Community social notes from the Loftsgard area
Gunder News callers and guests fill weekends with coffee visits and dinners across multiple households. The record lists many hosted gatherings including birthday celebrations for Lucille Anderson and a baptism at Marion Lutheran Church for Mark Alan Reierson with local families and relatives in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Loftsgard
Kenneth Krom
Rey
Mathie
Martin Nelson
Will Bergen
Louis Kjosa
Alvin Olson
Vickie
Lorando Embretaon
John Butikefer
Glenn B. Olson
Elkader
Merrill Olson
Milton Olson
Merrill Ow
Clara Kurth
Lucille Anderson
Vebson Landsgard
Ole
St. Olaf
Selmer Holm
Mark Alan
Joseph Reierson
Marion Lutheran Church
Alice Eberling
Carlyle Kirkeberg
Randolph Reierson
Eberling
Reierson
Lloyd Reierson
Marvin Reierson
Cornelius Reierson
Elmer Eberling
Robert Eberling
Postville
Carlyle
Social notes from Brainard and area residents
Brainard area residents and guests are listed with numerous visits and gatherings. Names include Rex Folkerts Janet Gehring Thomas Meighan Billy Brackin Vern Boyer Wilson Patterson families Lyle Martin Ruth Kohls E B Grimes Ronald Kohls and others in West Union Independence Sumner Water loo and Fayette. The item records birthdays and coffee visits at various homes and nursing facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Folkerts
Steamboat Rock
Wilson Patterson
Janet Gehring
Iowa City
Lawrence Gehring
Anna Reeder
Don Reeder
Oscar Reeder
West Union
John Martin
Cogswell
Dak
Lyle Martin
Wm, Boyle
Alice
Glen Boyer
Ruth Kohls
Independence
Richard Kohls
Sidney Patterson
Thomas Meighan
Billy and Kelly
Sumner
Dick Brackin
Cresco
Ann Miles
Waterloo
Vern Boyer
Melvin Hanson
Harry Anderson
David
Hawkeye
Glenn Boyer
Vern Darnell
Donald
Ruth Ann
E. B. Grimes
G. D. Grimes
Kate Rolf
Darnell
Ronald Kohls
Bob Gilbert and
Reuben Butilofer
Janet
Wilma Grimes
Isaac Gehring
Skinner Nursing Home
Fayette
Gerald Bond
Wadena
Ed Fenner
Debbie DeSart
USC
David Schaller
Illyria News Social Guests and Weekend Visits
Illyria area residents hosted and visited relatives and friends over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Guy Ernst stayed with Mrs Ber Nice Peterman in Oelwein while the George Kukhan family from Charles City dined with Harry Feller. Henry Kuhlman and family from Blooming Prairie Minnesota spent the weekend with Peter Kuhlman. Ruby Shaffer of Cedar Rapids visited Jim Whitford and Forrest Shaffer. Albert Dennler called on Arnold Sanders and Arthur Kelly in Hawkeye. Carol Kruempel of SIU Iowa City stayed with her parents Harold and Mrs Kruempel. Earl and Helen Rothlisberger were Friday supper guests of Faye Whittenbaugh in Wadena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Ernst
Bernice Peterman
Oelwein
George Kukhan
Charles City
Harry Feller
Hanry Kuhlman
Blooming Prairie
Minn
Peter Kuhlman
Ruby Shaffer
Cedar Rapids
Jim Whitford
Volga
Forrest Shaffer
Albert Dennler
Arnold Sanders
Arthur Kelly
Hawkeye
Carol Kruempel
SUI
Iowa City
Harold Kruempel
Earl
Helen Rothlisberger
Faye Whittenbaugh
Wadena
Sunday Guests and Dinner Gatherings Across Several Homes
Numerous families and individuals across Clermont Strawberry Point and surrounding towns were noted as Sunday guests, dinner companions, or weekend visitors in homes of the Frieden Leuenberger Ogle Yearous and Dennler families, including transitions among the Benson Powell and Lembke households. Several birthdays and club meetings also appeared, with many social visits reported in Ankeny West Union and Cedar Rapids connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Pollock
Raymond Benson
Jerome Yeaious
Curtis Olson
Clermont
Floyd Frieden
Emmett Light
Thomas Powell
Strawberry Point
Joe Ogle
Janie
Clyde Ramsey
Arlington
Mark
Thomas Benson
Winthrop
Thomas Ogle
Harold Dennler
Alton Medberry
Roger Amundson
Don Burchett
Shelley
Moline
Florian Burchett
Orran Bare
Ed Wenger
Gene Wenger
George Butikofer
Elizabeth Schneider
Glen Yearous
Claude Bock
Sumner
Otto Blockhus
Elmer Lembke
Glen Dennler
Ankeny
Harry Butikofer
Albert L. Dennler
Ben Dennler
Delbert Chapman
Wm. Dennler
Ivan Anderson
Gene Lehman
Wilbur Peake
Mervin Hunsberger
Jake Solberger
Marion
Ben Dennier
Silas Wilson
Mabel King
Roscoe Larson
Jerome Yearoug
Tillie Pagen
Elkader
Lane Ash
Duane Strong
Thomas Foxwell
Will Frieden
West Union
Milo Frieden
Arthur Chapman
Della Chapman
Good Samaritan
Birdie Elfingston
Decorah
Roy Halverson
Jacob Wander
Virgil Torson
Cleve Bennett
Birthday gatherings span towns in local social notes
Sunday and Friday visits populate a page of community life. Families from Strawberry Point, Manchester, Oelwein, Garnaville, Monona, Guttenberg, and Osbourne join birthdays and dinners, with many stops at the Christen and Larson households and related kin in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reymond Weston
Lamont
Mary Jane Neven Kirch
Wm. Smith
Wilbur Peake
Clara Lange
Strawberry Point
Harry Mitchell
Manchester
Frank Thoman
West Bend
Christen Brothers
Frank Christen
Wm. Minihan
Erin
Irene
Pat
Minihan
Will Friederich
Robert Leuchtenmacher
Chet Hull
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gunder News
Christine Rypestol
Orvin Loftsgard
Henry Olson
Kenneth Kjosa
Lloyd Schutte
Myron Hoag
Marlys and
Lowell
Tilpher Bilden
Mrs
Roneld Loftsgard
Bernard Loftegerd
Gilbert Loftegard
Charles
Carol
Gilbert Loftsgard
Marilyn
Jerry Loftagard
Emma Larson
Millard Mork
Alamogordo
New Mexico
Robert Mork
Effie Biggs
Monona
Enoch T. Mork
Diane
Becky
Mork Brothers
Emory Landsgard
Mollie Mork
Mrs.t. L. Loftsgard
Louise Vick
Bradley
Lisa
Leslie Lantz
Harry Olson
Green Bay
Wisc
Olvin Olson
Harey
Margit Olson
Postville Hospital
Elmer Rosmundson
Gena Knutson
Henry Nyberg
Iowa
Goodfield
Nehawka
Clintland
Nemaha
Minhafer
Newton — Burnett
Otis Rothlisberger
Elgin
Elgin State Bank
Federal Deposit Nce Corporation
Yewrtsiog Kuadion
Brainard News
Illyria News
Aler Leliy
Fauser Oil CO
Elgin, Iowa
Harold Tape
Oliver Heins
Arthur Hermen
Vernon Anderson
Merlin Chapman
Hugh Varty
Clear Lake
Paul Smith
Don Sutter
King
Lori
Ardis Frieden
Judy Lembke
Des Moines
Louie Zuercher
Orran Bane
Carl Gehring
Harold Strong
Harold Leuenberger
Progressive Home Study Club
Forrest Ghaffer
Orvin Thompson
Joe Frieden
Treas
Kenneth Medberry
Archie Wheeler
Glen Dennier
Harry Butikefer
Jacob Schneider
Susan Benson
Straw
Farmers Mutual Insurance Ass'n
Farm Bureau
Louis Kane
Westgate
DOW Clute, Secy
Arlington, Iowa
Berry Point
Arthur Yearous
Carl Rubens
Cheery Valley
Joe Olson
Eric
Jerry Anderson
Walter Lantz
Martin Hanson
James Hermen
Will Christen
George Nickels
Wilbur Peale
Jack and
Merlin
Guttenberg
Fred Knoke
Silas Butikofer
Paul Peterson
Arno Deude
Garnaville
Clarence Tarson
John Christen
Elgin Produce
the Elgin Eoho
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