Community visitors share meals and birthdays in regional homes
Cheery Valley residents and relatives from Elkader Volga Evansdale Davenport and Marion gathered in multiple homes Tuesday through Sunday for dinners birthdays and social visits. The Duff Christen Bun families and neighbors like the Butikofer Hansons and Pollocks joined open houses and toasted anniversaries while others traveled to Rochester and Clermont for family events and hospital visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheery Valley
James Duff
Geo
Avin
Tommy
Volga
John Christen
Wm. Baumgartner
Orlwein
Elmer Baumgartner
Louise
Elkader
Ernest Baumgartner
Connie
Kenneth Mark
Kendall
Martin Hanson
Gladys
Biter
Musina
Anson
Aest
Gordon Pollock
James Frieden
Ernest Christen
Frank Christen
Lucy Christen
Volga.ga
Frank Kulish
Marion
Carl Cousins
Evansdale
Clarence Hofer
Don Dominy Famly
Waverly
Archie Howard
Ann
Ann Howard
Ben Butikofer
Ole Embertson
Joe Clark
Rochester
Minn
Thomas Pollock
Ie Pene Hospital
Pollock
Wm. Butikefer
Davenport
Leslie Pul
Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Camp Plans
Mrs Harold Opsand and others visit Mrs Enoch Mark Tuesday afternoon. Families host guests from Lofts gard, Kjosa, Wettleson and Amundson households. Bible camp attendance at Strawberry Point. weekend trips to Lac Du Flambeau Wis and Wausera noted. Birthday party for David Anderson with nine cousins. St Olaf visit by Julia Wettleson. Des Moines visitors and many Lofts gard gatherings referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Opsand
Ole Loftsgard
Otto Gisleson
Kenneth Kjosa
Enoch Mark
Raymond Loftsgard
Lloyd Loftsgard
Harold Hanson
Colesburg
Kenda Loftsgard
Elsie Hanson
Strawberry Paint
Ted Kjosa
St. Charles
St. Charles, Minn
Robert Wayne Wettleson
Kimbery
P. K. Peterson
Harold Halverson
Diane
Steven
Lac du Flambeau
Wis
Wausera
Robert Wettleson
Mary Ann Anderson
Julia Wettleson
Arthur Amundson
Harold Opland
Big Springs
David Anderson
Robert Wayne
Roger Wettleson
Raymond Raymond Schmuelle
St. Olaf
Vern Rugland
Nettie Knutsen
Orwen Loftsgard
Victor Guyer
Arthur Loftsgard
Becky
Christine
Des Moines
Gilbert Loftsgard
Fred Larson
Douglas
Diane Fairbanks
Waterloo
Steven Helgerson
Emma Larson
Emery Landsgard
Mollie Mork
Clara McNally
Robert McNally
Luella Baker
Mellien
Otto Mork
Mellien Loftsgard
T. L
Selmer Holm
Roger Holm
Pam
Brenda
Community Picnic Notes and Family Visits Around Postville
Sunday gatherings at Spook Cave and city park honorings mark a crowded weekend. Duluth visitors Rickey Lenth and Roger Holm families join Selmer Holm hosts. extended kin from Monona Cedar Rapids Pensacola attend meals and suppers with the Olvin Olson, Will Bergen, and Kjosa households. July 4 picnics unfold with Loftsgard and Bilden clans, while Brenda Eberling returns home from Decorah for a short stay with the Reierson and Eberling families near Postville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Rickey Lenth
Wheeling
Webtorn Landsgard
Win. Landsgard and Family
Pensacola
Fla
Roger Holm
Selmer Holm
Elda Marting
Lanny
Monona
Rickey Leath
Cedar Rapids
Julie Ann Thompson
Vicky Olsen
Olvin Olson
Diane Thompson
Trudy Kay Batikofer
Will Bergens
Cahers
Will Bergen
Ben Fuelling
Charlie Bergen
Mellien Loftsgard
Spook Cave
John Butikofer
Floyd Thompson
Louis Kjosa
Sonja
Arvey Berg
Postville
Thomas Peterson
Bill Christianson
Gred Waalk
Marion
Clifford Christianson
Henry Christianson, Jr
Alvin Olson
Vicky
Wisconsin
Merrill Olson
Otto Gisleson
Gerald Winter
Decorah
Lawrence Naylor
West Union
Milo Gisleson
Myron Houg
Lloyd Loftsgard
Orwen Loftsgard
Orlando Loftsgard
James Schlee
Ben Butikofer
Silas Butikofer
Dan Butikofer
Bernard Loftsgard
Tilpher Bilden
Helga Bilden
Joseph Reierson
Robert Eberling
Elmer Eberling
Brenda Eberling
Paul Elias
Karen
Phil Boland
Eskader
Illyria Sharon Yearous Guests and Local Visitors
Sunday night guests included Sharon Yearous at Faye Whittenbaugh's home in Wadena and the Yearous relatives hosted by the Kerr and Guernsey households. Visitors from Fort Wayne and Littleport joined local families, with Julie Dinan staying longer after visits to Manchester. The Glen Yearous family spent the weekend with the Stanley Boyer family in Cedar Falls. Mrs. Oliver Heins visits her mother Nettie Hermen this week as other callers arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illyria
Sharon
Faye Whittenbaugh
Wadena
Lynn
Paula
Kevin
Shane Smith
Guernsey Smith
Eugene Woodworth
Fort Wayne
Ind
Virgil Torson and Son
Will Kerr
John Dinan
Littleport
P. W. Minihan
Pagen
Eunice
Joel Clark
Elkader
Kevin Whitford
Volga
Forrest ‘Shaffer
Donald Sutter
Duane Strong
Thomas Ogle
Joe Ogle
Ed Gernand
Oliver Heins
Oelwein
Lembke
Elmer Lembke
Wanda
Carl Lambke
Earl Lembke
Don Mahlow
State Center
Many Families Gather for Weekend Visits Across Iowa Towns
A flurry of Sunday and weekend visits dot the region with numerous gatherings. Arlington, West Union, Elkader, Luana, and Cedar Rapids host extended family dinners and picnics. Attendees include Hummel, Dennler, Frieden, Meyer, Light, Ogle, Yearous, and Fenner clans, plus many others from Fayette, Marion, Monona, and Volga.
Fenner family guest list spans several towns
Brainard area notes recount visitors and extended stays at Ed Fenner and Gerald Band homes. Among those listed are families from Long Beach South Gate Ogden Bryan Ohio Independence Waterloo Cedar Rapids Elkader West Union and Lake Bluff with visits spanning Friday to Monday and birthdays celebrated for Mrs Kohls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Fenner
Roy Fenner
Carol
Janice
Bryan
Ohio
Keith Nosszinger
Julie
Delta
Larry Fenner
Kewanee
Ill
Gerald Bond
Jerry
Wadena
Ronald Fenner
Brad
Long Beach
Calif
Dorothy Landreth
Debra
South Gate
Richard
Fenner
Scott
Odgen
Norman Corder
Nichols
Delmer Fenner
Polk City
Everett Patrick
Ross Whitcher
West Union
Lyle Martin
Melvin Hanson
Russ Reeder
Brad Fenner
Gary Alber
Eldorado
Brainard News
Ed Fenners
Richard Fenner
Ogden
Mrs. Kohls
Mrs
Tom
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Illinois
Harry Butikofer
Ida Fulfer
Marie Butikofer
Francis Wolf
Clermont
Robert Hanson
Kimberly
Alice Hofer
U.S
Hunery
America
Care Midwest
E. Wells St
Milwaukee, Wis
Gunder
Gordon Pellock
Milo Frieden
Kenneth Garretson
Laxmont
Marion Whitcher
Francis Baldwin
Emmett Light
Anna Maier
Elliport
Jim Kamp
Harold Dennler
Richard Grover
R. R. Reusser
Tofield Heck
Roy Halverson
Nellie Kimball
Robert ‘Schneider
LaVern Schneider
Elizabeth ‘Schneider
Jessie Probert
Fayette
Albert Dennler
Annette Meyer
Melbert Meyer
Delbert Chapman
Clem Meyer
Myron Chapman
Brad and
Ronald Miller
Raymond Benson
Andrew Braker
Silas Wilson
Clarence
Alta Thoman
Earl
Helen
Hazel Rothlisberger
Robert Kerr
Will E. Ogle
William Bennett
Will Christen
Ea Rae Can
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Grace
MR. Merchant
Coe
Maquoketa Valley
Arlington
Iowa
Elgin
Festina Ossian
Strawberry Point
Fauser Or. Co. Elgin &. ‘Wiaddeng
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