Christmas Guests and Family Gatherings Across Cedar County
Numerous households in Cedar County hosted Christmas dinners and Sunday gatherings, with extended families from Des Moines to Waterloo and West Union sharing meals and celebrations. Notable attendees included the Lembke, Frieden, Dennler, and Ogle families, along with residents from Clermont, Sumner, and Wadena, reflecting festive community ties during the holiday weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleve Beteak
Ware
Orrumn Bane
Don Burchett
Dave Dawson
West Union
John Grimm
Howard Medberry Eugene
Emma Holzer
Gene Wenger
Win
Dennler Hore
Glen Yearcus
Claude Block
Sumner
Arthur Yearous
Thomeas-Foxwell
Lloyd Topey Richard
Richard Schmidt
Julie
Waterloo
Larry Reini
Toledo
Cheery Valley Club Holds Christmas Party and Secret Pals
The Good Neighbors Club met Monday December 18 in the home of Mrs Wilbur Peake for a Christmas party. Members sang Silent Night answered roll call with secret pal guesses. Hostesses planned treats for the ill and aged and gifts were given to elderly club members. New secret pals were drawn for 1962. Several members hosted visits and family updates followed, including travel to Fairfield and Cedar Rapids and a birthday noted for Kevin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbors Club
Wilbur Peake
Sam Dennier
Clarence Hofer
Silas Butihofer
John Christen
Reuben Metzger
Celia Thoman
George Schupbach
Lester Wenger
Wm. Torkelson
Frank Christen
Orlando Loftsgard
Fred Butikofer
Walter Lantz
Christmas gathering spreads through Monona area
Large Christmas visits fill homes across Monona and surrounding towns with families hosting dinners and parties. Various relatives from Clifton, Guttenberg, Clermont, Mason City, Wilmette, and Washington DC join in festive gatherings. Gift exchanges and pre holiday meals mark the weekend as residents share meals and travel to celebrate.
Pre-Christmas Family Dinners In Norbeck and Reierson Homes
Gunder News reports Mr and Mrs George Norbeck of Minneapolis hosted dinner Friday at the Ole Loftsgard home with Aldora Anderson LMyra of Iowa City and other families present. A pre Christmas dinner followed on Saturday in the same garden with multiple relatives. A Christmas party occurred in the afternoon as visitors arrived for Christmas vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Hunsberger
Mervin Hunsberger
Jerome Yearous
Lola Yeerous
St. Paul, Minn
Ruby Shaffer
Cedarids
Forrest For
Cleve Bennett
Virgil Torson
Robert Hyde
Julie
Mason City
Leo Hyde
Alton
Joe Dinan
Joe Ogle
Janie
Clyde Ramsey Inington
Emmett Light
Touts Light
West Anon
Torvald Thompson
Waterloo
al Rogness
Sioux Falls
Dak. Tillman Thompson
Emma Gulsvig
Postville
Floyd _ Thompsons
Wadena
Orvin Thompson
Carol Kruempel
Iowa City
Harold Kruempel
Wm. Schoenheider, Jr
Chicago
Alexander Follock
John Christen
Fred Butikofer
Wm. Moore
Kevin
Celia Thurman
Earl Garmoe
Fairfield
John
Clayton Schreiner
Cindi
Columbus, Wise
Martin Hanson
Robert Hanson
Kenneth Strong
Archie Howard
Ann
Roger Howard
Victor
Milwaukee
Wisc
Hanson
Ban
Silas Butikofers
Butikofer
Fred Trafelet
Jim
Mac Robert
George
Volga
Frank Christen
Jim Frieden
Will Christen
Clara Muehlethaler
Christen Bros
Moore
Francis Butikofer
Clarence Hofers
Merlin Nickels
Ft. Gordon
George Nickels
Elizabeth Christen
Wilmette
Ernest Chriten
Elmer Christen
Guttenberg
James Duff
Julia Loftsgard
Josie Jensen
Orvin Loftsgard
Lucille Anderson
Victor Guyer
Will Bergen
John Butikofer, Jr
Floyd Thompson
Olvin Olson
Vickie
Olvin O
Selmer Holm
Roger Holm
Brenda
Pam
Cambridge
Ohio
Elda Martin
Monona
Hilda Dunsrude
Elkader
Bernard Hanson
Arthur
Morris Amundson
Harold Opland
Sarina Kjosa
Kenneth Kjosa
Martin Nelson
Manchester
Christine Rypestor
Ben Fuelling
Jeffery Olson
Henry Olson
Lloyd Schutte
Emory Landsgard
Thomas
Harry Leader
Kathy
West Union
Arthur Landsgard
Rev
Mathie
Otin
Mellien Mork
Mollie Mork
T. L. Loftsgard
Ole Amundson
Louise Vick
Clermont
Kenneth Anderson
Bruce
Curtis and
Karla
Mervin Reierson
Clarence Anderson
Carroll Anderson
Eieen Rosetta
Des Moines
Joseph Kjosa
Theodore Kjosa
Luther College
Henry Reierson
St. Olaf
George Norbeck
Minneapolis
Ole Loftsgard
Aldora Anderson
L'Myra
Rodrity Smith
Edward Krambéer
Orlando Loftsgard
LiMyra
Otto Gisleson
Gunda Gisleson
Milo
Henry Vellersven
Gerald Winter
Laurence Naylor
Ka Gisleson
Joseph Reierson
Lloyd Reierson
Richard
Betty
Diane
End Oer Cornelius Reierson
Mervin Reier
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Tigria
Ee Foxwell
Foxwell
Lembke
Bart Bert Lembe
Elmer Lembke
Wae Eas
Arthur Y
Milo Tieden
Will Frieden
Duane Strong
Seine
Orville Berg
Moline
Ill
Cedar Rapids
Burdett Anderson
Atkins
Wnd
Dates
Wilson
Is Tvs
Aubwn
Clarance Hing Andro
Chea
Bwile
West Union West
Otis
Ruth
William Schoenheider
Gordon Pollock
David
Rosina Anderson
Thomas Ogle
Fremont
H. F. Robbins
Raymond Loftsgend
Ruth and Sharon
DeVere Halverson
Lloyd Loftsgard
Harold
Jacob Schneider
H. H. Wolf
Sisalaieisiieieaee
Blgin State Bank
Cheery Valley
Shippy
Ifa
Lomewalty
Offar
Withes
O’ Neill Drug
Gunder News
Wondertel
Coffee Cup Cafe
Kenton & Lorraine Krueger
Standard Oil Serv
Dale, Betty
Dayra
Union Carbide Research
Port of
New York
Ndustry
Wes
Hellum Produce
Elgin
Iowa
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