Illyria area families gather for Roberts reunion and local notices
Illyria community members including Mr and Mrs Ed Wenger and Gene and Leonard Roberts shared a Sunday Roberts family reunion at West Union fairgrounds. An upcoming Illyria church ice cream social on July 1 will be sponsored by the Cemetery Association with cake or sandwiches brought by ladies. The column records farm work, visits by numerous neighbors across West Union Elgin Wadena Waterloo Cedar Falls and McGregor, including many social calls, birthdays and hospital visits, with numerous names and towns noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Wenger
Gene
Leonard Roberts
Roberts
West Union Fair
Illyria Church
Cemetery Association
Jake Frieden
Clarence
Donald Durscher
Eva Mae Meyer
Near West Union
Carl Tor’kelson
Elgin
Harold Kimball
Dorothy Looby
Florence Ogle
Betty Schneider
Social notes from Oak Grove and vicinity visitors
Dale Thorp of Baraboo visited with his aunt Mrs. Henry Matthys and family from Friday to Sunday. Numerous locals hosted relatives and friends across Oak Grove, Volga City, Cheery Valley and surrounding areas. Activities included picnics, dinners, and Sunday gatherings at several homes, with extended visits to Elgin La Crosse Maiden Rock Chicago and other nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Thorp
Baraboo
Wis
Henry Matthys
Famil
Clara Brabham
Clifton Powell
Howard Medberry
Perry Medberry
Volga
Wm. Kohls
Mary Matthys
Elgin
Tim Thoman
Florence and Clarence
John R. Schmid
Cheery Valley
W. F. Freyert
West Union
Lyle Wilson
Lauretta Gilson
H. B. Gilson
Silas Wilson
Jim Muncie
Arthur Chapman
Douglas
Archie Howard
Ira Olson
St. Olaf
Harry Miller
L Gladys
Edwin Bauman
Guy Whitford
Volga City
Cher
Whitford
Eugene
Earl Kiple
Fred Burrow
Harold Strong
Minnie Baldwin
Strawberry Point
Oran Bane
John Nydegger
B. J. Baumgartner
la Crosse
Glen Eddy
Dakotas
Colorado
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Chicago
Ern Baechter
John Howard
Wm. Boyle
Ben Hofer
Wm. Pritchard
T. W. Jenkins
Waterloo
Shullsberg Visitors Drop In From Wisconsin
Cheery Valley News reports Mr. and Mrs. Morris Monnahan and son Billy along with Mr. and Mrs. Doz Schwartz and daughter Janet Marie of Shullsberg Wisconsin visited through Tuesday to Saturday with Mrs. John Dennler’s family. Other visitors included Mrs. Jake Butikofer Mrs Ed Metzger and Reuben, plus Mrs. Ern Lerch and son Frederick. Emeat Bruellman with Virginia Lou and Gordon visited to see G. Friederich who is ill, returning to Rock Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Friederich
Clermont
Arthur
G. Friederich
Alma Hanson
Chicago
Martin Hanson
Elkader
Ben Dennler
Hans Hanson
Adolph Hanson
Aden
Junior
L. Christen
Howard Mason
West Union
Hanson Bros
Geraldine Butikofer
Jake Butikofer
Mary Schmid
Rosa Schlupp
Louis Lehman
Arthur Chapman and Son
Fred Dennler
Jacob Solberger
Cedar Rapids
Ida Meyer
Harold
Hilda
Elmer Meyer
Melbert Meyer
Eva Mae Meyer
Jake Frieden
Mary la Valle
Postville
Ernest Christen
Lucy i Christen
Hilda Meyer
Junior Christen
Junior Hanson
Ison Harvey
Walter Butikofer
Morris Monnahan
Billy
Doz Schwartz
Janet Marie
Shullsberg
Wis
John Dennler
Ed Metzger
Reuben
Ern Lerch
Frederick
Gordon
Rock Valley
Death and funeral of Ruth Adelaide Howard in Neillsville
Ruth Adelaide Howard born July 21 1915 in Highland township Clayton county died June 25 1938 at home in Neillsville Wisconsin aged 22 years 11 months 4 days She was one of twelve children surviving with four sisters and six brothers Funeral held at Illyria Community church Tuesday at 2 pm conducted by Rev J J Snyder with Shaffer quartet and Mrs Howard Shaffer on piano Burial in Illyria cemetery The family motto reads The only value of a successful record is to break it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Adelaide Howard
Harvey
Anice Howard
Highland Township
Clayton County
Andrew
Neillsville
Wis
Illyria
Elgin
Leola Murphy
Eller Hanson
Lola Thomelson
Neillsvile
Denis
Lawrence
Hugh
Theodore
Glen
John
Illyria Community Church
J. J. Snyder
Shaffer
J. M. Shaffer
Howard Shaffer
Floyd Boyle
Sam
Floyd
Robert
Clarence Howard
Ethel Boyle
Opal
Viola
Jo Howard
Elgin Social Notes Include Prairie Guests and Travel
Mrs. Josephine Muellerman and Ruth of Decorah stayed with C O Torkelson. Amanda Hack widow of a former minister and Louise Miller with Chrystal of Clermont dined with Rev and Mrs Zoschke. Ziba Tripp and Mary Lou of Janesville visited T W Deans family. Tripp left Sunday. Ern Bauder Harold Opland and Max Medberry went to Elkader for locker system talks. D D Murphy & Son handle legal work as Henry and Mrs Martha Chapman with Delbert visited Waterloo Cedar Falls. Emil Petratz of Sumner and B Miller families learned of A C McNeil’s death. funeral held Monday, Petratz to Sumner that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Cemetery Association
Ladies’ Aid Society
I. S. Shaffer
West Union
Nellie Foxwell
Elia Foxwell
Aid Society
Ela Foxwell
Arthur Yearous
Highland School
Hilda Meyer
Carroll Klingman
Dale
Florence Cline
Rex Medberry
Roy Cline
Wadena
Vern Roberts
Elgin
Ed Wenger
M. M
Roberts
Colo
Ida Mattocks
Rosanna Rothlisberger
Rothlisberger
Andrew Yearous
Malcolm Oa Lester Robbins
McGregor
Harold Kimball
Jake Frieden
Ida
Alice Fanny Frieden
Walter Medberry
Sid Walters
Herve Robbins
Hawkeye
Louis Becker
Alice Becker
Thos
Benson
Henry Frieden
Alvina
Mabel
Elmer Frieden
Lawrence Schneider
Joe Traub
West Bend
Josephine Muellerman
Ruth
Decorah
C. O. Torkelson
Amanda Hack
Sioux Falls
Louise Miller
Chrystal
Clermont
Paul Zoschke
Ziba Tripp
Mary Lou
Janesville
Wis
T. W. Dean
Tripp
Ern Bauder
Harold Opland
Max Medberry
Elkader
D. D. Murphy & Son Legal Firm
Rose McMillan
John Erd Henry
Martha Chapman
Delbert
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Elizabeth
Winnefred McMillan
Emil Petratz
Sumner
B. Miller
Milton Miller
Waukegan
A.C. McNeil
Potratz
J.B. Miller
Petratz
Sunner
Mrs Milton Miller Returns Home After Sumner Visit
Mrs. Milton Miller and her children went back to Elgin on Tuesday after two weeks with Mrs. Emil Potratz in Sumner following the death of Mr. Potratz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Miller
Elgin
Emil Potratz
Sumner
Mr. Potratz
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. Withell
D.C
State Bank
Potosi
Evans’ Cafe Toe Cream
Frank Gehring
Rudy Rothlisberger
Cecil Kelly
Marian
E. E. Kelly
Lima
Alma Friederich
Wilma Lehman
Orville| Berg
Irvin Glawe
Fred Rothlisberger
L. W. McKellar
Jerome Yearous
Lena Hunsberger
Ellen
Will Reusser
Chas. Gantz
Venita Mae
John Lei
Earlville
Chas. Doty
Blair Funk
Martic Forge
Oak Grove News
Cheery Valley News
Allamakee Co. Fair Assn
Waukon, Iowa
Clyde S. Miller
Partners
Indianapolis
Firestone
America
Irestone
Prins
Driialihts
Asillus
Wits
Ted Ld
Firetona
Justling
Richer’ Crooks
Margaret Speaks
Firestone Symphony Orchestra
Alfred Waellessizin
NAC Red Network
Firestone Voice of the Farm
Ae Rae Sans
Ise
Lowe Brothers
House Paine
O’neill Drug
Elgin, Iowa
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