Grump Candidates 2010

Charlie Albrechtwas born in Sumner on Aug.20, 1940. He grew up on a farm in New Hampton. After graduation he spent 3 yeas in the Army, serving one year in Korea. He married Wilda Burnett in 1963. They have 6 children, and 14 grandchildern. All six of the children graduated from Wapsie Valley High School. They moved to Readlyn in 1978. Charlie substituted as Mail carrier and farmed until he became the regular Carrier in 1986. He retired from carrying mail in 2003 after 31 years of government service. During those years he has been active in the Bremer County Farm Bureau,Bremer County Corn & Soybean Growers Assn., St. Matthews Church, and the Readlyn Community Club where he is editor for The Readlyn Cronicle.When he has spare time he enjoys cooking, traveling to see family,playing cards, and watching birds and wildlife on the farm where he has several acres dedicated to habitat improvement.

Verdeen Pavelec was born at Buck Creek on March 16, 1935 and has lived in Readlyn 54 years. She was married to Reinhold "Bunny" Palelec for 43 years, until he passed away in 1998. They have four children,Larry & Vickie at Readlyn, Steve & Sherri of New Hartford, Bob & Kathy Thiele of Waterloo, and Phil & Connie Fleshner of Janesville, six grandchildern and two great-grandchildren. Verdeen was a homemaker, helped in a flower shop 7 years, a longtime member of Zion Church, Secretary on Church Council, and held offices in the Ruth Circle and choir. She currently is the President of the Auxiliary to Wayne Teisinger VFW Post#5661, volunteers at Tripoli Nursing home and Mended HeartsWaterloo, visits heart patients, is a member of Readlyn Community Club and volunteers.Verdeen loves to spend time with family,playing cards,sews,gardens, and makes quilts.

Garylee Thurm is a life long resident of Readlyn. He was born Oct.31, 1942, and raised on a farm soutwest of Readlyn. He graduated from Wapsie Valley and joined the Army Reserves. He married Bonnie Wyatt Sept.5 1964. They have two children and six grandchildren. He worked for John Deere for 37 years and retired 6 years ago. Garylee has two business hobbies. He supplies several stores with custom tied jigs and flies. He also does quite a bit of scrool sawed items and participates in a few craft shows. Garylee says" I'm an avid fly fisherman and time permitting fish as much as possible. Life is Great!"

Gladys Piehl was born Feb. 9,1923 to John and Ella Hagenow on a farm north of readlyn. She moved with her parents to a farm east of Klinger and went to school at Klinger which is now part of CLS until 8th grade. In Nov. of 1941 she married Erwin Piehl and they farmed east of Klinger for a few years and then moved to a farm east of Readlyn. Erwin died in 1977 and Gladys continued living on the farm until 1981 when she moved into Readlyn. She has five children, 19 grandchildren, and 21 great-grandchildren and says there is room for more. She enjoys taking bus trips, playing cards,making quilts for her grandchildren, and is a member of St. Paul's church and the Ladies Aid group.