Christmas Day Gatherings in Postville and Surrounding Areas
Community members from Postville and nearby towns spent Christmas Day visiting relatives and friends. Guests included the Larson, Christen, Butikofer, Peake, Leeman, Frieden, Minihan, and Gendér households with numerous extended families from Ella der, Guttenberg, Clermont, Volga, and Emmetsburg. Notable attendees were Elizabeth Christen, Frank Christen, Mildred Minihan, and several Leeman and Emrick relatives, plus travelers from Milwaukee and San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwayne Frieden
Fred Butikofer
Mildred Minihan
Pat E
Wm. Minihan
Irene
P. W. Minihan
Laverne Lantz
Victor
Milwaukee
Robert Hanson
Merlin Gender
Willard Mareland
Guttenberg
Wilbur Peake
Ab -West
Russell
Roscoe Larson
Nadine Upton
Clermont
Francis West
Iowa City
Russell Larson
Veterans Hospital
Wm. Moore
Tami
Cindy Butikefer
Willard Matel
Judek
Dennis
Gendér
Peake
Elizabeth Christen
Christen Bros
Pat Mirdthan
Pat E. Minihan
Dallas
Texas
Collins Hadion
Social visit roundups across Cheery Valley families
Sunday and weekend visits span Cheery Valley households including the Denniers, Heyings, Christen, Hofer, Peake, Lantz, Cousins, Hansen, Embretson, Nyhus, and Butikofer families. Wanda Hofer travels to Rochester for surgery, staying with relatives at the Methodist Hospital. New Year dinners gather multiple local residents and friends in casual home settings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Dennier
Sam Dennier
John Heying
Andy
Janet
New Hampton
Christen Bros
John Christen
Clarence Hofer
Wilbur Peake
Wanda Hofer
Rochester
Mann
Gunder News Dinner Guests at Kjosa Home
Mr and Mrs Thomas Peter and Ruth and Mrs Harold Peterson and children of Farmersburg were dinner guests Wednesday in the Louis Kjosa home. Mr and Mrs Arvey Berg and Mr and Mrs Howard Hanson, Judy and Betty were dinner guests Thursday in the Louis Kjosa home. Mr and Mrs Joseph Baker Cornal and Warren, Mr and Mrs Harvey Anderson and family, Mr and Mrs Orlando Loftsgard and family, Mr and Mrs Gerald Winter and Mr and
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Peterson
Ruth
Harold Peterson
Farmersburg
Louis Kjosa
Arvey Berg
Howard Hanson
Judy
Betty
Joseph Baker
Cornal and
Warren
Harvey Anderson
Orlando Loftsgard
Gerald Winter
Lanny
Monona
Roger Holm
Pam
Brenda
Cambridge
Ohio
Eddie Ebert
Cedar Rapids
Helen Rinehart
Clarence Jacobson
Gel
Gerald Texley
Raymond
Westchester
Ill
Jimmy Tope
Selmer Holm
Elda Marting
Florence Jacobia
Oscar Nyberg
Postville
Ole Loftsgard
Milo Jacobin
Joseph Reierson
Robert Eberling
Elmer Eberling
Carroll Klingman, Jr
Kenneth Kjosa
Burton Thorson
St. Olaf
Theodore
Clarence Anderson
Carroll Kling
Community Christmas Socials and Family Gatherings Noted
A long list of Christmas and New Year visits fills this report from Decorah area households. Names include Winter, Naylor, Gisteson, Lofts gard, Bergen, Amundson, Olson, Holm, Jacobson, Tex ley, Tope, Ebert, Rinehart, Refevean, and Kjosa among others. Several dinners, suppers, and coffee hours were shared at multiple homes, with events extending into New Year’s Day and a belated party at the Loftsgard residence.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wm. Smith
Volga
Dennis Gender
Clarence
Kenneth Peake
Ben Butikofer
Ole Embretson
Lena Nyhus
Lester Butikofer
Albert Erickson
Carol and Lee
Mec-Gregor
Cheery Valley
Gunder News
Elgin State Bank
DIAL
Elgin Iawa
Federal Rt Deposit Insurance Corporation
Burpios Peace
Wadena Offic
Knudtsen
Somer-Net
Mergin Relerson
Gérald Winter
Laurence Naylor
Otto Gisteson
Kathleen
T. L. Loftsgard asxi-Marion
Gunda Gisteson
Milo
Will Bergen
Otto Gislegon
Almer Amundson
Kahhleen
Richard
Amd
Arthur Amundson
Clarence Anundson
Kenneth Amundson
Gordon Landsgard
Merrill Olson
Jack Adrian
Mrs
Henry Olson
Ray Refevean
Donald Olson
Jeffery
Lloyd Schutter
John Butikofer
Donald Hoag
Ben Fuelling
Olvin Olson
Vickie
Floyd Thompson
Ervin Nyberg
Henry Nyberg
Lloyd Loftsgard
Harry Amundson
Millard Bilden
Tilpher Bilden
Helga Bilden
Agnes
Evelyn
Louise Bilden
Hildur Bilden
Gerdis Wagesland
Emi
Decorah
Harold Opsand
Joseph Kjosa
Elgin
Elgin- West Union
West Union
Helms
Chester White
Rite Way
Dan Wilson
Brackin Estate
Devere Halverson
Thiele Bros
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