McGuire, Donald James Jr. 1969-1989

RUBENDALL, MCGUIRE, DUVEL, HUSTON

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Date: 9/20/2010 at 09:12:05

Donald McGuire, Jr.

Funeral services for Donald James McGuire, Jr. were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 29 at Schultz's Funeral Home, Monona. Rev. Gary Dobbins officiated. Burial was in Smithfield Cemetery, rural Luana. Schultz's Funeral Home, Monona, was in charge of services.

Donald James McGuire, Jr. was born October 2, 1969 in Iowa City, Iowa, to parents Donald and Doris Rubendall McGuire. He received his education in the Postville schools.

He was employed by Iowa Turkey Products in Postville, Iowa. He died Wednesday, July 26, 1989, as a result of an auto accident near Monona, Iowa.

Preceding him in death was one brother, Timmy Lee; paternal grandparents, James and Belle McGuire; maternal grandparents, Leonard and Agatha Rubendall and uncle Dick McGuire.

Surviving is his mother, Doris McGuire, Monona; father and stepmother, Donald and Judy McGuire of Fayette; sister, Kimberly Duvel, DeSota, MO; half sister, Kathy Plozel, Monona, step-sister, Melissa Huston, Fayette and fiancee, Lisa Howard, Farmersburg.

Pallbearers were Gene Rubendall, Lee Rubendall, Michael Dahl, Chris Seitz, Tom Leahs and Jeff Lau.
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(picture of a very wrecked car)

This 1977 Ford Thunderbird was involved in an accident Wednesday morning that resulted in the death of 2 of its passenger. Killed were Donald McGuire, Jr., 19, of Monona, and Ronald Judkins, 29, of Guttenberg. The automobile, driven by Jon White, 21, of Garnavillo, collided with a 1974 Chevrolet Laguna, driven by Brenda Muller, 23, of Luana. White and Muller were taken to University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City, where both are listed in fair condition. Also involved in the accident was a Chevrolet truck driven by Randy Glawe, 25, of Monona. Glawe was treated at Community Memorial Hospital in Postville for minor injuries and then released.

2 Killed In Wreck On 52, 2 Others Airlifted Are Fair

A Monona man and a Guttenberg man were killed in a 3-vehicle accident Wednesday morning that took place, in foggy conditions, approximately 2 miles west of Monona.

According to an Iowa State Patrol spokesperson, those killed were Donald McGuire, 19, of Monona, and Ronald Judkins, 29, of Guttenberg.

Injured in the accident were John White, 21 of Garnavillo; Brenda Muller, 23, of Luana, and Randy Glawe, 25, of Monona.

Visibility was between 150 and 200 feet when the vehicle McGuire and Judkins were riding in, a 1977 Ford Thunderbird driven by White traveling westbound, passed Glawe's vehicle, a Chevrolet truck, and then struck Muller's eastbound vehicle, a 1974 Chevrolet Laguna.

Muller's vehicle came to rest partially across the eastbound roadway and was hit by Glawe's truck. White's vehicle came to rest on its wheels in the south ditch. Both the Muller and Glawe vehicles came to rest on the road.

White, Muller and Glawe were taken to Community Memorial Hospital in Postville. White and Muller were airlifted to Iowa City. Glawe was treated and released. Both Muller and White are currently listed in fair condition.

According to the spokesman, the accident is under investigation and charges are pending.

Postville, Iowa newspaper of the time clipping, hand dated August 1989, from Dorothy Schave's obituary collection.