Mac’s Booster / Coons Grocery Ad
Box A
Oxford Junction, Iowa 52323
February 12th, 2025
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Next Bingo Feb. 19, 2024, Doors open at 4:00….Fun For All The Oxford Junction Senior/Community Center
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OJ Heritage Museum will be open by appointment only Contact
Dennis Von Spreeckon 563-826-2113,
Rita Balichek 563-826-2820
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Check out Positively O.J. A new Facebook group! A positive community Facebook group that features: Community events, O.J. history, interviews with residents, businesses and local organizations, and general info Positively O.J. focuses on the best and positive aspects of Oxford Junction
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New Hours for Laetare Insurance
Monday, Wednesday & Friday from 8 am to 10 am.
And if you need me just call for an appointment at other times.
Thank You Walt Laetare
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The members of Wapsie Squadron 473 would like you to become a member of the Sons of The American Legion! If your father, stepfather and/or grandfather served in the military, you may be eligible to join.
If you would like to know more, please contact
Murray Shedeck at (563) 678-2524
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O.J. Housing is looking for new board members
please call Pat Cain 319-481-7390
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Thomsens Filling Station Menu
Monday 2/10 scalloped potatoe/ham
Tuesday 2/11 Maidrites
Wednesday 2/12 Pizza
Thursday 2/13 Burgers
Friday 2/14 Tenderloins
Saturday 2/15 Breakfast Biscuits & Gravy
Ice Cream in the Spring!
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Congratulations to the Winners of the ¼ Beef that the Oxford Junction Ambulance gave away
Kevin Coon and Anglie Shirley
The Soup Luncheon was a success
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William "Bill" Herman Horstmann Jr., age 77, passed peacefully surrounded by his family on February 7, 2025, at University of Iowa Hospitals.
Funeral services and a Mass of Christian Burial will be held 1:00pm Saturday, February 15, 2025, at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Lost Nation, IA. Visitation will be 11:00am till mass at the church Saturday. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery Lost Nation, IA. Memorials may be made to the Wheatland or Lost Nation Volunteer Fire Departments. Please share condolences with the family at www.rungemortuary.com.
Bill had been married to Donna Bouschlicher, they had two daughters. On the night of December 13, 1997, Sweet William met the love of his life, Sunny, at a friend’s birthday party. They were united in marriage on July 9, 2005, in Vanderveer Park in Davenport. Bill and Sunny enjoyed traveling together and they attended numerous dances.
Those left to cherish his memories are his wife, Sunny Horstmann, his daughters, Penny (Jeff) Vacek of Oxford Junction and Colleen (Aaron) Benhart of Lisbon; his stepchildren Ky (Julie) Soucinek of Bettendorf and Kelli (Joe) Akers of Davenport; his grandchildren Emma (Scott) Adams of Wheatland and Reece Vacek of Wheatland, his first great grandchild is expected to arrive in June 2025; step grandchildren Claire, Henry, and Liliah Akers of Davenport, Carter (Elena) Collins of Colorado, Mason Collins of Colorado; his sisters JoAnne Horstmann of Lost Nation and LuAnn Horstmann of Tennessee; and a special nephew, Will Horstmann of Utah and nieces Vicki Brenner of Cedar Rapids and Cheryl Eller of Arizona.
He is preceded in death by his parents; a son, Scott; and a sister, Onalee
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