Carla Offenburger got big things done in life. Here are her obituary & final instructions for us.

COOPER, Iowa, July 27, 2021 — Carla Offenburger, an MVP kind of Iowa citizen from rural Cooper in Greene County, died at home on Saturday, July 24, 2021, at the age of 62 after a 12-year-long “dance with cancer,” as she often described it. She gave the incurable adenoid cystic carcinoma a real challenge, one that…

Lawtons’ corn grows while you measure it! Wow, it’s 9-plus feet high on the 4th of July!

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER COOPER, Iowa, July 4, 2021 — I can’t recall seeing a better stand of corn just before Independence Day than I did Friday evening, July 2, in the fields of our neighbors and pals, Doug and Karen Lawton, just outside our tiny western Iowa town. Tall, straight, lush and the prettiest green you’ve…

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Carla Offenburger got big things done in life. Here are her obituary & final instructions for us.

Lawtons’ corn grows while you measure it! Wow, it’s 9-plus feet high on the 4th of July!