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Des Moines Register, September 12, 2006 Guthrie Center—Baylee Dane Tews, 17, died Sunday, September 10, 2006. Services are 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, at the Guthrie Center High School Gymnasium. Visitation is from 4 to 8.p.m. Tuesday at the St. Thomas More [sic] Center in Panora.
Remembrance Card In Loving Memory Baylee Dane Tews Entered into life September 2, 1989 Entered into eternal rest September 10, 2006 Serenely Prayer God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
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Newspaper Report of Accident Baylee Dane Tews 1989 - 2006 Guthrie Center Times, Guthrie Center, Iowa, September 14, 2006 A tragic Sunday morning mishap claimed the life of Guthrie Center High School student Baylee Tews. The 17-year-old died when her auto collided with a tractor/trailer semi just north of Bayard in southwestern Greene County. The Greene County sheriff's department was called at 9:17 a.m. to investigate the accident at the intersection of Highway 25 and 330th Street. The accident report stated Joshua E. Asmus, 21, of Lake City was southbound on Highway 25 in a 2001 Kenworth tractor/trailer that he was operating for Farner Bocken of Carroll when it was struck by a 1995 Buick Regal driven by Tews and owned by her mother Geri Tews of Guthrie Center. She was eastbound on the paved 330th Street. Asmus was not injured in the collision. Tews was pronounced dead at the scene by the Greene County Deputy Medical Examiner. The Greene County sheriff's office was assisted at the scene by the Bayard and Coon Rapids Fire Departments, Guthrie County sheriff's office, Greene County EMS, Department of Transportation employees and the Steve Sheer family. The accident remains under joint investigation by the Greene County sheriff's office, Iowa State Patrol and Department of Transportation Commercial Vehicle Enforcement. Baylee Tews was a junior and a football and wrestling cheerleader at Guthrie Center High School. She is survived by her mother Geri Tews and father Dana Tews, both Guthrie Center, and sisters Devan Tews of Urbandale and Misean Tews of Ames. Funeral services were Wednesday afternoon at the Guthrie Center High School gymnasium. Burial was in Highland Township cemetery, rural Bayard.
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