Death notices and social visits in Mt Crag area
Word arrived that Mt Crag near Marshfield Wisconsin has died. Many local families hosted or visited relatives and friends over the weekend including Frieden, Feller, Grover, Yearous, Lofts gard, Shaffer, Ogle, and Dennler households. A Syria Church program precedes Legion services May 30. The annual Community Day play Pick A Dilly is set with early rehearsals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt Crag
Marshfield
Wisc
Roger Frieden
Scott
le Roy Rothisperger Oy
Victor Feller
LaCrosse
Dik Devens
Harry Feller
Albert Dennler
Richare Grover
Cedar Raids
Guy Ernst
Bernice Peterman
Oelwein
Howard Whitcher
West Union
Emmett Light
Forrest Shaffer
Lola Yearous
St. Paul
Minn
Theodore Loftsgard
Marion, Gunder
Edwin Loftsgard
Clarence Uroden
Dennis
Syria Church
Legion
Paul Christen
Offutt Air Force Base
Nebr
Will Christen
Alton Medberry
West Clermont Luthern
Alice Yearous
Arthur
Stanley Boyer
Waterloo
Albin Kimpston
Fayette
Mila Staley
Luana
William Baumgartner
Albert Klingman
Lee Roy Collins
Raymond Benson
Roscoe Larnon
Alfred Ash
Fayete
Shirley Rainey
Cedar Rapids
Russell Friederich
Wm. Dennlerome
Brenda
Allan
Claude Block
Sumner
Roger Halverson
Nels Iverson
Clermont
Wilma Wenger
Strawberry
Point
Howard Roberts
Donna
Lima
Emma Holzer
Gene Wenger
Ed Wenger
Milo Frieden
Bob Dennler
Elkader
Oliver Heins
Arthur Hermen
Walter Ash
Cleve ‘Bennett
Harold Dennler
Myron Chapman
Earl Eaton
Sun. City
Ariz
Tofield Heck
Ellen Hunsberger
Sylvia Anderson
Mervin Hunsberger
Ave
Mlarence ‘Engers
Denver
Thomas Ogle
Florian Paretcett
Arlington
Lester Chase
Volga
Kenneth Garetson
Lamont
Roy Halverson
En Strong
Thomas Foxwell
John Grimm
Cheery Valley Club Meets in Elkader Church Hall
Cheery Valley Good Neighbors Club met May 4 at the Lutheran Church dining hall in Elgin. Twenty five members and four guests attended. No business was held. A picnic was planned for the first Sunday in July at Elkader if the shelter house is available. Several members were recognized for contests and door prizes. Additional notes mention visits and guest entries from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbors Club
Lutheran Church
Elgin
Siles Butikofer
Sam Dennler
John Christen
Casper Fjelstul
Ida Erickson
Volga
Fred Knoke
Elkader
Chas. Erickson
Dan Butikofer
Ce Ha Thoman
Louis Butikofer
Frank Christen
Fred Butikofer
Albert L. Denner
Martin Hanson
Gladys Hanson
Robert Hanson
Sunday Picnic Honors Navy Serviceman in Guttenberg
Families gathered at Elmer Christen home in Guttenberg for a picnic dinner honoring Mark Christen who serves in the Navy with assignments in Tennessee and Florida. Attendees included Eddie Christen’s graduation guests Linda, Judy Harris, and numerous relatives from Garber, Manchester, and West Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ner
Sand
Eacee
Edwin Jargon
Ernest Christen
Celia. Thomean
Lucy Christen
Elmer Christen
Guttenberg
Mark
Navy
Tennessee
Florida
Linda
Judy Harris
Alexandria
Eddie
Goldie
Arthur Palmer
Garber
Gene Palmer
Cathy
Manchester
Alvin Borcherding
Larry Borcherding
Fanny
Arvid Voshell
Alfred Hagen
Celia Thoman
Christen Bros
Arno Deudee
Garnaville
Paul Peterson
Oelwein
Roscoe
Ellen Mason
Della Chapman
Good Samaritan
West Union
Fred Butikofer
Francis Butikofer
Butikofer
Chicago
Community Gatherings Highlight Weekend Visits in Elkader Area
Social notes from Gund er News record Sunday gatherings and weekend visits across Elkader and nearby towns. Families from Wheeling, Clermont, Decorah, and Postville joined at homes of the Koehn, Holm, Gisleson, Loftsgard, Kjosa, and Mork families. A Mother's Day picnic honored Capt and Mrs Herbert Moreh of Topeka with many local guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Kurth
Alvin Koehn
Elkader
Edward Leath
Wheeling
Lil
Selmer Holm
Laurence Naylord
Kathleen Gisleson
Otto Gisleson
Lloyd Loftsgard
Raymond Loftsgard
Clermont
Orvin Loftsgard
Myron Hoag
Marlys
Lowell
Amd
Kenneth Kjosa
Joseph Kjosa
Ole Loftsgard
Harold Opsand
Louis Reierson
Cornelius Reierson
Millard Gisleson
Mervin Reierson
Kenneth Krosa
Enoch T. Mork
Becky Mork
Postville
Mellien
Otto Mork
Emory Landsgard
Mollie Mark
Millard Bilden
Martita Biles
Aase Haugen
Decor
Millarson
Mary
Anm Mull
Gerry Rson
Ty Floro
Sandra
Diana Bilden
Luther College
Herbert Moreh
Topeka
Kans
George Bacheldor
Decorah
Merril Cook
Art Wagner
Ben Morch
Leo Morch
Olvin Olson
Clarence Anderson
Louis Kjosa
Bonnie Kjosa
Will Bergen
Henry Vellersven
Almer Amundson
Trudy Butikofer
Joseph Reierson
Dixie
David
Ronald
Robert Friederich
Embretson
Elkner
Community Visitors and Gatherings Around Luther College
Local residents and guests from Des Moines Manchester and Postville shared visits and social calls across homes in Monona Decorah and Elkmont. Notable attendees included Eyovne White and several families from Luther College events and a Mother-Daughter banquet in Decorah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ana
Reuben Hoth
Monona
Eyovne White
Des Moines
Sandra
Diana Bilden
Jim Lumbantobing
Indonesia
Luther College
Martin Nelson
Manchester
Christine Rypestol
Harold Opland
Dale Seitz
Andrew Molokken
Norway
Mellien Loftsgard
T. L. Loftsgard
Kenneth Anderson
Bruce
Karla
Marion
Edwin Loftsgard
Harold Opsand
Ben Erickson
Warren Burstrom
Mt. Morris
Thomas
Petergon
Will Bergen
Attend Banker's Meeting with Knudt Poil Lock and Kohler
Mr and Mrs Laurence Knudt son Mr and Mrs Thomas Poil lock Walter Kohler and Francis attend a bankers meeting in a local gathering. The brief notes the participants and their relation to the event without additional details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurence Knudtson
Thomas Poillock
Walter Kohler
Francis
Convention Attendance by Mr and Mrs Francis Butikofer
Mr and Mrs Francis Butikofer attended the Lutheran Brotherhood Convention in Chicago. They traveled Friday morning to the Conrad Hilton Hotel where Mr Butikofer served as a delegate. They returned home on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Butikofer
Chicago
Lutheran Brotherhood
Conrad Hilton Hotel
Butikofer
Habeger and Paulson attend Dyneflow Club dinner
Allen Habeger and Harvey Paulson attended a meeting and a dinner of the Dyneflow Club held Tuesday evening at Twin Towers in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Habeger
Harvey Paulson
Dyneflow Club
Twin Towers
Cedar Rapids
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Faye Whittenbaugh
Wadena
Terry Whittenbaugh
Grand Forks
Clyde Ramsey
Joe Ogle
Mervin Anderson
Ruth Lofts
Jacob Schneider
I. F. Shaffer
Richard Schmid
Julie
Tripoli
Ralph Shaffer
Ladies’ Aid
Cemetery Assn
Carroll Klingman
Clara Shaffer
Fred Nydegger
Peter Kuhl
Paul
Clarence Kittleson
Atsler
Robert Schneider
Lyle Patterson
Brien
Wallena
William Yearons
Otis
Ruth Rothlisberger
Kar
Gibson
Tira
Chas
Swale
West Nion
John Tillotson
Elgin State Bank
Elgin Sewer Federal Deposit Insurance
Cheery Valley
Sohm Rodas
Tillie Pagan
Eunice
Roscoe Larson
Carl Cousin
Evansdale
Iday
Clarence Hofer
Wanda Hofer
Gunder News
St. Olaf Conservation Club
Red Cross
Park
Glermont
Barry Everett
Guernsey Smith
Hilder Gilbertson
The
Iowa Bankers’ Assn
Clarence Kittelson
Iowa
Valiant
Falcon
Valliant
Torkelson Motor Company
Center Street
Fauser Oil CO
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