Christmas Dinner Guests Spread Across Guttenberg Area
The text lists numerous families and individuals from Guttenberg Elkport Clermont Oelwein and nearby towns who visited for Christmas and pre Christmas dinners. Names include Leeman Nickels Moraland Gender Peake Wenthe Wenger Scho walter Dennifer Christen Embertson Friederich Butikofer and others with multiple dinners and gift exchanges noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mariah ‘ Christen
Gift Tieng
Rupert Leeman
Guttenberg
Paul Peterson
Oelwein
Jeffery Leeman
Acport
Mason City
Russell West
Nadine Upton
Clermont
Ous ‘Fess
Gerald ‘Nickels
Volga
George Nickels
Williard Moraland
Merlin Gender
Guttenbere
Wilbur Peake
Jim Wenthe
Ames
Ronald Wenger
Elkader
Mary Schowalter
Elkport
Will Friederich
Willard “Moraland
Martin Hanson
Gladys
Wm. Dennifer
David
Billy Jane
Robert Hanson
Ben Butikofer
Lester Butikofer
Farmersburg
Ole Embertson
Lena Nyhus
Albert L. Dennler
Sylvan Torkelson
Wm. Torkelson Jr
Leo Olesen
Becky
Robert
Rantoul
Ill
Ernest Christen
Elizabeth Christen
Wilmette
Elmer Christen
Harold Meisner
BRAINARD NEWS LAST WEEK S SOCIAL GATHERINGS
Sunday dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Joe A Peters Bellevue and Mr and Mrs Bob Peters Waterloo. Afternoon visitors featured Don Peters Robin and Robert Kerr Jr Dennis Meyer and Joe A Peters family over Christmas. Ed Fenner Janet Gehring Iowa City and Lawrence Gehring hosted Christmas. Other visits covered Lyle Martin Melvin Hanson Elmer Kohls and Roy Fenner households. Christmastime travel involved Schasetiag and Archbold Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon Peters
Joe A. Peters
Bellevue
Bob Peters
Waterloo
Peters
Don Peters
Robin
Robert Kerr Jr
Dennis Meyer
Postville
Floyd Whitcher
Ed Fenner
Janet Gehring
Iowa City
Lawrence Gehring
Richard Kohls
Donald
Ruth
Elmer Kohls
Clermont
Melvin Hanson
Lyle Martin
Ross Whitcher
West Union
Thomas Meighan
Billy
Kelly
Sumner
Roy Fenner
Archbold
Ohio
Doc- Grimes
Ruth Ann Kohls
Tom Hayzlett
Independence
Kohls
Community Christmas Gatherings Across Local Homes
A crowded sequence of holiday visits and dinners marks Christmas season at families in West Union Elkader Postville and Clermont. Gatherings include the Loftsgard Olsen and Gisleson households with extended kin, gifts exchanged, and a post Christmas party at Gilbert Loftsgard home plus multiple dinners with friends and neighbors across towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelvy
Nima
Envin Winter
West Union
Otto Gisleson
Uy Gerald Winter
Lloyd Loftsgard
Huokd
Jerry Trudo
Postville
Tilpher Bilden
David
Rodney
Trudy
Terry Butikofer
Will Bergen
Henry Rejerson
St. Olaf
Sandra Kjosa
Marvin Holck
Magon City
Kenneth Kjosa
Myron Houg
Silas Butikofer
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Silas’ Butikofer
Ben-end
Dan Butikofer, Jr
Myron, Houg
Merlin Heltum
Fred Trafalet
Willie Thorsgerd
Isabell Thorsferd
Robert Leuchtenmacher
Irene
Pat Minihan
Elizabeth
John Christen
James Duff
Adolph Elvers
Elikader
Brainard News
Gunder News
Karol Loftsgard
Ronald Loftsgard
Ole Lottegard
Erickson
Irothers
Gerald Winter
Kathleen Gisleson
Jim’ Rubens
Fort Dodge
Jerry and
Marilyn Loftsgard
Gilbert Loftsgarday
Carroll Klingman, Jr
Merle Klingman
Elkailer
Ben’ Fuelling
Vebjorn Landsgard
Ole
Hilda Dunsrud Elkader
Joy McFarland
West Unoin
Selmer
Harold Opsand
Robert Wettleson
Mary Ann Anderson
Christine, Rypestol
Harvey Anderson
Gilbert Loftsgard
Fred Larson
LuAn Fairbanks
Douglas
Dianne
Gerene Larson
Gee
Larson
Emma Larson
Debbie
Drew
Bernard Loftsgard
Jerry
Larry
Marilyn
Bern
Gerald Olson
Henry Olson
Marion Olson
Donald Olson
Jef
State Bank
Elgin
Iowa
Deposit Insurance Corporation
Wadena
Elgin State Bank Butikofer
Oliver
P.T.O
John Deere
New Holland
McCormick
Poland
Illyria
Tl Gehring
Orvin Thompson
Elgin State Bank
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