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IN MEMORIAM
CLAIMS FOR NOVEMBER 2012 Contemplating Cash:
Lodge Became Date of
Name Place of Death No. Member Death
Anderson, Mary Lou ....... Cedar Rapids, IA 262 2007 08/18/12
Belsky, Madeline E .......... Ashland, WI 126 1971 09/05/12
Benda, Henry F .............. Lincoln, NE 14 1931 09/19/12
Bradley, Wanda J ............ Newkirk, OK 121 1947 04/09/12
Cook Jr, Donald M ........ Schuyler, NE 28 1992 09/18/12
Dedynski, Anna .............. Kiel, WI 48 1932 09/22/12
Derenne, Janet R ............. Two Rivers, WI 142 1969 09/26/12
Domansky, Jarmila ......... Sun City West, AZ 330 1933 04/22/12
Duda, Alice R ................. Belle Plaine, IA 146 1939 09/08/12
Earnest, Edith E .............. Beech Bottom, WV 144 1999 09/17/12
Emerick, Joann ............... Rockford, IL 330 2000 09/16/12
Fabus, Rose ..................... Owosso, MI 225 1939 10/09/12
Franc, Grace A ................ Medford, WI 144 1966 05/27/12
Gericke, Merle C ............. Hiawatha, IA 262 1992 09/16/12
Guzman, Juan M ............ Houston, TX 289 2005 08/24/12
Halligan, Otis R ............. Boise, ID 39 1940 09/23/12
Janicek, George M .......... Wills Point, TX 402 1949 08/22/12
Jezek, Fredrick C ............. Midwest City, OK 46 1938 08/31/12
Jondle, Bernard E ............ Ft Dodge, IA 39 1939 09/06/12
Jones, Bruce F ................. Iowa City, IA 262 2004 10/13/12
Karas, Cecilia C .............. North Branch, MN 346 1945 08/20/12
Kovac, Jean S .................. Choteau, MT 280 1955 04/08/12
Krubsack, Rosalie E ........ Sheboygan, WI 108 2003 09/06/12
Kulas, Dorothy Jane ........ Scottsbluff, NE 112 1934 08/11/12
Mcgrath, Viola E ............. Cedar Rapids, IA 423 1987 04/30/12
Meixner, Jerome W ......... Owatonna, MN 127 1938 09/16/12
Meyer, Mary J ................. Lincoln, NE 426 1972 03/18/11
Nemec, Zdenka .............. Berwyn, IL 330 1940 09/12/12
Novacek, Adolph J .......... Red Oak, IA 296 1934 04/07/12
Pabian, Phyllis M ............ Lincoln, NE 9 1957 09/04/12
Pohanka, Larry J ............. Park River, ND 106 1947 09/27/12
Pokorny, Roy L ............... Alma, WI 196 1938 09/17/12
Quarello, Helen M .......... Berwyn, IL 330 1935 08/17/12
Rose, Eleanor C .............. Marinette, WI 73 1978 10/05/12
Salzbrenner, Wilbur K ..... Hiawatha, IA 262 1999 10/04/12
Sedlacek, Elsie ................. Crete, NE 68 1938 08/24/12
Snodgrass Jr, Ralph R ...... Philippi, WV 160 1995 09/13/12
Totushek, Daniel L ......... Hutchinson, MN 34 1932 09/28/12
Tyser, Joseph ................... Wilber, NE 54 1939 09/25/12
Valenta, Helen M ............ Horseshoe Bend, AR 262 1938 08/26/12
Walla, Richard E ............. Lincoln, NE 9 1943 08/21/12
Whiting, Josephine ......... Lansing, MI 242 1931 08/07/12
Wiles, Geraldine ............. Wausau, WI 144 1930 10/15/12
Wurm, Frances G ............ Lincoln, NE 426 1990 10/02/12
Zalabsky, Sylvia A ........... Wisconsin Rapids, WI 144 1986 09/21/12
Zamrzla, La Verne T ....... Blaine, MN 196 1988 06/28/12
Little-known facts about
your money
Though most of us think about
money mostly when we don’t have
enough of it, its history and development
can be fascinating. Here’s a quick list of
some surprising facts about US cash.
• The Biggest Bill. The highest US
denomination was the $100,000 bill,
bearing the likeness of Woodrow
Wilson and issued in limited numers
in 1934 for Federal Reserve Bank
transactions. The largest bill in
public circulation was the $10,000
bill, bearing the face of Salmon P.
Chase.
• The Smallest Bill. Paper money was
first introduced in the US during
the Civil War to combat a shortage
of coins. Bills were printed and
distributed in denominations of 20
cents, 25 cents, and 5 cents.
• Groovy Coins. A dime has 118
grooves along its edge; a quarter has
119. Ridges original were added to
make counterfeiting difficult; today
they mainly serve the purpose of
helping people with impaired vision
to identify coins by touch.
• Change for a Dollar. There are said
to be 293 different combinations of
coins capable of making change for
one dollar.
• The Weight of Wealth. One million
dollars in one-dollar bills would
weigh about 2,040 pounds; in
100-dollar bills, that cool million
would weigh in at 20.4 pounds.
• Old vs. New Money. A dollar bill
typically lasts about 18 months in
circulation before being “retired.”
Five-dollar bills endured for about
two years. Fifty-and hundred-dollar
bills hang on for nine years.
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