Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

Gertrude J. Thoe, 96, of Marshalltown, Iowa, formerly of Webster City, Iowa died Monday, Aug. 10, 2015 at the Iowa Veterans Home, Marshalltown.

Graveside services will be held at  11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Clear Lake Cemetery, Clear Lake. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. Saturday until the time of the service at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake. The family suggests memorials to Alzheimer’s Research or charity of your choice.

John Ayers was born on Sept. 22, 1939, to Lowell and Kathryn (Peterson) Ayers. He grew up in Waterloo, Iowa with his siblings, Jo, Dave, Jim and Joan. He died on Aug. 4, 2015 at Edgewater Retirement Community, West Des Moines, Iowa.

Every Tuesday night in the summer of 1965 at the Bob Cash farm, northwest of Clear Lake, a baseball game was played in the Pasture League.  The league only had two teams, the “Kids” and the “Pops.”  Youngsters played with the “Kids” until they were married.  As soon as they get married they had to switch to the “Pops.”  There was a job for every family member willing to participate in the league.

The level of Clear Lake came up a welcomed eight-inches thanks to a steady, heavy rain Friday and Saturday, but damages caused by the rains were not so welcomed by Clear Lakers.  The deluge of water overloaded storm sewer lines and caused numerous incidents of flooding and damage.  The lake level rose to 31.44” below the spillway, better than a week ago when it measured -39.48” low.