Sunday, July 29, 2012

Living a Legacy and a Fatal Ending in May


Roosevelt Taylor, recipient of the 8 over 80 award, poses for a photograph at the Elk's Club in Waterloo, Iowa on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. Taylor, 84, worked at John Deere for more than 35 years. He has served with a number of organizations, including Disabled American Veterans, Knights of Pythias and as a board member Veridian, formerly John Deere Community Credit Union. Taylor has received a lifetime achievement certificate from the Orient of Iowa Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry P.H.A. Northern Jurisdiction. He remains active with 25 boards and voluntary organizations and has helped Westminster Presbyterian Church with its annual Christmas dinner for the last 27 years.
 ©Dawn J. Sagert/The Waterloo Courier




Officials remove the body Greg Kollmann, of Waterloo, who was pronounced dead at the scene of a two-vehicle accident at the corner of Kimball Avenue and Schrock Road in Waterloo, Iowa, that occurred shortly after 2:00 p.m. on Friday, May 4, 2012. Deputies who responded to the scene said Kollmann, who was traveling south on Kimball, failed to yield to a vehicle traveling eastbound on Schrock. Kollman’s vehicle was struck and he was thrown from the vehicle.
 ©Dawn J. Sagert/The Waterloo Courier

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