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John Roskam's Funeral Service at Creekside Church, Saturday, July 20, 2024 Celebrating a Life Well Lived: John Ray Roskam (March 13, 1939 – July 14, 2024) Officiating: Pastor Steve Smith Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:1-8 Music provided by Jennifer Thomas (Soloist) and Karen McFadden (Pianist) Pallbearers: Silas Thomas, Simeon Thomas, Jacob Roskam, Devon Roskam, Curtis Guyer, Samuel Thomas Lunch following service Private burial at Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Van Meter, Iowa Psalm 16:5-11 Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful[a] one see decay. You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. "Christians Never Say Goodbye" written by The Nelons "Jerusalem City of God" written by The Hoppers John Ray Roskam was born on March 13, 1939 in Cedar Falls, Iowa to Albert and Olive (Schneidermann) Roskam. At the age of 14, he trusted the Lord Jesus as his personal Savior. After graduating from Cedar Falls High School in 1957, he “pestered” the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company until they hired him. Starting as a lineman, he would work his way up to supervisor and later course developer over 29 years, moving to Waterloo, Bettendorf, Iowa City, and finally Des Moines. He joined the US Navy, serving in the Reserves from 1961-1967, with two of those years in active duty. In 1962 John joined a group from his church in attending a winter retreat in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. It was on a toboggan there that he met the love of his life, Ruth Faulkner. Although he had brought several girls in his car, he offered to drive Ruth home to Chicago, saying it was “only 200 miles out of his way”. After a long-distance courtship, they were married on November 27th, 1965. God blessed their marriage with four children: Roger (Lori), Jennifer (Vaughn Thomas), Ryan (Susie) and Jay; grandchildren, Jacob and Devon Roskam; Silas, Tori (Sam) Thoman, Arianna, and Simeon Thomas; and Curtis Guyer. On December 24, 2023 Carolina Thoman was welcomed as their first great-grandchild. In 1987, John took early retirement but was never idle. He started driving a school bus for Johnston, hired on as a salesman at the new Best Buy, videotaped many events and weddings, gave tractor rides at the Machine Shed Restaurant, and he never stopped collecting and working on telephones. Later, John and Ruth enjoyed traveling and escaping the Iowa winters by heading south. He is survived by his sister, Shirley Huebert of New Mexico, brother-in-law Dick (Arlene) Faulkner of Wisconsin, and many nieces and nephews. He went to be with the Lord on the morning of July 14, 2024 after living with Parkinson's for several years. Family will greet friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, July 19, 2024 at Creekside Church, 2743 82nd Place, in Urbandale. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 20, 2024 at the church. A private interment will occur at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to the Parkinson's Foundation in loving memory of John. Online condolences may be expressed at www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com
Rob Brost is the Head Boys Basketball Coach at Bolingbrook High School in Bolingbrook, Illinois, a suburb just west of Chicago. Brost is the winningest coach in school history, having led the Raiders to seven consecutive 20 win seasons while advancing to the IHSA Final Four twice. They were ranked among the Top 20 teams in the nation. He was named Coach of the Year by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association in 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019. He has coached over 60 players at Bolingbrook that have gone on to play at the collegiate level, most notably Boston Celtics guard Brodric Thomas. He has also been a USA basketball coach since 2018. He coached at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake, Illinois for five seasons, spending two seasons as an assistant coach and then three seasons as the head coach. From 2001 to 2007, he was the manager of basketball operations with the Chicago Bulls Training Academy. The role put him in charge of all youth programs for the Bulls organization. He got his start playing basketball at Cedar Falls High School, playing under legendary coach Jerry Slykhuis. At Bolingbrook, he has developed an innovative defense titled “Man Left” which forces all offensive players to the left side of the court. Man Left is a highly effective defense that can be used as either a primary or a secondary man-to-man defense. brostrc@vvsd.org https://twitter.com/brookhoops --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-furtado/support
This is the third in a series of BONUS episodes with Iowa's District AD of the Year winners for the 2021-2022 school year. Troy Becker (@CFHSGoTigers) is the Athletic and Activities Director at Cedar Falls High School in Cedar Falls, IA and was recently named the Northeast District AD of the Year. Take a listen as Aaron talks through our four questions with Troy Becker. BTB is proud to have HomeTown Ticketing (@hometowntix) as a sponsor of the podcast. Check out their website at www.hometownticketing.com. Follow them on their social media sites: Twitter: @hometowntix... Facebook: @hometownticketing...Instagram: hometownticketing BTB is also happy to have Gipper (@gogipper) as a sponsor of our podcast. Visit them on Twitter or at www.gogipper.com for a great custom graphics solution. BTB also thanks Varsity Bound (@varsityboundhq) for their support of Beyond the Bench, as well as, AD's and Athletic Departments across the state of Iowa. Thank You also to Superfan, Inc. (@superfaninc) for their sponsorship of Beyond the Bench. You can visit them at www.superfaninc.com. Thank You to Jamy Bechler (@coachbechler) for his sponsorship of Beyond the Bench. Find out more about Jamy and The Leadership Playbook at theleadershipplaybook.com. Thank You to GOAT Fundraising (@goatfundraising) for their support and being a sponsor of the BTB Podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/todd-gordon4/message
If you are a college basketball fan, AJ Green needs no introduction... we are going to give him one anyway! AJ is a State Champ from Cedar Falls High School and was a Top 100 HS recruit in the country coming out of high school. With plenty of opportunities for places to play, AJ chose to stay home and play for the Panthers. In his freshman campaign, he won MVC Freshman of the Year. His second season, he won MVC Player of the Year. Before last season got cut short due to injury, AJ was on the Naismith Watchlist for top players in the country! We say it a lot... shooters shoot and AJ is on brand! We hope you enjoy our chat with AJ Green! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theshooterstouch/support
With a penchant for music (a lean toward hip hop) and impressively deep knowledge of influencer marketing tactics, Pranav jumped straight into the music industry. Graduating from Cedar Falls High School earlier this year, Pranav founded Pranav Management during his freshman year, a music management firm serving as the marketing manager for several indie-level artists primarily through TikTok. His age gave him a default knowledge of his generation's music consumption behavior, and he quickly turned that insight into a paying client list and full-time job before hitting 18. We talk through the trends in the music industry, TikTok tactics on influencer marketing, how he got into the business, and how the next generation of business founders view work, jobs, and what it means to “start a business”.
Born in Maddison Wisconsin than his parents quickly wisened up and moved to Iowa City where he attended Iowa City West High School in Iowa City than Cedar Falls High School in Cedar Falls, Iowa, before moving on to Norman Oklahoma to finish up high school. Norman, Oklahoma. He committed to Iowa to play football. His father, Bruce Kittle, also played at Iowa and is a former college football coach. Upon joining the hawks Kittle had to battle for his spot amongst a great position group. Along the way he gathered 48 receptions for a total of 737 yards and 10 TDs. Kittle was drafted 2017 in the 5th round to the San Francisco 49ers.... In 2018, Kittle set the single-season record for receiving yards by a tight end, with 1,377, and earned his first Pro Bowl & All Pro selection in the process. Ladies and Gentlemen, George Kittle!
Michael Kelly and Nick Moore to go ‘On the Mat’ this week New Cedar Falls High School wrestling coaches Michael Kelly and Nick Moore to go “On the Mat” on Wednesday, November 29. Kelly, a two-time state champion for Cedar Falls High School, and Moore, a four-time state wrestling champion for Iowa City West, competed for the University of Iowa. W.I.N. Magazine's Mike Finn joins the first segment as a guest co-host. “On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at 1650thefan.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday at 5 p.m. Central on AM 1650, The Fan. JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. Subscribe to On The Mat and listen anytime Apple Podcasts | Stitcher Radio | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | Google Play Music | RSS GET DAILY WRESTLING NEWS! You like wrestling news, right? Of course you do. Did you know you can sign up for FREE to subscribe to the Mat Talk Online DAILY WRESTLING NEWS e-mail newsletter that's published EVERY morning with the previous day's top news stories from outlets all around the globe. It's free and it's a great way to start your wrestling day. Almanac Time! Get the Cadet & Junior Nationals All-American Almanac, a 219-page digital download. It's available now and if you use the promo code "JB" you'll save $5 off the cover price. It's got every All-American EVER in Fargo (and the locations that were before Fargo) and every breakdown by year and state. Oh, you know this guy who says he placed at Juniors? Fact check him or her quickly by buying one now! Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires.
Episode 32 of the BVU Wrestling BeaverCast features 2017 Hall of Fame inductee Ryan Schweitzberger. Schweitzberger was a four-time letterwinner for current BVU Hall of Fame Coach, Al Baxter, on the wrestling mat. He was a two-time All-American for the Beavers and became the fourth individual national champion in the program's history in 1998 (150 pounds). He also captured his only IIAC individual title that same year. He finished his career with an overall record of 87-27, including a career-best 36 as a senior and was 62-15 over his final two campaigns. Schweitzberger earned a Business Management degree from BVU in 1998 and went on to serve as an assistant coach for the Beavers in 1999-00. He also spent time as a high school assistant coach at Cedar Falls High School from 2001-05. He is currently employed as an Account Executive at Palmer Group and lives in West Des Moines with his wife, Angela. The BVU Wrestling BeaverCast is proudly sponsored by two-time All-American Monte Merz and High Country Search. Elevate Your Search at HighCountrySearch.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires. Follow @mattalkonline on Twitter for updates and nuggets of information about the BVU Wrestling BeaverCast and all the other shows that are part of the Mat Talk Podcast Network. You can also check out our network home page at www.mattalkonline.com.
In 1989, Dave Jordan became Buena Vista's first NCAA Division III champion by topping Joe Dasti of Kean in the 118-pound finals. On Episode 26 of the BVU Wrestling BeaverCast, we'll visit with Jordan, who is currently the Vice President of Mortgage Lending at Community Choice Credit Union in Clive, Iowa. Jordan was under .500 his junior year in high school before a coaching change at Cedar Falls High School brought him the abilities of Dave Cunningham. The next year, Jordan won a state championship and found himself being sought after by colleges around the state and the region. He settled on Buena Vista because of someone else's trip to the gas station. Jordan has some stories to tell, and not tell, about his teammates from the era. It's an entertaining look back at Jordan's career. The BVU Wrestling BeaverCast is proudly sponsored by two-time All-American Monte Merz and High Country Search. Elevate Your Search at HighCountrySearch.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | SoundCloud | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires. Follow @mattalkonline on Twitter for updates and nuggets of information about the BVU Wrestling BeaverCast and all the other shows that are part of the Mat Talk Podcast Network. You can also check out our network home page at www.mattalkonline.com.
Jerry Mark was a Peace Corps volunteer, lawyer, 4-H leader, vice-president of his Cedar Falls High School senior class and certainly a most likely-to-succeed young man when he graduated in 1960. In 1976 he was convicted of 4 execution-style murders of his own family. How could he have done such a thing and why? Author Scott Cawelti knew Jerry Mark from high school and when on to interview him in prison, attending the trial and discovering a mind consumed with anger, revenge, jealousy and greed. Brother's Blood chronicles the killer's cross-country motorcycle ride, the landmark investigation and arrest, the circumstantial case at trial and the appeals that continued for 30 years. BROTHER'S BLOOD-A HEARTLAND CAIN AND ABEL-Scott Cawelti
Ian Goldsmith, creator of the interlude dance, and Greg Halsor, an All-American wrestler from Wartburg, will go “On the Mat” this Wednesday, August 24.“On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM Central on AM 1650, The Fan. An archive of the show can be found on www.themat.tv. E-mail radio@wrestlingmuseum.org with any questions or comments about the show. Goldsmith is a senior theater and psychology major at the University of Northern Iowa. He created the interlude dance, which has received national recognition. Halsor has spent over 20 years in the grappling arts. Growing up wrestling in Iowa, he was a state champion for Cedar Falls High School in 1993 and an All-American at Wartburg in 1997. Halsor began teaching Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in the Cedar Valley in 2000. He is the only Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Brown Belt in Northeast Iowa, one of the highest ranking practitioners in the state.
"The Idea That is America" Anne-Marie Slaughter and I get into a low-carb food fight. Mike Ferris is the legal rep for home schoolers who will convene shortly in Iowa. Cedar Falls High School graduation is excluding Beethoven's "Joyful, Joyful". Why? Karl Gilbertson is a parent with questions. Andrew Clopton is the VP of the Choir which wanted to sing it. Should the school cave to the ACLU? Not so fast says Jeff Sertize from the ACLJ singing the song could cost us.