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Dwight Raymond Fausch (b. January 7, 1917, d. December 19, 1985)
Notes for Dwight Raymond Fausch:ONE OF THE STORIES I HAD NOT RELATED BEFORE WAS ONE WHEN THERE WAS A SKUNK IN OUR YARD ON THE FARM AND MAYNARD, IOWA...OUR COCKER SPANIEL, TOBY BEGAN BARKING, AND DAD WENT TO THE PORCH TO TAKE A LOOK...WHEN HE
SAW THAT THERE WAS A SKUNK, HE BEGAN TO CALL THE DOG WHO WAS RELUCTANT TO LEAVE HIS "PREY".I REMEMBER DAD YELLING, "GINI GET THE GUN." WELL DAD ONLY HAD ONE AND IT WAS KEPT ABOVE THE STAIRS JUST INSIDE THE DOOR,
WHICH I PROMPTLY GOT.IT WAS A DOUBLE BARREL 12-GAUGE SHOTGUN, WHICH DAD LOADED.I STILL DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, UNTIL DAD TOLD EVERYONE TO START CALLING TOBY INTO THE HOUSE.WHEN WE FINALLY DID GET HIM IN, WE ALL KNEW IMMEDIATELY WHAT HAD HAPPENED.BOY WHAT A SMELL!!! THEN WE HEARD THE SHOTGUN BLAST.DAD HAD KILLED THE SKUNK. DAD DID NOT KNOW IF TOBY HAD BEEN BITTEN BY THE SKUNK OR NOT SINCE HE HAD THROWN IT AROUND A COUPLE OF TIMES, SO TO BE SAFE, DAD CUT OFF THE SKUNKS HEAD, PUT IT IN A CANNING JAR, AND PUT IT IN THE FREEZER UNTIL WE COULD SEND IT IN TO BE TESTED FOR RABIES.HE DUG A HOLD AND BURNED THEN BURIED THE REST OF THE SKUNK.
THE FUNNY PART OF THIS STORY WAS THAT JUDY HAD A FIRST DATE WITH A BOY THAT NIGHT, AND COINCIDENT LY ARRIVED SHORTLY AFTER DAD SHOT THE SKUNK.THE SMELL HAD NOT REACHED THE YOUNG LAD'S NOSE YET, BUT THE SIGHT OF DAD STANDING OUT IN THE FRONT YARD WITH A 12-GAUGE COCKED OPEN OVER HIS ARM AS HE DROVE INTO THE DRIVEWAY WAS PROBABLY A HEART-STOPPING EXPERIENCE FOR HIM AND ONE HE WOULD NOT SOON FORGET.KNOWING DAD, I'M SURE HE PLAYED ON THE EVENT A LITTLE BIT, NOT SMILING AS THE GUY DROVE PAST.
THE SERIOUSNESS HAD TO HAVE ADDED TO THE WORRY.I DON'T REMEMBER IF
JUDY HAD A GOOD TIME OR NOT, BUT I BET THE SMELL STAYED WITH THEM ON THE DATE, AND I DON'T REMEMBER HER HAVING A SECOND DATE WITH HIM.
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Date born 2: January 7, 191722
Burial: December 1985, Springville, Iowa.
Died 2: December 198522
Ethnicity/Relig.: WHITE, METHODIST.
Fact 4: State of issue: IA.23
Fact 5: Social Security #: 481-26-7396.23
Fact 10: Zip of last payment: 52205.23
Occupation: TEACHER, CARPENTER.
Personality/Intrst: OUTGOING, MUSIC, PLAYED RATTLEBONES!.
Residence: SPRINGVILLE, IOWA.23
More About Dwight Raymond Fausch and Joy Wilma Eslick Campbell:
Marriage: November 27, 1942, Bethany, Missouri.
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