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NST Hosts 200th Birthday Celebration for Reierson
The Norwegian Society of Texas marked Johan Reierson’s 200th birthday on April 17 at Four Mile Lutheran Church in Mabank. Attendees included Wayne Rohne and Rev Maynard Moen with talks by Derwood Johnson and Charles Russell on Reierson’s life and Norwegian immigration to Texas. A wreath at Reierson’s grave followed a picnic lunch and a 200th birthday cake.
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Norwegian Society of Texas
Johan Reinert Reierson
Four Mile Lutheran Church
Mabank
Betty Gunderson Trednick
Four Mile
Texas
Kathryn Manning
Jack
Judy Weir
Dana
Keith Crandall
Carl Reierson
Johan Reierson
Mary Ringness Grafton
Joyce
Jerry David
Jens Ringness
Vern Grimland
Bosque County
Doris Moore
Ruth Moore Conn
Ellen Moore Yonley
Albertson
Halvorson
Howard Tygrett
86Th District Court
Kaufman County
Tygrett
N.T. Dickerson
Wilhelm Waerenskjold
Elise Waerenskjold
Benja Mize
Elvis Allen
van Zandt County Historical Commission
Rohner
Derwood Johnson
Waco
Charles Russell
Houston
Reierson
America
Russell
Elise
Norway
Sembly
Johan
Moen