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pto Ohrts Observe Theirfa Wedding Anniversary. ard Mrs- John Ohrt of this Wd the opportunity to ob-occasion which conies tiaufpi}' people when aarsed their 60th wedding asary Monday, Sept. 22. rears ago they celebrated 5gth anniversary at their 'here with a large gather-f relative5 an£i friends at-ir but chose to observe the o this year in a quieterReceived Visitorst of their sons and fami ■ and other relatives and vcalled on them Sunday c»n and others on Monday. 7?ere also remembered telephone calls and greet-taids and received gifts of and bouquets of flowers jse from out of town who them were Mr, and Mrs. dOhrt, Vinton; Mr. and Lo'is Ohrt, Everett and Lu-Ohrt, Mr. and Mrs. ftay-i Ohrt and Mr. and Mrs.Ohrt, all of Jesup; Mr. jlrs Kenneth Ohrt, Ed-Faust Sr., Edmond Faust d Miss Mary Wandschnei-! Cedar Falls.Married in 1887 ; Ohrts were married Sept.$7 at the home of Mrs. s parents, Mr. and Mrs.Ballheim. four miles of La Porte City in Bruce ip, Benton Co. The eere-s performed in the «of the immediate fatn-bv Rev. H Hauser, pasLor i local Immanuel Evangel-urch at that time, sing their marriage they near Mt. Auburn and ji the La Porte City vicin-th in Benton and Black counties until March 1, shen they retired from % and moved to La PorteMrs, John OhrtJohn Ohrtjlity-Five Years OJd Onrt who was 85 years b 3 is in fair health for ears, He still does some ng, reads a little and up town occasionally. He in in Holstein, Germany me to America with his r when a boy of ten years tiled in the Mt. Auburn,community.Ohrt will he 85, Dec. 7 year. Her health no long-its her to leave home, however, able to do thelasts required to keep upher home by having assistance with the heavier work. She also is able to read a little although her eyesight is failing. As Rosa Ballheim she was born m a log house on her parents' farm near Menominee Falls, Wis. In 1385 she moved with them t % Iowa where they puichased 160 acres of prairie land four mites south of La Porte City and erected a home and barns upon it The couple have five sons, Albert, Vinton; Kuno, La Porte City; Herman, Mt. Auburn; Louis, Jesup and Ted, Waterloo. They also have 28 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.ofsthiprpcwimitosa3-Poof
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Progress Review
La Porte City, Iowa, US
Thu, Sep 25, 1947
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