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2 August 2026

  • 03:5203:52, 2 August 2026 MANTERNACH, Jeff (hist | edit) [3,007 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "MANTERNACH, Jeff. (Dubuque, IA, July 13, 1981--Dubuque, IA, July 1, 2026). Jeff was raised on his multi-generational family farm in Cascade. During his school years, Jeff dabbled in various interests like golf, cross country and theater. He was a talented artist and had an eye for design. His family recalls a young Jeff designing elaborate mansions he wanted to build. He always dreamed big. His professional path took a different direction. Jeff was a proud graduate of C...")

29 July 2026

  • 19:5819:58, 29 July 2026 NOEL, Lavonne (hist | edit) [1,997 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "NOEL, Lavonne. ( - ). In 1990 Lavonne Noel was hired as the financial coordinator for HOSPICE OF DUBUQUE. What began as a part-time job while she raised her young children became much more. She would spend the next 36 years working for the local nonprofit, including 15 as its executive director. Recently retired in 2026, she described as “the greatest privilege of my professional life.” Noel a was graduate of LORAS COLLEGE with a double major in accounti...")

27 July 2026

  • 19:3019:30, 27 July 2026 WINDERS, Jacqueline (hist | edit) [1,990 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "WINDERS, Jacqueline. (Paris, France, Mar. 23, 1925--Dubuque, IA, July 4, 2026) Jacqueline Annie Winders' father Paul Clerc (1876-1930) and mother Annie (Taylor) Clerc (1898-1968), of musical theater. Jackeye spent her teenage years in Nazi-occupied Paris. After passing her baccalaureate (B.A. equivalent) in 1942, she worked for the French Resistance as a secretary and a courrier. The liberation of Paris in August of 1944 brought many American soldiers to Paris, includi...")

19 July 2026

  • 20:4120:41, 19 July 2026 CHERBA, Constance "Connie" (hist | edit) [2,123 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "CHERBA, Constance "Connie," (Dubuque, IA, January 4. 1949--July 10, 2026) The first daughter of Charles Richard and Mary Edith (Cox) Schweitzer, Connie graduated from DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in 1967, and then attended the University of Iowa, California Lutheran College and LORAS COLLEGE before graduating from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City in 1971 with a degree in psychology. On August 16, 1969, she married Donald Leo Cherba at FIRST CONGREGATIONA...")

17 July 2026

14 July 2026

  • 18:0218:02, 14 July 2026 DATA CENTERS (hist | edit) [18,780 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "DATA CENTERS. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 defined a data center as "any facility that primarily contains electronic equipment used to process, store, and transmit digital information." This includes "a free-standing structure" or "a facility within a larger structure, that uses environmental control equipment to maintain the proper conditions for the operation of electronic equipment." According to IBM, data centers date back to the 1940s; the U.S....")

5 July 2026

2 July 2026

  • 19:0519:05, 2 July 2026 MOUNT LORETTO CONVENT (hist | edit) [702 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "MOUNT LORETTO CONVENT. Fannie STOUT died on December 28, 1914, with an unsigned will. The property became part of the estate and was purchased by Joseph J. NAGLE who sold the land to the Sisters of Mercy. Fannie's house was replaced with a brick building in 1921. Later this building was purchased by the ARCHDIOCESE OF DUBUQUE and the Province of Iowa. A new building was constructed facing the lake. This complex of buildings, kno...")
  • 18:4718:47, 2 July 2026 MOUNT LORETTO (hist | edit) [663 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "MOUNT LORETTO. Fannie STOUT died on December 28, 1914, with an unsigned will. The property became part of the estate and was purchased by Joseph J. NAGLE who sold the land to the Sisters of Mercy. Fannie's house was replaced with a brick building in 1921. Later this building was purchased by the ARCHDIOCESE OF DUBUQUE and the Province of Iowa. A new building was constructed facing the lake. This complex of buildings, known as MOUNT ST. BERNARD SEM...")

24 June 2026

22 June 2026

  • 20:1720:17, 22 June 2026 Rosie, the Riveter in Dubuque (hist | edit) [2,967 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "ROSIE, the Riveter in Dubuque. Rosie, the Riveter was a drawing which symbolized women who kept factories operating during WORLD WAR II. In 1942 "Rosie" did not have a name when she was created by the American artist J. Howard Miller. The poster was called “We Can Do It!” It is thought to be a part of the Westinghouse Electric Corp.’s wartime production campaign to recruit workers. The poster depicted a woman in a red bandanna with her bent arm flexed, rolling...")

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4 June 2026

  • 16:5716:57, 4 June 2026 GLEED. Ambrose (hist | edit) [1,706 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/77334799/person/48521428023/facts?_phsrc=MOd29008&_phstart=successSource GLEED, Ambrose (Gloucester, England, May 22, 1831--Menlo Park, CA, Apr, 29, 1896) Gleed came to the United States on September 28, 1849 and lived in Buffalo, New York through 1855 when he moved in Dubuque. (1) On May 14, 1873 according to the Quad-City Times a half dozen on his customers from the Quad Cities had their stocks of liquor the...")
  • 03:5103:51, 4 June 2026 ROOT CAPTURE (hist | edit) [599 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "ROOT CAPTURE. The seed of a tree may blow into the canopy, the upper levels, of a tree. Given light and water, the seed begins to grow. As the roots extend downward, they eventually touch the soil where growth speeds up. If the seed grows multiple roots, the host tree is eventually "captured" by the roots which broaden. Unable to expand its truck, the host plant eventually dies and rots away. The roots of the parasitic tree can prove capable of holding the tree uprigh...")

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25 May 2026

  • 17:5417:54, 25 May 2026 BICYCLE LANES (hist | edit) [3,050 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "left|thumb|250px|Photo courtesy: Telegraph HeraldBICYCLE LANES. The Dubuque City Council during the first week of June, 2024 unanimously approved a bicycle lane pilot program as part of an estimated $250,000 citywide pavement striping project program done regularly to maintain its streets. The bicycle lanes would be sprayed on the pavement in July providing bike riders increased protection and visibility as they maneuver through the downtown area....")

21 May 2026

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