Local families share meals and visits in Postville area
Neighbors from Postville and surrounding towns gather for Sunday dinners and weekend visits. The record lists numerous households hosting relatives and friends from West Union Decorah Decorah area, including Yearous, Hunsberger, Ogle, Yearons, Frieden, and many others. Activities include hospital visits, birthday celebrations, and tales of travel to Tacoma and Fort Wayne.
Gunder News Briefs Include Obituary and Local Visits
Maren Jenson died Wednesday February 7 with funeral held Sunday at Marton Lutheran Church. A daughter named L Myra Ann was born February 9 to Pfe and Mrs Myron Anderson at Postville hospital. Several local families visited and hosted gatherings, including Loftsgard and Reierson households, and quilting events noted. Danice spent Wednesday night with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henby
Olson
Clarine
Donald
Wil Ber
Gilbert Peterson
Selmer
Decorah
John Helium
T. T. Loftsgard
Orvin
Jeanette
Ole Amundson
Clermont
Anna Mork
Norma Loftsgard
Mollie Mork
Otto
Ole E. Olson
Rosena Anderson
Thompson
Fternoon
Myron Anderson
Postville Hospital
Hiram Olson
Linda
Henry Olson
Norma
Raymond Loftsgard
Orvin Loftsgard
Milo
Jacobin
Judith
Vern Hupfer
Mrs. Hupfer
Maren Jenson
Marton Lutheran Church
Pfe
L. Myra Ann
Allen Anderson
Daniece
A. O. Anderson
Mellien Loftsgard
Iona
Myr
Gilbert Loftsgard
Cornelius Reierson
Joseph
T. L. Loftsgard
Edna
Mervin Reierson
Ole Loftsgard
O. J. Nyborg
Postville
Mila Dacobia
Henry Radloff
Radloff
Merrill Olson
Lee Havelicek
Marvin Lundt
Milo Jacobia
Adolf Kummer
Jle Loftsgard
Ray Jacobia
Sophia Loftsgard
T. J. Olson
Ray Jacobin
Danice
Harry Butikofer
Ole Benson
Highland
Ben Dennier
Orlin Mason
Dennier
John Ubersax
Clifford Sargent
Shullsburg
Wis
John Dennler
Fred Butthofer
Levi Frieden
Adeline Friederich
Arthur Friederich
Volga
Albert Erickson, Jr
van Garder
Robert
Waukon
Erickson
Martin Hanson
Gladys
Christen Bros
Julius Zaugg
G. Dennier
Fred Dennier
Jacob Christen
Orlando Loftegard
Louis Butikofer
Martin Wenger
Oscar Baumgartner
Ida Meyer
Kenneth Mark
Ernest Christen
Lucy Christen
Lydia Hanson
Hanson
Ira Olson
Adolph Elvers
Joan Larson
Knapp
Wm. Larson
Elmer
Tillie
Lawrence
Mabel’ Butikofer
Celia Andreae
Fred Trafalet, Jr
Cheery Valley Social News Highlights Local Guests
Cheery Valley community members hosted and visited across many homes. Numerous family visits include Butikofer, Dennier, Sargent, Ubersax, and Friederich families sharing meals and attending gatherings around Postville and nearby farms.
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D. C
Elkader
Tows
Ilytia
Sohn Christen
Fred Robhins
Emmett Bro ‘Oland
China
Salt ‘City
Pee
Harry
Elgin
Gig Deakon
Tim Yearous
Ree Uernsey Smith
Harold Meyer
Kenneth Mark Jome
Kenneth Medberry
Harold Tope
West Union
Lithie ‘Larson
C. L. Klingman
Mary Ogle
Florence Ogie
Chas, Wilson
Tacoma
Wash
Wilson
Orvin Thompson
Arthur Yearous
Gordon Pollock
John Phillips
Andrew Yearous
Roscoe Larson
Ida Butikofer
Mervin Hunsberger
Fred
Ruth Rothlisberger
Elmer Kohls
Jerome Yearous
Melvin Hunsberger
Nellie Kimball
Martha Chapman
Lena Hunsberger
Melvin Gregerson
Thos. Pollock
Floyd Frieden
Loe Frieden
Ralph Shaffer
Cleve Bennett
Martin Minihan
Arthur Yearons
Howard Woshell
Gary
Wadena
Arthur Phillips
Will Frieden
Earl Scheffert
Donald Page
Shirley
Myron Moore
Fayette
Pollock
Jerome Yearons
John Christen
Harold Glass
Glass
Manchester
Earl
Helen Rothlisberger
Floyd Patterson
Huth Rothlisberger
Lester Chase
Arthur Kermen
Albert. Schupbach
Ruth
Fanny Frieden
Eliza Pulfer
Lena Schupbach
Lucretia
Turnbull
Orville Berg
Roger
Harl
Hele Rothissberger
Leo Rothisberger
Forest Shafter
Daline
Jim Yearous
Kathleen
Forest Shaffer
Decorah Hospital
Ruby
Jannie
Gerald Shaffer
Henry Holzer
Oran Bane
Alton Medberry
Howard ‘Medberry
Clara Muehlenthaler
Fred Burrow
Mir
Richard Hofer
Marie Schneider
Geo
Butihofer
Sgt
John Frietag
Arthur Chapman
Fred Rothlisberger
Ruth and
Otis
Harold Leuenberger
Milford ‘Porson
Clyde Anderman
Arthur Kelly
Thos
Ogle
Flanagan
Myron Chapman
Buddy
Thos, Pollock
Family
Chris Dennler
John Probert
Billy Boys
Eugene Woodworth
Fort Wayne
Ind
Ida Butihofer
Albert Dennler
Nancy Ernst
Guy
Laurie Jacobson
Reynold Strong
David Bartelma
Katie Richard
Amy
J. F. Shaffer
Thomas
Chas. Wilson
John
H. Wilson
Klingman’s Fountain Service
Schori Bros
R. A. Crider Veterinarian
Iowa
Prudential Insurance Co. of America
R. P. Strauch
Gunder News
Big Gain
Lawrence Gehring
Elgin Gunder Iga
Gunder
Cheery Valley
O'Neill Drug
Elgin, Lowa
Wallace Peters
Illyria Church Corner
McCormick-Deering
John Deere
Guernsey
West Bend
Hudson
Chester
Farrow
Berkshire
HAY & Grain
Boone
Vieland
Arthur L. Phillips Elgin State Bank
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