Clermont Christmas visitors fill local homes with thanks
Clermont and nearby communities saw a long list of Christmas and holiday meals and social visits. Residents hosted relatives from Wadena Cedar Rapids Iowa City and Osage among others for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day dinners suppers and gatherings. People came from West Union Elkader Decorah Hawkeye and many towns to share meals and celebrate with family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Amundson
Clermont
Alton Medberry
Thomas Foxwell
Lioyd Tope
West Union
Carl Lembke
Omaha
Nebr
Florida
Arthur Chapman
Harold Dennler
Guy Ernst
Ann Maier
Ellsport
Jim Whitford
Volga
Forrest Shaffer
Andrew Braker
Silas Wilson
Alta
Clarence Thoman
Carol Wilson
Kenneth Medberry
Albert Dennler
Charles O'Neill
Shanny
Clifford Gisleson
William Yearaus
Earl
Helen
Hazel Rothlisberger
Floyd Patterson
Wadena
Glen Dennler
Ankeny
Keneath
Arthur Hermen
Will Frieden
Ardis Frieden
Cedar Rapids
Milo Frieden
Robert Rude
Eau Claire
Wisc
Paul Smith
Arnold Sanders
Hawkeye
Christmas visits fill Illyria area homes
Illyria area families welcomed relatives during Christmas week with numerous dinners and gatherings. Guests included the Emmett Light and Yearous families in West Union and Omaha respectively, along with visitors from Sioux Falls Waterloo Postville Des Moines and Dubuque. Many local families hosted extended kin at homes in West Union Luana Oelwein Strawberry Point and Wadena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Light
Louis Light
West Union
Ross Whitcher
al Rogness
Sioux Falls
So. Dak
Orvin Thompson
Torvald Thompson
Waterloo
Tillman Thompson
Postville
Floyd Thompson
Wadena
Harlan Yearous
Omaha
Nebr
Helen
Glen
Gordon Pollock
Lloyd Schultz
Raymond Benson
Roy Hydes
Elkader
Judy Lambke
Des Moines
Elmer Lembke
Thomas Ogle
Fremont
Joe Ogle
H. F. Robbins
Sylvan Torkelson
Luana
Wm. Dennler
Paul Smith
Lewis McNally
Rae Gibbs
Barbara
Otto Behrens
Bernard Fendhe
Strawberry Point
Guy Ernst
Bernice Peterman
Oelwein
Lola Yearous
St. Paul
Minn
Forrest Shaffer
Clarence
Alta Thoman
Pete Kuhlmen
Austin
Kenneth Medberry
Will Frey
Albert Dennler
Harold Dennler
Ed Medberry
Hazel Rothlisberger
Dubuque
Earl and
Helen Rothlisberger
Christmas Dinner Guests and Family Visits Reported
Gunder News notes a series of holiday visits and dinners among the Loftsgard family and friends including Rev and Mrs Mathre, Ludwig Anderson, Orlando Loftsgard, Aldora Anderson, L Myra Clermont, and Rodney Smith. Other gatherings involve the Bergen, Olson, Kohen, Kurth, Benson, Nelson, Rypestol, Appelman, Opsand, and Has members with multiple households sharing Christmas meals and hospital visits at Xavier Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathre
Ole Loftsgard
Ludwig Anderson
Orlando Loftsgard
Aldora Anderson
L'Myra
Clermont
Rodney Smith
Postville
Will Bergen
Oliver
Clara Kurth
Elmer Benson
Alme Scholen
Martin Nelson
Manchester
Christine Rypestol
Orvin
Lottagard
Lucian Appelman
Harold Opsand
Amundson
Corrinne
Julia
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Wo. A. Erickson
Robert Larsen
Iowa City
Norman Erickson
Dean de Sart
Sadie DeSart
Elgin
Guy Probert
Robert Vogel
St. Paw
Will Probert
Jere
Frank
Milwaukee
Wise
Millard Nelson, Sr
Gene Allen
Quantico
Harley Weilenhagen
Sumner
Glen Buck
Millard Nelson, Jr
Paul Humphrey
LaVerne Swenson
Bob Swenson
Leo Woods
Bob Marvin
Jeffrey
John Anderson
Carman Swenson
Norman Amundson
Wayne Amundson
Victor Amundson
Kathy
Westside
Martin Amundson
Lester Wenger
Dismne
Amanda Krueger
Lena Wenger
Harry Gunderson
Lyle Gunderson
Ronald Gunderson
James Gunderson
L. T. N. Olson
Ernie Peterson
Louis A. Olson
Gordon Schupbach
Glen Nygaard
Donald Hoth
Richard Hoth
John Nelson Arived
New Haven
Conn
Millard Nelson
Victor Nelson
Jacob Schneider
G. J. Heck
Earl Kiple
Tofield Heck
Burdette Anderson
Atkins
Richard Schmidt
Julie
Cleve Bennett
Will Kerr
Ralph Shaffer
Virgil Tor
Son
Gene Lehman
Marion
Walter Lehman
Patty
Ivan, Anderson
Otis
Ruth Rothlisberger
Harold Kimball
Lee Brainard
Aurora
Gene Wenger
Will Favhrow
Quincy
Bert Butikoffer
Lonnie
Fred Schneider
Huth Rothlisberger
Chas. Swale
Carl Gehring
Jim Probert
Lizzie Chase
Elmer
Ralph
Will Christen
Luke Kuennen
Maynard
Jerome Yearous
Ellen Hunsberger
Mervin Hunsberger
Cal Ters
Curtis Olson
Walter Rothlisberger
Floyd Frieden
Leo Rothlisberger
Ellen Humsberger
Jerome
Richard Hofer
Anna Walters
Clayton Center
Leo Benson
Winthrop
Don Sutter
Duene Strong
Bensons
Glen Yearous
Brenda
Arthur Yearous
Reese Gibbs
Waverly
Arnold Gibbs
Wayne Gibbs
Alexander Pollock
Mason City
Delbert Chapman
David
Rosina Anderson
Barbara Hunsberger
Decorah
Berden Hagelie
Ossian
Edwin Loftsgard
LeRoy Gehring
Lowell Gehring
George Williams
Lowell Beumgartiner
Ella Foxwell
Fayette
Thane Foxwell
Carroll Klingman
Merle Klingman
Lester Chase
Elizabeth Christen
Wilmette
Dave Dawson
Orran Bane, Jr
Leonard Roberts
Orran Bane
Howard Medberry
John Grimm
Amy Richards
Duane Strong
Lori
Elon DeWitte
Arlington
Shirley Rainey
Bob Cousins
Bill Rainey
Loretta Hofer
Revel Streeter
Lawrence White
Pfister
Russell Friederich
Andrew Yearous
Henry Wolf
Richard
Hart
Elksder
Leslie Yearous
Thomas Pollock
Ellen Mason
Frank Christen
Susan
Illyria News
Soft Water Service
Yose
Servisoft
Postville, Iowa
Gunder News
Eee
Ne Oe
Mire
Orvin Coftsgard
Mes
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