Get well wishes and obituaries from Cranfills Gap
Local notes report well wishes for Alfred Finstad and Cameron Gustafson and sympathy to the family of Canute Carlson who died last Friday. The service was held at St Olaf Lutheran Church. The piece lists numerous relatives and friends visiting Clifton and surrounding areas during Labor Day weekend and the Craig Jenson wedding events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almer Gustafson
Alfred Finstad
Cameron Gustafson
Canute Carlson
Route 2
Clifton
Clifton Hospital
Carlson
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
Oscar Knudson
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Mary Hansen
Craig-Jenson
Hansen
A. W. Tindall Jr
Alton Tindall
Phillips
Alma Tindall
Buddy Poulson
Gaye and
Neil
Dallas
Pete Baker
Joe and
Bryan
Baytown
Ray Traylor
Corpus Christi
Gap
Pauline Knudson
Clifton Lutheran Sunset
Oscar Knudsons
Knudson
Bob Parrish
Grapevine
Homer Olson
Glen Dunn
Arlington
Cecil Rohne
Oscar
Cindy
Olen Dunn
Dunn
Buford Holliefield
Kathy
Denise Smith
Waco
Danny
Ann
Darrell Wickman
Archie Wickman
Marvin
Eldon Sorley
David
Diana
Gwyn Christensen
Plano
Paul Christensen
Oliver Strand
Phoenix
Arizona
the Gap
Levi Bryn
Fannie Jorgenson
Ena Jorgenson
Wally Ludtke and UH football pressure on spring drills
Coach Fairbanks notes Wally Ludtke's progress as Hawaii's Cougars push two a day workouts. The article recalls past leaders in pass theft and cites Ludtke's move from 170 to 182 pounds after road work, weightlifting, and early spring camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wally Ludtke
Chuck Fairbanks
Cougars
Fairbanks
Byron Beaver
Coogs
Joe Zuger
Arizona State
Visiting groups attend services and travel notes from Clifton
A long list of visitors from Houston Floydada Waco and Clifton gathered at Mr and Mrs Chester Hulmes home over the weekend. Jim Morrison traveled to Overton Sunday for funeral services for his brother in law Will Cooper and returned to Floydada Tuesday. Ludtke a Clifton native known as Doaker recalls his high school teammates at Texas A&M and Baylor and plans to help his mother at their Clifton drug store after football season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rellis Ward
Clifton
Dennie Pendleton
Oli Tindall
Linda
McLean
Alma Tindall
Viola Eason
Eason
Wayne Eason
Nightingale
North Carolina
Herman Carlson
Chester Hulme
Allen Hulme
Vickie
Cindy
Houston
Jim Morrison
Floydada
Don Holt
Bryan Don
Rena
Bernice Sutton
Waco
Killis Holt
Iris Holt
Morrison
Overton
Inlaw
Will Cooper
Morrisons
Ludtke
Texas
Bobby Joe Conrad
Texas A&m
St. Louis Cardinals
Wally
Aggie
Jim Willenborg
Baylor
Ernest Erickson
Willenborg
J. D. Roberts
Detroit
Attaway
Doaker
Billy Smith
Timmy Wright
Sophi Bo Burris
Bill Dennis
Funeral Services Held Sunday For Meridian Resident
Funeral services were held in the First Baptist Church Meridian at 2 p.m. Sunday September 6 for Edgar C Craft 80 who died September 5 in Meridian Hospital. The Reverend Roy Hill pastor of conducted the service. Burial was at Wortham Bend Cemetery in Southeast Bosque County with Clifton Funeral Home in charge. Mr Craft an Alabama native was a long time Bosque County resident. He had lived in Meridian seven years and previously farmed between Clifton and Meridian. Survivors include his wife Bertha Craft two daughters E M Davis of Waco Lula B Norfleet of Oxnard California one son Alvin Craft of Belton three half brothers two half sisters eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Meridian
Edgar C. Craft
Meridian Hospital
Roy Hill
Wortham Bend
Bosque County
Clifton Funeral Home
Craft
Alabama
Crafts
Clifton
Bertha Craft
E. M. Davis
Waco
Lula B. Norfleet
Oxnard
California
Alvin Craft
Belton
Canute Carlson Dies From Burns After Farm Home Explosion
Canute Carlson 64 of Clifton Route 2 died September 4 at the local hospital from burns suffered when his Norse community farm home, on Farm-To-Market Road 219, exploded the prior Monday night. He married Pearl Mae Knudson in 1922 and is survived by two daughters, six siblings, and seven grandchildren. Funeral rites were held September 5 at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Cranfills Gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosque County
Canute Carlson
Clifton
Carlson
Cris E. Pierson
Mr. Pierson
C. G. Carlson
Christina Pierson Carlson
Lumpkin
Meridian
St. Olaf Rock Church
Cranfills Gap
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
Pearl Mae Knudson
George Knudson
Mustang
Terri Lynn Smith Honored At Lawn Party
Terri Lynn Smith celebrated her fourth birthday Tuesday August 25 with a backyard lawn party at 6 pm hosted by Mr and Mrs Frank Smith Jr. Attendees included Ricky Moncrief Debbie Rierson Barry Finstad and others. interment followed in St Olaf Rock Church Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terri Lynn Smith
Frank Smith Jr
Terri
Ricky Moncrief
Debbie Rierson
Barry Finstad
Keith
Sherry
Kevin Finstad
Danny Orbeck
C. R
Dashelle
Kendall Sinderud
Brian Gillaspie
Billy Joe
Billie Joan
Marcus Anz
Eddie Latham
Steve
Keily Cunningham
Frank Smith
Betty Latham
Kathryn Smith Hoel Jr
R. G. Patterson
Raymond H. Rogstad
E. B. Harris
Pernell Aars
Clifton
St Olaf Rock Church
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Swenson
Finstad
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Floyd Bronstad
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Martin Gustaf
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George E. Anderson
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Ras Gaston
Jack Shepherd
Billy Jack
Comer Tyler
Pearl Murphree
John Gaston
Alice Faye
Almer Nelson
The
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Midland
Kenneth
Mike) Jenson
Jim Jenson
Roberta Jenson
Wayne Craig
O. J. Jensons
Lee Larsons
Perry Suter
Bill and
Austin
Paul Rohne
Sue Beth
Russell Paul
San Antonio
Wayne Rohne
Bruce
Janelle
Plainview
Tom Pritchett
Gordon
Denton
Ralph Dahl
Cedar Hill
Cliff Perry
Killeen
Odell Knudson
Marilyn
Frank Tyler
Malinda Rohne
Glenn Dunn
Martin J. Bertelson
Christine Finstad
Charley Bertelson
Beatrice Pendleton
Midway City
Oklahoma
Tony Rohne
North Texas State University
John Rohne
Forreston
Cecil
Lester Cunningham
Tergerson
J. C. Tergerson
Cecil Tergerson
O. C. Knudson
Otto Johnson
Merrill Johnson
Minnie Swenson
Martin Carson
F. C. Jones
Fort Worth
Harold Parramore
Mike
Butch
Jones
Eldon Surley
Earl Simmons
Alice Surley
Hurst
Joe Surley
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Jim H. Sinclair
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