Community Guests and Visits Reported Across Local Homes
Cheery Valley and Elkader families hosted dinners and gatherings. Guests included the Christen, Hanson, Butikofer, and Lantz families visiting in Colum(b)us, Elkader, Volga, and nearby towns. Several residents attended graduation exercises, travels included Iowa City to Colorado for summer work, and hospital stays noted for a family member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheery Valley
Christen
David
Glenn
John Christen
Robert Hanson
Diane
Gladys Hanson
Columbus, Wise
Cindi Schreiner
Clayton Schreiner
Iowa City
Helen
Sci
Miss Christen
Colorado
Harry Butikofer
Marie Butikofer
William Friederich
Harald Meisner
Ronnie Wenger
Elkader
Wilbur Peake
Merlin Gender
Ernest Christen
Martin Hanson
Roger Howard
Archie Howard
Ann
Mike Lantz
Ossian
Walter Lantzs
University Hospitals
Reuben Christen
Christen Brothers
Lydia Hanson
Harry
Keith
Kenny
Ed Hoth
Roscoe Lirson
Ben Dennier
James Duff
Volga
Wm. Friederich
Yor Cedar Falls
Ellen Mason
Christen Bros
Community visits and gatherings in Ossian area
Residents from Ossian and nearby towns shared visits and dinners across several households. Activities included Friday and Sunday gatherings, birthday parties, and trips to Elkader Fair Grounds. Notable attendees: Mr. and Mrs. Otto Gisleson, Mrs. Ole Loftsgard, Mrs. Christine Rypestol, Corrine Rypestol, Julia Wettleson, and many listed neighbors and relatives.
Illyria News and Local Social Notes Reach Across Towns
Illyria News reports Glen Christen traveled to Chanute AFB after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Will Christen and Lou is. The Clifton Gisleson family joined the Jacob’s reunion near Ossian Sunday. Sunday visits included LeRoy Stummer Mentivelio and multiple households. Anita Dennler returned to Cedar Falls to resume school after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Harold Dennler. Youth Fellowship held a picnic at State Park in Strawberry Point. Additional neighbors and families shared Sunday calls and visits across Arlington Postville and nearby homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illyria News
Glen Christen
Chanule Afb
Will Christen
Lou
Clifton Gisleson
Jacob
Ossian
LeRoy Stummer Mentivelio
Glen Yearous
Claude Block
Lawrence Stone
Sumner
Kenneth Strong
Archie Howard
Anita Dennler
Cedar Falls
Harold Dennler
Vyhe Youth Fellowship
State Park
Strawberry, Point
Wim
Yesrous
Lyte
Sharon
Dale Patterson
Postville
Jeff
Karen Frieden
Eldon de Witte
Arlington
Norma Daly
Iantha
Weekend Guests Fill Harold Strong Home Mix
A long list of Sunday and weekend visitors attended events at the Harold Strong home and nearby families. Names include the Ortan Bane Jr, Klingman, Denner, Wenger, Rainey, Dinan, Frieden, Beerman, Rathlisberger, Davis, and Nelson families among others in Iowa communities like Waterloo, West Union, Hawkeye, and Oelwein, with cross visits to Bentonville and Oregon. The piece notes church officers elected at a local gathering and lists several deacons elders and committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Denner
Ray McCauley
Leslie Thomas
West Union
Kathy Dinan
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Joe Dinan
Roger Frieden
Ron Beerman
Edgewood
Roy Rathlis
Berger
Mamie Davis
Harold Strong
Harald Tape
Hawkeye
Darwin Gilson
Marion
Arthur Chapman
Silas Wilson
Roscoe Pritchard
Albert Dennler
Arnotld Sanders
Jessie Probert
Alan Foxwell
Fayette
Douglas Chapman
Klamath Falls
Oregon
LeRoy Rothlisberger
Gordon Pollock
Treas
Carl Gehring
Emmett Light
Howard Medberry
Thomas Ogle
Floyd Frieden
Eugene Medberry
Carroll Klingmaan
Gil Smith
Virgil Torson
Will Yearous
Thomas Foxwell
James Hermen
Forrest Shaffer
David Chriten
John Grimm
Harry Feller
Orran Bane
William Dennler
Lena
Ruth Schupbach
Anna Schupbach
Bertha Lehman
Larry Halverson
Peggy Renwick
Harold Halverton
Dad
Klingman
Mervin Anderson
Sandra Anderson
Jerry Wiedland
Donna
Cedar Rapids
Ralph Hanson
Alta Hanson
P. J. Anderson
Alma Scholen
Corrine
Arlene
Sue Ellen Krieg
Carla Torkelson
Ole Reierson
Celia Butikoe
Local residents share dinners and weddings in Postville area
Trustees to hold, Raymond Benson and Ben Dennler. Monday dinner guests included Mrs. Carmen Swenson, Mrs. Ley Woods, Mrs. Jack Willett and children from Cedar Falls visiting the Wapallo and Gehring homes. Several Newtons of families drop by for birthdays, baptisms, and church events. Linda Pape wed Dennis Baldwin at Postville Lutheran Church. other social visits occurred across Monona, Oelwein, West Union, Cresco, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmen Swenson
Ley Woods
John Anderson
Allen Habeger
Russell Friederich
Karl Lembke
Jacob Gehring
Jack Willett
Cesar Falls
Wm. Messnee
Wapallo
Uriel Gehring
Burlington
Don Reierson
Monona
Ole Reierson
Harvey Paulsen
Linda Reed
Linda Pape
Dennis Baldwin
Postville Lutheran Church
M. J. Blockhus
Clarence Peterson
Pearl Peterson
Robert Reterson
Becky
Postville
Alfred
Ash
Beeman
Doyle
Baker
Connie
John Johnson
Ronald Baker
Hobbie Joe
Sacred Heart Church
Oelwein
Doyle Baker
Viola Steffens
Roy Lithe
West Union
Alfred Jacob
Klingman's Clothes Shop
Otto Blockhus
Francis West
Bertha Lehman
Nancy Halverson
Harold Halverson
Lloyd Jacob
Sheffield
A. B. Jacob
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sandy Leuchtenmacher
St. Olaf
Robert Leuchtenmacher
Betty Morch
Albert Parker
Wm. Erickson
Northwestern Bell
Gunder
Bill Bacon
Carrol
Elmer Lembke
Wanda
Otto Gisleson
Ole Loftsgard
Ray Klingman
Olga Landsgard
Ole Bruce Thompson
Manhattan
Kansas
Selmer Holm
Roger Holm
Brenda
Pam
Duluth
Minn
Roger
Randine Hanson
Harold Hanson
Rachel
Bernard Hanson
Roger Berg
Lloyd Loftsgard
Harold
Kenneth Anderson
T. L. Loftsgard
Mervin Reierson
Orvgin Loftsgard
Olson Nonue
Elkader Fair Grounds
Eldo Olson
Milwaukee
Viec' Tor Guyer
Orvin Loftsgard
Millard Hougs
Julia Houg
Farmerzburg
Emory Landsgard
Mollie Mork
Myron Houg
Celia Butikofer
Gilbert Loftsgard
Emma Larson
Harvey Anderson
Cheryl
Daryl
Carl Wellner
Richland Center
Wise
Wyaluving Park
Merrill O
Lan
Olson
Quinton Clark
Milton Olson
Margaret
Larry
Mickey
Jin
Franklin Walker
Eldon Seson
Alter
Inderholt
Allen
Green
Carroll Klingman Jr
Louis Kjosa
Soni#1
Clarence: Anderson
Sonia
Ronald Conrad
Bonita Kjosa
Waterloo
Kenneth Kjosa
Marvin Holek
Kanawha
Julia Peterson
Mary Wettieson
Christine Rypestol
Julia Wettleson
Corrine Rypestol
Louie Rejerson
Cornelius Reierson
Millard Gisleson
Kenneth Krosa
Goodyear
Goodfyear
Fauser Oil CO
Elgin and
Wadena
Kraus DX
Alarold Dennler
Ralph Shaffer
Cedar Falls Presbyterian Church
David Vargas
Schneider
Sumchool
Etkader
Lawrence Nelson
Ronald Nelson
Oelwen
Clarence
Alta Thoman
Merle Klingman
Carroll Klingman
Raymond Benson
Ben Dennler
Elgin
Enna
Mary Jo
Luann Heins
Victor Heins
Janice
Joyce Blockhus
Harlan Blockhus
Waverly
Gordon Landswerk
Jane
Joan
Cresco
Ed Medberry
Overland Park
Bruce Novak
Broadway
Debbie Novak
Monte Ber
R. A. Crider
B. D. Keith
Vicky
Fair Oaks
Calif
Fred S. Hanson
San Marino
Mary Clothier
Lawrence West
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