Community Notes from Elgin Echo Readers
Local social column lists visiting friends and relatives in Fayette County Iowa. Names include Virgil Troyer Mark Rag gone James Hermen families Carl Gehring Robt Kerr Roy Halverson Silas Wilson Clarence Thoman and many others with weekend and Sunday gatherings at homes in West Union Clermont Castalia Sumner and Eden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Echo
Elgin
Iowa
Elm
Fayette County
James A. Hermen
Funeral Notices and Weekend Visits Across Waterloo and Cedar Rapids
Brainard News covers a large social page with multiple visits and gatherings. Irvin Brackin’s funeral is noted at Westminister Presbyterian Church in Waterloo. Dr Edith Gehring from Washington DC attended and later visited Cedar Rapids. Various families from Cedar Rapids Steamboat Rock West Union and Waterloo hosted or visited kin, including weddings and birthday gatherings. Janet Gehring sails to Santa Monica for a visit and Alfred Jacobs visits in Richard Kohls home.
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Lawrence Genying
Norma
Edith
Janet
Steamboat Rock
Wilson Patterson
Alvie Westphal
Cedar Rapids
Billy Pates
Gerald Blockhus
Tom Hayzlett
Independese
Richard Kohls
Ed Heins
Velmar
Clermont
Roger Reeder
Bob Hanson
Darrell
Hikacher
Jim Hanson
Madison
Wisconsin
Lyle Martin
Lawrence Gehring
Conte Barekin
Gary Snyder
Sacred Heart Church
Waterloo
Ronald Fenner
Brad
Long Beach
California
Oelwein
Roy Fenner
Kawanee
Ed Fenner
Howald Fenner
Thursay
Kohls
Vern Darnell
Jim
Dirk
Alma Tripp
Wilma Grimes
West Union
Riley Grimes
Social Visits Across Multiple Homes Reported
Wednesday afternoon visitors at the Laverne Smodel home included Dixie, David, Ronald, and Dean Reierson. Thursday evening guests at Carroll Klingman Jr. residence were Joseph Reierson family, Harold Opsand, Mr. and Mrs. John Opsand, Edward Edbjad family, and Mrs. Warren Burstrom for supper. Ruth Ellen Burstrom spent Monday and Tuesday at Morris Amundson home. Thursday dinner guests at Morris Amundson home included John Opsand, Harold Opsand, Gunda Olson, and Mrs. Early. Oelwein hosted Wednesday afternoon visitors Olvin Oleon to help Mrs. Olson celebrate her birthday with Mrs. Floyd Thompson and family, Mrs. John Butikofer, Trudy and Terry, Mrs. Henry Nyberg, and Mr. and Mrs. Will Bergen. Julie Ann Thompson extended her visit, while Diane Kay Thompson and Truman Butikofer stayed from Wednesday to Sunday at Will Bergen home.
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Harold Opsand
John Opsand
Edward Edbjad
Warren Burstrom
Bernard Hanson
Ruth Ellen Burstrom
Morris Amundson
Gunda Olson
Early
Oelwein
Olvin Oleon
Olson
Olvin Olson
Vickie
Floyd Thompson Fame
Julie Ann
Joseph Kjosa
Clarense Anderson
Will Bergen
Lorenz Schatz
Lake Mills
Herbert Dummermuth
Helen Reinhart
Selmer Halm
Christine Rypestel
John, Opsand
Victor Guyer
Orwen
Mellien
Otto Mark
Emory Landsgard
T. L. Loftsgard
Mervin Reijerson
John Opland
Harold Hanson
Razhei
Kenneth Kjosa
Ole Loftsgard
Rodney
Maerris Amundson
Milo Gisleson
Kenneth Kjos
George Butikofer
Bryce Gaus
Leominster
Mass
Quinton Clark
Jerry Loftsgard
David
Daryl Anderson
Cedar Rapids
Louis Kjosa
Arvey Berg
Postville
Henry Christianson
Craig and
Clete
Monona
Fleet Peake
Elaine
Garnaville
Wibur Peake
James Frieden
Kevin
Christen Bros
John Christen
Ellen Mason
Roscoe Larson
Mildred Minihan
Elkader
Albert L. Dennler
Alma Schoein
Robert Seigenbaum
Sumner
Betty Farr
Tripoli
Harry Butikofer
Robert Leuchtenmacher
Alice
George Leuchtenmacher
John Luechtenmacher
Mederville
Lydia Odegard
Joan
Hardy Raphban
Salar
Calif
Wilbur Peake
Glen Nims
Gary Jacobson
Clermont
Ronald Lofisgard
Dennis
Diane Hanson
Martin Hanson
Robert Hanson
Alfred Gerber
Pierre
So. Dak
Silas Butikofer
Eunice Pagan
Ellen. Mason
Kenneth Mark
Clara Muehlethaler
Strawberry Point
Ida Meyer
Alice Yearous
Albert Klingman
Local Residents Enjoy Weekend Visitors and Dinner Guests
Sunday and weekend visitors fill many homes as Olvin Olson, Floyd Thompson, Christine Rypestel, Orven Loftsgard and others host friends and relatives. Crosstown calls include Kjosa, Berg, Christianson, Amundson and Reijerson families plus travels from Decorah, Postville, Leominster and Cedar Rapids.
Social visits and birthday celebrations in Elkader area
Tuesday through Friday saw numerous visits and birthday parties across several households. Cheery Valley Fleet Peake and Elaine Garnavill spent Tuesday in Wi bur Peake home. Mrs. James Frieden and Kevin called on Christen Bros and John Christen homes Thursday. Mrs. Mil dred Minihan celebrated with help from Ellen Mason and Roscoe Larson in Elkader.
Local residents feature in neighborhood visits and reunions
Sunday visitors in the Jake Sollberger and Hilen Mason homes, Delbert Chapman and Lewis J Butikofer host callers. Wilbur Peake attends a Manchester reunion after spending time in Merlin Gould er and Willard Mareland homes. July 4 dinner guests include Ole Embretson Lena Ny hus at Ben Butikofer home. Shirley Blockhus and Marilyn Butikofer go to Ewala Bible Camp for a few days.
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Jake Sollberger
Delbert Chapman
Lewis J. Butikofer
Hilen Mason
Wilbur Peake
Merlin Goulder
Willard Mareland
Guitenberg
Peake
Manchester
Ole Embretson
Lena Nyhus
Ben Butikofer
Lester Butikofer
Thore Kirkeforden
Herbert Blockhus
Shirley Blockhus
Marilyn Butikofer
Ewala Bible Camp
Luann Butikofer
Lester Butikkafer
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Maith
Illyria News
Virgil Troyer
Mark Raggone
Milwaukee
Gene Wener
Alton Medberry
Walter Ash
LeRoy Gehring
Marion
Carl Gehring
Susan Amundson
Pleasant Foint Study Club
Klock’s Island
Fayette
Walter Rothlisberger
Baxter Springs
Kans
Harold Dennler
Ronald
Jim Dessel
Bernice Peterman
Qelwein
Guy Ernst
Floyd Ernst
LaCrosse, Wise
Lloyd Schultz
Erus
Castalia
Roy Halverson
Arthur
Alan
Milton Schneider
LaVern
Robert Kerr
Edwin Loftsgard
East Clermont
Carol Wilson
Andrew Braker
Thomas Rays
Wadena
Louis Christen
V. N. Starr
Eden
So. Bak
James Hermen
Lester Chase
Volga
Ladies’ Aid
Ed Wenger
Milton Morgan
Marshall Helms
Leonard Roberts
Ronald Beermann
Dubuque
LeRoy Rothlisberger
Guy Ernest
Hermey Schuidy
Douglas Knutschat
Rockford
Phillip Wander
Jerry Probert
Paul Smith
Milo Halverson
Spring Valley
Minn
Mervin Huneberger
Richard Schmidt
Ivan Anderson
Ralph Shaffer
Tillotson’s
Elgin, Iowa
Blue Canners
Rotary Food Press
Elgin State Bank
DIAL
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Francis Butikofer
Brainard News
Gunder
Laverne Smodel
Dixie
Dean Reierson
Carroll Klingman, Jr
Joseph Reierson
Cheery Valley
E. W. Hilgemann
Smith Building
Louis Schutte & Son
Clermont and
Funeral Home
Furniture Store
Willy’s Gun Shop
David Christen
Curtini ¥ Breeding Service, Inc
Leonard Heins Elgin
Ho-Hummi
John M. Tillotson
AIR L
Goodyear
Fauser Oil CO
Elgin & Wadena
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