titus of Maple Park, Illinois; and great-grandchildren Cecelia and Alex Sterba and Gianna Titus. Her parents and brother Richard preceded her in death. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, November 1
WEATHERFORD — Members and volunteers with the Abandoned Cemetery Association spent a recent Saturday morning completing a deep clean on the Baker Cemetery in far southeastern Parker County.
For 58 years, Theda Lewis has been visiting Long Creek Cemetery in Sunnyvale to spend time with her in-laws. Last Friday, she found damage to one of their headstones.
Betty June (Lipscomb) Dodds 97, passed away peacefully on Monday, April 25, 2022, at Danville Care Center. Born in England, AK, she was the daughter of James Wood and Nettie June (Schooley) Lipscomb. She grew up during the Great Depression with three brothers and two sisters. She attended college at the University of Illinois, then transferred to Arkansas State Teachers College at Conway AK. There, she met her husband Clinton Dodds who was a Naval Aviation Cadet at the airfield in Conway. They were married in the living room of her home on November 18, 1944. The marriage lasted until Clinton's death in 2006. During the war, they lived in Daytona Beach, FL, San Diego, CA, and Pasco, WA. After the war, they lived briefly in Palmyra, MO and Ft. Madison, IA before settling in Burlington, IA. In 1971 they moved to Rochester, NY then returned to Burlington after Clinton's retirement. When her children were young, Betty was a homemaker. She was an excellent cook, seamstress, knitter